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While much of the hype around tokenization has centered on treasuries and money market funds, Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell thinks tokenized private credit will be the real growth story. Tokenization refers to the process of representing real-world assets, such as stocks, bonds, loans, or commodities, as digital tokens recorded on a blockchain. Private credit already has a structural growth trend in traditional finance, as banks struggle to fund these loans and non-bank shadow lenders, private equity firms and credit managers like Apollo, step in. Even after high-profile blowups and claims that private credit is a bubble, Powell, who is…

Financial technology company Dakota launched a stablecoin infrastructure platform as more enterprises look to adopt digital dollars without taking on the operational and regulatory burden of custody and compliance. Dakota will handle custody, compliance and settlement on behalf of its clients. CEO Ryan Bozarth told Cointelegraph that the company operates in the US as a registered Money Services Business, while working with licensed banking and regulated payments partners in other regions. It is also pursuing Electronic Money Institution and Crypto-Asset Service Provider licenses in Europe. This arrangement, according to Bozarth, enables Dakota to offer cross-border money movement without customers becoming…

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The Ethereum Foundation is actively evaluating a groundbreaking proposal to embed robust censorship resistance directly into the network’s core protocol through the upcoming Hegota upgrade. This potential integration of FOCIL, designated as EIP-7805, represents a pivotal moment for blockchain integrity, aiming to guarantee transaction inclusion and fortify Ethereum against centralized control. The development follows increasing scrutiny of transaction filtering within decentralized ecosystems. Understanding the Hegota Upgrade and FOCIL’s Critical Role The Hegota upgrade constitutes the next major evolution in Ethereum’s continuous development roadmap. Consequently, it focuses on enhancing core protocol security and scalability. The proposed FOCIL mechanism,…

The monetary authority in Moscow is now working to convince Russians that its upcoming digital ruble will actually make them independent from bank fees and restrictions. It’s the same as cash and bank money, a representative of Russia’s main financial regulator insisted on national television, although neither citizens nor institutions are likely to take the bait all the way. Russia’s digital coin to save people some fees, central bank exec says Authorities will always try to push their projects on the population, and those in Russia are no exception to the rule. The latest example is that there is a…

Fairshake and its affiliate super PACs announced they have more than $193 million in cash on hand heading into the 2026 midterms. The amount includes $74 million raised since July from three contributors: $25 million from Coinbase, $25 million from Ripple, and $24 million from a16z. The network, consisting of Fairshake plus Protect Progress (Democratic-oriented) and Defend American Jobs (Republican-oriented), operates as a bipartisan machine designed to outlast partisan cycles. The Washington Post previously documented the network spending more than $134 million across 67 candidates in 2023-2024, focusing heavily on members of key oversight committees, such as the Financial Services…

Phoenix Finance, a prominent DeFi platform for on-chain yield, has partnered with ATT Global, a popular real-world advertising company. The partnership attempts to combine real-world infrastructure and decentralized finance. As Phoenix Finance revealed in its official X announcement, the development aims to redefine outdoor advertising with the integration of DePIN technology with physical ad assets. Hence, both entities endeavor to transform real-world advertising revenue into blockchain-based yield. Phoenix Finance🤝 ATT Global @aiwayworld ATT Global revolutionizes outdoor advertising by merging physical assets with DePIN technology to capture real-world value.By converting their ad-driven cash flows into standardized yield, we are expanding the…

Markets are attempting a cautious rebound, with the Ethereum price hovering near its daily pivot as traders reassess risk after the latest pullback. $ETH/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Daily Chart (D1) – Macro Bias: Bearish, But Not Oversold Trend & Structure (D1) RSI (D1) MACD (D1) Bollinger Bands (D1) ATR & Volatility (D1) Daily Pivot Levels (D1) 1-Hour Chart (H1) – Short-Term Buyers Pushing Against Resistance Trend & EMAs (H1) RSI (H1) MACD (H1) Bollinger Bands (H1) ATR & Volatility (H1) Hourly Pivot Levels (H1) 15-Minute Chart (M15) – Execution Zone: Local Uptrend With Tight Ranges…

ALT5 Sigma Corporation, a publicly traded fintech company that maintains a strategic $WLFI digital asset treasury and provides blockchain-powered payment and trading infrastructure for digital assets, has announced the launch of ALT5 AI, a new business unit focused on expanding into enterprise AI. According to the press release, this initiative will converge crypto, regulatory compliance, and AI with plans to integrate with the $WLFI ecosystem. It plans to integrate AI capabilities into its existing payment and trading platforms to create AI payment rails, which are expected to be more efficient, compliant, enabling AI-driven transactions, AI-to-AI payments, secure workflows, and support…

The U.S. Senate’s Agriculture Committee is holding its first markup hearing on crypto market structure legislation, giving lawmakers a chance to debate and vote on amendments and possibly advance the actual legislation. The Thursday hearing will see lawmakers offer up amendments on the underlying text, which the committee published last week. While the Senators were working on bipartisan legislation, Committee Chairman John Boozman said in a statement last week that “fundamental differences in policy” remained and the members of the committee had not come to an agreement on the text that was published. Senator Cory Booker, the Democrat leading negotiations…

Ethereum ($ETH) holds near $3,000 as institutions accumulate despite mixed short-term sentiment. Strong staking, wallet growth, and ETF inflows support Ethereum’s price floor. ERC-8004 could unlock AI-driven on-chain demand and long-term $ETH value. Ethereum is entering a pivotal phase as price action, institutional flows, and protocol-level innovation begin to converge. After a volatile start to the year, $ETH has reclaimed the $3,000 level, signalling renewed confidence among both traders and long-term holders. At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading near $3,010, with a market capitalisation of roughly $364 billion and a 24-hour trading range between $2,899 and $3,028. This…