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Aave has selected Chainlink’s Cross Chain Interoperability Protocol as the default infrastructure for cross chain activity across its ecosystem, expanding the integration to cover the Aave App and Stable Vaults. CCIP already supports transfers of Aave’s $GHO stablecoin and cross chain governance through the Aave Delivery Infrastructure, known as a.DI. The system will now also handle the Aave App’s cross chain operations, including deposits, withdrawals, vault rebalancing, yield optimization, and asset transfers. The Aave App uses Stable Vaults to move deposits and optimize yield across Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum. CCIP will process those actions in the background, removing the need…

“The institutional bid has all but vanished,” said Yusuf Fakhro, partner at ARP Digital, pointing to CME futures open interest at a 32-month low and a term structure at its tightest since early 2023. He added that six-month options skew, a measure of how much traders pay to protect against a drop, has spiked to its fourth-highest on record, with the only parallels in June and November 2022, both of which came near major cycle bottoms. When downside insurance gets this expensive, he said, the market is paying up for protection just as the worst may already be priced in.…

Securitize, a leading tokenization platform, has revealed the completion of its business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II, which is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), raising $400 million and becoming a publicly traded company. The combined company is now known as Securitize Corp., and it will start trading on the NYSE under the ticker SECZ from July 2, 2026. The merger of a SPAC with Securitize will place the company at a pre-money equity valuation of $1.25 billion. On July 1, Securitize, a leading platform for tokenization, announced the completion of its business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II,…

A cryptocurrency trader has turned roughly $750 into more than $270,000 in less than two days after an early position in the CZ memecoin surged more than 35,700%. The anonymous wallet, identified as 0xf3498683bead7f8d7f0278d1d39d09fe341fddee, purchased approximately 5.1 million CZ tokens through three transactions totaling $754.49. According to the latest on-chain data retrieved by Finbold from Lookonchain on July 5, the wallet’s holdings were valued at about $271,100, generating unrealized profits of roughly $270,300. The trade has attracted attention across the memecoin community as one of the most notable recent examples of crypto trading profits generated from a relatively small initial…

American Bitcoin Corp. said its Bitcoin reserve has moved above 8,000 $BTC after its latest treasury update. In a July 6 post on X, the company said its Bitcoin reserve has grown more than threefold since its Nasdaq debut, while its satoshis-per-share metric has also grown nearly threefold. BitcoinTreasuries data showed American Bitcoin holding 8,000 $BTC, worth about $512 million, among publicly traded Bitcoin treasury companies. The same tracker ranked the company near the top tier of public corporate $BTC holders, ahead of GD Culture Group and Galaxy Digital in the U.S. list. 8,000+ $BTC and rising.Since our Nasdaq debut:>3x…

President Donald Trump defended his growing personal wealth on Wednesday after new financial disclosures showed more than $1.4 billion in income from his family’s cryptocurrency ventures in 2025. Rejecting claims that his presidency created conflicts of interest, Trump said independent institutions manage his investments without his involvement and argued that rising financial markets have benefited millions of Americans, not just him. BREAKING: President Trump pushes back on reporter questions alleging he is “profiting off the presidency,” saying that “everybody’s profiting” due to the surging stock market.Trump turned the question around on the reporter, asking, “Do you have a 401k? How’s…

Lido Labs has announced a tokenholder update event scheduled for May 21 at 2 PM UTC, aimed at providing essential protocol updates and market developments. The event will feature key speakers including Executive Director Vladimir Shapovalov, Deputy COO Zuzanna Eeka, and Chief of Staking Isdras P. This announcement is pivotal as it comes at a time when Lido is exploring new avenues for enhancing user engagement and platform security, particularly concerning its staking modules. What Happened The broader crypto market currently exhibits mixed signals as Lido prepares for its upcoming update. In the past weeks, Lido has drawn attention following…

Coinbase Chief Executive Brian Armstrong said Base’s yearlong push into creator “content coins” failed, telling a critic on X Monday that the Coinbase-incubated network “pivoted early this year” away from the strategy. “They didn’t work and we pivoted early this year. We messed up, time to turn the page,” Armstrong wrote in a reply to the X user @smileyXBT, who argued Base spent more than a year promoting Zora’s creator-coin platform and tokens tied to figures including investor Balaji Srinivasan and Base lead Jesse Pollak, “where a lot of people got smoked.” The token at the center of that push…

Bitcoin has entered a consolidation phase as selling pressure eases, futures traders add more long positions, and demand for downside protection weakens, analytics firm Glassnode said. In a post on X, the firm wrote, “Bitcoin’s easing into consolidation. Selling has cooled, futures longs are piling back in, and options traders aren’t as spooked about downside anymore. ETF outflows are drying up too. Hot capital is creeping back though, which could stir up volatility even as profits climb.” Bitcoin’s easing into consolidation. Selling has cooled, futures longs are piling back in, and options traders aren’t as spooked about downside anymore. ETF…

OpenAI has explored the idea of granting the U.S. government a 5% equity stake as part of efforts to strengthen ties with the Trump administration and broaden public participation in the benefits of artificial intelligence, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The proposal, which remains in the conceptual stage, was reportedly raised by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during early discussions with U.S. officials, the FT said, citing two people familiar with the talks. The idea would see leading U.S. AI companies contribute similar shares of equity to a public investment vehicle, drawing inspiration from Alaska’s Permanent Fund, which distributes returns…