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RedStone, a decentralized oracle provider, has launched a new settlement layer for decentralized finance, aiming to make tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) usable as collateral in lending protocols. The system, called RedStone Settle, is designed to address a long-standing structural issue in DeFi. While lending platforms such as Aave rely on near-instant liquidations to manage risk, RWAs, including tokenized funds and bonds, typically have redemption periods ranging from 60 to 180 days. This mismatch has largely prevented RWAs from being used as collateral. According to RedStone, the new layer introduces an onchain auction mechanism that is triggered during liquidation events. Liquidity…

Peter Schiff has renewed his criticism of Bitcoin by questioning its long-term value as an investment. In a post on X, he compared Bitcoin’s five-year return with gains in the Nasdaq, S&P 500, gold, and silver. His remarks framed the debate around whether Bitcoin still offers a stronger long-term case than traditional assets. Peter Schiff said Bitcoin rose only 12% over the past five years. He also pointed to stronger gains in other markets during the same period. According to the figures shared in his post, the Nasdaq rose 57.4%, the S&P 500 gained 59.4%, gold climbed 163%, and silver…

Shiba Inu is back to trading in red territory after multiple attempts to recover and reclaim previous highs. Despite this persisting price weakness, Shiba Inu’s network activity has continued to grow as burn activities increasingly surge at a rocket’s pace. 8,216,135 $SHIB out of circulation As of Thursday April 2, Shibburn, the platform that tracks Shiba Inu burn activities, has showcased data revealing that the Shiba Inu burn rate has surged by a massive 2,332% over the last 24 hours. The massive burn rate surge follows a large destruction of $SHIB tokens that saw a total of 8,216,135 $SHIB sent…

X spent the latter half of the week digesting SEC Chair Paul Atkins’s April 21 Economic Club of Washington keynote as a regime change. “SEC Chair Paul Atkins unveiled ‘Project Crypto’, a formal token taxonomy co-developed with the CFTC that classifies when digital assets qualify as securities, with a forthcoming ‘innovation exemption’ for on-chain trading of tokenized securities,” a user wrote on April 24, summarizing the speech. The post racked up engagement as commentators digested the chair’s commitment to a signed SEC-CFTC memorandum of understanding. Bitcoin was trading near $77,586 as of Saturday, April 25, recovering from a brutal selloff…

Crypto exchange Bitget rolled out a new platform offering tokenized exposure to private companies, starting with an asset linked to SpaceX, as firms push to bring early-stage investing onto blockchain rails. The platform, called IPO Prime, allows users to subscribe to tokens that track the economic performance of companies before they go public. Its first listing, preSPAX, is tied to Elon Musk’s space and artificial intelligence firm and is issued through Republic, an investment platform specializing in private markets, with tokens minted on the Solana blockchain. Trading began after a short subscription window, giving users near-immediate liquidity. That marks a…

W3.io has launched an agent-powered finance control platform on Avalanche, already processing more than 200,000 workflows per day. The Avalanche Foundation has made a strategic investment in W3.io, with additional integration partners expected in the coming weeks. W3.io has gone live on Avalanche with a platform built for a problem enterprise finance is only starting to face properly: AI agents can now move money faster than old control systems can monitor it. W3.io targets the control gap in automated finance The New York-based company said its platform is already processing more than 200,000 workflows per day across five enterprise verticals.…

A popular crypto trader has come forward on the social media platform X to predict that the Bitcoin price might soon head further downwards to the $63,000 level. This prognosis is based on the liquidity dynamics that have, over the past few weeks, driven the flagship cryptocurrency’s price. Bitcoin Market Structure Suggests More Volatility Ahead In a 4th of April post on the X platform, KillaXBT revealed the possible trajectories the Bitcoin price could follow over the coming weeks. The crypto trader’s analysis is based on the current technical structure of $BTC, citing multiple support and resistance levels visible on…

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates at 3.50%–3.75% as markets focus on future policy signals from the latest FOMC meeting. Wall Street banks are divided on future Fed rate cuts, with some forecasting easing later in 2026 while others warn rates may stay higher for longer. Bitcoin and crypto markets could face short-term volatility after the FOMC decision, with BTC ranging between $65K and $75K depending on Fed policy signals. FOMC Meeting Countdown Begins! The Federal Reserve interest rate decision is scheduled for Tuesday, and policymakers gather for the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.…

US President Donald Trump and his family play a very important role in the cryptocurrency market. Trump and his family not only supported and invested in Bitcoin and altcoins, but also launched their own cryptocurrency project. At this point, Trump and his wife have their own tokens named $TRUMP and $MELANIA, while Trump and his family have a DeFi project called World Liberty Financial ($WLFI). While $WLFI, $TRUMP, and $MELANIA tokens made a big splash in the market, bad news arrived for Trump and his family. A cryptocurrency rating agency has given World Liberty Financial ($WLFI), a DeFi project linked…

THE US CLARITY Act, which aims to provide the US crypto industry with more regulatory clarity, will likely be finalized in May, according to Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz. “So this is going to get done. It probably gets done in May. I would say the first week of May is when it goes to the committee, and then, you know, soon after Trump will be signing this thing in June,” Novogratz told SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci on a podcast published to YouTube on Friday. “It’s wildly important for it to get done for both Democrats and Republicans,” Novogratz…