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Boba Network, a prominent L2 solution for seamless transfers, has announced the new integration of Nucleus Network, a popular yield provider. The integration includes the launch of Nucleus Network on Boba Network to provide users with seamless rewards and yield-earning opportunities. The platform disclosed this development on its official X account. GBoba 🧋@nucleusearn is now live on @bobanetwork, embedding yield at the core! Simply bridge your ETH to Boba Network and automatically earn Ethereum Mainnet yield—no extra steps or opportunity cost. Powered by frictionless cross-chain operations and composable… pic.twitter.com/G2NnIKgjko — Boba Network 🧋 (@bobanetwork) January 22, 2025 Boba Network Integrates…

Frax Finance has proposed to invest $5 million in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi platform closely tied to the Donald TRUMP administration. The move aims to position FRAX as a leader in the growing decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem in the United States. A follow-on investment of $10 million is also being considered, depending on the success of the partnership. The interest in American-origin crypto initiatives has been fueled by the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. The current administration has shown great interest in the development of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. World Liberty Financial,…

This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Overshadowed by this weekend’s Trump meme mania, the ongoing debates surrounding Ethereum’s future have reached fever pitch. The public discussion highlights divides between parts of the community and the Ethereum Foundation (EF). Debates touch on governance, the network’s scalability roadmap and long-term vision. One key area of debate is the governance of the EF. Critics argue that the EF’s internal structure may not be suitable for the current era. Despite its mission to decentralize, the foundation’s current centralized decision-making invites critiques of its responsiveness to competitive threats…

Hamilton, a Real-World Asset (RWA) protocol built on the Bitcoin network, has raised $1.7 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by DisrupTech Ventures, CMS, DeSpread, Hyperithm, Core Ventures, and other strategic investors. The funding will support Hamilton’s mission to make tokenized real-world assets available to both institutions and individual investors globally, advancing accessibility and adoption in the RWA space. $1.7 Million Funding Fuels Hamilton’s Mission to Tokenize Real-World Assets on Bitcoin Hamilton, the RWA protocol, focuses on removing barriers to financial access by offering affordable and stable financial products, specifically designed for emerging markets. Here are…

The Ripple ecosystem is no stranger to innovation, but a recent event has added urgency to upcoming developments. Ripple USD (RLUSD), Ripple’s stablecoin launched in December 2024, unexpectedly strayed from its 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar. Briefly trading with a 4% deviation, this unusual behavior has sparked questions about its stability and the way forward. RLUSD is designed to be stable and liquid. It operates on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum. It is backed 1:1 by reserves, but its recent deviation has shown how closely its behavior is tied to XRP’s movements. This highlights the challenges of maintaining a…

Senator Cynthia Lummis has been appointed Chair of the newly formed U.S. Senate Digital Assets Banking Subcommittee. The appointment was announced by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, who commended Lummis for her leadership on digital asset legislation. Senator Lummis, a staunch advocate of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, expressed his vision for the United States to lead in financial innovation with a strategic approach to digital assets. “Digital assets are the future, and if the United States wants to remain a global leader in financial innovation, Congress must urgently pass bipartisan legislation that establishes a comprehensive legal framework for digital…

RedStone, a modular blockchain oracle platform and restaking protocol, has announced CLARA, a new solution aimed at the artificial intelligence market’s agent-based projects. As a communication layer for AI agents, CLARA provides an infrastructure system designed to solve one of the industry’s biggest challenges—communication and collaboration for AI agents. According to details shared with crypto.news, RedStone’s new solution aims to unlock value across the agent economy using hyper-parallel computer AO’s economic rails. CLARA enables projects to leverage RedStone’s cross-chain oracle data network for secure and efficient data exchange. The goal is to facilitate multi-agent communication and value exchange within the…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Bitcoin (BTC) is booming! The world’s largest cryptocurrency finally hit and surpassed the all-time high $100K milestone, and while the current price hovers between $90K-$100K, Bitcoin is proving its resilience and increasing prominence in the global financial landscape. Plus, with the incoming crypto-supportive Trump administration, Bitcoin is poised to mature further. You might also like: Crypto will come of age in 2025 | Opinion This milestone marks more than just a price surge. It signals a pivotal…

Hermetica, a DeFi protocol on Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks, has announced a major initiative to elevate its Bitcoin-backed, yield-bearing stablecoin, USDh. With a liquidity injection of $3 million, USDh is poised to become the largest stablecoin on Stacks, cementing its position as a cornerstone of the growing Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem.—Revolutionizing Stacks DeFi with sBTC YieldIn an exciting partnership with Zest Protocol, Hermetica is introducing a new sBTC yield product. This initiative allows users to borrow USDh against their sBTC holdings and stake it for high-yield returns. To kick-start this effort, up to $1 million of newly minted USDh will be…

Milady PFPs, an angry Vitalik Buterin, and leadership shakeups—what exactly is going on at the Ethereum Foundation these days? For months, Ethereum holders have complained that the network’s leadership appears often more focused on niche technical objectives than public perception and political considerations that have become increasingly critical to other top industry projects and companies. Certainly, the fact that ETH’s stubbornly stagnant price has become a meme amid an otherwise historic crypto boom isn’t helping matters. hello world computer — Ethereum.org (@ethereum) January 13, 2025 Last week, the Ethereum Foundation appeared to start taking those complaints into account, by revamping…