Ondo Finance to Move $95M to BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund for Instant Settlements for Its T-Bill Token

The allocation marks to first example of a crypto protocol leveraging BlackRock’s tokenized fund for its own offering.Source

The Munchables Hack Is Way Worse Than It Seems

Apparently orchestrated from North Korea, the $63 million hack adds grist to the argument that crypto exploits pose a plausible national security risk.Source

Layer-2 Blockchain Mantle’s Token Hits All-Time High as Reward System Goes Live

The rally in the MNT token pushed the market cap of the blockchain to over $4 billion.Source

MyShell, Blockchain Platform For Building ‘AI Girlfriends’ and Productivity Apps, Raises $11M

MyShell uses blockchains to let creators earn a profit for building AI apps and Her-like companions.Source

Ether.Fi’s ETHFI Jumps 50% to Record, May Boost Valuations for Liquid Restaking Token Airdrops: Analyst

The performance of EtherFi’s token could lift valuations of other restaking platforms ahead of their airdrops, one analyst noted.Source

How to Design Better On-Chain Governance

An introduction to Futarchy and combinatorial prediction markets.Source

U.S Has its 11th Spot Bitcoin ETF After Hashdex Fund Conversion

Trading under the ticker DEFI, asset manager Hashdex’s Bitcoin Futures ETF – which had been trading as a futures-based fund on the New York Stock Exchange since 2022 – was renamed and converted into the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF and now operates as a spot bitcoin fund.Source

The Benefits of Assets Tokenization

We need to start thinking of blockchains as infrastructure for financial innovation rather than concentrating on the prices of a few digital assets, like bitcoin and ether, says WisdomTree’s digital of digital assets, Benjamin Dean.Source

UK Ad Rules Apply to Influencers, Crypto Memes, Regulator Confirms in New Guidance

“The use of memes in promotions is particularly prevalent in the crypto-asset sector,” the FCA’s guidance said.Source

BOB, a ‘Hybrid’ Layer-2 Blockchain Mixing Bitcoin and Ethereum, Raises $10M

The round was led by Castle Island Ventures and included participation from Mechanism Ventures, Bankless Ventures, CMS Ventures and UTXO Management.Source