Franklin Templeton Upgrades $380M Tokenized Treasury Fund to Enable Peer-to-Peer Transfers

The feature helps to expand the utility of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund’s BENJI token and make it more interconnected with the digital asset ecosystem.Source

Kara Swisher Downplays Crypto’s Significance: ‘It’s Not the Center of Everything’

The author of “Burn Book” says while crypto is important, it’s not the center of everything.Source

Bitcoin Mining Pool ViaBTC Sells ‘Epic’ First Post-Halving Sat for $2.13M

The pool mined the first block after last week’s halving, winning an “epic” sat in the process.Source

Crypto for Advisors: The Professionalization of Crypto

The professionalization of crypto is here, whether it’s tokenized securities, crypto-forward financial products from the world’s largest asset managers or platforms that help financial advisors access this new market directly.Source

Samourai Wallet Charges Raise Existential Questions for Privacy Tech

Co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill are charged with money laundering related to the privacy-protecting wallet.Source

Movement Labs Raises $38M for Rollup Based on Facebook’s Move Language

Movement’s 21 and 24-year-old co-founders say they are on a mission to “make blockchain security sexy” with the launch of their L2.Source

Bitcoin Dips to $63K as Rate Cut Hopes Dim Following Disappointing U.S. Inflation Report

Increasing concerns about sticky inflation hit risk assets across all markets including cryptos.Source

The FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Is Good for the Crypto Industry

Employment contracts that stop free movement of labor conflict with an innovative industry’s open-source ethos, says Linda Jeng, CEO of Digital Self Labs, a Web3 advisory firm.Source

Avail Data Availability Integrated by Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, ZkSync

The chains’ users will be able to opt in or out to use Avail for data availability, to stash the reams of data produced for all their transactions taking place.Source