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04-08
Polymarket Acquires DeFi Infrastructure Firm Brahma to Enhance Platform Capabilities
Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that Polymarket has announced the completion of its acquisition of Brahma, a DeFi infrastructure company. Brahma, co-founded by Alessandro Tenconi, Akanshu Jain, and Bapireddy Karri, will retain its team in key roles overseeing infrastructure, protocol design, and product i...
Iran may reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Thursday or Friday if a ceasefire framework is reached before U.S. talks.
BlockBeats report, April 8: Iranian senior officials stated that if a ceasefire framework agreement is reached before the U.S.-Iran meeting in Islamabad, Iran may reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday or Friday. The reopening of the waterway would be restricted, require coordination with the Irani...
Ethereum researchers propose EIP-8142 to reduce validator data load.
ChainCatcher report, according to The Block, Ethereum researchers are exploring the "Block-in-Blobs" proposal (EIP-8142), which plans to encode block execution load data into blobs. Validators can verify data availability through Data Availability Sampling (DAS) without downloading the full dataset,...
SEC Shifts Enforcement Focus to Fraud Cases in FY2025
SEC shifts enforcement focus to fraud cases and resource allocation in FY2025. The year saw 456 cases filed and $17.9B in relief, with adjusted totals significantly lower.Focus expands to retail protection, crypto risks, and cross-border fraud enforcement.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Polymarket Acquires Brahma to Expand Crypto and DeFi Infrastructure
The prediction market platform Polymarket has announced the completion of its acquisition of Brahma, a decentralized finance infrastructure company. Brahma specializes in on-chain asset execution and management, and its infrastructure will be integrated into Polymarket’s technology stack to enhance ...
Polymarket Completes Acquisition of DeFi Infrastructure Firm Brahma
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Polymarket has announced the completion of its acquisition of DeFi infrastructure company Brahma. Founded by Alessandro Tenconi, Akanshu Jain, and Bapireddy Karri, the Brahma team will continue in key roles overseeing infrastructure, protocol design, and product inte...
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF launches April 8 with a 0.14% fee, suggesting up to a 4% crypto allocation.
Author: Curry, Shenchao TechFlowShenchao Summary: The SEC has approved the registration statement for the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (ticker: MSBT), which will begin trading on NYSE Arca on April 8 with an annual management fee of 0.14%, the lowest in the market.Morgan Stanley has become the first...
WLFI Markets lending yield for USD1 reaches 34.51%
ChainCatcher report: According to data from World Liberty Financial’s website, World Liberty Financial has launched a lending market on the Ethereum ecosystem through integration with the decentralized lending protocol Dolomite. The current USD1 yield rate is 34.51%.
Note: Interest rates are subjec...
SBI Ripple Asia Completes Regulated XRP Token Issuance Platform in Japan
What to know:SBI completes XRPL platform after securing Japan regulatory approval milestoneNew system enables businesses to issue prepaid tokens across multiple merchantsXRP network gains traction as real-world payment use cases expandGrowing institutional moves around blockchain payments in Japan h...
White House Economists Say Stablecoin Rewards Pose Minimal Threat to Banks
Stablecoin rewards unlikely to disrupt traditional banking.Lending impact projected at just 0.02%. White House signals balanced crypto policy stance.The discussion around stablecoin rewards impact is heating up as policymakers evaluate how digital assets interact with the traditional financial syste...
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF launches April 8 with a 0.14% fee and recommends a 4% crypto allocation.
Author: Curry, Shenchao TechFlowShenchao Overview: The SEC has approved the registration statement for the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (ticker: MSBT), which will begin trading on NYSE Arca on April 8 with an annual management fee of 0.14%, the lowest in the market.Morgan Stanley thus becomes the fi...
The White House Council of Economic Advisers Releases Report on the Impact of the Stablecoin Yield Ban on Bank Lending
ME News reports that on April 8 (UTC+8), the U.S. White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report titled “The Impact of a Stablecoin Yield Ban on Bank Lending.” The report states that, under the baseline calibration of the CEA model, eliminating stablecoin yields results in a $2.1 b...
Pi Network Enters High-Stakes Phase With 239M Tokens Unlocking in April
Pi Network is entering a crucial phase this month, with around 239 million Pi tokens set to unlock over the next 30 days. That’s a big chunk of new supply suddenly becoming tradable. And with demand still not strong enough to absorb this supply easily, Pi might struggle to move higher in the short t...
Crypto Expert Predicts Ethereum (ETH) to 3x–4x in Next 6 Months
Crypto expert proclaims pioneer altcoin Ethereum (ETH) will 3x – 4x. This surge is expected to occur by the next 6 months.This falls in line with the many bullish expectations for ETH to hit new ATHs this year.The price of the pioneer crypto asset Bitcoin (BTC) just experienced a surge of over 4.7%,...
GPU price disparity reveals a fragmented market without a unified benchmark
Original author: David Lopez MateosDeepChain TechFlowOverview: Media outlets often use a single number to summarize fluctuations in GPU computing power prices, but the reality is that four index providers on Bloomberg terminals are quoting prices that differ by more than $2, with varying directions ...
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