A wave of April exploits drove roughly $13 billion out of decentralized finance, sharply compressing total value locked and pushing onchain leverage back to 2021 levels.

Elon Musk’s net worth climbed to roughly $1.3 trillion as SpaceX shares extended

Securitize has expanded its tokenized AAA CLO fund, STAC, to Solana, with Ethena Labs planning a $250 million allocation. The move adds one of the largest tokenized structured credit commitments yet to Solana’s growing real-world asset market.

Plume has partnered with Bybit to bring institutional fixed income products to users through Bybit Earn. The new RWA Earn offering lets eligible users deploy idle stablecoins into tokenized products tied to PIMCO and CMB International strategies.

To feed a wave of robot-training datasets, Indian workers like Nagireddy Sriramyachandra film everyday actions with head-mounted smartphones for about 250 rupees (roughly $2.40) an hour. Companies including Objectways and Bangalore-based Humyn Lab turn this egocentric footage into training labels as investors size a humanoid-robot market at about $38 billion by 2035.

The 2022 disconnection of Russian banks shattered the illusion that SWIFT was a politically neutral financial rail. It exposed a critical flaw in global financial utilities: having a democratic board matters little if a centralized legal entity is forced to comply with local laws.

The Cayman Islands-based company stated that it will start listing stocks of companies present on the Hong Kong stock market, such as Tencent Holdings, HSBC Holdings, China Mobile, Xiaomi Corporation, Meituan, and BYD Company, becoming a global stock hub for crypto users.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest moved quickly into SpaceX after Elon Musk’s space company began trading, buying nearly 3.3 million shares for three exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The purchase added exposure to rockets, Starlink broadband, AI-linked infrastructure plans, and SpaceX’s 18,712 BTC treasury position.

Standard Chartered began Uniswap coverage with a $100 UNI forecast, projecting the token could outpace BTC and ETH through the decade. The bank’s outlook centers on DeFi growth, tokenized assets, and a potential 40x rise from $2.50.

Robert Kiyosaki renewed his support for bitcoin, gold, and other hard assets as he projected gold could reach $35,000 an ounce by 2035. The Rich Dad Poor Dad author said gold had climbed more than $100 in a single day to $4,300 an ounce, which he cited as evidence that the rally was still in its early stages.

Three bullish signals have aligned for bitcoin, Standard Chartered said, while attention shifts to whether BTC can reclaim a key resistance area. Fresh Strategy buying, positive spot ETF flows, and falling oil prices underpinned the latest market assessment.

A Dubai regulator is replacing baseline compliance with rigorous, data-driven frameworks. Virtual asset service providers must now use quantitative business data for real-time risk scoring instead of static tracking.

The Bank of Ghana has issued a mandatory directive ordering all regulated financial institutions to immediately stop supporting unauthorized foreign currency digital wallets offered by cryptocurrency platforms.

The regulator stressed that, starting next July, VASPSs that had not received authorization to operate in the country will have to execute a plan to migrate their customers’ funds. They could also arrange with other approved VASPs to continue serving these customers after user approval.

Blackrock is bringing a second bitcoin product to Wall Street on Tuesday, and this one comes with a yield target.