XRP and NEAR lead today’s CoinDesk 20 gains with 5.6% and 3.3% increases Source
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP and NEAR Help Push Index Upward
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Dakota Looks to Provide Bank-Like Services on DeFi to Crypto Depositors
The model differs from earlier, centralized crypto lenders such as Celsius Network, which filed for bankruptcy in July 2022, and BlockFi, which followed suit four months later, said CEO Ryan Bozarth. In those cases, the companies stood at the center of the process: receiving deposits, lending them out and taking a fee from the interest payment. Source
Caldera's Rollup-in-a-Box Platform Raises $15 Million From Peter Thiel's Venture Fund
As Ethereum’s Layer-2 ecosystem booms, Caldera’s “Metalayer” aims to help developers quickly launch applications across multiple networks. Source
Riot Platforms’ (RIOT) Acquisition of Block Mining Makes Sense, JPMorgan (JPM) Says
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AgriDex Settles First Agricultural Trade on Solana Blockchain
“We settled the first-ever trade on a public blockchain, and it is now on its way from South Africa to London,” said Adrian Vanderspuy, owner and CEO of Oldenburg Vineyards. “The funds came into our AgriDex account in seconds rather than days and the fees were 5 GBP.” Source
Cross-Chain Transfer Service DeBridge to Introduce DBR Governance Token as It Completes Snapshot of User Activity
Data shows that deBridge is widely used to transfer funds between Ethereum, Arbitrum, Solana and Base, among other blockchains. Since April, it has recorded over 2.3 million transactions and $2 billion in bridged volume, which generated 1.4 billion points for users. Source
Ether's BTC-Denominated Price Flirts With 9-Year-Long Trendline Support: Technical Analysis
The trendline connecting 2016 and 2017 lows has consistently offered support since January. Source
What Does Kamala Harris' (Presumptive) Nomination Mean for Crypto This Election?
Vice President Kamala Harris is now the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States, after President Joe Biden abruptly announced he was withdrawing from the race. With her assent to the top of the party ticket comes questions about how a potential Harris Administration might differ from the Biden Administration’s approach to crypto. Source
Hex Trust Receives In-Principle Approval from Singapore's MAS For Major Payment Institution License
The Major Payment Institution license would allow for the company to offer regulated Digital Payment Token services, such as custody. Source
Ether ETF Volumes Top $1B on Day One
Investors traded over $1 billion worth of shares – or ether {{ETH}} – of the freshly launched ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers on the first day of trading, data from Bloomberg shows. Source