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BounceBit Pilots Bitcoin Trading Strategy Using BlackRock's BUIDL as Collateral

The strategy, offering an annualized yield exceeding 24%, will be soon rolled out to institutions and retail users.

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World Liberty's Stablecoin Now Available on Multiple Networks Via Chainlink

The integration, initially supporting Ethereum and BNB Chain, addresses cross-chain security concerns and aims to expand USD1’s reach, the firms said.

Consensus 2025: Zak Folkman, Eric Trump

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Senate's New Stablecoin Draft Doesn't Target Trump's Crypto, Tweaks Big-Tech Approach

A legislative draft obtained by CoinDesk shows a marginally revised version despite Democrats citing "major victories" in the Senate negotiation.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Senate's Stablecoin Push Still Alive as Bill May Return to Floor: Sources

The legislation to regulate stablecoin issuers hit a big bump a week ago, but negotiations continued and the latest version may move again.

U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

0x Acquires Competitor Flood in Push to Boost Share of $2.3B DEX Aggregator Market

The acquisition is 0x’s first since the firm’s founding in 2017.

0x founders Will Warren and Amir Bandeali (0x)

Markets

Bitcoin, Strategy Confirm Concurrent Bull Cross, Strengthening Uptrend Signal: Technical Analysis

Bitcoin and MSTR both flashed a bullish signal, indicating a potential major uptrend.

Statue of a bull, head lowered, ready to charge. (DL314 Lin/Unsplash+)

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Bitcoin Backed Token YBTC Comes to Sui as Bitlayer Integrates Its BitVM Bridge to Sui Network

Peg-BTC (YBTC), the bridged version of BTC, can be deployed in the SUI-based DeFi to generate yield.

Bitlayer CEO Charlie Hu. (Bitlayer)

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VeChain’s Sunny Lu Wants to Tokenize Sustainable 'Human Behavior' Like Driving a Tesla

At Consensus Toronto, VeChain is debuting new infrastructure that combines RWAs, AI agents, and NFT staking to make crypto usable by everyone.

VeChain CEO Sunny Lu (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

From Early Michael Saylor Bet to Billions in Deals: How Jefferies Became a Crypto Powerhouse

The firm has advised on 120 transactions with over $150 billion of deal value across fintech, market structure, and exchanges since 2015.

Jefferies quietly becomes a power player in crypto investment banking. (Unsplash)

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As Meta Said to Mull Tokens, Senator Warren Calls for Blocking Big Tech Stablecoins

While the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee argues for stablecoin limits, she and colleagues also questioned Binance's talks with Treasury.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (	Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)