Soaring demand for $BTC ETFs spurred a record $2.5 billion inflows to crypto funds, led by BlackRock's #bitcoinetf $IBIT, CoinShares reported. trib.al/LzAitR9

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Citi Bank used layer 1 Avalanche’s Spruce Subnet to explore the tokenization of private equity funds to re-architect capital markets. trib.al/OJ1dblh

.Trust Wallet launches SWIFT smart-contract wallet, leveraging Biconomy 's Paymaster and Bundler infrastructure - in Protocol Village by Brad Keoun trib.al/Wyetemu

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U.K. Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami has said the government was "pushing very hard" to bring legislation for stablecoins and crypto staking services within six months, according to a Bloomberg report. By Amitoj Singh. trib.al/H4M0puo

Decentralized finance platform Ethena Labs attracted massive inflows on its first day amid some criticism around the model it uses to generate an annualized 27% yield for holders of its $USDe tokens. By s trib.al/sQ1AAwM

Liquid restaking projects like Puffer and Ether.Fi have piggybacked off the rise of EigenLayer to attract billions of dollars' worth of new deposits, igniting a resurgence for Ethereum DeFi. What's behind the hype? Sam Kessler explains trib.al/smYB5Y4

As many as 25% of Australians view $BTC more favorably after the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S., but the nation's economic uncertainty is countering that positive momentum, the Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index has revealed. By Amitoj Singh. trib.al/tV9k2O0

After a quiet weekend (3 days in the U.S.) of price action, $BTC and $ETH both moved higher Tuesday morning, with ETH rising above $3K for the first time since April 2022. BTC neared $53K. @Ledesmalyllah reports trib.al/AoQQfo0

Identity-focused blockchain Humanity Protocol 「 🖐️ ✦ 🇺🇳 」, relying on palm recognition, emerges from stealth backed by Animoca Brands, Polygon. PLUS COTI Foundation's "garbled circuits" and Psy (Formerly QED) gets $3M for DeFi on Bitcoin - in Protocol Village by Brad Keoun trib.al/Wu4EhLL

3 Charts from CoinDesk Indices for 2/20/2024 … Filecoin $FIL (+37%), which recently announced integration with the Solana network, leads the CoinDesk 20 week-on-week.

.Mastercard's new crypto loyalty rewards scheme aims to plug the global gaps left by Google Pay. By Ian Allison. trib.al/sIQxUCi

Galaxy Digital gets some sell-side love with a buy initiation at Canaccord Genuity. $GLXY.TO @Ledesmalyllah reports trib.al/wQzhifO

The U.S. government sanctioned 10 crypto addresses tied to the LockBit ransomware gang a day after international authorities seized LockBit's sites and infrastructure. @nikhileshde.bsky.social reports trib.al/SZMuTxI

3 Charts from CoinDesk Indices for 2/23/2024 … Only three assets in the CoinDesk 20 moved higher this week. Filecoin continues its 3-week long uptrend $FIL (+35%), and Polygon $MATIC (+4.1%) and Ethereum $ETH (+3.4%) are also up.

CoinDesk 20 above 2K ... All time high! 📈

3 Charts from CoinDesk Indices for 2/27/2024 … Uniswap $UNI (+38%) surged this week amid a governance proposal to distribute protocol fees to token holders. UNI currently leads the CoinDesk 20 week-on-week and is just outside the top 10 by market cap among the CD20.

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