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Polymarket has acquired derivatives exchange QCX for $112 million, including its CFTC-regulated clearinghouse, marking its official re-entry into the US market as a compliant platform.

The Ether Machine is launching on Nasdaq with 400,000 ETH (worth $1.5B) and plans to grow its holdings via staking and DeFi strategies.

EtherFi is expanding into the HyperLiquid ecosystem through a pre-deposit partnership with HyperBeat, HyperEVM’s top yield aggregator.

Nasdaq filed to let BlackRock’s iShares ETH ETF offer staking, potentially allowing investors to earn rewards from Ethereum’s proof-of-stake mechanism.

Vitalik Buterin advocates for a minimalist approach to building Ethereum Layer-2s, suggesting they focus solely on sequencing and proving transactions while leveraging Ethereum’s security and data availability.

SharpLink Gaming (Nasdaq: SBET) has become the world’s largest corporate holder of Ethereum, reaching 280,706 ETH as of July 13, 2025.

Kamino has integrated tokenized equities (xStocks) into its lending platform, allowing users to borrow against assets like SPYx, NVDAx, and MSTRx onchain.

Pump.fun's PUMP token public sale sold out in just 12 minutes, with tokens now entering a 48–72 hour distribution phase.

Bybit has officially launched Bybit EU, its European arm headquartered in Vienna, after receiving a MiCAR license from Austria’s Financial Market Authority.

Pump.fun will launch its PUMP token via an ICO on July 12 across major exchanges, selling 150 billion tokens out of a 1 trillion supply.