Apollo Global Management (APO) is moving deeper into crypto, striking a deal that could make the $938 billion asset manager a major token holder in a decentralized lending platform. The firm signed a cooperation agreement with the Morpho Association, the French non-profit organization behind the… Read More
The DeFi Education Fund (DEF) has urged the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority to adopt a narrow, functional definition of “control” as it finalizes new rules for crypto asset activities. The Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group argued that regulatory obligations should hinge on whether an entity has… Read More
Spacecoin aims to provide permissionless internet access via satellite constellation, targeting remote and underserved communities.
The year 2025 has emerged as a year of consolidation, with major layer-1 networks laying the groundwork for the tooling and technology that will lead to better interoperability, as well as pushing forward with real-world financial use cases. For Ethereum, that meant a surge in… Read More
Crypto asset manager Bitwise filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce 11 crypto “strategy” exchange-traded funds (ETFs) including aave AAVE$149.49, uniswap UNI$5.9068, zcash ZEC$525.46, SUI$1.4484 and TAO$223.11. The Tuesday N-1A filing details an approach that includes investing up to 60% of a… Read More
After a 13-page letter from investment powerhouse Citadel Securities advised the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols handling tokenized securities demand a closer regulatory grip, the industry answered back with its own correspondence on Friday, calling the arguments “baseless.” “While we… Read More
