Coinbase executive Ballantyne joins the World LibertyFi team.In case you missed, it @EricTrump and @DonaldJTrumpJr's @worldlibertyfi has made an awesome hire.Ryan Ballantyne, who served as Corporate Client Strategy Lead at @Coinbase's institutional arm @CoinbaseInsto, has joined $WLFI as Chief Business Officer, CBO.Ballantyne has also held senior positions at major TradFi names like Susquehanna and Deutsche Bank.Potentially really big news for $WLFI and $USD1. ...

Brad Garlinghouse praises Trump's commitment to crypto.After oining @realDonaldTrump at the White House yesterday, @Ripple CEO @bgarlinghouse praised The President's "incredible commitment to innovation and leadership around digital assets", while discussing the 67 million (1/4) Americans that now hold crypto.He was joined by industry leaders like @RobinhoodApp's @vladtenev and others, alongside top regulators like the @CFTC's @ChairmanSelig and the @SECGov's @SECPaulSAtkins. ...

Spot Chainlink ETFs are going CRAZY.Spot @Chainlink ETFs have just clocked a four-day net inflow streak.They have not done this since April.The products are now up +$4.46M on the week and hold 1.78% of $LINK's current supply.Institutions are getting bullish... https://t.co/opp8oMlRMT ...

Spot Polkadot ETF has not seen any activity in over two months.The @Polkadot ecosystem remains active and engaged, but this has not been reflected in activity for 21Shares' spot $DOT ETF product.Despite the ETF holding more than 1 in every 200 $DOT tokens, it has not seen a single day of net inflows or outflows since June 8, when it absorbed +$359,000.Data: SoSoValue. ...

Chainlink's Nazarov tells the CFTC that the pace of tokenization will decide America's market dominanceSergey Nazarov (@SergeyNazarov) of @chainlink told the CFTC's innovation committee Thursday that US equities' roughly 60% share of global equity value is at stake as finance moves on-chain, arguing the speed of that shift "will determine America's position in the global financial system."He said thousands of founders have quit building in the US over regulatory uncertainty, per his own experience as their ...

CFTC floats a new "crypto asset market" designation for exchanges, including unregistered onesChairman Mike Selig told the @CFTC innovation committee that the agency envisions a category letting both existing registrants and currently unregistered crypto exchanges seek designation, then offer leveraged crypto trading under CFTC rules, per The Crypto Times.Selig also flagged upcoming amendments to the rules governing exchanges that list event contracts, along with modernized reporting for prediction markets. ...

Clearstar lifts its earnXRP deposit cap to 45M FXRP on Flare as new borrowing venues come online@ClearstarLabs has raised the ceiling on its earnXRP vault to 45M FXRP, the wrapped form of ripple:native on @FlareNetworks, worth roughly $59M at current prices. The added room follows new stablecoin borrowing venues coming online to deploy deposits against.The vault is accessible through the @XamanWallet Flare Yield app, with withdrawals taking 72 hours as standard, or a fee for instant exit. ...

Dogwifhat climbs 13% as the memecoin rally continuessolana:EKpQGSJtjMFqKZ9KQanSqYXRcF8fBopzLHYxdM65zcjm trades at $0.163, up 13% in a day and nearly 20% on the week, per CoinMarketCap data, after breaking out of a flat range it had held since mid-August. Daily volume for the @dogwifcoin token more than doubled to $73.98M.The move follows the broader memecoin bid lifting Dogecoin, SHIB and PEPE, with the wider market rallying on macro and regulatory tailwinds. ...

Aptos-based DEX Decibel goes live with spot trading alongside perps@Aptos ecosystem exchange @DecibelTrade launched spot markets, starting with $BTC and aptos:native pairs. Users can hold spot assets, post eligible ones as collateral, and hedge with perpetuals from a single account.The fully on-chain trading engine has passed $5.8B in cumulative volume, per Aptos. The venue previously offered perpetual futures only. ...

On-chain treasuries, native regulated dollars, and tokenized stocks are on the way. The future looks bright indeed. 😎None (@None):Ondo's USDY brought tokenized US Treasuries to Sei.Circle's native USDC brought regulated dollars.Dinari's tokenized stocks for US investors are coming soon.And Washington is finally updating the rules.The modern economy is looking good here. https://t.co/MV3tJMJCyl ...