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Plume signed an MOU with Shinhan Asset Management (~₩133.6T AUM) to build a KRW-denominated tokenized fund backed by ultra-short-term Won bonds, piloting offshore — Cryptobriefing

Japan's Metaplanet is taking a 95.7% stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League for $134.6M (2,100 BTC + $2.5M cash) to launch a US bitcoin treasury named Superplanet — CoinDesk

Databricks closed a $5B round at a $190B valuation (up from ~$134B six months ago), led by Coatue with Blackstone, MGX and T. Rowe Price; its revenue run-rate now tops $7B — CNBC

RedotPay is delaying its US IPO to 2027+ after Binance-linked entities sued its founders for ~$473M, alleging 470,000 Binance Card users were diverted to its own card — WuBlockchain

FG Nexus wound down its ETH treasury within a year: the discontinued crypto unit lost $45.2M in H1 vs just $144K in staking, and it's now pivoting to real estate — CryptoSlate

Kite (AI payment chain) hit a wallet compromise: ~133.4M KITE (~$13.5M) moved from 16 Ethereum wallets, then frozen; transfers paused, team says no loss — Coinkolik

A hacker stole 500,000 USDC, then forgot to set slippage on the swap and got MEV-sandwiched: the bot took about $371K, leaving the thief with just $129K — PeckShield

JPMorgan ended its banking relationship with Polymarket over regulatory concerns, while maintaining some ties to the prediction market and other sector players — WSJ

SharpLink (SBET), a top corporate ETH holder, is staking $200M of ETH (~106,000, ~12% of its 888,938 ETH) through Lido, receiving wstETH in Anchorage custody — SharpLink

Upbit will end trading support for BONK, citing unresolved security risks and inadequate disclosures by the issuer — Upbit

Bybit has sued North Korea and the Lazarus Group over last year's record $1.5B hack, and secured a US court order freezing the identified stolen assets — CoinDesk

Trump Media posted a $238M quarterly loss, weighed down by its crypto treasury bet, even as it discloses holding 14,139 BTC (~$905M) — Decrypt

Lighter turned on live points for Robinhood Wallet users trading perps: 2x via the wallet, 1x on web, plus $11M in LIT earmarked for the Robinhood community — Lighter

The CFTC invoked emergency authority to keep Kalshi's prediction markets running in New York after the state AG sued to halt them and sought over $36B in damages — CoinDesk

SKALE Labs launches Agent Pit, a zero-gas paper-trading sandbox where builders can train and backtest AI agents before deploying them to live prediction markets like Polymarket — The Block

Tx’s XRP Ledger bridge was exploited for nearly 200,000 XRP ($202K) after faulty deposit-detection software treated fake deposits as real and minted unbacked XRP on Tx Chain — Decrypt

Tether completed its first full financial audit: KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified (clean) opinion on its 2025 statements, with reserves exceeding liabilities by $6.814B — Tether

The SEC is preparing an "escape hatch" letting crypto projects sidestep securities registration, as it readies major crypto policy with the Clarity Act stalled — Decrypt

CeDeFi platform Grvt plans to build a $100M position in Ondo’s USDY over the next year, integrating the yield-bearing tokenized Treasury product into Grvt Earn — The Block

Bitwise cut ~14% of its workforce as the crypto downturn drags on, the latest sign of layoffs mounting across the industry — The Block