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Tether Deepens Institutional Push With Strategic Investments in Kaio, Antalpha
The stablecoin issuer has taken an 8.2% stake in Bitcoin mining lender Antalpha and led an $8 million round into Abu Dhabi-based on-chain fund distributor Kaio, as it continues to deploy capital across the digital asset infrastructure stack
OCBC, Lion Global, DigiFT Launch Tokenized Physical Gold Fund
The GOLDX token, issued on Ethereum and Solana, gives institutional and accredited investors on-chain exposure to a gold fund that has already attracted over $525 million in assets
Bitcoin Loses Momentum, But Bullish Bets Remain
Despite the pullback below $74,000, steady ETF inflows and buyer demand near $72,000 suggest the move remains a reaction to headline risk rather than a structural reversal.
Kelp DAO Loses $292M in Largest DeFi Exploit of 2026, LayerZero Attributes Attack to Lazarus Group
LayerZero has linked the April 18 attack to North Korea's Lazarus Group, blaming Kelp's single-verifier bridge configuration for a $292 million drain that cascaded across nine DeFi protocols and wiped $6.6 billion from Aave's TVL