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Ether.fi Deploys $100M into Plume RWA Vault: DeFi Meets Tokenized Real-World Assets at Scale

Ether.fi, a leading liquid restaking protocol, has committed $100 million in capital to a Real World Asset vault built on Plume Network, creating a direct yield pathway between Ethereum-native liquidity and tokenized real-world instruments. This move signals a structural convergence between the restaking economy and the rapidly expanding RWA sector. For institutional and retail participants alike, it represents a new risk-yield profile layering on-chain composability with off-chain asset performance.

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Cryptocurrency

Crypto ETF Winter: $4.4 Billion Exits Major Funds as HYPE Defies the Selloff

Spot ETFs tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP have collectively shed $4.4 billion across 13 consecutive sessions, signaling a broad institutional risk-off posture in digital asset markets. Amid the carnage, Hyperliquid's HYPE token stands as the singular exception, attracting net inflows and validating growing market conviction in decentralized derivatives infrastructure. This divergence between legacy crypto ETFs and emerging DeFi-native assets is reshaping how capital allocators are approaching the sector.

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Crypto Markets

UMA Oracle Upholds 'No' on Strategy Bitcoin Sale: Prediction Market Governance Under Scrutiny

Polymarket's decentralized oracle network, UMA, concluded its dispute resolution process by affirming a 'No' outcome on a market questioning whether Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) had sold bitcoin holdings. The decision, reached through UMA's token-holder voting mechanism, faced vocal criticism from market participants who believed the outcome was incorrectly adjudicated. This episode spotlights the tension between on-chain governance finality and subjective interpretations of real-world events in prediction markets.

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Cryptocurrency

Banking's Digital Asset Inflection Point: Why Institutional Custody Is Now a Strategic Imperative

Standard Chartered's full acquisition of Zodia Custody signals a tectonic shift in institutional finance, as major banks pivot from crypto skepticism to infrastructure ownership. Zodia CEO Julian Sawyer's assertion that every bank will eventually hold digital assets reframes custody not as a fringe service but as a core banking capability. This consolidation moment marks the beginning of a regulated, bank-grade digital asset era.

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Cryptocurrency

Grayscale's Fee-War Entry into Hyperliquid ETF Market Signals Institutional Appetite for DeFi-Native Assets

Grayscale has introduced what it positions as the lowest-fee U.S.-listed ETF tracking HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange protocol, intensifying a competitive race among asset managers to capture early institutional flows into emerging DeFi blue-chips. The move reflects a broader structural shift in crypto ETF strategy—from Bitcoin and Ethereum dominance toward layer-1 and DeFi-native tokens. Fee undercutting as a market-entry tactic signals that the HYPE ETF category is expected to attract sufficient AUM to justify thin margin competition.

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