① Five Former EF Researchers Launch Ethlabs, an Independent Non-Profit R&D Lab for Ethereum

Ansgar Dietrichs, Barnabé Monnot, Caspar Schwarz-Schilling, Josh Rudolf, and Julian Ma have launched Ethlabs, an independent non-profit R&D lab backed by Bitmine, Sharplink, and Consensys founder Joe

② Franklin Templeton Closes 250 Digital Acquisition, Launches Franklin Crypto for Institutional Allocators

The $1.78 trillion asset manager stands up a dedicated institutional crypto unit, extending a platform that already includes the BENJI tokenized money-market fund and a proposed pair of dividend-into-

③ WSJ: $1.9M in Fake Bets Propped Up Polymarket Creator Videos

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that roughly $1.9 million in bets shown across more than 1,100 creator videos promoting Polymarket were not real, part of a paid influencer program in which c

④ Re7 Labs Opens $223K USDC Compensation Pool for USR Exploit Victims

Re7 Labs opened a 223,000 USDC compensation pool for wallets affected by the March exploit of Resolv Labs' USR stablecoin. The Morpho curator joins Gauntlet, which opened a 4.37 million USDC payout ea

⑤ World Liberty Financial's USD1 Supply Grows 9.7% in a Week to $4.85 Billion

USD1's circulating supply expanded 9.7% over the past seven days to $4.85 billion, a 100th-percentile move that pushes the World Liberty Financial-issued stablecoin past Sky's USDS in net weekly inflo

⑥ 1,200 Tech Companies Tell Senate to Pass CLARITY Act as Lummis Calls Code-as-Crime Risk an 'Absurdity'

The Consumer Technology Association, representing more than 1,200 firms including Amazon, Apple and Google, urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act without delay. Senator Cynthia Lummis followed with

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