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Morpho’s $175M DeFi Raise Signals Growth for Onchain Credit

Investors are showing renewed interest in “onchain credit” and stablecoin-linked financial infrastructure, signaling a shift away from decentralized finance (DeFi) lending as a standalone retail product. That backdrop is helping a well-known lending protocol, Morpho Labs, raise fresh capital and frame its next phase as credit infrastructure for institutions. According to Cointelegraph, Spark CEO Sam MacPherson said stablecoin growth is pushing the market to treat credit as a core layer in the onchain financial stack. He pointed to Morpho’s latest funding as an example of capital flowing toward stablecoin-enabled lending and credit tooling. Key takeaways Morpho announced a $175 million funding round led by Paradigm, with participation from a16z Crypto and Ribbit Capital. The company positions Morpho not only as a DeFi lending protocol, but as credit infrastructure for banks, asset managers, and fintechs. DeFiLlama data cited in the report puts Morpho at $6.72 billion in TVL and ab...
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SpaceX Move Boosts Tokenization as Crypto Markets Reprice Growth

Crypto markets may still be buffeted by macro news and uneven regulatory signals, but tokenization continues to look like the sector’s most durable theme. This week’s developments underscored that shift: Binance Research data points to accelerating demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), while Kraken expanded tokenized access to SpaceX’s IPO via its xStocks platform. Beyond tokenization, blockchain activity is also evolving. Prediction markets have now outpaced onchain gambling by volume for the first time, according to TRM Labs, and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a formal request for a U.S. presidential pardon. Key takeaways Binance Research reports active tokenized RWAs rose 589% since early 2025, with tokenized bonds and money market funds adding $6.5 billion and tokenized stocks up 422%. Kraken says eligible users in more than 110 markets can access the SpaceX IPO through xStocks, receiving an allocation that maps 1:1 to tokenized shares. TRM Labs data show...
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SBF Appeal Rejected as Trump Pardon Effort Presses On

Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest attempt to overturn his FTX fraud conviction has been rejected. In a unanimous decision issued by a three-judge appeals panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan, the court denied his bid for relief and upheld the conviction and 25-year prison sentence linked to the 2022 collapse of FTX. According to Reuters , the panel characterized the government’s case as “conservatively stated, robust,” signaling that the appeals court found the original trial record supported the conviction. Key takeaways Bankman-Fried’s appeal was rejected unanimously by a Second Circuit panel, leaving the fraud conviction and 25-year sentence intact. The appellate court said the government’s case against him was “robust,” indicating strong support in the trial record. The ruling does not end the matter for Bankman-Fried, who is pursuing other legal options including clemency. His effort to seek a presidential pardon appears to face uncertainty given p...
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Major Crypto Exchanges Withdraw SpaceX IPO Allocation Orders

Major crypto trading and wallet platforms have canceled their tokenized access campaigns tied to SpaceX’s IPO after the company began trading on the Nasdaq on Friday. Bybit, Binance, Bitget Wallet and MEXC all said they were unable to obtain SpaceX allocations through xStocks, leaving participants without the promised shares and triggering refunds. SpaceX’s IPO—reported as more than four times oversubscribed—raised $75 billion. Shares opened at $150, above the $135 IPO price, and closed the day at $161.11, valuing the company at more than $2 trillion. Key takeaways Bybit, Binance, Bitget Wallet and MEXC canceled tokenized SpaceX IPO campaigns after xStocks could not deliver underlying allocations. Several platforms linked their failure to the same delivery bottleneck—xStocks’ inability to provide the underlying assets. Refunds are being processed for affected users, but no SpaceX allocation distribution is expected from these campaigns. The episode highlights operational and se...
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Anthropic Cuts Off Access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Over US Directive

Anthropic said it has suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after receiving a U.S. government export control directive tied to national security concerns. The company disabled access for all users, including foreign nationals, effective immediately after it received the order at 5:21 p.m. ET on Friday. In a statement posted on its website, Anthropic said the directive instructed it to suspend “all access” to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, regardless of whether they are located inside or outside the United States. The company also said its other models, such as Opus 4.8, are not affected by the order. Key takeaways Anthropic suspended global access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a U.S. export control directive citing national security concerns. The order was received at 5:21 p.m. ET and required the company to halt access “by any foreign national,” including foreign national employees. Other Anthropic models, including Opus 4.8, are reported as unaff...
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Major Crypto Exchanges Revoke SpaceX IPO Allotments, Offer Refunds

Several major crypto trading and wallet platforms have canceled their tokenized SpaceX IPO campaigns after SpaceX began trading publicly on the Nasdaq. Bybit, Binance, Bitget Wallet and MEXC all pointed to problems in securing underlying allocations, leaving subscribers without the expected access and triggering refunds in some cases. SpaceX’s IPO, reported as more than four times oversubscribed, raised $75 billion and valued the company at more than $2 trillion on its first day. Shares opened at $150, rose from the $135 IPO price, and closed at $161.11 on Friday. Key takeaways Bybit, Binance, Bitget Wallet and MEXC canceled their tokenized SpaceX IPO offerings once allocations could not be fulfilled. Multiple platforms blamed xStocks’ inability to deliver the underlying assets needed to distribute SpaceX tokenized IPO allocations. Binance’s campaign had reportedly attracted more than $557 million in USDC deposits before being halted. Bitget Wallet and MEXC stated they would re...
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Anthropic Halts Access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 After US Order

Anthropic has suspended access to its newly released Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after receiving a U.S. government export control directive, citing national security concerns. The company disabled the models for all users immediately to comply with the order, while saying its other offerings—including Opus 4.8—remain available. In a statement posted Friday, Anthropic said the directive arrived at 5:21 pm ET and instructed it to suspend “all access” to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States. This restriction reportedly includes foreign national Anthropic employees, and the company said it took broad action to ensure compliance. Key takeaways Anthropic suspended access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 immediately after receiving a U.S. government export control directive. The order reportedly targets access by foreign nationals, including Anthropic employees who are foreign nationals. Other Anthropic models, such as Opus 4.8, are not af...
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