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Fireblocks acquires Australian defi startup BlockFold for $10m

Blockchain company Fireblocks, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, has acquired Melbourne-based decentralized finance (defi) startup BlockFold for a reported $10 million. This acquisition will allow Fireblocks to expand its services beyond custody services. Neither Fireblocks nor BlockFold has made any public statements regarding the deal. BlockFold, founded in 2022, provides smart contract

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JPMorgan, Citi Among Banking Giants Abuzz About Tokenization of Real-World Assets (RWA) as DeFi Craves Collateral

Edging towards the public Ethereum mainnet has always been a delicate business, given that banks have traditionally viewed public blockchains as more or less radioactive, both a reputational and compliance risk. JPMorgan’s head of Onyx Digital Assets, Tyrone Lobban, noted that the public Ethereum chain has evolved significantly over time,

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BIS and France, Switzerland, Singapore Central Banks Successfully Test Cross Border Trading of Wholesale CBDC Using DeFi

Project Mariana's proof of concept used a hypothetical euro, Singapore dollar and Swiss franc wCBDCs between simulated financial institutions. The project relied on "a common token standard on a public blockchain which facilitates interoperability and seamless exchange of wCBDC across varied local payment and settlement systems maintained by participant central

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Curve founder repays Aave loan, still owes $42m to defi lenders

Michael Egorov, the co-founder of Curve Finance, has completely settled his debt on Aave after depositing 68 million CRV, equivalent to approximately $35 million, to Silo. Egorov withdrew 10.7 million of crvUSD, Curve’s decentralized stablecoin, from the non-custodial lending protocol following his CRV deposit, according to on-chain analytics provider, Lookonchain. After

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