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Samsung Affiliates Pay $408 Million for Upbit Operator Stake, Closing June 2026

Three Samsung affiliates have agreed to jointly acquire a 4% stake in Dunamu, the company behind South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, for approximately 612.8 billion won ($408 million). Samsung…

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Whale Shorts $16M in Bitcoin and Ether While Going Long on TradFi on Hyperliquid

Onchain data has flagged a smart money whale running heavily leveraged short positions on bitcoin and ether simultaneously with long positions on traditional financial (TradFi) market indexes through Hyperliquid. Long…

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Bitget Launches Reality Platform for Tokenized Stocks With Stablecoin Dividend Payments

Bitget has unveiled Reality, a regulated platform for issuing tokenized real-world assets tied to traditional securities. The company aims to bridge traditional and decentralized finance ( DeFi) markets by offering…

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Wisdomtree Suggests Stablecoin Market Faces Structural Repricing as Institutions Shift Toward Yield

Stablecoins are facing rising pressure as the yield debate exposes inefficiencies in idle capital. Firms like Wisdomtree Digital Assets are pointing to tokenized funds as a way to capture income…

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Gold, Silver, and Oil Perpetual Swaps Reach $25 Billion Weekly, per BitMEX Research

A BitMEX research report published Thursday found that traditional finance (TradFi) perpetual swap volume climbed from $525.8 million to $30.7 billion weekly in Q1 2026, as commodity and equity derivatives…

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Polymarket Brings TradFi Markets to Prediction Trading With Pyth Integration

Polymarket has integrated Pyth Network as the resolution source for a new category of traditional asset markets on its prediction platform, giving traders a data-backed way to speculate on U.S.…

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Report: Barclays Joins Global Banks Building Blockchain Payment Systems

Barclays is reportedly exploring a blockchain-based platform for payments and deposits as financial banking giants prepare for faster, digital settlement systems. Sources Say the Banking Behemoth Barclays Is Preparing a…

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