Trustless, with caveats: Babylon’s big Bitcoin DeFi claim
https://cointelegraph.com/news/trustless-with-caveats-babylon-s-big-bitcoin-defi-claim?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Babylon Labs says it has built a system using BitVM3 that allows native Bitcoin to be used as trustless collateral for borrowing on Ethereum, but its trustless design raises questions.

Ocean, Fetch.ai feud escalates to legal threats as Binance restricts deposits
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ocean-fetch-ai-dispute-binance-asi-alliance?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh accused Ocean Protocol of mishandling ASI tokens, pledging to fund class-action suits to “expose the truth.”

Daylight DePIN raises $75M to power decentralized solar energy grid
https://cointelegraph.com/news/daylight-depin-solar-energy-raises-75-million?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss%3FnoCache%3Dtrue%26_rnd%3D0ftpol%26_refresh%3D0ftpol%26__%3D1760641312043&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Daylight removes the high upfront cost of installing solar panels and batteries, which has impeded the adoption of solar energy.

Ether retail longs metric hits 94%, but optimism could be a classic bull trap
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ether-retail-longs-metric-hits-94percent-but-optimism-could-be-a-classic-bull-trap?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss%3FnoCache%3Dtrue%26_rnd%3D0ftpol%26_refresh%3D0ftpol%26__%3D1760641312043&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Retail Ether longs surged above 90%, but analysts warn of a potential reversal as technicals flash caution even as institutions keep buying the dip.

Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Crypto invests $50M in Solana liquid staking protocol Jito
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a16z-crypto-50-million-solana-liquid-staking-protocol-jito?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss%3FnoCache%3Dtrue%26_rnd%3D0ftpol%26_refresh%3D0ftpol%26__%3D1760641312043&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The investment deepens a16z’s exposure to Solana’s liquid staking ecosystem as US regulators begin clarifying how such products fit into securities law.

Crypto execs fork over cash at Trump’s ballroom fundraiser: Report
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Representatives from Gemini, Ripple and Coinbase were reportedly in attendance at the fundraising dinner at the White House on Wednesday evening.

Ripple buys corporate treasury management company GTreasury for $1B
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-acquisition-gtreasury-1b?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

GTreasury is Ripple’s third business acquisition in 2025, part of an expansion strategy that includes traditional financial companies and digital asset projects alike.

Bitcoiners louden call for Signal to adopt BTC in new campaign
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoiners-voice-support-signal-adopting-bitcoin?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Jack Dorsey and Peter Todd are among the Bitcoiners voicing support for privacy messaging app Signal to adopt Bitcoin amid a “Bitcoin for Signal” campaign.

Investors are getting better at spotting bad Bitcoin treasuries: David Bailey
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-treasury-companies-btc-accumulation-david-bailey?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin treasury firms have little reason to launch without a clear “edge,” a Bitcoin treasury executive says, as debate over a potential bubble intensifies.

Ethereum attracted more than 16K new devs over 9 months
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-attracted-16k-new-developers-9-months?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

New crypto developers are seemingly flocking to the Ethereum ecosystem, followed by Solana and Bitcoin, according to new data from Electric Capital.