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Polygon surpassed Ethereum in daily fees due to a surge in Polymarket activity, indicating a shift in user demand towards Layer-2 networks.

OKX Ventures has partnered with STBL, Hamilton Lane, and Securitize to launch a new RWA-backed stablecoin on OKX's X Layer blockchain, expanding the stablecoin market and potentially increasing adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions.

Chainlink price feeds for tokenized US stocks (SPYon, QQQon, and TSLAon) have gone live on Ethereum, enabling their use as collateral in DeFi lending markets.

Ethereum holders are accumulating more ETH despite the price dropping below $2,000, indicating strong investor confidence in the long-term prospects of the cryptocurrency.

Robinhood is testing its own blockchain, the Robinhood Chain, built on Arbitrum, to enhance trading and tokenization capabilities, potentially deepening its presence in the DeFi space.

Robinhood is launching a testnet for its Ethereum layer-2, Arbitrum-based platform, which will enable tokenized assets and deepen its presence in DeFi infrastructure.

The CoinDesk 20 index experienced a 3.4% decline, with Aptos and Ethereum leading the drop, down 5.5% and 5.4% respectively.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposes integrating cryptocurrency with AI to provide decentralized solutions for privacy, verification, and economic layers, potentially benefiting society.

Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder, emphasizes the importance of decentralized stablecoins, suggesting alternative models that align with DeFi's original promise of risk decentralization.

ENS has abandoned plans for Namechain L2 due to a significant drop in gas fees and upcoming Ethereum scaling improvements, opting to deploy its ENSv2 upgrade directly on Ethereum instead.

The Ethereum Fusaka upgrade has made address poisoning cheaper, posing a risk to users with malicious actors able to carry out dust attacks at a lower cost.

Investors are turning away from Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP as crypto venture capital firms struggle to raise new funds, with major firms pivoting away and historic low commitments to crypto VC funds.