HORYONCrypto Market Intelligence
Circle froze $12.6M in Zama’s confidential USDC contract via court order, bricking the entire contract due to Overnight Finance hack-linked funds. 🔗
The CFTC has approved the listing of a "true" Bitcoin perpetual contract on a CFTC-registered exchange, marking a major step toward bringing crypto perpetual trading into the U.S. regulatory framework.
Paxos received SEC registration as the first blockchain-native clearing agency for U.S. equities, unlocking institutional adoption for tokenized assets. 🔗
Base has activated the Azul upgrade on mainnet, introducing multiproofs and cutting empty blocks by 99%. The upgrade targets 5,000 transactions per second and advances decentralization.
OKX Ventures and Korea Investment & Securities have invested $53M each for a 19.6% stake in Coinone, a South Korean centralized crypto exchange.
Cosmos-based bridge drained of ~$5.4M in suspected key compromise, with funds laundered via ChangeNow and Binance. 🔗
Hypernova, an on-chain prop trading protocol on Arbitrum, has raised $3M in a pre-seed round from investors including Lemniscap, CM Holdings, and Pivot.
Futarchy governance rejected a $6M OTC deal at 30% discount after prediction market traders priced in dilution, marking first DAO-blocked VC extraction via live markets. 🔗
The episode argues that Ethereum is positioned to capture the majority of tokenized assets and stable‑coin settlement, with institutional holders like Sharplink and major asset managers driving massive on‑chain volume that will boost ETH demand and price, making the current level an attractive entry point.
Regulators signaled a green light for US‑listed Bitcoin perpetuals, sparking hype around Hyperliquid, Near and other AI‑linked assets, while investors debate capital returns and the path to on‑shore crypto derivatives.
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