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VanEck has requested the withdrawal of its proposed Lido Staked Ethereum ETF with the SEC, canceling plans for a fund that would track stETH price performance without public shares ever being issued.

Standard Chartered has launched an institutional-grade RLUSD custody service on the XRP Ledger through its DIFC branch, while partnering with Ripple and LMAX Group for a future collateral integration.

Polygon Labs has integrated TRON into its Open Money Stack to enable enterprises to handle USDT deposits, wallets, cross-chain transfers, and payouts through a single integration linking to traditional financial rails.

Cardano has launched the CIP-0113 programmable token standard on its mainnet, enabling issuers to embed ledger-enforced regulatory compliance and KYC protocols directly into native tokenized assets without requiring a hard fork.

The Solana Foundation has deployed an open-source delivery-versus-payment settlement tool for financial institutions, with guidance from J.P. Morgan, aiming to streamline tokenized asset transactions on the Solana network.

Zcash has deployed its NU7 upgrade on the testnet at block 4,465,026, reducing target block times to 25 seconds and introducing the Network Sustainability Mechanism ahead of a provisional November mainnet launch.

DogeOS has launched its public Chikyū testnet, introducing EVM-compatible smart contracts and zero-knowledge rollups to the Dogecoin network. Developers can now build decentralized finance and gaming applications using DOGE for transaction fees.

Standard Chartered forecasts Ethena’s ENA token will reach $2 by late 2028, driven by the projected growth of its USDe synthetic dollar stablecoin, even as the asset faces an upcoming token unlock.

Bitcoin is trading lower today, with the broader crypto market also pulling back as major assets such as Ethereum and XRP remain in the red. Bitcoin was around $83,200, down about 1.5% over 24 hours, while total crypto market capitalization fell roughly 1.5% to $2.86 trillion. Despite the broader weakness,

Investor interest drives ONDO up by more than 32% as BlackRock integrates three portfolio strategies on-chain, providing exposure to Bitcoin ETFs, bonds, and stocks through Ondo Intelligent Portfolios.