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Meet Azeem Khan 👋
Azeem is a standout builder in the Introduction.com community working on one of the most important problems in crypto today
How do you scale blockchains without giving up privacy
As Co founder of Miden, he is building L2 infrastructure where privacy is built into execution, not added on later
Last week he took the stage at the EY Global Blockchain Summit alongside leaders from Matter Labs, Aztec, and EY to break down where L2s and privacy are actually heading
Privacy is the blocker for real adoption. Institutions and users need control over what is public and what is not
Miden is building an L2 where that control exists by default at the execution layer
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Member Activity
VC
Polymarket secured a $600M direct cash investment from Intercontinental Exchange to finalize a broader $2B structured investment arrangement.
The capital will be used to scale global forecasting infrastructure and integrate institutional grade sentiment tools for traditional financial markets.
Elden Mirzoian and the team at Polymarket continue to build, hype!
Tazapay closed a $36M Series B extension led by Circle Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures and CMT Digital.
The capital will be used to expand its licensing footprint in the UAE, EU, and Hong Kong while building out agentic payment infrastructure for AI driven flows.
Huge shoutout to Thomas Malone and the team at Circle Ventures for their leadership in this strategic move!
Midas raised $50M in a Series A round led by RRE Ventures and Creandum with participation from Framework Ventures and Coinbase Ventures.
The funding will support the expansion of its Midas Staked Liquidity system to enable instant atomic redemptions for tokenized yield products.
Big win for Jonathan King and the Coinbase Ventures team for their support in this milestone raise!
Seed
MegaPot secured $5M in a funding round led by Dragonfly Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Bankless Ventures.
The capital will be used to scale its decentralized jackpot protocol on the Base blockchain to offer transparent global raffles.
Huge win for Coinbase Ventures and the team on this one!
Watch Fun secured $8.6M in a funding round led by Crypto.com Capital and Solana Ventures with participation from Animoca Brands and Spartan Capital.
The proceeds will support product development and the expansion of its on chain luxury watch drop catalog.
Shoutout to Luca Ioannis and the team at Animoca Brands for their leadership here!
M&A
Katana completed the acquisition of decentralized exchange IDEX to launch Katana Perps as its native perpetual futures platform. The merger aims to integrate institutional grade trading infrastructure directly into the Katana DeFi stack to own its core economic engines.
Big moves for the IDEX and Katana teams!
Non-Member Activity
VC
Startale Labs secured $50M in Series A funding anchored by SBI Holdings as part of a total $63M raise including Sony Innovation Fund. The funds will be used for the global promotion of the Startale Super App and the development of regulated Japanese Yen stablecoins.
Secondary
Ledger completed a $50M secondary equity sale led by CEO Pascal Gauthier to provide liquidity for early investors. The transaction allows the hardware security firm to maintain its private status while preparing for future growth in its software and enterprise service divisions.Apply Today
Headlines
The New York Stock Exchange and Securitize signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a native digital trading platform for tokenized securities. The collaboration establishes Securitize as the first digital transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain native shares for corporate and ETF issuers on the exchange.
Moody’s Ratings launched its Token Integration Engine to deliver real time credit analysis directly onto blockchain networks. The system operates as a node on the Canton Network to provide institutional participants with verified risk data embedded into digital financial workflows.
Coinbase and Fannie Mae launched a pilot program allowing borrowers to pledge Bitcoin or USDC as collateral for conforming home loans. The initiative targets the $4B federal mortgage market to enable homeownership without requiring the liquidation of digital assets.
NYSE Arca and NYSE American removed the 25,000 contract position limit on options tied to 11 crypto ETFs following an SEC waiver. The rule change allows for institutional FLEX options with customizable terms to enhance liquidity and risk management for digital asset products.
The Bitcoin network hashrate recorded its first quarterly decline in six years as publicly traded miners reallocate power toward AI infrastructure. The shift is driven by a search for predictable revenue streams as the network hashprice remains near the breakeven point for older generation hardware.
Glassnode research identified a significant execution advantage for Hyperliquid traders located in Tokyo due to server clustering in the AWS ap northeast 1 region. The 200 millisecond latency edge has led to higher fill probabilities and tighter spreads for regional market makers compared to their Western counterparts.
JPMorgan analysts reported that Hyperliquid’s oil perpetual futures hit $1.7B in daily volume as traders sought 24/7 exposure during the Iran war. The surge highlights a structural shift where decentralized venues capture market share by remaining open when traditional commodity exchanges like the CME are closed.
Regulation Roundup
United States 🇺🇸
Nasdaq secured SEC approval to begin migrating specific equity tiers onto a blockchain based settlement layer. The landmark regulatory nod allows the exchange to reduce counterparty risk and shorten settlement cycles by utilizing decentralized ledger technology for institutional stock trading.
Republican Senators Lummis and Cassidy introduced the Mined in America Act to expand domestic digital asset mining and codify a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law. The bill seeks to secure the national financial future by transitioning mining infrastructure away from equipment manufactured by foreign adversaries.
The U.S. Labor Department proposed a new rule to allow 401k plan fiduciaries to include digital assets in diversified retirement investment options. This policy shift follows a White House review aimed at providing millions of American savers with regulated access to the $10T retirement market.
The SEC and CFTC issued a joint interpretation establishing a functional taxonomy to distinguish between digital commodities and digital securities. The guidance provides a standardized framework for market participants to determine which crypto assets fall under federal securities laws based on their programmatic utility.
International 🌏
The Canadian government introduced legislation to implement a total ban on cryptocurrency donations for political campaigns to ensure election transparency. The policy requires any digital asset contributions to be returned within 30 days to prevent the use of anonymous funds in the democratic process.
The UK government announced an emergency moratorium on all political donations made through cryptocurrencies to mitigate the risk of untraceable financial influence. Prime Minister Starmer cited the need to protect British democracy from anonymous foreign funding as the primary driver for the immediate policy overhaul.
Global sports leagues including the NFL have called for tighter international guardrails on prediction markets to protect the integrity of athletic competitions. The push aims to force offshore platforms to implement mandatory information sharing with sports integrity units to prevent cross-border insider trading and manipulation of global betting data.
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