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MakerDAO has launched the Spark Tokenization Grand Prix, a competition aiming to onboard $1 billion of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as part of its Endgame strategy to improve governance and tokenomics.

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an upcoming Bitcoin conference in Nashville, despite a recent assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.

Sonic, a Solana-based gaming Layer 2 (L2), has partnered with Neon Stack to enable EVM compatibility on its platform, facilitating the migration of Ethereum-based decentralized applications (dapps) to Solana.

Jump Crypto's Firedancer, a new high-performance validator client for Solana, has successfully built its first block on the Solana testnet.

The TON Applications Chain (TAC) is developing a new layer-2 network for the TON blockchain ecosystem, leveraging Polygon's technology.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has filed with the SEC to list Solana-based ETFs from VanEck and 21Shares.

Tron, led by founder Justin Sun, is developing a gas-free stablecoin transfer mechanism for both the Tron and Ethereum chains, aiming to enable free peer-to-peer transfers.

The German and US governments have transferred approximately $737.6 million worth of bitcoin to exchanges, with Germany responsible for about three-quarters of these transactions.

MAG, a leading UAE real estate developer, has partnered with MANTRA to tokenize $500 million in real estate assets, aiming to transform real estate investment by leveraging blockchain technology.

ZKsync has introduced its vision for an "Elastic Chain," a unified ecosystem of interconnected Layer 2 rollups, following its 3.0 upgrade.