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Crypto Weekly Roundup: Grayscale Boosts Ethereum ETFs, Trump Mulls CZ Pardon & More

This week in crypto, a lot happened on the ETF front, with the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Luxembourg allocating 1% to Bitcoin ETFs, while Grayscale enabled staking for spot Ethereum ETFs. Meanwhile, President Trump is contemplating a presidential pardon for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. However, the administration is worried about the optics of such a ￰0￱ are the biggest stories of the week! Bitcoin Luxembourg's Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund has allocated 1% of its portfolio to Bitcoin ETFs and other crypto ￰1￱ decision, announced by finance minister Gilles Roth, makes Luxembourg the first country in the Eurozone to invest in Bitcoin through its sovereign ￰2￱ entrepreneur Roger Ver , popularly called “Bitcoin Jesus,” reached a deal with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to have his tax evasion case ￰3￱ was arrested in April 2024 and charged with mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax ￰4￱ Crypto asset manager Grayscale has enabled staking for its US Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHE) and its Ethereum Mini Trust ETF ￰5￱ decision allows investors to earn additional yield on their ￰6￱ asset manager has also activated staking for the Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL).

Business Web3 wallet MetaMask has introduced perpetual contract trading after launching in-wallet access to Hyperliquid’s DEX ￰7￱ feature will help MetaMask establish itself as an all-in-one self-custodial trading and investment hub for global ￰8￱ treasury company CleanCore announced that it holds 710 million DOGE worth $188 ￰9￱ company aims to hold 1 billion DOGE and is backed by the Dogecoin ￰10￱ Exchange , the parent entity of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has announced a $2 billion stake in prediction market platform ￰11￱ move marks its foray into event-driven markets and enhances the platform’s credibility in the ￰12￱ tokenization platform Ondo Finance completed the acquisition of Oasis Pro, a regulated digital asset broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS).

The deal allows Ondo Finance to develop and provide tokenized securities markets in the US. Web3 NEAR has developed the Intents framework for seamless, multichain ￰13￱ utilizes solvers and chain signatures to create a process that feels as simple as a token ￰14￱ developers, Intents enables the creation of dApps that can interact with multiple ￰15￱ can also access the tooling and libraries that come bundled with ￰16￱ has partnered with Opera, bringing Decrypt’s breaking news and industry analysis directly into the Opera ￰17￱ The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will formalize an “innovation exemption” for crypto and digital asset companies by the end of the ￰18￱ exemption will allow companies to leverage digital assets and other innovative technologies in the ￰19￱ Trump is reportedly considering a presidential pardon for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao .

A presidential pardon could restore Zhao’s reputation in the cryptocurrency industry and clear the path for a return to Binance. Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes ￰20￱ is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice

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