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Janus Henderson Investors, a global asset manager dual-headquartered in London and Denver with roughly $380 billion under management, has acquired a position in ENA, the governance token of the Ethena protocol, and is developing regulated investment products linked to the Ethena ecosystem.

Crypto market maker GSR has received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to complete its acquisition of Portland-based Equilibrium Capital Services, a move that hands the firm a rare US securities licence and may strengthen its case as a potential institutional counterparty for exchanges and funds across South Asia and Africa.

Paris-founded DeFi lending protocol closes one of the largest single fundraises in decentralized finance history, targeting fragmented credit markets worldwide.

Starknet has deployed STRK20, a privacy layer that shields ERC-20 token balances and transfers using zero-knowledge proofs, while building in selective disclosure tools designed to satisfy anti-money laundering regulators in markets like India, Nigeria, and Pakistan.

Standard Chartered's soon-to-be-absorbed custody subsidiary can now legally transfer stablecoins across all 27 EU member states, closing a regulatory gap in institutional stablecoin settlement under EU law.

Bitcoin has shed more than 14% in a single week and is trading 51% below its October 2025 all-time high, as a record 13-day streak of institutional outflows from US spot ETFs signals that large holders are selling into any recovery rather than accumulating at lower prices.