The Nasdaq-listed company will allocate 5.6% of its $3.57 billion Ether treasury through ether.fi and EigenCloud on Linea, marking one of the largest corporate DeFi deployments to date. SharpLink Gaming has announced plans to deploy $200 million worth of Ether (ETH) from its corporate treasury onto Consensys’ Linea network. The company said the multi-year initiative will use Linea’s zkEVM layer-2 infrastructure to generate onchain yield and increase the efficiency of its ETH holdings. According to Tuesday’s press release, the strategy aims to capture “highly competitive, differentiated, risk-adjusted ETH-denominated returns.” SharpLink plans to generate yields from staking, restaking rewards earned by helping secure EigenCloud’s decentralized verification services (AVSs), and incentives from Linea and ether.fi — a decentralized liquid staking and restaking protocol. Read more
The expanded integration lets Coinbase Prime clients stake Solana, Avalanche and other proof-of-stake assets directly from custody. Institutional staking provider Figment has expanded its integration with Coinbase, allowing the exchange’s institutional clients to stake a broader range of proof-of-stake (PoS) assets directly from Coinbase Custody — a move that could drive adoption beyond Ethereum. Through the integration, Coinbase Prime customers can now use Figment’s staking infrastructure to access additional PoS networks, including Solana (SOL), Sui (SUI), Aptos (APT), Avalanche (AVAX) and others, the companies announced Tuesday. The partnership, which began in 2023, has already facilitated more than $2 billion in staked assets through Coinbase Prime. Read more
Éric Ciotti of the Union of the Right for the Republic led the charge in a motion for a resolution to ban CBDCs and promote stablecoins in France. Lawmakers in France are set to review a proposal that could have significant implications for the country’s adoption of digital currencies, from stablecoins to Bitcoin (BTC). In a motion for a resolution introduced on Wednesday, Éric Ciotti of the Union of the Right for the Republic led a proposal for France’s national assembly to ban the digital euro, potentially being pioneered by the European Central Bank and instead promote “the dissemination of euro stablecoins and investment in crypto-assets.” The motion cited the US’ efforts to ban central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and promote stablecoins through the GENIUS Act signed into law in July. Read more