Binance’s venture capital arm has invested in aPriori, a liquid staking protocol on the Monad network focused on miner extractable value (MEV), according to a July 30 announcement. The deal comes amid a flurry of investment in layer-1 network Monad and its surrounding decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. According to the statement, aPriori seeks to create sustainable incentives…

Ethereum is about to close the month of July in the red, down roughly 1%, despite the launch of spot Ethereum ETFs in the United States. US spot Ethereum ETFs went live on July 23, and the market’s immediate reaction was a 9% drawdown. At present, the ETH price is down 4.05% since launch. However, other…

The Bank of England (BOE) is proposing an experimental program using its Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system and wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) to judge their settlement capacity and interoperability, the central bank announced in a discussion paper. The BOE promised to undertake the new series of experiments within the next six months. The experiments…