Trump's Big Splash
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- ⚖️ Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht. Trump fulfills another campaign promise to crypto voters.
- 🔥 Federal Court Overturns Sanctions on Tornado Cash. A federal court in Texas knocks down the contentious OFAC smart contract sanction.
- 🌐 Circle Acquires the Largest Tokenized Money Market Fund. Circle pushes forward as it acquires USYC issuer Hashnote.
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InfinityPools' mainnet went live on Base last week, and it has attracted a good deal of attention over its unique mechanisms, which will enable unlimited leverage trading across any token without liquidation risk (as long as users can pay the interest rate).
As the platform ramps up, things are limited out of the gate – traders can only provide liquidity to sUSDe/USDC and sUSDe/wstETH pools right now, but margin traders will very soon be able to get in on the action.
What's under the hood of the InfinityPools platform? Let's dive in 👇
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President Trump has made quite the splash in crypto circles this week, fulfilling campaign promises alongside an unexpected record memecoin launch that raised eyebrows.
In this episode of Bankless, we're joined by Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital, to break down a whirlwind of crypto news. We discuss the monumental pardon of Ross Ulbricht by Donald Trump, the surprising launch of an official Trump Memecoin on Solana, and the SEC’s early signals of a pro-crypto pivot under its new leadership. Tune in for analysis, context, and what these developments mean for the crypto landscape.
Listen along below 👇