Bitwise Launches First U.S. Spot NEAR ETF With Staking Rewards
@Bitwise’s NEAR ETF (NRR) has started trading on NYSE Arca, giving U.S. investors direct exposure to NEAR through a regulated exchange-traded product.
The fund charges a 0.75% management fee and plans to stake its NEAR holdings in-house, with rewards reflected in shareholders’ NAV.
Bitwise is positioning NEAR as infrastructure for the emerging AI agent economy, expanding its crypto ETF lineup beyond Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP.
Goldman Sachs Brings $100B Treasury Fund to Lynq
Goldman Sachs is making its roughly $100 billion FTIXX Treasury money market fund available on Lynq, a permissioned Avalanche network for institutional digital asset firms.
FTIXX remains a traditional money market fund and is not being tokenized. The fund will be distributed through tZERO Securities to eligible U.S. clients, giving institutions a way to hold cash, earn yield and redeem funds through Lynq.
FTIXX becomes the first external fund available on the network.
Aztec Relaunches https://t.co/7z8Agu4gmU Privacy Wallet on Ethereum L2
@aztecnetwork has brought back https://t.co/7z8Agu4gmU three years after shutting it down, this time running on its privacy-focused Ethereum Layer 2.
The self-custodial wallet lets users send and receive crypto without publicly exposing their balances, payment amounts or counterparties.
Users can make payments through simple handles and shareable links instead of long wallet addresses, with support for transfers directly from Ethereum-based exchanges.
Aztec is also planning Ethereum DeFi integrations and a mobile app in Q4, as it expands private payments on its new network.
The votes are in. The 2026 Ballon d’Or race is officially out of the players’ hands. 🏆
Voting closed today. No interview, headline, or even a 30-goal game can change the outcome now.
The winner will be revealed in London on October 26, with Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal, and Kylian Mbappé leading the conversation.
Who’s taking it home?