📢 Today’s Top Crypto Headlines: ⚠️ Balancer Hack Shakes DeFi Confidence • $116 M stolen from Balancer V2 vaults/liquidity pools via smart-contract exploit • Impact spread to Berachain and several DEX forks, prompting pauses in trading • One whale withdrew $6.5 M post-attack amid panic • Occurred despite 10+ audits — possibly aided by AI-generated code, raising trust concerns in DeFi audits 💼 Ripple Expands Institutional Reach • Integrated Hidden Road (recent acquisition) into Ripple Prime • Enables OTC spot trading for RLUSD, XRP & other digital assets in the U.S. • Adds cross-margining across OTC, swaps & CME derivatives — boosting capital efficiency 🏦 Ripple Strengthens Through Acquisitions • Acquired Palisade (custody & wallet tech firm) to enhance institutional services • Follows prior deals: - Hidden Road ($1.25B) - Rail ($200 M) - GTreasury ($1B) • Ripple’s total 2025 investment in crypto infrastructure ≈ $4 B 🧩 Animoca Brands to List on Nasdaq • Plans reverse merger with Currenc Group Inc., completing by 2026 • Post-merger, Animoca shareholders → 95% ownership • Backed by Kingsway Capital, 50T Funds, SoftBank — signifying strong institutional confidence in Web3 growth Discover real-time, AI-powered market insights, only with SWFTGPT! 📲 Listen now: