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Uniswap Labs has taken a significant step in decentralized finance, launching aggregator hooks across Ethereum, Base, and Robinhood Chain. The upgrade allows Uniswap version four to pull liquidity from external platforms, meaning traders get tighter spreads and better execution by routing through a broader pool of available capital. It's a structural improvement that could meaningfully deepen on-chain liquidity.
Staying in the crypto space, CryptoQuant's chief executive Ki Young Ju is pointing to Bitcoin's rising hashrate as what he calls an indirect bullish signal from institutions. Public miners backed by major traditional finance players are coming back online, pushing computational power higher. Hashrate strength typically reflects miner confidence in future price levels, and institutional backing adds weight to that signal.
Meanwhile, Fireblocks is pushing back hard on reports of a two point five billion dollar acquisition by Visa. The crypto custody firm flatly denied an Axios report describing active talks, and that denial matters because custody infrastructure is one of the most closely watched battlegrounds as traditional financial institutions build out their digital asset capabilities. Whether talks exist or not, the rumor alone tells you where the strategic interest lies.
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