It's Friday! In today's Daily, Singapore's largest bank, DBS, integrates tokenization and smart contract-based banking services, BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF attracts over $1 billion in less than a week, the SEC proceeds with an appeal against an earlier ruling in its case against Ripple and more.

Meanwhile, restaking protocol EigenLayer's official X account was hacked to promote a fake airdrop.

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DBS, Singapore's largest bank, has launched "DBS Token Services," a new suite of blockchain-based products designed to enhance liquidity management and streamline operations for institutional clients.

BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF added another $309 million in net inflows on Thursday, contributing to more than $1 billion worth of positive inflows for its IBIT product this week alone.

The SEC filed a "Civil Appeal Pre-Argument Statement" late Thursday, seeking to challenge the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York's prior judgment in its ongoing case against Ripple.

Indian national Chirag Tomar, 31, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by a U.S. judge for charges related to stealing more than $20 million via a fake Coinbase crypto exchange, the DOJ announced Thursday.

EthOS has introduced dGEN1, a hardware device specifically designed for onchain interactions with Ethereum dapps, following the widely popular Solana blockchain-focused devices from Solana Mobile.

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