Web3 Daily Briefing: Ripple stablecoin RLUSD expands to L2 network; Circle acquires Axelar's initial development team, Interop Lab, and its intellectual property.

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Cover: Ripple

• Ripple stablecoin RLUSD expands to L2 network

• Circle acquires Axelar's initial development team, Interop Lab, and its intellectual property.

• MetaMask launches native Bitcoin support.

• Grayscale releases its 2026 Digital Asset Outlook report.

• Ondo Finance will launch its tokenized stock and ETF platform on the Solana blockchain in early 2026.

• US SEC Chairman: Cryptocurrencies could become a powerful tool for financial surveillance, but not at the expense of privacy.

• Aster launches "Shield Mode," a protective, high-performance trading mode.

• Trump will consider whether to pardon Keonne Rodriguez, the developer of Samourai Wallet.

• Aether Games, a blockchain game development studio, has officially shut down.

• Crypto fund management firm Halogen Capital has raised approximately $3.2 million in funding , led by Kenanga Investment Bank.

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