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Tether Partners With Ledn to Enable Bullion-Backed Loans Using $23 Billion Gold Reserve and XAUT Tokens

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, is putting its vast physical gold holdings to work. The company has partnered with crypto lending platform Ledn to bring its tokenized gold product, Tether Gold (XAUT), onto the platform — with gold-backed loans set to follow later in 2026. The move marks a significant step in Tether’s strategy…

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Framework Ventures Raises $400 Million Fourth Fund as Crypto VC Pushes Into AI, Robotics and Energy

[key_takeaways] Key Takeaways: Framework Ventures closed a $400 million fourth fund, FVIV, that is oversubscribed and already about half deployed. Cofounders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson are expanding into AI, robotics and energy beyond crypto. The firm led robotics startup Mecka AI’s $60 million round, signaling a frontier-tech pivot for the 2019-founded VC. [/key_takeaways] A…

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