BlackRock Files for Tokenized Fund as DeFi and Crypto Infrastructure Expand

• BlackRock files for a tokenized asset fund with the SEC, seeding $100M in USDC on Ethereum • Optimism rolls out open-sourced, permissionless fault proof system on testnet • Multiple DeFi protocols like Yearn, Paraswap, Index Coop release product updates • Jupiter Exchange on Solana launches Intuitive Launchpool Model for token projects • Particle Network building new Cosmos SDK-based L1 for cross-chain interoperability