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  Publicly Traded DeFi Development Corp. Adds Another $11.2 Million in Solana

  Publicly traded AI-powered real estate software company DeFi Development Corp. (formerly Janover) added to its flurry of strategic Solana moves Tuesday by announcing that it purchased another $11.2 million worth of SOL—one day after it announced the acquisition of a Solana validator company.  The firm’s latest purchase added 82,405 SOL at an average price of $135.58, bringing its total Solana holdings to more than 400,000 tokens valued above $58 million. “The SOL stackin' saga continues!” the co...

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  Citi, Swiss Firm SDX to Unveil Tokenization for Pre-IPO Shares Market in Q3

  Citigroup will join with Switzerland's Six Digital Exchange to offer tokenized shares in pre-IPO companies, with a start date in this year’s third quarter, the multi-national banking firms said Tuesday in a press release.   Citi will tokenize and custody companies’ shares on the exchange, bringing "high-growth, venture-backed private companies" to institutional investors on SDX’s platform, according to their joint statement. The tokenization of those assets will simplify liquidity management for...