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Trump isn't the only one H.R. McMaster takes to task in his new book. slate.trib.al/TvGFi4p

Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift at the #USOpen 👀 What are they talking about? 👀

Invites to @MapleStoryU’s closed playtest were hard to come by, but that didn’t stop the Avalanche L1 from putting up some impressive numbers since launch. With the playtest ending today, we’ve already seen 200k transactions among only 1,000 invited players after a little more than a week. That means the average user has executed ~200 transactions during gameplay. But many of the lucky pioneers don’t even know how much they’re using the blockchain because of how seamless the experience is. Testers are reporting that the marketplace and in-game wallet are super smooth. No lag, no failed transactions. Nexon made it easy to focus on taking down bosses, trying to score legendary items, and trading loot on the marketplace. MapleStory Universe is Nexon's first blockchain project, but it’s already clear the team is taking the space seriously. They’re building for a future where blockchain gaming is the norm.

LIBRE BRINGS MAJOR ON-CHAIN FUNDS TO APTOS WITH NEW PROTOCOL - According to a release shared with BSCN, Libre, a collaboration between Nomura’s Laser Digital and WebN Group, is today launching an all-new ‘next generation Web3 protocol’. - Its aim is to facilitate the issuance of major funds on the @Aptos network itself. - The initiative is commencing with the launch of three well-known on-chain funds in… Blackrock’s ICS Money Market Fund Hamilton Lane’s Senior Credit Opportunities Fund Brevan Howard’s Master Fund - According to Aptos co-founder and CEO, Mo Shaikh… “Libre is leveraging Aptos Ascend, a product developed by Aptos Labs to provide a gateway to deliver new asset classes and financial services to users, to ensure they benefit from the reliability and sophistication of TradFi paired with the decentralization and fundamental security enabled by Move on Aptos” - Libre itself works to connect various real-world assets (RWAs), such as ‘private markets, other alternative assets, and money market funds’, with public blockchains and their ecosystems. “Libre does this through the on-chain Libre Gateway DeFi dApps (decentralised applications) deployed on each public chain. This enables accredited, professional and institutional investors on networks like Aptos to directly access top-tier funds on-chain in a fully compliant manner”, reads the release - In addition to supporting access to funds like those listed above, Libre further offers ‘more crypto native’ funds including Nomura’s “Laser Digital’s new Market Neutral Fund that is already oversubscribed prior to its Q4 launch”. - According to Laser Digital CEO, Dr. Jez Mohideen… “We firmly believe that Libre’s groundbreaking approach to tokenised funds holds the potential to greatly boost investor confidence and foster increased adoption of blockchain technology and tokenization within the alternative investments industry and across broader capital markets” [Image generated by Grok]

Designers Bach Mai, Olivia Cheng of Dauphinette, and Kozaburo Akasaka were announced as this year’s participants of the CFDA and Genesis House AAPI Design + Innovation Grant at a pre-NYFW cocktail celebration. vogue.com/slideshow/cfda…

This week’s T List recommendations include court-ready clothes and tennis-themed art. nyti.ms/47cjxoi