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The Indian crypto exchange is facing heat from customers for the inability to withdraw their funds and an alleged lack of transparency after a $230 million exploit.

Leveraged loan deals are expected to pick back up after a stabilization in markets over the past week, although some investors say they are cautious about junk-rated loans if the economy weakens. Borrowers pulled back on leveraged loan deals last week, following disappointing jobs data on Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 that raised forecasts for aggressive interest rate cuts and spurred concerns about lower-rated debt. A total of six leveraged loans worth $3.3 billion sold last week, which falls well short of the $10 billion weekly average this year and is the worst week for issuance outside the holiday-shortened first week of July, according to PitchBook LCD data.

Tweets from the crypto exchange and Jesse Pollack, the creator of Base, suggest cbBTC could run on the layer-2 blockchain.

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Such expansion comes despite a recent drop in bitcoin (BTC) prices, indicating positive sentiment among miners after a bout of selling in the past few months.

Indian instant delivery startup Zepto has finalized a $340 million round that values it $5 billion, up from $3.6 billion in June and $1.4 billion last August, as the startup races to win market share in India's contested quick-commerce market. General Catalyst and Mars Growth Capital are co-leading the Series G round, which will be closed within a few days, sources familiar with the deal told TechCrunch. The round values Zepto, which delivers everything from grocery to electronics in minutes, at $4.6 billion pre-money, which comes to about $5 billion after the investment, according to a term sheet seen by TechCrunch.

BTC beat the CoinDesk 20 during the Asia trading hours, while traders remain bullish on TON because of its GameFi integration.

The investment bank says it owns over $400 million in bitcoin ETFs, according to a recently filed 13F.