Weekly Hot Project Updates: Sophon to Migrate to Base, Berachain to Ditch the Hard Fork of BGT, Synthetix Plans to Abandon sUSD, etc. (0621–0627)
1. Polymarket pUSD total supply has surpassed $500 million; 0.06% of addresses hold 55.34% of the balance link According to data from @defioasis, Polymarket’s total pUSD supply has surpassed $500 million, with the number of total holders exceeding 1 million. Of these, 567 addresses hold more than 100,000 pUSD—meaning just 0.06% of addresses hold 55.34% of the pUSD balance. Addresses holding more than 1,000 pUSD account for 2.76% and collectively hold 90.34% of the pUSD balance. Meanwhile, 51.96% of holders own fewer than 10 pUSD, representing only 0.19% of the pUSD balance. pUSD represents Polymarket users’ cash flow balances. Although some users’ funds are entirely tied up in positions, this still reflects extreme wealth disparity within prediction markets.
Wu Shuo learned that the Maryland Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Work Group in the United States will hold a working meeting during the Maryland Blockchain Career & Innovation Week from July 13 to 17. The work group was established under House Bill 470 signed by Governor Wes Moore. It is responsible for studying blockchain and cryptocurrency use cases, assessing risks and benefits, and comparing other states’ regulatory frameworks. The meeting will discuss the work priorities for 2026–2027 and a policy recommendations report expected to be submitted to the governor and the state legislature before October 2027.
According to Incrypted, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine stated that Ukraine has, for the first time, transferred seized virtual assets to the State Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA), involving more than 8.3 million USDT, or approximately 372 million hryvnias. The related assets were obtained from an investigation into an international hacking organization. Prosecutors said the organization allegedly carried out cyberattacks against individuals and businesses in European countries and the United States, stole confidential information, and demanded ransoms. The case has frozen a total of more than $111 million in assets, including more than $83 million in virtual assets; law enforcement has detained four members of the organization, including the main organizer.
According to an interpretation published by Dawgen Global based on a consultation paper issued by the Jamaica Financial Services Commission (FSC), Jamaica plans to establish a formal licensing regime for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), with a public consultation period running from June 11 to July 10, 2026. The proposed framework will set up six types of VASP licenses covering trading platforms, investment advisory, custody, broker-dealer transactions, wallet services, and virtual asset exchange services. Applicants must meet at least JMD 16 million (approximately USD 100,000) in paid-up capital, as well as requirements related to local entities and anti-money laundering. Trading platforms and custodians must also submit reserve proofs based on independent audits at least every quarter. Related rules are still under consultation and will take effect only after the proposed VASP bill is passed.
According to a report by Livecoins, the police in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (SEPOL) has established a cryptocurrency investigation support center called NuCripto to help police units across the state handle cases involving the illegal use of crypto assets. The department is under the General Bureau for Combating Corruption and Money Laundering, and will focus on investigations related to money laundering, corruption, and fund transfers. It will also use analyses of data from exchange platforms, wallet addresses, and on-chain fund flows to help trace the movement of funds from the source of fraud to their final destination. The report says that NuCripto will also work with the Anti-Money Laundering Technology Laboratory (LABLD) and the Asset Recovery Office (GRA), and will provide ongoing training for officers.
According to The Nation, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) is preparing to develop regulatory guidelines for the Thai baht stablecoin. Formal rules are expected to be published sometime during 2026 or in early 2027. The report says the stablecoin framework is mainly intended to improve payment and settlement efficiency rather than to serve as a speculative digital asset. The Bank of Thailand is also exploring its use in carbon credit markets and green financial products, and plans to gradually allow commercial banks and financial institutions to expand stablecoin and digital-asset-related business.
Wu Shuo learned that on June 28, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an official seizure notice listing encrypted assets that have already been seized in multiple locations and are planned to undergo federal forfeiture procedures. Wu Shuo’s preliminary statistics indicate that the notice involves a total of approximately 1.53 million USDT / Tether tokens, plus about 2.89 BTC, as well as assets including ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, XLM, BNB, ALGO, SHIB, and others. Some of the assets are said to have come from accounts on Tether, Binance, OKX, Coinbase, Crypto com, and others. The notice did not disclose complete case details, and the related assets remain in the federal forfeiture process.
Wu Says learns that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned victims of the OneCoin cryptocurrency investment scam that if their investment resulted in net losses, they may apply for compensation through the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Compensation Program before June 30. The FBI said the program applies to individuals who purchased OneCoin between 2014 and 2019 and directly suffered financial losses as a result of the scam. Victims can submit applications by mail, email, or an online form, but submitting an application does not guarantee that compensation will be awarded. The DOJ said the compensation plan will use more than $40 million in assets seized from multiple key figures involved in the scam. The FBI said that OneCoin’s global investors have collectively lost more than $4 billion.
Brera’s shares plunge more than 90% after transforming into a Solana crypto treasury; it has stopped its Mongolian football business
According to FT, the Nasdaq-listed company Brera Holdings (now renamed Solmate), which raised $300 million in preferred stock financing led by ARK Invest and Abu Dhabi’s Pulsar Group, has seen its share price come under significant pressure after it pivoted into a Solana treasury/crypto holdings company. The company originally held stakes in lower-tier football clubs in Italy, North Macedonia, Mozambique, and Mongolia, but after its “strategic transformation” last year it began buying and stockpiling SOL. As the hype around the crypto treasury concept has cooled, Solmate’s stock price has fallen by more than 90% since the financing. FT says its Mongolian club, Brera Ilch FC, had previously been relegated from the Mongolian Super League and is not listed among the lower-tier league teams for the new season.
Zach Pandl: If Strategy sells at least $3 billion worth of BTC, or helps restore market confidence
Wu Says has learned that crypto journalist Laura Shin posted that the current problem with Strategy is not Bitcoin itself, but the company’s capital structure is under pressure. She said STRC has fallen to about $75, a record low, implying a yield of roughly 15%; Strategy’s common stock has dropped to about $85, down 78% year to date, and the company’s issued U.S. dollar-denominated preferred shares are currently trading below par value. Laura Shin said that after STRC fell below par value and mNAV approached 1, Strategy’s financing leverage was impaired, and the mechanism that was originally used to buy BTC is now shifting toward raising cash to pay dividends. Grayscale research head Zach Pandl said that if Strategy sells at least $3 billion worth of BTC to cover most of its cash obligations over the next two years—or otherwise helps restore market confidence.
Big Brother Maji sold 34 BAYC NFTs over the past month, losing about 399 ETH
Wu Shuo learned that, according to Lookonchain monitoring, over the past month, “Big Brother Maji” Huang Licheng sold 34 Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs, receiving 326 ETH (about $514,000). However, compared to his purchase cost, he lost about 399 ETH (about $631,000). It is suspected that this loss was covered by adding funds to his ETH long position on Hyperliquid. Among them, BAYC #6057 was bought for 76.84 ETH, but was recently sold for only 7.65 ETH, resulting in a loss of about 90%. Lookonchain said that he was recently liquidated multiple times on Hyperliquid. After another liquidation about 3 hours ago, his account balance was left with only about $81,000.
Taiwan’s first case: an individual money changer sentenced under the “special money laundering” charge, involving 16.91 million USDT
According to Taiwan’s Economic Daily, a Taichung district court has recently ruled that a Vietnamese man surnamed Su was guilty of “special money laundering,” marking the first case in Taiwan where an individual money changer was sentenced for that charge. Prosecutors said that while engaged in illegal individual money changer business, he received 16.91 million USDT worth about 15.6 million US dollars without verifying the identity of the customers, the source and destination of the funds, or keeping transaction records. He then sold the USDT through OKX’s over-the-counter trading system, with the buyer transferring Vietnamese dong into electronic wallets specified by the client, earning an exchange-rate spread of about US$6,200. The court held that individuals acting as money changers who carry out exchanges between virtual currencies and fiat currency are persons providing virtual asset services and should therefore be subject to anti–money laundering regulations. It ultimately sentenced him to 1 year and 3 months, suspended for 4 years, and ordered him to pay NT$500,000 (about US$15,000) to the public treasury.
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) recommended in a non-binding report that the European Commission assess whether regulatory rules are needed for activities such as DeFi, staking, NFTs, and crypto lending, and examine whether more crypto activities should be brought within the MiCA framework. The report also calls for promoting the tokenization of financial services and encourages the development of euro-denominated stablecoins. The report is expected to be submitted to the plenary session of the European Parliament for a vote on July 7; even if adopted, it would not directly amend MiCA or create any new legal obligations. (Cointelegraph)
Wu Says has learned that BitmapPunks’ co-founder FreeLunchCapital posted that the main accounting model of the contracts already deployed for BitmanPunks was damaged in the attack and cannot be repaired. The only way to restore correct ownership is to redeploy the main contract. The team is evaluating two paths: deploying a pure ERC-721 contract and re-minting, or performing an airdrop in the form of pure ERC-20 tokens to decouple the artwork from the tokens. The team also stated that they are communicating with multiple entities that are interested in taking over token and community-side operations; if they find a suitable team, they will hand over the source code and related development achievements. The official reminder: if an airdrop or limited-threshold re-minting is carried out in the future, ownership will be based on the snapshot taken before the attack, and NFTs purchased after the hacker attack will not be counted.
a16z: Don’t just look at degrees and experience—find better hiring methods with a more crypto-minded spirit
Author | Ben Wu, a16z Edit | Chopper, Foresight News Original link: https://www.techflowpost.com/zh-CN/article/30478 The emergence of cryptocurrencies isn’t just about reshaping money or moving databases onto the chain. It represents a deeper transformation: a shift from opaque systems to mechanisms that can be directly inspected, verified, and simulated. With publicly available, transparent code, predictable transaction settlement, and rules enforced by software that cannot be subjectively interpreted. When it comes to hiring, however, many of the builders who created these systems quietly forget these principles. In the crypto industry, recruiting is often surprisingly traditional: educational background, big-company experience, and endorsements from well-known institutions still dominate early screening.
Fidelity: The number of publicly listed companies holding at least 1,000 BTC rose from 22 to 49 within a year
According to a Fidelity Digital Assets (2026 Look Ahead) report, as of the end of 2025, the number of publicly listed companies holding at least 1,000 BTC increased from 22 at the end of 2024 to 49, collectively controlling nearly 5% of Bitcoin’s total supply. As of early June 2026, tracking data shows that the number of publicly listed companies holding BTC has further risen to 170–199, collectively holding about 1.265 million BTC—around 6% of the total supply. Valued at prices at the time, this is roughly $76 billion. Among them, Strategy leads with about 847,000 BTC. Twenty One Capital, Metaplanet, and MARA Holdings hold approximately 43,500 BTC, 40,000 BTC, and 36,000 BTC, respectively. (CryptoBriefing)
Wu Shuo learned through Onchain Lens monitoring that SharpLink Gaming accumulated purchases of 39,196 ETH (about $62.43 million) within the past 3 days. Among them, the latest large-scale buy totaled 29,196 ETH (about $46.70 million).
Wu Shuo learned through Onchain Lens monitoring that SharpLink Gaming accumulated purchases of 39,196 ETH (about $62.43 million) within the past 3 days. Among them, the latest large-scale buy totaled 29,196 ETH (about $46.70 million).
According to PYMNTS, Marlene Amstad, Chair of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and Chair of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), said that regulators are accelerating the adoption of AI and regulatory technology tools, including those used to oversee crypto markets. The report states that FINMA has developed a real-time crypto monitoring dashboard that combines the number of crypto assets reported quarterly by institutions with daily market prices to identify instances where a single institution’s crypto exposure is overly concentrated, as well as operational risks arising from token concentration on a single blockchain. Amstad also said that FINMA is developing generative AI tools to scan regulatory documents before on-site inspections and flag anomalies; the recommendations will be reviewed by a second AI tool before being handed to regulatory staff.
GMO co-founder Jeremy Grantham says that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are “speculative instruments with no practical use,” and that in the long run they will gradually decline rather than end abruptly. He believes that Bitcoin’s recent drop of more than 50% from its all-time high, even amid a relatively strong economic backdrop and with a sharp rise in gold prices, has not proven that it has a reliable store-of-value function. In addition, he says Bitcoin has not yet been widely used for everyday payments, though it could be used for illegal fund transfers. However, Grantham believes that the underlying blockchain technology may still play an important role in the future. (Decrypt)