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The TRON blockchain ecosystem has implemented quantum-resistant signatures for addresses on the Nile test network, project founder Justin Sun said. He announced an update in April and said at the time that it was not an in-house Tron development, but a solution from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, called for adding a ban on income from the crypto industry for the president, vice president, administration officials, members of Congress and their families to the CLARITY Act.
The reason was Donald Trump's annual financial disclosure. The Office of Government Ethics published it on June 30.

Standard Chartered and Circle have launched for institutional clients a service for issuing and redeeming USDC through banking infrastructure. According to the financial institution, users will be able to work with the stablecoin via the Standard Chartered platform without a separate Circle account.
The first launch will go through a bank unit in the Dubai International Financial Centre. In the future, Standard Chartered plans to expand the service to other markets, subject to regulatory approval and customer demand.

VTB plans to create its own digital depository within the Russian framework, where digital assets—including cryptocurrency—will be stored, accounted for, and handled. VTB’s head of brokerage services, Andrey Yatskov, told RBC Investments about this.

Brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are transferring Bitcoin and Ethereum to Gemini’s exchange hot wallet. The transactions coincided with a Bitcoin dip: on June 30, 2026, BTC was trading at about $59,270 after a weekly candle closed below $60,000, while the daily low fell to $57,747.
Within 24 hours, from the accounts of the Winklevoss Capital family office, $60 million worth of Bitcoin and $7 million worth of ETH were deposited into a hot wallet at Gemini. Such a scheme usually precedes a sale. The activity drew the attention of analysts at the blockchain platform Arkham.

On July 1, Injective will hold a token buyback event for the community.
Information about INJ
Injective Protocol is a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol built on the Cosmos SDK, offering enhanced cross-chain trading features.
Key features of the Injective Protocol:
Decentralization: on the Injective platform, users fully control funds—third-party interference is excluded.

Tezos said that Ushuaia functions have been made available on the testnet. According to the announcement, the testnet includes quantum-resistant user keys based on ML-DSA-44 and built-in liquid staking with sTEZ. These features are not yet live on the mainnet and are available for testing and collecting feedback ahead of future protocol upgrades.

According to Grantehm, Bitcoin isn’t threatened by a sudden collapse; interest in the first cryptocurrency will weaken gradually:
“I think it will slowly fade away over years and decades—not with a big explosion, but unnoticed.”
As an argument, the investor cited the asset’s high volatility. According to the businessman, while Bitcoin was losing about 50% of its value, gold over the same period showed growth.

The company reduced its estimate of the likelihood that the bill will be approved by the end of the year from 60% to 50%. Moreover, the main issue is not related to the contents of the document, Thorn assures, but to the legislative calendar.
The absence of public news about progress on the initiative in itself indicates a slowdown in the process, laments a representative of the investment company. He noted that the Senate Banking and Agriculture committees continue to work on a unified version of the document; however, its text has still not been published and no voting schedule has been announced.

On June 26, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) added the perp-DEX Hyperliquid website to a list of services that may be mistakenly perceived as licensed.
The list also includes the organization’s website, Hyper Foundation.
Representatives of the decentralized exchange stated that being included in the list does not mean a ban on activities or the application of coercive measures by the MAS.

Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer told CoinDesk that comparing STRC to UST Terra from 2022 is off-base. STRC is a preferred stock of Strategy with an 11.5% dividend, not a stablecoin: they were designed for trading around $100, but prices dropped to $82.53. As long as the shares are below $100, Strategy isn't using this funding channel to scoop up Bitcoin.

Last week, Solana accounted for 95% of the trading volume in tokenized stocks among blockchains, as reported by Cointelegraph citing Solana Floor. The figure hit a record $1.29 billion, surpassing the entire volume of the previous month. The main driver was the launch of the SPCX token linked to SpaceX's IPO.

Ripple has received preliminary approval for the CASP license in Luxembourg. According to The Cryptonomist, the decision is formalized as a Green Light Letter and is not the final license: the company still needs to meet additional conditions.
After full approval, Ripple Payments will be able to offer regulated crypto asset and stablecoin payment services to banks, fintech companies, and corporations in 30 countries of the European Economic Area. The CASP license is set to complement Ripple's European EMI license. According to the company, Ripple Payments has already processed over $100 billion across more than 60 markets.

The RWA market has surged by 40% since the start of the year, reaching $51 billion. This is reported by The Block citing a Bernstein report.
Experts say the sector is growing despite the correction. The number of holders of such tokens has increased by 60%, surpassing 917,000. Leading the pack in asset volume are platforms Figure ($18.9 billion) and Securitize ($4.3 billion).

In Q2 2026, analysts counted 83 hacks on crypto protocols — that's a record high for the number of incidents ever recorded. The total damage amounted to $755.3 million.
According to Unfolded and DeFiLlama, the biggest attacks included the KelpDAO hack at $293 million and the Drift Protocol exploit at $280 million. In the cross-chain bridge segment, the total damage reached $351 million, with 38% attributed to the LayerZero OFT bridge incident, which was linked to the KelpDAO attack. Another 37% was due to admin access compromises and token price manipulations. The theft of private keys represented a smaller share — 5.66%.

On June 19, the blockchain project Axelar revealed a bridge hack involving the Secret Network protocol. The attacker drained about $4.67 million, exploiting a vulnerability known as 'infinite minting.'
The theft went unnoticed for seven days.
According to the lead developer of Axelar — Common Prefix, a bug was found in the ICS-20 smart contract on the Secret side within the Cosmos IBC connection. The algorithm created 'wrapped' versions of assets (saToken), but it didn't check the channel from which the incoming transaction came. This allowed the attacker to fake deposits and mint tokens without backing.

Sonic Labs announced major changes in leadership. Following the news, the S token of the blockchain project dipped over 6%.
The board of directors for the EVM layer one network development firm has left:
former CEO and director Michael Kong;
executive chairman David Richardson;
co-founder and CTO Andre Cronje.

The L2 network team Base has rolled out the update plan for Beryl. Mainnet activation is set for June 25.
The testnet is already live.
The main highlight will be the B20 standard. Unlike regular smart contracts, its logic is embedded directly in the node's code. This will allow for the creation of tokens that operate faster and cheaper.

According to Zhao, tokenization, which involves converting traditional assets into digital tokens on the blockchain, has the potential to democratize stock markets and make them more accessible to investors. Tokenized stocks have the advantage of being tradeable 24/7, unlike traditional stocks, as the businessman points out.