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Wall Street bank, JPMorgan, has said stablecoins are likely to maintain their dominance over tokenized money market funds despite the latter offering yield, citing regulatory constraints that continue to limit broader adoption of tokenized funds within crypto markets.
In a report, JPMorgan estimated tokenized money market funds account for only about 5% of the overall stablecoin market. The bank said stablecoins remain the preferred instrument across
crypto trading,
collateral management,
payments, and
liquidity operations
because they function more seamlessly across centralized exchanges and decentralized finance protocols.

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The analysts, led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, said tokenized money market funds face a ‘structural regulatory disadvantage’ because they are classified as securities, subjecting them to
registration,
disclosure, and
transfer restrictions
that do not apply to most stablecoins.
JPMorgan said that without major regulatory reforms, tokenized funds are unlikely to grow beyond 10% to 15% of the stablecoin market as a result.

“We doubt that tokenized money market funds would grow beyond 10%-15% or so of the stablecoin universe, unless there is a regulatory change that reduces the structural disadvantage arising from tokenized money market funds classified as securities,” the analysts said.

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The report comes as large financial institutions intensify efforts to tokenize traditional assets such as Treasury bills and money market funds. In early May 2026, JPMorgan filed plans for an on-chain Treasury money market fund designed in part to serve as a reserve asset vehicle for stablecoin issuers under proposed U.S. legislation.
Asset managers, including BlackRock and Janus Henderson, have also expanded tokenized fund offerings with new infrastructure aimed at enabling near-instant redemptions into stablecoins.

INSTITUTIONAL | World’s Largest Asset Manager Deepening its Involvement into On-Chain Fund Offerings
The move comes as the market for tokenized real-world assets has grown sharply over the past year (~200% YoY) driven by increasing interest from traditional financial firms.… pic.twitter.com/ZkUvFBhwMj
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JPMorgan said tokenized money market funds are expected to still grow faster than stablecoins because of their yield-bearing nature, particularly among institutional investors seeking on-chain settlement combined with traditional investor protections. However, the bank warned that
regulatory uncertainty,
liquidity concerns, and
counterparty risks
continue to weigh on adoption and will not fundamentally change the balance between the two markets.

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Analysts have described recent regulatory developments, such as:
a streamlined process for issuing on-chain money market funds, and
allowing institutional investors to use on-chain money market funds as off-exchange trading collateral
as only ‘marginal’ improvements that are unlikely to change the broader picture.
Stablecoins, by contrast, have increasingly become the core settlement layer of the crypto economy with their role expanding beyond trading into cross-border payments and treasury management.
Industry executives speaking at recent crypto conferences have described stablecoins as a key bridge between traditional finance and digital assets.


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Investigatorul blockchain, ZachXBT, a semnalat o încălcare suspectă a securității implicând platforma de piață de predicții crypto Polymarket, cu peste $520,000 furați din două contracte inteligente pe blockchain-ul Polygon, conform datelor on-chain publicate.


Exploatarea a vizat, se pare, două contracte legate de infrastructura de recompense a Polymarket, iar fondurile furate au fost urmărite într-un portofel controlat de atacator.
Dezvoltatorii Polymarket au declarat mai târziu că încălcarea a avut loc din cauza unei chei private compromise legate de un portofel de operațiuni interne folosit pentru plățile de recompense, adăugând că infrastructura de bază a platformei, soldurile utilizatorilor și decontările de piață nu au fost afectate.

Ethereum infrastructure startup, Syndicate Labs, said it is winding down operations after five years citing a sharp contraction in the market for blockchain rollups as activity and capital consolidate around a handful of dominant Ethereum scaling networks.
Syndicate Labs raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in 2021 as investor enthusiasm surged around Ethereum scaling technologies. Demand however has increasingly shifted toward highly customized chains developed by consulting teams rather than reusable infrastructure frameworks.
The company, which built infrastructure for customizable Ethereum appchains and smart sequencers, said in a statement that ‘the rollup market has fundamentally shifted,’ adding that for every new rollup launching, several others were quietly shutting down.

According to the company:
“The rollup market has shrunk dramatically. For every new rollup spinning up, several more are quietly shutting down.
The market has shifted away from our technology, making it impossible to wait out these market conditions. EVM rollups are no longer the standard. Instead, custom chains are being built by consulting teams from scratch, with very little reusable tech or network value.”

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The shutdown underscores growing pressure across the crypto infrastructure sector amid a prolonged market downturn that has forced multiple decentralized finance firms and blockchain startups to close in 2026.
Recent closures have included
Balancer Labs,
Step Finance and
Polynomial.

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According to blockchain analytics platform, L2Beat, the total value secured across Ethereum layer-2 rollups has fallen roughly 36% from its October 2026 peak above $50 billion, with smaller networks suffering the steepest declines as liquidity migrated toward dominant chains such as Arbitrum One, Base, and OP Mainnet.

According to one analyst:
“Syndicate’s shutdown shows that the rollup infrastructure market has consolidated around a few dominant Layer-2 networks like Base and Arbitrum, which now absorb most of the users and liquidity.
The move also points to a clear shift where projects prefer subnets or existing infrastructure over building new L2s.”

Syndicate Labs said its decision was unrelated to a recent exploit involving its Commons Bridge which resulted in the theft of about 18.5 million SYND tokens valued at roughly $330,000 at the time. The company said affected users had been reimbursed from treasury reserves.
The project’s SYND token fell sharply following the announcement and is now down more than 99% from its 2025 peak, according to market data cited by industry reports.
The closure comes at a ttime when many companies are also resetting and cutting staff and roles tied to older workflows while focussing on AI and institutions with Jack Dorsey’s Block and Coinbase being the latest examples.

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Harvard University’s endowment fund sold its entire position in BlackRock’s spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund in the first quarter, exiting the investment just months after disclosing the stake, according to a regulatory filing.
The filing showed Harvard Management Company fully divested its holdings in the BlackRock iShares Ethereum Trust ETF, a position previously valued at roughly $87 million. The endowment also reduced its exposure to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust by about 43% during the quarter.
The move comes amid a difficult period for Ether, the native token of the Ethereum Foundation ecosystem, which has struggled to regain momentum after falling sharply (50%) from highs reached in 2025.
The Ethereum ecosystem has also faced leadership turbulence following several high-profile departures from the Ethereum Foundation in 2026.

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Harvard had emerged as one of the largest institutional holders of spot crypto ETFs among U.S. universities after disclosing significant exposure to BlackRock’s Bitcoin and Ethereum products in 2025. At its peak in Q3 2025, the university’s Bitcoin ETF holdings were valued at more than $440 million, according to prior filings.
The latest filing marks the third consecutive quarter in which the value of Harvard’s crypto-related holdings declined reflecting both portfolio reductions and broader weakness across digital asset markets.
Harvard is funded, in part, by an endowment.
The endowment includes thousands of philanthropic gifts donated since Harvard’s early history, many of which were given to support specific aspects of Harvard’s teaching and research work. Together, these gifts form a permanent source of funding that connects scholars and learners from many diverse backgrounds with opportunities at Harvard, now and into the future.
As of 2025 fiscal year, the size of the fund is $56.9 billion.

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Crypto financial services firm, Blockchain.com, has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a potential initial public offering joining a growing list of digital asset firms seeking to tap public markets amid improving sentiment in the crypto sector.
The company said it submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the SEC allowing it to begin the regulatory review process before publicly disclosing financial details tied to the offering. Terms of the IPO, including the number of shares and pricing range, have not yet been determined.
The move comes as crypto firms revisit listing plans following a rebound in digital asset markets and a more supportive regulatory environment in the United States. Bitcoin has gained roughly 20% over the past three months, though it remains below its highs from earlier in 2026.
Blockchain.com joins firms including:
Kraken,
Grayscale Investments and
ConsenSys
that have either confidentially filed for IPOs or explored public listings as investor appetite for crypto-linked equities gradually returns.

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Founded in 2011 by Peter Smith, Ben Reeves, and Nic Cary, Blockchain.com operates crypto trading, wallet, and institutional services across more than 100 countries. The company says it has facilitated more than $1.1 trillion in crypto transactions.
Confidential filings have become a preferred route for crypto firms pursuing IPOs, allowing companies to work with regulators away from public scrutiny while waiting for more favorable market conditions. Analysts say the recent push toward public listings reflects renewed optimism that regulatory clarity under the current U.S. administration could reopen capital markets for digital asset businesses.

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More than three dozen European banks have lined up behind a single Euro stablecoin project as executives and policymakers grow increasingly concerned about the dominance of the U.S. dollar in the crypto market.


Amsterdam-based Qivalis had already secured backing from some of Europe’s largest lenders, including:
BNP Paribas,
ING, and
UniCredit,
for its stablecoin, which has yet to launch.

STABLECOINS | A Euro Stablecoin is Coming in H2 2026
The project lead, who is also the former Head of @Coinbase in #Germany, has said the project aims to provide a #EUROPEAN ALTERNATIVE to dollar-denominated #stablecoins and support real-time cross-border corporate #payments…
— BitKE (@BitcoinKE) March 3, 2026
The addition of another 25 banks, among them:
ABN Amro,
Intesa Sanpaolo, and
Rabobank
brings the total number of supporting lenders to 37 making the Qivalis initiative Europe’s largest stablecoin project by number of backers.

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Stablecoins are digital tokens typically pegged to sovereign currencies and are widely used by traders to move funds in and out of cryptocurrencies.
Traditional banks are increasingly exploring stablecoins as a way to speed up and reduce the cost of back-office operations such as settlement, collateral management, and payments.
Qivalis is betting that launching its stablecoin with a critical mass of banks, along with their existing customers and payment networks, will help drive adoption and make the token more competitive with existing euro-denominated stablecoins.
European bankers have become increasingly concerned about the dominance of dollar-backed stablecoins and the growing influence of crypto firms in areas traditionally controlled by banks.

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Of the roughly $320 billion in stablecoins currently in circulation, almost all are denominated in U.S. dollars, with issuance dominated by Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC.
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), said in May 2026 that the rising use of dollar-backed stablecoins in Europe posed a ‘legitimate concern that risks entrenching dollar dependency.’ Another senior official at the European Central Bank warned in 2025 that the growth of dollar stablecoins could weaken the ECB’s control over monetary policy.

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Jan-Oliver Sell, chief executive of Qivalis, told the Financial Times that ‘the European sovereignty angle’ was important, adding that the geopolitical environment was making it ‘attractive for people to think about an alternative to the U.S. dollar.’
Several euro-denominated stablecoins already exist though adoption has remained limited compared with their dollar rivals.
Circle’s EURC token is currently the largest euro stablecoin with a market capitalization of about $450 million, according to CoinMarketCap data, while its dollar-backed stablecoin has a market capitalization of roughly $77 billion.
Société Générale became the first major bank to launch its own stablecoin, Forge, in 2023, but the token has only about $123 million in circulation.
Another euro stablecoin, Eurite, has roughly $60 million in trading volume.

STABLECOINS | Spain Leads European Retail Market for This Euro Stablecoin in Q1 2026
This latest statistic comes 2 months after the European Central Bank warned that increased #dominance and use of #dollar-pegged #stablecoins is likely to #import foreign #monetary conditions…
— BitKE (@BitcoinKE) April 30, 2026
Sell said Qivalis is also in discussions with several non-European banks operating in countries that receive significant remittance flows from Europe about joining the consortium.
“We’re not competing with payments in Europe because payments in Europe work,” Sell said, adding that stablecoins would instead be used for cross-border transfers and immediate, or “atomic,” settlement.

Qivalis has applied for a license from the Dutch central bank and expects approval in the second half of the year.
“We are looking to be operationally ready by the time the licence comes so we can go live ASAP,” Sell said.


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Truth Social, legată de Trump Media, a retras planurile pentru un fond de investiții tranzacționat pe piața spot bitcoin, subliniind cât de brutală a devenit competiția într-o piață acum dominată de giganți de pe Wall Street dispuși să taie comisioanele pentru a câștiga scalabilitate.
ETF-ul propus, susținut de Yorkville America Digital, a fost retras săptămâna aceasta după ce emitentul a spus că va schimba direcția spre produse structurate conform Legii Companiilor de Investiții din 1940, mai degrabă decât vehicule tradiționale de încredere pentru bitcoin pe piața spot.
Cu toate acestea, analiștii și participanții pe piață au spus că decizia reflectă o realitate mai dură: intrările tardive se luptă să supraviețuiască într-o piață de ETF-uri pentru bitcoin din ce în ce mai commoditizată.

platforma de tranzacționare listată la Londra, IG Group, plănuiește să-și extindă serviciile de tranzacționare cripto în întreaga Europă printr-un parteneriat cu brokerul austriac cripto Bitpanda, pe măsură ce firmele financiare tradiționale își adâncesc eforturile în activele digitale sub noul cadru de reglementare MiCA al UE.
IG, care a lansat tranzacționarea cripto în Regatul Unit în 2025, a declarat că Bitpanda va oferi infrastructura, inclusiv
liquiditate,
conectivitate de tranzacționare, și
suport pentru custodie
pentru lansarea europeană.
Companiile nu au dezvăluit un calendar de lansare sau termeni financiari.

Trezoreria Națională din Africa de Sud a publicat o declarație media prin care anunță că extinde termenul pentru comentariile publice asupra proiectului de Reguli de Management al Fluxului de Capital 2026, cunoscut anterior sub denumirea de Regulamentele de Control Valutar, 1961.
Declarația a dezvăluit că majoritatea preocupărilor primite de la publicarea proiectului de reglementare pe 17 aprilie 2026 ‘se refereau la tratamentul, deținerea și tranzacționarea activelor crypto, în special la posibilele restricții asupra tranzacțiilor transfrontaliere.’

Elon Musk’s SpaceX disclosed holding nearly 19,000 bitcoin worth about $1.4 billion in a long-awaited IPO filing revealing a far larger cryptocurrency position than previously estimated and underscoring the growing role of digital assets on corporate balance sheets.
The rocket and satellite company said in its prospectus that it held 18,712 bitcoin as of the end of the first quarter, with a fair value of roughly $1.29 billion at the time. At current market prices, the holdings are valued at around $1.45 billion.
The disclosure makes SpaceX one of the world’s largest known corporate bitcoin holders, surpassing crypto exchange Coinbase’s treasury holdings and trailing only a handful of publicly traded firms such as Strategy and Tesla.

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The filing comes as SpaceX prepares for what could become one of the largest public offerings in history, with media reports valuing the company at more than $1.5 trillion.
SpaceX said it acquired the bitcoin at a total cost basis of about $661 million, implying an average purchase price of roughly $35,300 per token.


The company had long been rumored to hold bitcoin, though estimates from blockchain analytics firms had placed its stash closer to 8,000 BTC. The IPO filing marks the first official confirmation of the company’s crypto treasury position.
The disclosure also highlights billionaire Elon Musk’s continued ties to the cryptocurrency sector. In 2021, Tesla purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin and briefly accepted the token as payment for vehicles before later selling most of its holdings.
Investor interest in crypto-related corporate treasuries has surged over the past year as bitcoin prices rallied and new accounting rules allowed companies to report digital assets at fair market value rather than at impairment-only valuations.
Bitcoin traded near record highs above $77,000 as of this writing boosting the value of corporate holdings across the sector.


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The U.S. Federal Reserve has proposed creating a new class of limited payment accounts that would give fintech and crypto firms restricted access to the central bank’s payment infrastructure marking the latest shift in Washington’s approach to digital asset companies seeking banking services.
The proposal would allow eligible firms to access Federal Reserve payment rails and transfer funds directly through the system but without many of the privileges granted to traditional banks. The accounts would not provide access to intraday credit, interest on reserves or the Fed’s discount window, according to the proposal.

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Firms with diverse business models can use such accounts to clear and settle payments to increase speed and reduce their costs, but without master-account status.
The move builds on an idea first floated last year by Federal Reserve Governor, Christopher Waller, for so-called ‘skinny’ master accounts aimed at firms that do not require the full suite of banking services.
Crypto firms and fintech companies have long pushed for access to Fed master accounts arguing that direct access to payment rails would reduce settlement costs and improve transaction speeds. Traditional banks have opposed such efforts citing concerns about regulatory oversight and financial stability risks tied to firms that lack federal deposit insurance.
The proposal comes weeks after crypto exchange, Kraken, became the first crypto-linked firm to secure a limited Federal Reserve master account through the Kansas City Fed, a development analysts said could pave the way for additional approvals across the sector.

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The Fed said the proposal would not alter the legal eligibility requirements for account holders and noted that regional reserve banks would pause pending applications from non-traditional firms while the framework is reviewed.
The announcement also follows an executive order signed this week by U.S. President Donald Trump directing financial regulators and the Federal Reserve to review policies that may restrict fintech and crypto firms from accessing payment systems.
Federal Reserve Governor, Michael Barr, dissented from the proposal warning that expanding access without stronger safeguards could increase risks tied to illicit finance and regulatory arbitrage.


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Checker, a stablecoin infrastructure startup building tools for financial institutions, has raised $8 million in a funding round led by
Galaxy Ventures,
Al Mada Ventures and
Framework Ventures.
Additional investors included:
Latin American financial firms
Bitso and
Airtm,
Africa-focused investor
DFS Lab
Asian investors
Onigiri Capital,
SNZ Capital and
Velocity,
alongside angel investors from firms including:
Stripe,
Tala,
Flutterwave,
Mesh,
ComplyAdvantage and
Superstate.
Checker said it offers a single API that enables banks, fintechs, and other financial institutions to access:
stablecoin liquidity,
cross-border payments,
treasury services and
credit products
without integrating multiple providers.

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In 2025 alone, #BVNK reportedly processed over $30 billion in #stablecoin payments.#BVNK will power stablecoin capabilities across Mastercard’s payment… pic.twitter.com/JTPPNd6Nta
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The startup said it is seeking to address fragmentation across digital asset markets where institutions often rely on a patchwork of liquidity providers, compliance systems, and payment rails to operate across jurisdictions.

“We have spent our careers dealing with the existing financial plumbing inside 24/7 global financial institutions,” Checker Co-Founder, Jack Chong, said in a statement.
“We’ve experienced how broken it is, and know how much better it can and should be.
This funding allows us to accelerate our mission to enable financial institutions from Brazil and Kenya, to Hong Kong and the United States, to transform how foreign exchange, payments, trading, and investment products are built. We are incredibly grateful for our customers’ and investors’ trust.”

Regarding artificial intelligence, Checker is developing AI agents for treasury and back-office operations.
“The friction points in fiat on-ramps and off-ramps remain the hardest problem to solve,” says Omar Laalej, General Partner at Al Mada Checker. He claims Checker has addressed this issue by creating a programmable and compliant network.

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Checker said it processed more than $3 billion in transaction volume in its first 12 months, representing roughly 1% of annual global B2B stablecoin payments volume. The company said it now serves more than 30 regulated financial institutions across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Clients include:
Rail, a cross-border payments startup recently acquired by Ripple,
Braza Bank in Brazil, and
Belo in Argentina.
The funding comes as investor interest in stablecoin infrastructure accelerates amid growing institutional adoption of tokenized payments and settlement systems. Analysts at Standard Chartered have projected the stablecoin market could grow to $2 trillion by 2028, while JPMorgan estimates the market may reach between $500 billion and $600 billion over the same period.
Checker said it plans to use the new capital to:
expand its payments infrastructure,
deepen global currency coverage, and
develop AI-powered tools
for treasury management, compliance and operational workflows.


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JPMorgan a spus că Ethereum și piața mai largă de altcoins sunt puțin probabile să închidă diferența de performanță față de bitcoin, cu excepția cazului în care industria crypto va vedea o revigorare semnificativă a activității pe rețea și a adoptării blockchain-ului în lumea reală, conform unei note de cercetare.
Banca a menționat că ether a continuat să întârzie față de bitcoin atât în ceea ce privește performanța prețului, cât și fluxurile investitorilor instituționali, de la evenimentul de de-leveraging al pieței crypto din octombrie 2025, evidențiind o cerere mai slabă în cadrul finanțelor descentralizate și al ecosistemelor alternative de blockchain.

Platforma de launchpad pentru memecoins Solana, Pump.fun, a generat mai mult de o treime din toate veniturile aplicațiilor de pe blockchain-ul Solana în primul trimestru, subliniind cum tradingul speculativ al retailului continuă să modeleze activitatea pe rețelele crypto chiar și pe măsură ce entuziasmul pentru memecoins se răcește, conform unui raport Q1 2026 al firmei de cercetare blockchain, Messari.
Pump.fun a adus aproximativ 124,7 milioane de dolari în venituri în timpul trimestrului, reprezentând aproximativ 36% din cele 342,2 milioane de dolari generate de aplicațiile bazate pe Solana, arată raportul.

Operatorul de ATM-uri Bitcoin, Bitcoin Depot, a depus o cerere de protecție în cadrul Chapter 11 și a închis rețeaua sa de peste 9.000 de chioscuri crypto, marcând unul dintre cele mai mari colapsuri din industria ATM-urilor de criptomonede, pe măsură ce autoritățile intensifică supravegherea asupra fraudei și a eșecurilor de conformitate.


Compania cu sediul în Atlanta, fondată în 2016, a declarat că a început un ‘proces de închidere ordonată’ a operațiunilor după ce a evaluat toate opțiunile și va căuta să vândă activele sale prin proceduri supravegheate de instanță în Texas. Directorul executiv, Alex Holmes, a spus că modelul de afaceri al companiei a devenit ‘nesustenabil’ în contextul

Forța de poliție din Nigeria a concediat cinci inspectori pentru presupusa implicare în răpiri, jaf armat, extorcare și corupție în statul Rivers, pe măsură ce autoritățile intensifică eforturile de a diminua activitatea criminală și de a restabili încrederea publicului în aplicarea legii.
Ofițerii au fost concediați în urma unor proceduri disciplinare interne după ce anchetatorii au descoperit ceea ce poliția a descris ca fiind un sindicat criminal implicând ofițeri activi în Port Harcourt și zonele înconjurătoare, conform declarațiilor raportate de media nigeriană. Procurorii se așteaptă să depună acuzații în termen de 30 de zile.

O platformă de schimb financiar descentralizat (DeFi) a devenit prima platformă de tranzacționare on-chain care oferă futures perpetue legate de acțiuni individuale din SUA, folosind datele de preț live de la Nasdaq, marcând un alt pas în convergența tot mai mare între finanțele tradiționale și piețele cripto.
Platforma, Ostium, a anunțat că a lansat contracte perpetue pe acțiuni care urmăresc acțiunile majore din SUA, permițând traderilor cripto globali să obțină expunere cu levier la acțiuni în mod continuu, fără a deține direct acțiunile subiacente. Produsele sunt alimentate de fluxurile de date de piață ale Nasdaq, conform rapoartelor.

Guvernatorul din Minnesota, Tim Walz, a semnat o lege care permite băncilor și uniunilor de credit autorizate de stat să ofere servicii de custodie pentru criptomonede, adăugând astfel statul la o listă în continuă creștere de jurisdicții din SUA care deschid ușa instituțiilor financiare tradiționale pentru a gestiona activele digitale.
Legislația, cunoscută sub numele de HF 3709, permite băncilor și uniunilor de credit din stat să ofere servicii de custodie pentru criptomonede începând cu 1 august 2026, conform legislativului din Minnesota și raportărilor din outleturile de știri crypto.

Tether, emitentul USDT, cea mai folosită stablecoin din lume, a anunțat o investiție în platforma de plăți transfrontaliere, LemFi, pentru a extinde serviciile de remitență alimentate de stablecoin pe piețele emergente, pe măsură ce Tether se aprofundează în infrastructura financiară din lumea reală.
Investiția va sprijini integrarea stablecoin-ului USDt de la Tether în rețeaua de remitență a LemFi, care deservește comunitățile de diasporă care trimit bani între Europa, America de Nord, Africa și Asia.
Prin utilizarea lichidității profunde a Tether și a prezenței bine stabilite a LemFi pe piețele emergente, cele două companii stabilesc un nou standard pentru remitențe mai rapide și mai incluzive, concepute pentru lumea interconectată de astăzi.

Grupul financiar Hana din Coreea de Sud achiziționează o participație de 6,55% în operatorul de schimburi crypto, Dunamu, compania mamă a Upbit, pentru aproximativ 1 trilion woni (670 milioane dolari), într-una dintre cele mai mari investiții realizate de o bancă tradițională coreeană în sectorul activelor digitale.
Afacerea, aprobată de consiliul Hana Bank, implică achiziția a aproximativ 2,28 milioane de acțiuni Dunamu de la Kakao Investment și se așteaptă să se finalizeze până la jumătatea lui iunie 2026, conform documentelor de reglementare și rapoartelor din media locală. După tranzacție, Hana Bank va deveni al patrulea cel mai mare acționar al Dunamu.