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Citi Projects $5.5T Tokenized Securities Market by 2030 as DTCC, Nasdaq and ICE Move On-Chain
TradFi & Fintech

Citi Projects $5.5T Tokenized Securities Market by 2030 as DTCC, Nasdaq and ICE Move On-Chain

A Citi GPS report shared with reporters ahead of Proof of Talk in Paris pencils in a 300-fold expansion in tokenized real-world assets, anchored on 10% of T-bills, 3% of U.S. stocks, and a $1.9 trillion stablecoin float by the end of the decade.
Cardano Community Votes Down 7.8M ADA Summit Budget, Killing Foundation's Flagship 2026 Event
Blockchains

Cardano Community Votes Down 7.8M ADA Summit Budget, Killing Foundation's Flagship 2026 Event

Cardano's Voltaire-era delegated representatives rejected the Cardano Foundation's 7.8 million ADA treasury ask for the 2026 Singapore Summit, with yes votes drawing 65.21% of stake — 1.46 percentage points below the two-thirds threshold.
Argentine Prosecutors Arrest 24, Seize Over $8M in USDT in 'Fake Coins' Crypto-Fraud Sweep
Regulation & Politics

Argentine Prosecutors Arrest 24, Seize Over $8M in USDT in 'Fake Coins' Crypto-Fraud Sweep

The Buenos Aires Public Prosecutor's Office said it ran 90 simultaneous raids and froze more than 8 million USDT across three fraud rings — fake trading apps, WhatsApp hijacks, and a Chinese-origin infostealer operation — in what it calls the province's largest crypto seizure to date.
Alephium Bridge Loses $815K to Forged Guardian Messages, Not Stolen Keys
Hacks

Alephium Bridge Loses $815K to Forged Guardian Messages, Not Stolen Keys

Alephium's Wormhole-fork TokenBridge was drained on Ethereum and BNB Chain in roughly seven minutes after an off-chain backend flaw let fraudulent messages slip past its four-guardian network, the team said in a public correction.
Polymarket Plugs Into OneFootball's 645M-Fan Network Two Weeks Before the World Cup
TradFi & Fintech

Polymarket Plugs Into OneFootball's 645M-Fan Network Two Weeks Before the World Cup

The exclusive deal puts prediction markets in front of OneFootball's 200 million monthly active users — and a wider 645-million-fan ecosystem — as Polymarket's 2026 soccer-distribution stack reaches saturation ahead of the June kickoff.
Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'
DeFi

Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama's cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant but every depositor in the pooled contract is locked out alongside the targeted funds.
CME Group Launches 24/7 Crypto Futures and Options Trading
Markets

CME Group Launches 24/7 Crypto Futures and Options Trading

CME Group announced it has expanded its crypto derivatives offering to around-the-clock trading, allowing traders to access Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and options whenever they choose.
CFTC Approves First US-Regulated Bitcoin Perpetual Futures
Regulation & Politics

CFTC Approves First US-Regulated Bitcoin Perpetual Futures

The agency approved Kalshi's BTCPERP contract, the first bitcoin perpetual on a registered U.S. exchange, and in a separate action cleared Coinbase to route customers to its offshore Deribit affiliate. Together the moves open an onshore path for a product long pushed abroad and raise the competitive stakes for dominant venues such as Hyperliquid.
ICE Chief Sprecher Calls Hyperliquid 'Bigger Than Nasdaq' as HYPE Run Draws TradFi Notice
DeFi

ICE Chief Sprecher Calls Hyperliquid 'Bigger Than Nasdaq' as HYPE Run Draws TradFi Notice

The founder of the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange praised the small decentralized exchange and its SpaceX pre-IPO market, even as ICE presses regulators over how to police perpetual futures.
Tempo L1 Hits 3.9M Transactions in Two Months
Blockchains

Tempo L1 Hits 3.9M Transactions in Two Months

The payments-focused blockchain Tempo has settled 3.9M transactions across 177K addresses since mainnet launch in March, with stablecoin supply exceeding $25M and full Dune Analytics integration live.