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Kraken's xStocks Opens Bending Spoons IPO Registration to EEA Retail
CeFi

Kraken's xStocks Opens Bending Spoons IPO Registration to EEA Retail

Kraken's xStocks platform is opening non-binding interest registration for the Bending Spoons IPO to eligible customers in the EEA and select global markets, the tokenized equities infrastructure's second pre-IPO offering after a troubled SpaceX debut.
Polymarket Confirms $3 Million Loss From Third-Party Front-End Supply-Chain Breach
Hacks

Polymarket Confirms $3 Million Loss From Third-Party Front-End Supply-Chain Breach

Polymarket confirmed hackers drained approximately $3 million through a compromised third-party vendor that injected malicious code into the platform's website, and pledged full refunds to fewer than 15 affected accounts.
Zuckerberg Urges Meta to Explore Polymarket and Kalshi Partnerships
NFTs & Web3

Zuckerberg Urges Meta to Explore Polymarket and Kalshi Partnerships

Mark Zuckerberg has pushed Meta's leadership to explore partnerships with Polymarket and Kalshi, per a new New York Times report, days after a separate report revealed Meta is building its own prediction-market app called Arena.
Chainlink Launches Project Pangea With 50+ Banks Across 16 Countries for T+0 FX Settlement
TradFi & Fintech

Chainlink Launches Project Pangea With 50+ Banks Across 16 Countries for T+0 FX Settlement

Chainlink and a multinational consortium of more than 50 banks across 16 countries launched Project Pangea at Point Zero Forum in Zurich, targeting real-time atomic settlement for the $9.6 trillion-a-day global foreign exchange market via Chainlink rails, Swift messaging, and regulated EUR and KRW stablecoins.
Ripple Launches RLUSD in Japan via SBI as Circle and Nomura Join Stablecoin Race
TradFi & Fintech

Ripple Launches RLUSD in Japan via SBI as Circle and Nomura Join Stablecoin Race

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin went live in Japan on Tuesday after receiving approval from Japan's Financial Services Agency, becoming the first foreign-issued stablecoin classified under Japan's revised Payment Services Act.
17 Democratic Senators Seek to Bar CFTC From Funding Prediction-Market State Lawsuits
Regulation & Politics

17 Democratic Senators Seek to Bar CFTC From Funding Prediction-Market State Lawsuits

Seventeen Democratic senators are urging the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to include a rider in the FY2027 spending bill that would prohibit the CFTC from using any federal funds to sue states over prediction-market regulation, escalating a multi-front jurisdictional battle spanning nine states and tribal gaming authorities.
Tokenized Asset Value Stalls Even as Stock Token Holders Surge
TradFi & Fintech

Tokenized Asset Value Stalls Even as Stock Token Holders Surge

Distributed tokenized real-world asset value slipped about 1.4% over the past month to roughly $31.5 billion, the first monthly decline of its institutional-led run, even as the number of holders climbed 14%, led by tokenized stocks, according to data from rwa.xyz.
Canton Network Tops Blockchain Fee Rankings With $60M in 30 Days
Blockchains

Canton Network Tops Blockchain Fee Rankings With $60M in 30 Days

Canton Network, the privacy-enabled institutional blockchain built by Digital Asset, generated $60.2 million in fees over the trailing 30 days, outpacing Tron's $27.6 million and Ethereum's $11.3 million by a wide margin, according to DefiLlama data.
Securitize Goes Public on NYSE July 2 With $400M From SPAC Merger
TradFi & Fintech

Securitize Goes Public on NYSE July 2 With $400M From SPAC Merger

Securitize, the tokenization platform behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund, is set to begin trading on the NYSE on July 2 under the ticker SECZ after a SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II that raised over $400 million, including an oversubscribed $225M PIPE.
StablecoinX Begins Nasdaq Trading as First Public ENA Treasury Vehicle
CeFi

StablecoinX Begins Nasdaq Trading as First Public ENA Treasury Vehicle

StablecoinX Inc. (Nasdaq: USDE) began trading Friday after closing its SPAC merger with TLGY Acquisition Corp., becoming the first publicly listed company holding approximately 3.03 billion ENA tokens and building infrastructure for the Ethena ecosystem.