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Strategy Sells 32 Bitcoin for $2.5M to Fund Preferred Dividends, First Sale Since 2022
A Monday 8-K filing shows Strategy disposed of 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31 at an average $77,135 a coin, with proceeds earmarked for distributions on its STRC preferred stock — the first disclosed sale since the December 2022 tax-loss harvest.

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.

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.

Hacks
Gnosis Pay Hit by 'Delay Module' Exploit as Gnosis Pledges to Cover User Losses
Co-founder Martin Köppelmann said the company will make all users whole after attackers exploited the smart-contract module that governs Gnosis Pay card accounts. No loss figure has been disclosed.

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.

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.

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.

Markets
Wintermute Starts Quoting Prediction Markets as Event-Contract Volume Tops $60B in 2026
The $3.5 trillion-a-year crypto market maker said it is streaming two-sided quotes across event contracts on leading venues, including Polymarket and Kalshi, as monthly turnover passes $20 billion.

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.

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.





