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People
Chatting with Ansem, AKA 'The Solana Guy'
Zion Thomas, aka Ansem, is an amateur boxer and a notable figure on Crypto Twitter, known for his insightful crypto market analysis. He is also building a project called Bullpen. In our conversation, Ansem reveals his favorite ecosystems and apps, offers advice, and provides a glimpse into Bullpen. Finally, he shares his future plans and some valuable alpha for our audience.

DeFi
Maple Launches New Protocol Enabling Permissionless Lending To Institutions
Alongside the launch of Syrup Finance, Maple will also replace MPL with the new SYRUP token.

Regulation & Politics
EU Threatens To Regulate MEV As ‘Market Abuse’
The latest draft regulation from the EU securities regulator may require regulated crypto firms to identify and report MEV.

People
Argentina’s Crypto Founders Band Together To Build Blockchain Valley In Buenos Aires
The movement wants to take advantage of President Milei’s favorable view toward cryptocurrency.

Blockchains
Aptos Surges Past Solana In Daily Transactions
The Layer 1 blockchain achieved record throughput with 115 million transactions on May 24.

Markets
PEPE Flips MATIC As Ethereum Memecoins Soar
Ether is approaching $4,000 following last week’s spot ETF approvals.

Podcast
Inside PayPal's Blockchain Strategy: Insights from the Head of Crypto
Jose Fernandez da Ponte is the Head of Crypto at PayPal which entered the crypto market back in 2020. In this podcast, we explore PayPal's motivation for entering the crypto space, the current crypto applications available on their platform, the creation and purpose of their stablecoin, PYUSD, and their approach to facilitating mass adoption of blockchain technology.

NFTs & Web3
Caitlyn Jenner Promotes Crypto Token, Denies Account Hack
JENNER generated $28.3 million in volume within 1.5 hours of launch.

DeFi
Manta CeDeFi Crossed $100M In TVL After One Week
Depositors are racing to qualify for the Manta CeDeFi points program before the project tags $500 million in TVL.

NFTs & Web3
Arbitrum Community Backs 200M ARB Plan To Attract Web3 Game Builders
The proposal seeks 200 million ARB as incentives to foster the development of web3 gaming titles and infrastructure.




