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TradFi & Fintech
Anchorage Digital to Custody First US Solana Staking ETF
Anchorage Digital has been appointed custodian and staking partner for the REX-Osprey Solana + Staking ETF, the first exchange-traded fund in the United States designed to distribute crypto staking rewards

DeFi
DeFi Development Sells $100 Million Convertible Notes to Expand Solana Bet
DeFi Development Corp., the first U.S.-listed company to adopt Solana as a core treasury asset, said it intends to raise $100 million through a private offering of convertible senior notes maturing in 2030.

Markets
Standard Chartered Sees Bitcoin Reaching $200,000 by End-2025
Standard Chartered raised its price outlook for Bitcoin, saying the world’s largest cryptocurrency could climb to about $135,000 in the third quarter of 2025 and reach $200,000 by year-end

TradFi & Fintech
Ripple Partners With OpenPayd to Broaden RLUSD Stablecoin Payments
Ripple has formed a strategic partnership with London-based financial-infrastructure provider OpenPayd to expand enterprise use of Ripple USD (RLUSD), a dollar-denominated stablecoin, and to speed cross-border payments

Regulation & Politics
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia-Linked Aeza Group, Crypto Wallet, Related Firms, and UK Shell Company Over Ransomware
The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the Russia-linked Aeza Group and Cloud Solutions, targeting their operations amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

TradFi & Fintech
Figma IPO Prospectus Shows $70 Million Bitcoin ETF Holding, Board OKs $30 Million More
Figma, the San-Francisco design-software company last privately valued at about $12.5 billion, has filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. SEC.

TradFi & Fintech
Bitget Teams With Mastercard to Launch Zero-Fee Crypto Card in UK and EU
Bitget Wallet unveiled a partnership with Mastercard and payments infrastructure provider Immersve to launch the Bitget Wallet Card, a crypto-linked payment product that went live on 1 July

Regulation & Politics
SEC Approves Grayscale Multi-Asset Spot Crypto ETF
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 1 July approved Grayscale Investments’ proposal to convert its Digital Large Cap Fund into a spot exchange-traded fund

Blockchains
NYSE-Listed DDC Enterprise Closes $528 Million Raise for Bitcoin Treasury Push
DDC Enterprise Limited, a New York Stock Exchange-listed software provider, said it has closed a $528 million financing round aimed at expanding its Bitcoin holdings

TradFi & Fintech
Sparkassen to Offer Bitcoin Trading to 50 Million Clients in 2026
Germany’s Savings Banks Finance Group, commonly known as Sparkassen, plans to open cryptocurrency trading to its retail clientele in 2026, according to multiple reports citing the lender





