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Markets
BitMine Raises $250 Million, Installs Tom Lee to Build Ethereum Treasury
BitMine Immersion Technologies said it has raised roughly $250 million in a private placement, selling about 55.56 million new shares at $4.50 apiece

Blockchains
Ripple Activates Ethereum-Compatible Sidechain on XRP Ledger
Ripple has activated an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)–compatible sidechain on the XRP Ledger, moving the project from test phase to mainnet

CeFi
Bybit and Kraken List 60 Tokenized US Stocks via Backed’s xStocks
Crypto exchanges Bybit and Kraken have begun offering on-chain trading of U.S. stocks through a new product line called xStocks

Regulation & Politics
Kazakhstan Central Bank Plans Bitcoin Reserve Funded by Seized Crypto Assets
The National Bank of Kazakhstan said on 30 June that it is developing a sovereign crypto-asset reserve that would hold Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Markets
Crypto Funds Draw $2.7 Billion in 11th Straight Week of Inflows
Investment products linked to cryptocurrencies attracted about $2.7 billion in new money during the week ended 28 June

Markets
Vanadi Coffee Shareholders Approve €1 Billion Bitcoin Investment Plan
Shareholders of Vanadi Coffee have authorised management to invest as much as €1 billion (about $1.1 billion) of corporate funds in Bitcoin

CeFi
Bakkt Files $1 Billion Shelf Registration, Signals Potential Bitcoin Purchases
Digital-asset platform Bakkt Holdings filed a Form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Blockchains
Bhutan Amasses $1.3 Billion in Bitcoin Reserve, 40% of Its GDP
Bhutan has quietly accumulated roughly 12,000 Bitcoin since 2020, a stash now valued at about $1.3 billion.

Regulation & Politics
White House Backs September Crypto Framework as Stablecoin Bill Nears July Signing
The White House and key Republican lawmakers said the U.S. aims to enact comprehensive market-structure rules for Bitcoin and other digital assets by the end of September.

TradFi & Fintech
Dinari Wins First US Broker-Dealer License for Tokenized Stocks
Dinari, a San-Francisco startup that converts conventional equities into digital tokens, has obtained broker-dealer registration for its subsidiary, making it the first platform cleared to offer tokenized U.S. stocks to domestic investors.





