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Markets
140 Public Companies Hold Over 840,000 Bitcoins, 4% of Supply, Led by MicroStrategy, Coinbase, BlackRock, Binance; GSTechnologies Adopts Bitcoin Reserve
As of June 26, 2025, 140 publicly traded companies collectively hold over 840,883 BTC, representing approximately 4% of the total Bitcoin supply

DeFi
Trump-Backed DeFi Startup Gets $100 Million From UAE’s Aqua1 Fund
World Liberty Financial, a decentralized-finance platform launched by former U.S. President Donald Trump, has secured a $100 million investment from Aqua1 Fund,

Blockchains
Ripple Integrates Wormhole to Link XRP Ledger With 35 Blockchains
Ripple said it has integrated the cross-chain protocol Wormhole with the XRP Ledger, expanding the network’s ability to interact with more than 35 other blockchains

CeFi
Galaxy Digital Closes $175 Million Crypto Venture Fund
Galaxy Digital, the crypto-focused financial services firm led by Mike Novogratz, has closed its first externally raised venture fund at $175 million, exceeding an initial $150 million target

DeFi
Coinbase Launches Wrapped Cardano and Litecoin on Base Network
Coinbase on 26 June rolled out wrapped versions of Cardano and Litecoin—branded cbADA and cbLTC—on its Ethereum layer-2 network, Base

Blockchains
Trump-Linked World Liberty Moves to Make WLFI Token Tradable, Audit Stablecoin
World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency platform backed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s family, said its development team is working to make its governance token, WLFI, transferable

CeFi
Nasdaq-Listed Bit Digital Exits Bitcoin Mining, Converts 417 BTC to 24,434 ETH for Staking and Treasury
Bit Digital, a Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency company, has announced a strategic shift to become a pure-play Ethereum staking and treasury firm

Regulation & Politics
EU Poised to Let Foreign Stablecoins Circulate Despite ECB Warnings
The European Commission is preparing to issue guidance that would treat stablecoins minted outside the European Union as interchangeable with identical tokens issued by EU-licensed entities, several media outlets including the Financial Times and Reuters reported

Regulation & Politics
Invesco and Galaxy Seek SEC Approval for Spot Solana ETF
Invesco Capital Management LLC and Galaxy Digital have filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the Invesco Galaxy Solana ETF

Regulation & Politics
Barclays Blocks Credit Card Crypto Purchases Starting June 27
Barclays PLC said it will block customers from using Barclaycard credit cards for any cryptocurrency transactions from 27 June 2025, according to a notice on the lender’s website





