by Michael
Key TakeawaysCentral Bank of Brazil data shows digital asset purchases jumped 155% YoY to $12.138B by May 2026.Brazil bought $2.632B in stablecoins during May 2026, reinforcing dollar-proxy demand across Latam.Lula administration may revisit stablecoin rules after the... 
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Key TakeawaysSharplink bought 10,000 ETH, raising its holdings to 886,725 ETH by June 28, 2026.Sharplink repurchased 2.13M shares, boosting its ETH-per-share capital strategy.Sharplink’s $75M raise supports more ETH buys as corporate ether treasuries expand. Sharplink... 
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Key TakeawaysDraftkings launched DKeX on June 26, shifting its prediction markets off CME and Crypto.com onto its own CFTC exchange.Draftkings Predictions hit roughly $11.3B in annualized trading volume for the week ended June 21, lifted by the World Cup.DKeX offers... 
by Michael
Key TakeawaysStrategy is authorized to sell up to $1.25 billion in bitcoin for its dollar reserve.Analysts said the move reduces liquidity concerns tied to about $1.76 billion in annual obligations.Market watchers may reassess Strategy as bitcoin becomes a managed... 
by Michael
Key TakeawaysXRP remains central to all activity on the XRP Ledger, with every RLUSD transfer, swap, and trade relying on XRP for settlement and fee payments..Growing RLUSD adoption is contributing to a rise in XRP Ledger transaction counts, supporting XRP’s function... 
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Key TakeawaysD’Agostino said over 40 countries have committed to buying bitcoin as of June 2026.Public trackers show only 13 governments with confirmed BTC holdings worth $37.9B. Some of those holdings are contestable and not proven.Traders should watch for... 
by Michael
Key TakeawaysTaiwan passed the Virtual Asset Service Act on June 30, making the FSC the sole crypto regulator.Untrusted stablecoin issuers or unlicensed VASPs face up to 7 years in prison and $3.1M fines under the law.The FSC must draft roughly 9 pieces of secondary... 
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Key TakeawaysCircle shares fell 16.5% on June 30, 2026, after Open Standard unveiled the OUSD stablecoin.Coinbase and Blackrock are among 140 backers of OUSD, pressuring Circle’s USDC reserve income.Circle’s Coinbase distribution deal renews in August as OUSD targets... 
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Key TakeawaysThe SEC issued Release No. 33-11426 on June 30, 2026, asking 27 questions about novel exchange-traded funds (ETFs).Roundhill, Bitwise and GraniteShares paused about 24 event contract ETF filings in May 2026.Comments on File No. S7-2026-24 are due 60 days... 
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Key TakeawaysOpen Standard launched Open USD on June 30 with more than 140 partners including Visa.Coinbase, Stripe and Mastercard back the coin, which charges no mint or redeem fees.Open USD goes live later in 2026 as Blackrock projects a $1.5 trillion stablecoin... 
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Key TakeawaysFlare scheduled a July 6-13 governance vote to deploy Confidential Compute on its Songbird network.The update adds programmable execution to the XRP Ledger, unlocking DeFi utilities for Ripple assets.Testing on Songbird will gather critical operational... 
by Michael
Key TakeawaysRWA Global and Golden Dolphin target $300M in tokenized China mobility assets.China’s Feb. 2026 RWA rules could expand global access to clean-energy assets.BCG sees tokenized RWAs reaching $16T by 2030 as regulated issuance grows. Golden Dolphin Taps RWA... Translate »
