Fable's Shutdown Hands Crypto Its Case for Decentralized AIAnthropic's most powerful public model came with guardrails users called too broad — then the US government switched it off entirely. Crypto's builders say that is exactly why AI should run on networks no company or state controls, and traders have started to bid up the tokens betting on it.
Ondo Finance Adds 173 Tokenized Stocks and ETFs, Taking Catalog Past 430 Assets Across Three ChainsOndo Finance expanded Ondo Global Markets with 173 new tokenized stocks and ETFs on Tuesday, lifting the platform's total catalog past 430 assets on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain. The batch brings AI, robotics, quantum, defense tech, critical materials, and data center energy names onchain
Strategy's STRC Falls to Record Low, Squeezing a Bitcoin Funding ChannelThe Stretch preferred fell to about $85 on Thursday, roughly 15% below the $100 it is engineered to hold, extending a record-low close and tightening one of the channels Strategy uses to fund its bitcoin buying.
Backpack's Tokenized SpaceX Token on Solana Crosses 10,000 Holders, Nearly Double xStocks' SPCXxBackpack's tokenized SpaceX share token has crossed 10,000 onchain holders on Solana, six days after listing alongside the company's Nasdaq debut. The milestone widens the holder gap with rival xStocks' SpaceX product and lands as Backpack chief executive Armani Ferrante stakes out a structural
Zama, Morpho and Steakhouse Open First Confidential USDC Yield Vault on EthereumZama, Morpho and Steakhouse open the first DeFi yield vault for Confidential USDC on June 23, routing encrypted cUSDC into Steakhouse Prime v2 on Morpho and putting fully homomorphic encryption to work in live lending.
Litecoin Spot ETF Sits at $9M as Altcoin-ETF Era Tests Its Demand ThesisThe first US spot Litecoin ETF has been trading for nearly eight months, but Canary Capital's LTCC has drawn under $10 million as LTC sits 89% below its all-time high, testing the thesis that altcoin ETF approval automatically translates into institutional inflows.
World Chain Bridge TVL Climbs 33% Over Seven Days as Worldcoin Token Posts Matching RallyWorld Chain's canonical-bridge TVL climbed 32.87% over seven days to about $602M, with WLD tracking the move at +33.6%. The growth concentrates in Re7 Labs vaults on Morpho Blue, while the chain's on-chain DeFi TVL remains near $40M.
Gaming Industry, Tribes and Unions Press Senate to Ban Sports Prediction Markets in Crypto BillThe American Gaming Association, the Indian Gaming Association, and two hospitality unions are pressing senators to insert sports-betting carve-out language into the CLARITY Act, the crypto market-structure bill moving through Congress. The push targets Kalshi and Polymarket.
Congress Strikes Housing-Bill Deal That Bans Fed CBDC Through 2030Congressional negotiators folded a statutory ban on a Federal Reserve central bank digital currency into the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, blocking any Fed-issued retail digital dollar until December 31, 2030. The text now heads back to the Senate floor.
Matter Labs Cuts Staff, Pivots Fully to Institutional Privacy Platform PrividiumMatter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski announced layoffs and a full strategic pivot on Tuesday, committing the company behind zkSync entirely to Prividium, its institutional on-chain privacy infrastructure platform.
Coinbase Stakes Out Brokerage Territory With SEC-Registered AI Advisor and Stock Options PushCoinbase used its latest "System Update" Tuesday to push deep into territory long held by retail brokerages, rolling out an SEC-registered AI investment advisor, stock and ETF trading on its professional platform, and options markets for both equities and crypto. The bundle moves the exchange's
Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Enters Final Devnet Phase With 200M Gas-Limit TargetGlamsterdam has reached its final devnet stage, locking in ten EIPs including ePBS and Block-Level Access Lists. The bundle clears the path for a 200 million gas-limit floor and mainnet activation in H2 2026.
Illinois Enacts the Strictest Digital-Asset Tax in the US as Industry Group Urges VetoIllinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed SB 3019, the Digital Asset Privilege Tax Act, making the state the first in the country to impose a transaction-based tax on everyday digital-asset activity. The Crypto Council for Innovation is pushing for a line-item veto of Article 3.
Kalshi Eyes Broader Asset Classes for Perpetual Futures After $5.5B Crypto LaunchAfter generating $5.5 billion in trading volume in two weeks, Kalshi is pushing to extend its CFTC-regulated perpetual futures beyond crypto into a wider range of asset classes.
Collector Crypt Fees Jump 129% in a Week as Solflare Brings Card-Pack Trading Into the WalletCollector Crypt, the Solana-native platform for tokenized graded trading cards, posted a 129% week-over-week jump in fee revenue to $3.86 million as the Solflare wallet embedded its gacha card-pack mechanic for four million monthly active users.
