About 60% of World Cup bettors on Polymarket are first-time crypto users
Polymarket emerged as an onboarding layer for about 60% of World Cup bettors, who interacted with the blockchain for the...
Month: June 2026
SBI to acquire Bitbank in $289M deal creating Japan’s biggest crypto exchange
The Japanese financial conglomerate plans to take full control of Bitbank as it expands an ecosystem spanning crypto trading, stablecoins,...
Spark migrates $150M in stablecoin to Uniswap to advance shared liquidity
Spark deployed approximately $150 million across two Uniswap v4 pools on Ethereum, while its DualPool hook and Shared Liquidity Layer...
Binance faces EU service limits next week as MiCA rules take effect
Binance will limit EU onboarding and services from July 1 under MiCA rules after failing to gain authorization from a...
Circle, Nomura eye Japan corporate FX with stablecoin settlement: Report
Circle and Nomura are reportedly partnering to enable stablecoin-based foreign exchange settlement for Japanese companies as the country's regulated blockchain-based...
Iran-linked entities moved $3.8B through CoinEx, TRM says
TRM Labs traced $3.8 billion moved by 60 sanctioned Iranian entities through CoinEx and said that the exchange’s 8% share...
Atlas Plans USAFi Launch With Nasdaq ETF Backing and VARA Approval
Atlas plans to launch USAFi, a regulated permissionless digital security backed by a Nasdaq-listed ETF, under Dubai’s VARA framework in...
World Adds Agentkit Access as AI Agents Handle Purchases Across 4 Countries
World has expanded access to Agentkit, a development framework that allows individuals to connect AI agents to a verified World...
Curaçao Orders Its Crypto Casinos to Screen Wallets and Ban Mixers, With Full Compliance Due in 2027
The Curaçao Gaming Authority has issued its first detailed crypto rulebook for licensed online operators, mandating blockchain analytics, wallet segregation...
Bank Cards May Be Obsolete by 2030 as Tokens and Biometrics Move In
Mastercard wants payments to move beyond plastic by 2030, replacing traditional card numbers with unique transaction tokens and approving purchases...
Indonesia sets certification rules for influencers recommending crypto
Indonesia’s financial regulator will require influencers recommending crypto and other digital assets to hold relevant certifications as regulators worldwide tighten...
Polish crypto exchange Kanga secures MiCA license in Latvia
Poland-founded crypto exchange Kanga has secured a Class 3 MiCA license in Latvia, enabling EU-wide crypto services as Polish lawmakers...
US arbitration giant rolls out ‘legal layer’ for agentic commerce
As agentic AI transactions increase, “we need to know there’s a clear answer to what happens if something goes wrong,”...
House Democrats seek SEC answers on AI investment advisers
House Democrats have questioned the SEC over trading platforms offering AI agent advisers making “consequential investment decisions on behalf of...
CFTC Sues Kentucky to Shield Kalshi and Polymarket – the First Republican-Led State It’s Targeted
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Kentucky in federal court on June 23 to block the state’s crackdown on...
