Crypto

Coinbase will let users own, trade, hold and redeem onchain securities backed 1:1 by underlying U.S. equities, with dividends paid automatically — putting a regulated U.S. exchange into the tokenized stock race.

Senator Cynthia Lummis leads bipartisan call for Treasury to provide explicit guidance on state certification under the GENIUS Act, citing April's stablecoin rules may sideline state regulators.

Benchmark warns that without developer protections in the Clarity Act, the US risks ceding crypto leadership. Combined exchange volumes fell 3.45% to $4.41T in May, while RWA perpetual futures hit a new all-time high.

World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin funded $250,000 in fighter bonuses at UFC Freedom 250 on the White House lawn, months after a $75M DeFi loan locked out retail depositors.

Galaxy Digital's Alex Thorn says SEC's proposal to rescind Rules 611 and 610(e) of Regulation NMS is a major unlock for tokenized stocks in DeFi, though other hurdles remain. Separately, Paradigm and Hyperliquid Policy C

World Liberty Financial, backed by President Trump, will pay $250,000 in USD1 stablecoin as UFC fight-night bonuses at a White House event on Trump's 80th birthday. The firm also filed for a national trust bank charter w

Morpho Labs secured $175M from Paradigm, a16z, and Ribbit Capital to become a credit infrastructure layer for banks. Coinbase already used Morpho to originate $2.17B in USDC loans.

Bitwise reports that traditional finance advisers favor stablecoins and tokenization over Bitcoin, while Mastercard integrates stablecoins for settlement and Ethena Labs launches suiUSDe on Sui.

Securitize, a tokenization firm backed by BlackRock, has cleared SEC registration to list on the NYSE under ticker SECZ, marking a milestone for real-world asset tokenization.

Bybit, the second-largest crypto exchange, integrates Western Union's USDPT stablecoin on Solana for remittances in Latin America, providing on- and off-ramp services.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority will implement a stablecoin regime by October 2027, trailing the US and EU. Meanwhile, Bitcoin volatility wiped out $1.5B in longs.

A UK House of Lords committee warns the country is falling behind the US and EU on stablecoin regulation, calling on the Bank of England to reconsider its proposed 40% unremunerated backing asset requirement.

A UK House of Lords committee calls on the Bank of England to rethink proposed stablecoin restrictions, while Coinbase invests in a stablecoin reserves ETF compliant with the US GENIUS Act.

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin is now available on Turkish exchanges BiLira, Bitexen, and Bitlo, marking its expansion into a key market amid global regulatory shifts.

ECB board member Isabel Schnabel advocates for a digital euro to counter US stablecoin dominance, while a new US executive order targets undocumented immigrants using crypto.

Wall Street's DTCC chose Stellar's blockchain for tokenizing securities, while crypto funds saw $1.67B in outflows last week. JPMorgan's Dimon clashed with Coinbase's Armstrong over stablecoin rules.

The CFTC cleared Kalshi and Coinbase to list regulated bitcoin perpetual futures, shifting $2.9T in offshore volume onshore. Hyperliquid generated $800M revenue in 2025.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded nine consecutive days of net outflows totaling $2.8 billion, with BlackRock's IBIT seeing its largest single-day withdrawal. Bitcoin fell from $80,000 to $73,000 amid institutional realloc

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong over stablecoin rewards in the CLARITY Act debate, warning the bill could fail if banks' concerns aren't addressed.

VanEck's tokenized U.S. Treasury fund VBILL, issued by Securitize, is now available on Euler, allowing investors to use tokenized Treasuries as onchain collateral. The $15B tokenized Treasury market continues to expand.

The UK sanctioned 18 entities including Huobi (HTX) and a ruble stablecoin issuer for helping Russia evade sanctions, marking the first use of banking-style rules on crypto exchanges.

Senator Elizabeth Warren opposes OCC charters for crypto firms like Ripple and Coinbase, calling them unlawful. The crypto industry defends the charters amid stablecoin regulation debates.

Manuel Ar¨¢oz, co-founder of OpenZeppelin, declares all DeFi unsafe after nearly $630 million was stolen in April 2026, the worst month since Bybit's $1.5B hack. Bitcoin struggles while AI tokens surge.

The UK sanctioned 18 entities including Huobi (HTX) and a ruble stablecoin issuer for aiding Russia's sanctions evasion, marking the first use of banking-style Regulation 17A against crypto exchanges.