Polymarket filed for U.S. futures commission merchant registration, opening a path to regulated margin trading in prediction markets if regulators approve.
HSBC completed its first blockchain-native structured-note placement in Hong Kong, with Marketnode handling tokenization and payment flows.
AscendEX has ceased operations and paused automated withdrawals, telling customers it cannot guarantee withdrawal timing or amounts during its wind-down.
New Hampshire's Executive Council rejected a proposed $100 million Bitcoin-backed revenue bond tied to CleanSpark in a 3-2 vote.
North Carolina's new budget law recognizes CFTC authority over prediction markets and sets a 6% tax on platform fee revenue from state residents starting in 2027.
Revolut X now lets customers use AI assistants including Claude and Gemini to analyze markets, set alerts and prepare crypto orders, with final approval still required.
Stellar activated Protocol 27, called Zipper, adding smart-account delegation and stronger replay protection as XLM trading volume surged but the token remained below 20 cents.
Hyundai Card completed a live $20,000 USDT transfer between Hyundai Motor's U.S. and Mexico units on Avalanche, then set a European stablecoin pilot for July.
Adam Back's Bitcoin Standard Treasury and Cantor Equity Partners scrapped their existing SPAC terms, removed the required private placements and postponed the July 10 vote indefinitely.
The FCA's final UK crypto rules put exchanges, custody, stablecoins, staking and market abuse on an authorisation clock before the regime begins in October 2027.