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Binance refunds $557M from 27,700 addresses after cancelling tokenized SpaceX IPO due to insufficient shares. $1M SPCXB airdrop distributed.
Modric's expected retirement after the 2026 World Cup coincides with his CoinW ambassador role and a $100K Solana fan token that has yet to gain traction.
Brazil star Neymar ruled out of Scotland friendly with grade 2 calf strain. Recovery timeline raises World Cup questions. His past $1.1M BAYC purchase and Solana meme tokens see no price impact.
Blockworks' acquisition of Messari combines crypto data, research, and APIs into a single system of record for onchain assets, targeting institutional and AI workflows.
Bybit and Binance refunded $557M in SpaceX IPO subscriptions after xStocks failed to deliver shares. The incident shows the hidden counterparty risk in tokenized stocks.
Bybit, Binance, and Bitget canceled SpaceX IPO token allocations after failing to secure shares. Full refunds plus rewards and airdrops are being issued to affected users.
Blockworks and Messari operate in overlapping spaces. A tie-up would reshape crypto research and media. Here is the math behind a hypothetical deal.
Binance users deposited $557 million in USDC for tokenized SpaceX pre-IPO exposure. Small wallets dominated; large entries also participated.
BitMine's $200M stake in Beast Industries aims to funnel MrBeast's 500M YouTube subscribers into Ethereum via Step's neobank. Tom Lee calls it a moonshot.
SpaceX closed its $75B IPO with 18,712 Bitcoin on its balance sheet. Every shareholder is now an indirect BTC holder. The next test: earnings call treasury questions.
Binance lists SPCXB, a tokenized security tied to SpaceX. It's not equity. The Bybit refund precedent and redemption terms define the real risk for traders.
Citi launches tokenized depositary receipts for private company shares, starting with foreign investors. The bank says the structure offers a clearer alternative to SPVs.
Bybit's IPO Express service for tokenized SpaceX shares delivered no allocations to subscribers. The exchange refunded locked USDC in full after institutional demand absorbed the entire offering.
TRM Labs flagged four wallet addresses in crypto scams tied to the 2026 World Cup, with two fake ticketing sites already online. Scammers are building infrastructure over a year early.
Kalshi's regulated crypto perps hit $1B in seven days. CME CEO Terry Duffy calls them a 'disaster waiting to happen.' Behind the futures-versus-swaps debate and what it means for U.S. traders.
Kalshi's CFTC-regulated crypto perpetuals force a binary classification question. If they are swaps, retail access shrinks. If futures, the product scales. The CFTC has not answered.
Bitcoin climbed 5.3% from yearly lows near $60K as the largest IPO in history and diplomatic signals from Iran sparked risk-on sentiment across crypto.
SPCX perps trade at a 27-35% premium to SpaceX's $135 IPO price as cumulative volume tops $2 billion across Hyperliquid, Binance, and Kraken.
Nine Italian banks began testing the digital euro's Eur.Bank architecture on June 3. The ECB wants PSP feedback by June 30. A full pilot is due in H2 2027.
Tokenized money-market funds from Fidelity, BlackRock, and J.P. Morgan are converging with stablecoins and deposits. Sygnum's multi-rail thesis shows how treasurers can blend all three without operational chaos.
Google searches for Bitcoin, XRP, Solana surged in June. But $581B in outflows since May mean the 48-hour inflow of $60B covers only 10% of losses. Altcoin index at 46.
BlackRock, NYSE, State Street and Bank of America join London Blockchain Summit's July 7 event to solve tokenisation bottlenecks. BAC Alpha Score 65, STT 70.
Anonymous buyer paid $962,500 for the solution to CIA's Kryptos sculpture K4 passage, vowing to keep it secret. No crypto entities were involved, but the custody puzzle echoes decentralized trust debates.
Crypto lagged stocks and gold after the US canceled strikes on Iran. Santiment said a diplomatic resolution could drive a catch-up. Google searches for Bitcoin hit a three-month high, the firm said.
BlackRock's IBIT and ETHA trusts saw $38.89M in net inflows on June 11, reversing two days of outflows from the Ethereum fund. BTC rose 2.47% in the past week.
Two men arrested in Georgia for operating AudiA6, a crypto mixer that laundered $389M in Bitcoin since 2021. Seizures and frozen assets cut off the platform's infrastructure.
A federal appeals court upheld Sam Bankman-Fried's 25-year sentence for defrauding FTX customers. The ruling closes his direct appeal and solidifies the legal precedent for prosecuting crypto fraud.
A federal appeals court rejected Sam Bankman-Fried's challenges to his fraud conviction and 25-year sentence. The ruling closes the main avenue of appeal, leaving only a petition to the Supreme Court.
South Korea's finance ministry views tokenized stocks as securities under current law. If the FSC agrees, capital-markets tax rules apply immediately, raising the compliance burden for holders and triggering licensing questions for platforms.
SpaceX's $75B IPO at a $1.75T valuation joins OpenAI and Anthropic in a $240B capital wave. The S-1 reveals 18,712 BTC on the balance sheet.