Second time's the charm, or second time you learn if retail actually wants pre-IPO tokens after the SpaceX mess. Kraken's xStocks is opening non-binding registration for Bending Spoons IPO access to retail customers in the EEA and select global markets
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The US just cleared Anthropic's most powerful model for export while accusing China of already stealing it. The US lifted restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 AI model, opening access for cybersecurity and biological research applications.
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A $44 billion blockchain company just picked its competitor's rails to win Japan. Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin launched in Japan after approval from the Financial Services Agency, becoming the first foreign-issued stablecoin under Japan's revised Payment Services Act as a "Type 4 instrument."
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When your treasury strategy is just one guy's conviction trade, the market eventually demands a discount for that risk. Strategy's STRC preferred shares hit a record low of $71.40, falling 25% below the $100 par value as Bitcoin hovered near $60,000.
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The test is whether Wall Street will pay real money for the infrastructure of tokenization, not just talk about it in panels. Securitize is going public via SPAC merger targeting a $400M valuation, with BlackRock as a backer and NYSE trading under ticker SECZ expected next week
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When the world's most ambitious rocket company raises $111B and the first thing Wall Street does is bet against it, you're watching either genius or mania.
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The World Cup doesn't just make stars — it makes markets, and Spain's timing their fan token launch like a penalty kick in extra time. Spain launched the $SPAIN fan token ahead of their World Cup Group H match against Uruguay, marking a growing intersection between football and digital assets
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The money stopped growing, but the people kept showing up—a sure sign something structural is shifting in who wants tokenized assets and why. Tokenized real-world asset value declined 1.4% to $31.5 billion, the first monthly drop in the institutional-led rally, while holder count jumped 14%
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While Bitcoin treads water and the macro picture darkens, two narratives are pulling real money: Solana's tokenized stock trading and Aave's self-aware treasury management.
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The Foundation that built Ethereum is pulling back, and nobody's filled the funding vacuum yet. A former Ethereum Foundation leader warns the network faces a funding gap as the Foundation deliberately steps back from its central role
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OpenAI just made model selection easier and accidentally revealed how good their models are getting at hacking. OpenAI rolled out a new naming system with capability tiers to simplify how developers choose models, moving away from version-number soup
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The AI industry just learned that "launch when ready" is over—Uncle Sam now decides who gets to build with the next generation of models.
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The best way to test your AI agent's security isn't a lab audit—it's posting its inbox to Hacker News and letting the internet try to break it.
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The company that tokenized BlackRock's money market fund is about to become a public company itself, and Wall Street just wrote a $400 million check to make it happen. Securitize goes public on NYSE July 2 under ticker SECZ via SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, raising over $400M total
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Wall Street's 9:30-to-4 tyranny just got its first real challenge from a blockchain that never sleeps. Ondo Finance launched 24/7 minting and redemption for tokenized US stocks and ETFs on Ethereum and BNB Chain, eliminating the weekday-only constraint tied to US market hours.
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A housing bill with veto-proof support is being held hostage over voting rules, and the crypto industry just learned that legislative layering cuts both ways.
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The tokenization wave just got its first real ticker symbol, and BlackRock's already in the cap table. Securitize is raising $400 million and expects to close its SPAC merger next week, pending shareholder approval, with NYSE trading to follow.
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The company that convinced the world AI was worth trillions now needs more time to prove it to Wall Street. OpenAI is considering pushing its IPO to 2027, potentially following Anthropic's market debut and giving itself runway to justify a $1 trillion valuation
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When a company doubles its valuation in under two months, it's either capturing lightning or chasing vapor. Kalshi is in talks to raise capital at a $40 billion valuation, nearly double the $22 billion price tag from a $1 billion round that closed just seven weeks ago
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Eight years of discipline just ended with a $123 million lesson in what human psychology costs when you're sitting on digital assets. Four Ethereum wallets that bought 37,602 ETH in 2018 finally sold, banking $27M after watching their stack hit $150M at peak.
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