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CFTC Staff Give DCMs a Path to Convert Perpetual-Style Digital Commodity Futures Into True Perpetuals
Published: June 12, 2026 22:39
CFTC staff issued release 9252-26 on Friday, giving designated contract markets a no-action path to convert existing perpetual-style digital commodity futures into true perpetuals, advancing the agency's buildout of a regulated US crypto derivatives…
'Peirce Out': A Decade of Dissent
https://thedefiant.io/news/people/the-long-road-of-hester-peirce
Published: June 12, 2026 21:26
She arrived at the SEC in 2018 as a Republican commissioner with light crypto baggage and left this week as the regulator whose quotes had narrated the industry's regulatory story. A retrospective on eight years of dissent.
Hester Peirce Bids Farewell to the SEC After Nearly 30 Years
https://thedefiant.io/news/people/hester-peirce-farewell-remarks-sec-project-crypto
Published: June 12, 2026 19:24
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered her farewell remarks Tuesday at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Capital Markets Summit, closing a tenure defined by crypto-industry advocacy and dissent from the Gensler era.
Gensler Files Brief Arguing Sports Prediction Markets Fall Outside CFTC Swap Rules
https://thedefiant.io/news/regulation/gensler-amicus-brief-sports-prediction-markets-cftc-swap-rules
Published: June 12, 2026 18:42
Former CFTC and SEC chair Gary Gensler filed an amicus brief with the Sixth Circuit arguing that sports-event prediction markets are not swaps under Dodd-Frank, directly contradicting the CFTC's own position in the KalshiEX v. Ohio appeal.
Bitcoin's Hidden Yield: Why Options Are Taking Over Crypto | David Lawant, Anchorage Digital
Published: June 12, 2026 18:34
Bitcoin does not have native yield. But that has not stopped institutions, treasury companies, miners, whales, ETFs, and crypto-native desks from looking for ways to generate returns on top of BTC. In this episode of Converge by The Defiant, David Lawant,…
Bybit, Binance and Bitget Cancel Tokenized SpaceX Allocations as xStocks Fails to Deliver Shares
Published: June 12, 2026 17:00
Three major crypto exchanges canceled their tokenized SpaceX IPO allocation campaigns Friday after xStocks could not source underlying shares, while rival onchain protocols from Ondo, xStocks' DeFi arm and Backpack launched successfully on the same…
Q2 2026 Sets All-Time High for DeFi Hack Count With ~70 Exploits, $746M Stolen
https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/q2-2026-most-hacked-quarter-defi-70-exploits-746m
Published: June 12, 2026 15:45
DeFi logged approximately 70 separate exploits in Q2 2026, roughly doubling the previous quarterly record, even as the $746 million dollar total remains a fraction of historical single-event peaks.
Second Circuit Affirms SBF’s Fraud Conviction and 25-Year Sentence
https://thedefiant.io/news/regulation/second-circuit-affirms-sbf-fraud-conviction-25-year-sentence
Published: June 12, 2026 15:41
A three-judge Second Circuit panel affirmed Sam Bankman-Fried’s conviction on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy, along with his 25-year prison sentence, closing his primary legal path to overturning the 2023 verdict.
SpaceX Begins Nasdaq Trading With Tokenized Versions Mirroring Largest IPO in History
Published: June 12, 2026 14:30
SpaceX opened for trading on Nasdaq Friday under SPCX, completing what Nasdaq and Morgan Stanley confirmed as the largest IPO in history at $75 billion pre-greenshoe.
Monero Jumps 30% After ZachXBT Traces $120M USDT Laundering Run Through Privacy Coin
https://thedefiant.io/news/markets/monero-jumps-zachxbt-120m-usdt-laundering-tether-freeze
Published: June 12, 2026 14:22
Monero surged roughly 30% to an intraday high of $438 on Thursday after blockchain investigator ZachXBT traced a $120 million USDT movement that included large purchases of the privacy coin, with Tether subsequently freezing $72 million in connected funds.
The Material Holding America Together Is Disappearing. AetherStrike Tokenized It.
Published: June 12, 2026 05:55
A regulated security backed 1:1 by independently certified bitumen reserves — issued under ERC-3643, settled on Ethereum, and offered to accredited investors through a dedicated SPV. The thesis: a structural supply shock in U.S. asphalt binder, met with a…
Fidelity’s Dollar Stablecoin Taps Curve and Uniswap as Its DeFi Liquidity Layer
https://thedefiant.io/converge/defi/fidelity-digital-dollar-curve-uniswap-defi-liquidity
Published: June 12, 2026 00:08
The Fidelity Digital Dollar stablecoin deployed Curve Finance Stableswap LP positions and Uniswap LP positions simultaneously in a single Ethereum block Thursday evening, with Curve founder Michael Egorov noting the same-block execution as evidence of DeFi…
SpaceX Opens for Public Trading Friday With a Live Crypto Tokenized-Equity Stack Behind It
Published: June 11, 2026 22:21
SpaceX begins trading on Nasdaq at 9:30 AM ET Friday under SPCX. The same morning, Ondo's SPCXon, Kraken's xStocks SPCXx, a Backpack Securities-issued SPCX token on Solana, and Hyperliquid's pre-IPO perpetual all settle into a single live tokenized-equity…
Solana Foundation Launches Frontier Traders, an Institutional Program for $500M+ Volume Firms
Published: June 11, 2026 21:30
The Solana Foundation formalized Solana's institutional market-structure tier with Frontier Traders, requiring $500M in trailing 30-day DEX volume for VIP access, with the debut campaign running on SpaceX tokenized equity.
Bitcoin Rises Above $63,000 as Trump Cancels Iran Strikes and Signals Peace Deal
https://thedefiant.io/news/markets/bitcoin-rises-above-63000-trump-cancels-iran-strikes-peace-deal
Published: June 11, 2026 19:45
Bitcoin climbed above $63,000 Thursday after President Trump announced via Truth Social that he was canceling scheduled U.S. military strikes against Iran and signaling that a multi-nation agreement was close, citing approvals from Israel, Saudi Arabia,…
DBS Bank to Offer Tokenized Physical Gold to Retail Customers in Singapore
https://thedefiant.io/converge/tradfi-and-fintech/dbs-bank-tokenized-physical-gold-retail-singapore
Published: June 11, 2026 19:44
Singapore largest bank will let retail customers buy, hold and trade tokenized gold backed by 1 gram of physical bullion stored in a DBS vault, launching via its digibank app in H2 2026.
LG Electronics Pilots On-Chain Ad Network Built on Arbitrum Layer 2
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/lg-electronics-pilots-on-chain-ad-network-arbitrum-layer-2
Published: June 11, 2026 19:30
LG Electronics is building a blockchain-based advertising network on its own Arbitrum-derived Layer 2, with a pilot completed and a commercial launch targeted for later this year.
Coinbase Adds Two USDC Lending Vaults on Morpho, With a Choice of Risk Tier
https://thedefiant.io/news/cefi/coinbase-usdc-lending-vaults-morpho-steakhouse-ethena-risk-tier
Published: June 11, 2026 19:10
Coinbase has launched two onchain USDC lending vaults built on Morpho and curated by Steakhouse Financial: a conservative Prime tier backed by BTC and ETH collateral, and a Higher Yield tier drawing on Ethena-powered assets.
Coinbase Gives AI Agents Their Own Accounts to Trade and Pay
https://thedefiant.io/news/cefi/coinbase-for-agents-ai-accounts-trade-pay-x402
Published: June 11, 2026 17:50
Coinbase launched Coinbase for Agents, a standalone account that lets AI assistants including ChatGPT and Claude execute crypto trades, manage portfolios, and pay for data autonomously under user-defined guardrails. x402 payments integration arrives next…
Exclusive: Cardano Foundation Recasts Itself as Active Adoption Driver as Hoskinson Pulls Back
Published: June 11, 2026 17:05
The steward of the Cardano blockchain is seeding DeFi liquidity, backing an $80M venture fund and signing enterprise deals — a reversal of its hands-off posture that lands as onchain metrics fall and the network's founder feuds with it over governance.
Binance Converts Stock Holdings Into On-Chain Tokens With bStocks Launch
Published: June 11, 2026 16:35
Binance has activated its tokenized-equity layer, converting live stock positions on its brokerage platform into BNB Chain tokens tradable around the clock. The first five bStocks include Nvidia, Tesla, Circle, Micron, and Sandisk.
Brian Armstrong Says Coinbase Processes $1T in Stablecoin Payments Annually
Published: June 11, 2026 15:00
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong disclosed three platform-scale metrics on Thursday: approximately $1 trillion in annual stablecoin movement, $20 billion in USDC held on platform, and more than 160 million autonomous transactions via the x402 agentic payments…
Citi Rolls Out Tokenized Private-Company Shares for Wealth and Institutional Clients
Published: June 11, 2026 13:01
Citigroup is making tokenized interests in private companies available to wealth-management and institutional clients on SIX Digital Exchange, the Wall Street Journal reported. The bank has already completed its first transaction and is in talks with…
Delaware and New Jersey Move to Ban Crypto ATMs Over Fraud Concerns
https://thedefiant.io/news/regulation/delaware-new-jersey-ban-crypto-atms-fraud
Published: June 11, 2026 12:26
Delaware and New Jersey each advanced bills this week to ban cryptocurrency ATMs statewide, citing over $400 million in annual nationwide fraud losses and a scam pattern that disproportionately targets older residents.
Wall Street Piles Into Digital Asset as Canton Network Draws $355M Round Led by a16z
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/digital-asset-canton-network-355m-funding-a16z
Published: June 11, 2026 12:20
Digital Asset has closed a $355 million funding round led by a16z crypto, with HSBC, Apollo, CME, BNP Paribas, ADIA, ABN Amro, S&P Global, Tradeweb and more than 20 other institutional names joining as investors.
Lava Network Signs Tokenization Pact for Planned 40,000-Unit Caribbean Project
Published: June 10, 2026 21:30
The agreement with developer BHL Group is an early-stage memorandum of understanding, and the Alba Bay community is not slated to break ground until 2027
DeFi's Near-Death Moment | Mike Silagadze on Ether.fi, Security, and What Comes Next
Published: June 10, 2026 14:43
How close did DeFi come to a real systemic collapse? In this episode, Camila Russo sits down with Mike Silagadze, co-founder and CEO of Ether.fi, to break down the Kelp exploit, the DeFi United rescue effort, and why Mike believes the default path could…
Humanity Protocol Traces $36M Hack to Single Malware-Infected Machine That Held Seven Keys
https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/humanity-protocol-post-mortem-malware-developer-machine-seven-keys
Published: June 10, 2026 13:45
A forensic report from Humanity Protocol found a single malware-infected developer machine held backups of seven private keys, giving an attacker full control over both its Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain infrastructure.
Botanix Shuts Down Bitcoin L2 Spiderchain After Four Years
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/botanix-shuts-down-bitcoin-l2-spiderchain-after-four-years
Published: June 10, 2026 13:21
Polychain-backed Botanix Labs is winding down its Spiderchain Bitcoin Layer 2 after a year of mainnet operation, citing insufficient demand for Bitcoin-native DeFi. Users have until July 9 to withdraw assets.
Lubin-Labeled Wallet Adds 110,000 ETH to Sky Vaults Backing $259M DAI Debt
Published: June 9, 2026 18:00
A genesis-block Ethereum wallet labeled "Joseph Lubin?" by Arkham Intelligence deposited 110,000 ETH into three Sky Finance vaults on Friday, shoring up collateral behind $259M in DAI debt as ETH fell sharply. Neither Lubin nor ConsenSys has made any…
Polymarket World Cup Winner Markets Cross $1.8B in Volume as France-Spain Group Stage Opens
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/polymarket-world-cup-winner-markets-1-8b-volume-france-spain
Published: June 9, 2026 17:59
Polymarket's 2026 FIFA World Cup prediction markets have accumulated more than $1.8 billion in cumulative trading volume as the tournament's group stage gets underway, with France and Spain trading as the narrowest co-favorites.
Citrini Research Calls Hyperliquid a Compelling Investment, Citing Nearly Half of All Crypto Token Buybacks
https://thedefiant.io/news/markets/citrini-research-hyperliquid-compelling-investment-buybacks
Published: June 9, 2026 17:45
Citrini Research, known for moving AI equities with its reports, published an analysis calling Hyperliquid compelling, citing the protocol's Assistance Fund directing more than 90% of fees to HYPE buybacks and its command of close to half of all crypto…
Arthur Hayes Says Bitcoin Cannot Rally Until the AI Bubble Bursts
https://thedefiant.io/news/people/arthur-hayes-bitcoin-wont-rally-until-ai-bubble-bursts
Published: June 9, 2026 17:40
Arthur Hayes published a macro thesis arguing Bitcoin cannot rally until the AI stock bubble deflates, citing $1.5 trillion in AI debt issuance that absorbed the liquidity Bitcoin needed. He exited HYPE, NEAR, WLD, and ZEC and rotated Maelstrom's equity…
OKX Adds Magnificent 7 Stocks, Commodities to European X-Perps Lineup
https://thedefiant.io/converge/cefi/okx-magnificent-7-stocks-commodities-european-x-perps
Published: June 9, 2026 17:35
OKX launched 13 new X-Perps markets in Europe on Monday, adding perpetual futures on all seven Magnificent 7 stocks, gold, silver, oil benchmarks, SPY, and QQQ with 24/7 trading and up to 10x leverage.
Humanity Protocol Loses $36M After Foundation Laptop Is Compromised, Token Drops Nearly 70%
https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/humanity-protocol-36m-hack-private-key-foundation-laptop
Published: June 9, 2026 17:30
An attacker compromised a Humanity Protocol foundation member's private keys, drained 17-plus Gnosis Safe wallets across Ethereum and BNB Chain, and minted 100 million additional H tokens on BSC. Total losses reach about $36 million. The H token fell…
Starknet Launches STRK20 Privacy Layer, Bringing Shielded ERC-20 Balances and Transfers to Ethereum L2
Published: June 9, 2026 16:00
Starknet launched STRK20 on Tuesday, a note-based privacy framework that lets users shield ERC-20 token balances and conduct private transfers and swaps on the Ethereum layer-2 network, with an encrypted viewing-key path for compliance.
Janus Henderson Takes ENA Stake, Deploys Into USDe, Explores ETP Distribution in Four-Part Ethena Deal
https://thedefiant.io/news/tradfi-and-fintech/janus-henderson-ethena-ena-stake-usde-etp-partnership
Published: June 9, 2026 14:31
Janus Henderson Investors, the $480 billion asset manager, has announced a four-part partnership with Ethena covering CLO fund distribution, a strategic ENA token investment, USDe treasury deployment, and exploration of exchange-traded instruments for USDe…
US Bitcoin Reserve Bill Text Locks Holdings for 20 Years and Mandates Quarterly Proof-of-Reserve Reports
https://thedefiant.io/news/regulation/us-bitcoin-reserve-bill-arma-20-year-lockup-proof-of-reserve
Published: June 9, 2026 14:10
The full text of H.R. 8957, the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, is now public, revealing a mandatory 20-year prohibition on selling any acquired BTC and a requirement for quarterly, publicly audited proof-of-reserve reports.
SBF Files Formal Pardon Petition With Trump White House, Attorney Confirms
Published: June 9, 2026 14:00
Sam Bankman-Fried formally filed a petition for a presidential pardon with the Trump White House, his attorney confirmed Monday. FTX's FTT token surged roughly 52% on the news.
Morpho Raises $175M in One of DeFi's Largest-Ever Funding Rounds
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/morpho-raises-175m-defi-largest-ever-funding-round
Published: June 9, 2026 12:02
Morpho Association has raised $175 million in a round co-led by Paradigm, a16z Crypto, and Ribbit Capital, with Apollo Funds and VanEck among the strategic participants. The round, which values Morpho at $2 billion, is among the largest fundraises in DeFi…
BitMine Buys 126,971 ETH for $207M at $1,630 Average as Prices Hit June Low
https://thedefiant.io/news/markets/bitmine-buys-126971-eth-207m-1630-average-prices-hit-june-low
Published: June 8, 2026 16:30
BitMine Immersion Technologies acquired 126,971 ETH for approximately $207 million last week at an average of $1,630 per token, its largest weekly purchase of 2026, lifting its total treasury to 5.54 million ETH, equal to 4.59% of Ethereum's circulating…
MetaMask Launches Agent Wallet in Early Access, Giving AI Agents Self-Custody Acces
Published: June 8, 2026 16:21
The Consensys-owned wallet provider opened early access Monday for autonomous AI agents to trade across 25+ EVM chains and Hyperliquid, with transaction simulation and $10,000 in loss coverage as the security pitch.
Strategy Buys 1,550 BTC for $101M One Week After Selling 32, Cash Reserve Hits $1B
Published: June 8, 2026 16:00
Strategy purchased 1,550 bitcoin for $101.3 million between June 1 and 7, one week after its first BTC sale since 2022. Cash reserve reached $1 billion.
Over 200 Crypto Firms Urge Senate Vote on CLARITY Act as Galaxy Cuts Passage Odds to 60%
Published: June 8, 2026 15:45
A coalition of more than 200 organizations including Coinbase and Ripple pushed Senate leadership for a floor vote Monday. Galaxy Digital's research head simultaneously lowered his 2026 passage probability by 15 points, citing a shrinking calendar and…
Pump.fun Launches GO Bounty Platform, Immediately Draws Backlash Over Extreme Listings
Published: June 5, 2026 21:38
Pump.fun launched GO, an escrow-based bounty marketplace letting anyone post and complete tasks for SOL rewards, within hours a user posted a 690000 dollar suicide-linked listing the platform has yet to address.
Amir Haleem Steps Down as CEO of Nova Labs as HNT Falls 99% From Peak
https://thedefiant.io/news/people/amir-haleem-steps-down-nova-labs-ceo-hnt-99-percent
Published: June 5, 2026 21:00
The Helium co-founder moves to chairman as Mario Di Dio takes the top job, days after Nova Labs sold its consumer mobile carrier to Andrew Yang's Noble Mobile.
Chainlink CCIP Draws $1.1 Billion in Value in One Week as Virtuals Join Migration Wave
Published: June 5, 2026 21:00
Chainlink's CCIP drew over $1.1 billion in token value this week as Virtuals Protocol, Pleasing Market, and Zest Protocol joined a migration wave that has now moved nearly $5 billion in total value away from LayerZero since April's Kelp DAO exploit.
Dragonfly GP Tom Schmidt Calls Nova Markets Startup 'Huge Scammers,' Slams VCs
Published: June 5, 2026 17:04
A Dragonfly Capital general partner partially walked back the attack on named investors. The founder responded by calling Schmidt a former backer turned hostile critic.
Bitcoin Breaks 200-Week Moving Average for First Time Since 2022 as Jobs Report Reprices Fed Cuts
https://thedefiant.io/news/markets/bitcoin-200-week-moving-average-break-jobs-report-2026
Published: June 5, 2026 16:42
Bitcoin fell below its 200-week moving average dropping below $61,000 for the first time since the 2022 bear market, triggered by a blowout May payrolls report that repriced Fed rate-cut expectations and exposed a $1.2 billion options wall at $60,000.
apxUSD Loses Dollar Peg as Bitcoin Slide Squeezes STRC-Backed Collateral
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/apxusd-loses-dollar-peg-bitcoin-slide-strc-backed-collateral
Published: June 5, 2026 16:09
Apyx Finance's apxUSD stablecoin slipped to $0.94 after Bitcoin fell to $63K, the first concrete peg break in the chain linking Strategy's BTC treasury to on-chain dollar instruments.
Shielded Labs Proposes New Zcash Upgrade to Prove ZEC Supply After Orchard Bug
Published: June 4, 2026 23:00
The Zcash developer said researcher Taylor Hornby used Anthropic's latest AI model to find a flaw that could have minted undetectable counterfeit ZEC inside the Orchard privacy pool. It wants a further network upgrade to prove the supply is sound, beyond…
0x Opens Cross-Chain API to All Developers with 12 Bridge Partners on Day One
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/0x-opens-cross-chain-api-general-availability-12-bridge-partners
Published: June 4, 2026 20:55
0x Protocol has opened its Cross-Chain API to general availability with 12 bridge providers live from day one, including Circle, LayerZero, Stargate and Across — accessible through a single API integration.
ERC-3643: The Case for Permissioned Tokens for Insitutional Adoption
Published: June 4, 2026 16:51
What if the blockchain token you hold doesn't actually give you ownership of the underlying asset? Dennis O'Connell of the ERC-3643 Association joins Converge to expose the hidden differences between tokenization standards — and why knowing which one…
BitMine Files for $300M Preferred Stock Offering at 9.5% Yield to Expand ETH Treasury
Published: June 4, 2026 14:55
BitMine Immersion Technologies filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement to raise up to $300 million through Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock at a 9.5% cumulative dividend — applying Strategy's STRC capital-markets playbook to a corporate Ethereum treasury…