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Kraken Lets Traders Pledge Tokenized Stocks as Collateral for Leveraged Crypto Trades
Kraken now lets eligible users pledge tokenized US stocks and ETFs as collateral for futures and margin trading on Kraken Pro via its xStocks product.
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DeFi
Tether Puts $20 Million Behind Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin in Latin America Tokenization Push
Tether is deploying $20 million into Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin in a strategic financing round to accelerate tokenized assets and on-chain finance across Latin America.
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Kraken Parent Payward Moves to Enforce $22M Arbitration Win Against Auditor Mazars
Kraken parent Payward has asked Delaware's Court of Chancery to convert a $22M arbitration award against former auditor Mazars USA into an enforceable judgment.
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Kalshi Hits $31B Record in June as World Cup Drives 70% Prediction Market Surge
Kalshi posted $31B+ in notional trading volume in June 2026 — a 70%+ jump from May — as the 48-team FIFA World Cup drove record activity across prediction markets.
DeFi
Binance Reportedly Leads $2B Mesh Round, Doubling Valuation in Bet on Stablecoin Payment Rails
Binance is reportedly leading a $2B funding round for crypto payments firm Mesh — doubling its January 2026 valuation — in a bet on stablecoin payment infrastructure.
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Kenya’s CMA Seeks Blockchain Analytics Tool to Monitor Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 20+ Chains for Crypto Crime
Kenya's Capital Markets Authority is procuring a blockchain analytics system to monitor Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 20+ networks for fraud, money laundering, and sanctions evasion.
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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper Warns World Must Not Wait for an ‘AI Hiroshima’ Before Writing Safety Rules
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper invokes the Hiroshima analogy to demand pre-emptive global AI safety rules before frontier systems reshape warfare and crime.
Bitcoin
BlackRock’s IBIT Pulls $209M as U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log $266M in Combined Inflows
BlackRock's IBIT recorded $209M in net inflows on July 6 — its first in weeks — leading a $266M combined inflow day for U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs as BTC tops $63,700.
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Traders Sue Polymarket and CEO Shayne Coplan Over Alleged Rule Change That Flipped Winning Bitcoin Bets
Two traders have sued Polymarket and CEO Shayne Coplan in New York, alleging the platform retroactively changed rules to flip their winning $797K Bitcoin-sale bets to a loss.
Bitcoin
Strategy Sells 3,588 BTC for $216M — Its Largest Bitcoin Sale Ever — as Grayscale Calls a ‘Durable Bottom’
Strategy sold 3,588 Bitcoin for ~$216M between June 29–July 5 to fund preferred dividends. Grayscale says the forced sale may have set a durable BTC price floor.
