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For roughly a year, Chinese companies had a neat workaround for US chip export controls: just buy the chips through a subsidiary in Malaysia or Singapore. The US Commerce Department just killed that trade. The Bureau of Industry and Security issued guidance on May 31 mandating that advanced AI processors, including Nvidia’s Blackwell and Rubin chips and AMD’s MI350x, now require export licenses when sold to Chinese-headquartered entities. The key change: it doesn’t matter where the delivery happens. A Chinese company’s subsidiary in Southeast Asia is still a Chinese company in the eyes of BIS. How the loophole worked The…

How MiCA and $EURCV Are Driving $XRP Ledger and Multi-Chain Stablecoin Adoption According to Evernorth, the debate is no longer about whether traditional banks will adopt blockchain, it is already happening. As a result, the focus now is on the pace of adoption, the networks that will support regulated financial activity, and the extent to which blockchain becomes embedded in mainstream banking over the next 18 months. Europe is providing one of the clearest examples of this shift. Société Générale’s digital asset subsidiary, SG-FORGE, has expanded its euro-backed stablecoin, $EURCV, across multiple public blockchains, including the $XRP Ledger (XRPL), Ethereum,…

In today’s newsletter, Sarah Cummings from Morgan Stanley Investment Management provides insights and considerations when assessing crypto exchange-traded funds. Then, in “Ask an Expert,” Ryan Tannahill from iA Private Wealth USA, answers questions about borrowing against bitcoin assets. Assessing Crypto ETPs in an Evolving Market When evaluating exchange‑traded funds (ETFs), investors typically focus on factors such as fees, liquidity and tracking. Spot bitcoin exchange‑traded products (ETPs) introduce additional dimensions of due diligence that investors may be less accustomed to assessing. First launched in January 2024, these vehicles — structured as grantor trusts under the 1933 Act — seek to track…

The first week of June has split DeFi in two. Whale flows, total value locked, and sharp price moves point to three DeFi tokens and their respective projects to watch, where one is running hot, and two are bleeding. This time, the smart-money signal and the price action mostly agree. Hyperliquid ($HYPE) Hyperliquid is the week’s clear winner. $HYPE is up about 17% over seven days and roughly 51% over the past month, even after an 8% pullback in the last 24 hours. Want more token insights like this? Sign up for Editor Harsh Notariya’s Daily Crypto Newsletter here. The…

BlackRock Chief Operating Officer Rob Goldstein revealed that demand for cryptocurrency has significantly exceeded the firm’s initial projections, marking a notable shift in institutional sentiment toward digital assets. Speaking during a Binance online stream, Goldstein addressed the market’s reception of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT, and outlined the asset manager’s broader strategic outlook on blockchain-based finance. Demand Driven by Value Proposition, Not Speculation Goldstein emphasized that the global demand for IBIT was stronger than anticipated, describing the interest not as fleeting speculative enthusiasm but as a recognition of a new value proposition rooted in emerging technology. He noted…

Meme coins moved back into the spotlight this week. Bitcoin climbed above $82,000, oil prices fell, and global risk assets bounced on signs of progress toward a U.S.-Iran peace agreement. $BONK also drew attention at Consensus Miami. The sector had struggled for much of the year. This week’s rally brought renewed focus to Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Pepe, and $BONK. $BONK’s Regulatory Push Tests Meme Coin Survival At the ongoing Consensus Miami on Tuesday, $BONK core contributor Nom compared a new meme coin trade to a seven-leg parlay. He said the odds were roughly the same. Nom said most meme coin…

Swan Bitcoin has dismissed its lawsuit against Proton Management and several former employees, marking a major development in the long-running legal battle tied to a Bitcoin mining venture involving Tether. According to a statement released by Proton on June 1, a federal judge dismissed Swan’s California lawsuit against all defendants after Swan allegedly conceded in related UK litigation that it did not own the trade secrets and proprietary assets central to its original claims. “The Court has now dismissed Swan’s entire case against all defendants,” Proton said in the release. The dispute stems from the collapse of a Bitcoin mining…

Agentic payment activity on Coinbase’s Base network has surpassed 100 million transactions, signaling that machine-to-machine payments are moving beyond the proof-of-concept stage in onchain environments. According to a new Chainalysis report, wallets interacting with Coinbase’s x402 protocol generated more than 100 million transactions on Base within roughly nine months of launch. The x402 protocol allows software agents to make onchain payments directly through web requests. When an agent requests access to a resource, such as a data feed or API, it can automatically complete a stablecoin payment without human authorization. Much of x402’s early growth was driven by a memecoin…

While major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are trending downwards, some altcoins are attracting attention with their upward movements. These altcoins include privacy and quantum-resistant altcoins such as $ZEC, QRL, and STRK. As the downward trend continues in the cryptocurrency markets, Qiao Wang, co-founder of Alliance, shared his noteworthy analysis. Qiao Wang, the founder of AllianceDAO, who shared a post from account X, argued that the value of Zcash ($ZEC) could reach up to 20% of the $BTC market capitalization. Qiao Wang set a conservative target in his baseline scenario, suggesting that Zcash’s market capitalization would be between…

In a groundbreaking move to make crypto yield offerings more secure, affordable, and accessible to global users, Xpower Finance, an AI-driven mutual yield DeFi protocol, today entered into a strategic partnership with Chain4Energy (C4E), a DePIN layer-1 blockchain platform. Based on the announcement disclosed on X social media, the collaboration enabled Xpower Finance to join its DeFi network with Chain4Energy’s DePIN L1 blockchain infrastructure, aiming to allow its crypto yield applications to achieve greater innovation for digital asset users worldwide. Xpower Finance is a decentralized mutual yield DeFi platform built to enable digital asset holders to earn returns by allocating…