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A contributor to Goldfinch, a crypto loan program for Africa, claims tens of millions of dollars worth of loans have defaulted, in addition to over $300 million in market capitalization losses from the project’s peak. Goldfinch was supposed to be crypto’s gift to Africa’s unbanked, however, its proprietary token, GFI, is down 99.8% from its high. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the so-called decentralized lending protocol was supposed to bring financial inclusion to emerging markets. Instead, it simply funneled money to borrowers who largely stopped paying it back. “These idiots mismanaged over $50 million of our money,” one Goldfinch depositor…

In brief The Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House said stablecoin AML rules should cover activity after tokens leave issuers. They urged regulators to move away from “check-the-box compliance” and focus on higher-risk activity. Regulators need to close stablecoin AML gaps without assigning responsibility to firms that lack control, industry observers told Decrypt. Banking trade groups are pressing U.S. regulators to clarify who oversees stablecoin transactions after issuance, opening a new front in a policy fight after crypto firms warned earlier this week that broad anti-money laundering rules could push regulated dollar tokens out of the decentralized finance sector.…

Polygon Registers Around $309 Million In Latam Stablecoin Volumes In May While dollar-pegged stablecoins have risen as a mainstream use case for blockchain tech, industry figureheads believe that stablecoins from emerging markets will also become relevant soon. Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder and CEO of the Polygon Foundation, highlighted the rise in activity that these stablecoins have experienced on top of the Polygon network in May. “Polygon leads stablecoin adoption in LATAM,” he stressed, revealing that Polygon surpassed all other chains in May, registering $309 million in stablecoin volumes in the region, with over half of the active wallets in the region.…

All of a sudden, Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer communication layer for full nodes, known as its gossip channel, found four times more addresses than it did a month ago. Jameson Lopp has questioned whether somebody might be spinning up nodes for a sybil attack. Lopp posted a concerning chart from a live network monitor on Sunday, flagging a sharp spike to 250,000 unique IP and IP-like addresses per day, after spending the prior eight years below 65,000. If this chart is accurate, somebody’s being naughty and trying to spread a bunch of fake bitcoin node addresses around Bitcoin’s p2p network. Possibly preparation…

JustLend DAO has expanded its lending platform by launching support for supply and borrowing of U, a TRC-20 stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. According to a June 21 announcement, users can now deposit and borrow U directly on the protocol after the asset was added as a collateralizable market on June 20, 2026, Singapore time. The launch follows a governance proposal that outlined the market’s lending parameters and interest rate structure. The protocol said U is issued by United Stables and maintains its peg through reserves backed on a 1:1 basis. JustLend DAO described the asset as a stablecoin…

Securitize has revealed the expansion of its STAC tokenized AAA CLO Fund to Solana in partnership with BNY Mellon as custodian. Ethena is planning to allocate $250 million for the fund, which is one of the biggest institutional backings to tokenized funds on Solana till now. STAC is providing on-chain exposure to a diversified portfolio of USD-denominated AAA-rated Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs). On June 12, Securitize, a leading platform for tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs), announced that it is expanding its Securitize Tokenized AAA CLO Fund (STAC) to the Solana blockchain network. The fund will be launched on Solana in…

Robinhood stock has surged more than 7% and briefly crossed the $100 mark after the company opened its AI-powered Agentic Trading platform to all customers. According to an update shared by Robinhood on X, users can now connect artificial intelligence agents through the company’s MCP server and assign them investing tasks such as market research, trade execution, and portfolio rebalancing. Agentic Trading is live for all customers.Connect any AI agent through the Robinhood MCP server, fund a dedicated agentic account, and let it research, trade, and rebalance on your terms.Watch our VP of Product, @abhishekf96, walk you through it 👇…

Orix, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent built on BNB Chain to execute on-chain execution in Web3, has disclosed its strategic collaboration with PAYGO, a request-level payment infrastructure. The basic purpose of this partnership is to perform seamless on-chain payment, settlements, and machine-to-machine transactions within the Web3 ecosystem. 🤝 Orix AI Partners with PAYGOOrix is proud to partner with @PayGo402 the settlement layer powering the next generation of AI agents, APIs, and machine-to-machine commerce.Together, we’re advancing the future of AI-powered Web3 innovation and seamless on-chain automation.… https://t.co/vWkKuZslYX pic.twitter.com/3McQMs0Sc5 — Orix AI Agent (@OrixBNB) June 21, 2026 Orix AI Agents combines AI-Powered…

Bitcoin has continued to flash signs of a key recovery in its onchain profitability metric as market sentiment retains positivity amid the recent price rally. On Monday, May 11, crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant shared data on Bitcoin’s Adjusted Spent Output Profit Ratio (aSOPR), revealing that the metric has now remained above the crucial 1.0 level for nine consecutive days. This shows that the Bitcoin tokens that have been recently moved on-chain are once again being sold at sustained profits rather than losses. Bitcoin holders in realized gains While the metric is used to measure whether Bitcoin holders are realizing gains…

First Block, a digital securities infrastructure company, announced the launch of a new Security Token Offering (STO) together with Onpharma and Crito Capital. The companies say the deal is the first Solana-based STO for an established U.S. medical device business. The offering allows ownership in Onpharma to be represented through blockchain-based security tokens instead of traditional share registers. The STO is structured under Regulation S, making it available to qualified investors outside the United States. The project uses the Solana blockchain to handle issuance, settlement, and distribution of securities. First Block, a provider of tokenized securities infrastructure, developed the technology…