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Zodia Custody has secured a Payment Institution licence from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, adding a second key European authorization that allows the firm to offer regulated custody and transfer services for stablecoins across the European Union. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, the new approval enables Zodia Custody (Europe) S.A. to extend its institutional custody platform to Electronic Money Tokens (EMTs), the category of stablecoins recognized under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation. The licence builds on the company’s existing MiCA Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence, which Zodia received in December 2025. Together, the two…

Michael Saylor’s long-term Bitcoin strategy came back into focus following comments from Bitcoin advocate Samson Mow, linking $BTC holdings to billionaire wealth rankings. The discussion also highlighted the ongoing debate around Strategy’s dividend model and its Bitcoin-backed preferred stock structure. Mow stated on X that if Bitcoin reached about $4.2 million per coin, Michael Saylor could surpass Elon Musk as the world’s richest person based on his estimated Bitcoin exposure. According to Mow, Saylor’s exposure includes around 17,732 $BTC held personally and indirect exposure to Strategy’s 818,869 $BTC treasury through his ownership stake in the company. At ~$4.2M per $BTC,…

Plume, a blockchain project specializing in regulatory-compliant real-world assets (RWA), has partnered with global cryptocurrency exchange Bybit to launch an institutional-grade bond yield product. The initiative, announced on June 15, aims to put idle stablecoins held on centralized exchanges to work through professionally managed portfolios. Bridging Traditional Finance and DeFi The collaboration provides Bybit’s approximately 80 million users with access to products based on bond portfolios managed by PIMCO and CMB International (CMBI). These offerings are structured through Plume’s compliant vault infrastructure, which is designed to meet institutional standards for security and regulatory oversight. Plume noted that an estimated $25…

Staking activity on the Ethereum network remains robust despite its price showing persistent weakness. With the validator exit queue dropping close to zero, only a small number of participants appear willing to withdraw from the network. Meanwhile, the amount of $ETH waiting to be staked has surged to nearly 3 million. At the time of reporting, Ethereum was trading around $1,667. Staking demand continues to climb Over the past 24 hours, $ETH has rebounded by around 2%, having recently tested local lows near $1,524. Despite this mild recovery, Ethereum has lost more than 21% throughout June, and overall market pressure…

Key Takeaways Subway partnered with Ripple to upgrade its global treasury, shifting from slow manual banking systems to a real-time blockchain-powered infrastructure. Before the upgrade, Subway relied on separate banks, hundreds of accounts, and manual work, which reduced visibility and slowed operations. After implementation, Subway reduced banking complications, automated most payments, and gained near real-time visibility over global cash positions. Subway has just made one of the boldest financial moves in fast-food history, teaming up with Ripple to completely overhaul how it handles money across more than 100 countries worldwide. The world’s largest restaurant chain by location count has moved…

Bitcoin ($BTC) is once again under pressure after U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $635 million in net outflows on May 13, the largest single-day withdrawal since late January. What’s more, the sell-off followed worse-than-expected U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) data, which showed inflation rising 1.4% in April and dampened expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts. At the same time, leveraged traders were hit by a wave of liquidations, with roughly $77.95 million in Bitcoin long positions liquidated over the past 24 hours as the asset rejected its 200-day simple moving average (MA) near $82,270. Traders are now monitoring whether…

Standard Chartered expects assets locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) to grow 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030. The expansion would be driven by both tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and crypto-native assets moving through onchain protocols, Geoff Kendrick, head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered, said in a research note on Monday. “I think the next opportunity for generational wealth in digital assets is going to come via the DeFi protocols,” Kendrick said. “I estimate that the amount of tokenized assets active in DeFi will 37x by the end of 2030.” According to Kendrick, only 3% of…

A dormant Solana whale has resurfaced after ten months of inactivity. Onchain Lens reports that the anonymous address unstaked and deposited 300,439 $SOL to Binance about an hour ago. The deposit, valued at approximately $26.07 million, signals a potential sell-off. This move has sparked fresh concerns among traders and analysts. Solana Whale Deposit Sparks Market Jitters Deposits to exchanges often precede selling activity. This Solana whale’s action is no exception. The address had remained dormant for nearly a year. Its sudden movement suggests a strategic decision to liquidate a portion of its holdings. The timing coincides with a period of…

Robinhood, the U.S. stock and cryptocurrency trading platform, has officially listed Cosmos ($ATOM) for spot trading. The announcement, made on Robinhood’s website, adds $ATOM to the growing list of digital assets available to its users, further expanding the platform’s crypto offerings. Expanding Crypto Access on Robinhood The listing of $ATOM allows Robinhood customers to buy, sell, and hold the token directly through the app. Cosmos is a blockchain network designed to facilitate interoperability between different blockchains, often described as the ‘Internet of Blockchains.’ Its native token, $ATOM, is used for staking, governance, and transaction fees within the Cosmos ecosystem. Robinhood…

US institutions are successively disclosing their Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin holdings. The latest announcement comes from JPMorgan. According to a 13F filing with the SEC, JPMorgan significantly increased its holdings of Bitcoin ETFs in the first quarter of 2026. Accordingly, the bank reported holding approximately 8.3 million shares of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), in the first quarter. This figure represents a 174% increase compared to approximately 3 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2025. JPMorgan’s acquisitions extended beyond IBIT. During the same period, the bank’s holdings of Fidelity’s FBTC and Bitwise’s BITB also increased significantly,…