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According to Bits.media, Fidan Tofidi, the head of the Financial Technology and Innovation Department of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, stated that the regulatory bill for the country's virtual asset market has been drafted and submitted for review, with formal legislation expected within the year. The bill requires all companies engaged in cryptocurrency asset business to obtain a license issued by the central bank, and unauthorized operations within the country are prohibited. Licensed institutions will be subject to ongoing supervision. The regulatory framework will cover compliance requirements such as anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and customer identity verification (KYC), and will be incorporated into Azerbaijan's financial market development strategy for 2027-2030.

According to CoinDesk, tokenization infrastructure provider Securitize has received shareholder approval to merge with Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT) SPAC, with the transaction expected to be completed on Wednesday. The merged company will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday under the stock ticker SECZ. CEPT's stock price surged by 20% at one point during trading on Monday.

According to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of the Solana ecosystem meme coin ANSEM once exceeded 140 million USD, reaching a historical high, and then fell back to about 127 million USD, with a daily increase of over 41%. The price of meme coins is highly volatile, mainly driven by market sentiment and conceptual speculation, lacking clear practical application scenarios, and investors should be aware of the associated risks.

According to Jinshi reports, NVIDIA announced that Anthropic's Claude series models are now available on Microsoft's Azure NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra platform.

According to on-chain data monitored by Catcher Predict, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $62,604.81 in the "Brazil vs Japan - More Markets" event, specifically on "O/U 2.5". Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this bet is 57%.

According to The Block, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated that the MiCA license application submitted by Binance in Greece fully complied with regulatory requirements and was close to approval before being withdrawn, but ultimately the process was interrupted due to "external political factors."In an interview, Zhao Changpeng mentioned that several countries within the EU had expressed interest in the license, and there was even a certain degree of "competitive pursuit," but the regulatory progress was ultimately affected by non-regulatory factors, forcing the application to be withdrawn. Binance officially withdrew its application in Greece last week and stated that it would turn to other EU member states to continue pursuing MiCA authorization.In response to market rumors regarding his connections with high-level EU politicians, Zhao Changpeng stated that he had not seen any verifiable documents and only saw similar claims online, which he did not confirm. Zhao Changpeng also pointed out that the EU MiCA transition period will officially end on July 1, at which time platforms that have not obtained licenses must cease related services. Regulatory agencies in various countries have made it clear that they will not postpone enforcement, and they evaluate this outcome as a "lose-lose situation," using the regulatory processes in Japan and Singapore as examples to emphasize that compliance processes often require a longer period.Additionally, when discussing Strategy's STRC preferred stock product, Zhao Changpeng stated that its structure is "too complex" and expressed difficulty in fully understanding its mechanism, but emphasized that he does not comment on the credibility of its founder Michael Saylor, considering him a "staunch supporter of Bitcoin."

XRPLRipple is actively promoting the addition of a layer of lending infrastructure on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), enabling institutions to use on-chain tokenized assets as collateral for financing, while the loan terms are automatically executed by the protocol, with credit assessments and lending decisions still made by off-chain institutions.According to reports, the proposal is named the XRPL Lending Protocol (corresponding to the XLS-65 and XLS-66 standards), which is currently still in the technical draft stage and must be approved through validator voting before it can go live on the mainnet, but it is already available for developer testing on the test network.The design of the protocol splits the lending process into two parts: on-chain mechanisms responsible for fund pool management, interest calculation, repayment execution, and default handling; while borrower credit assessments and loan term settings remain with traditional financial institutions to meet compliance requirements in different jurisdictions.Ripple states that this mechanism is primarily aimed at institutional short-term liquidity needs, such as in cross-border payment scenarios, where temporary financing is obtained through stablecoins or collateralized assets before settlement, to enhance capital efficiency.Analysts believe that this solution attempts to introduce a "rule-based lending infrastructure" similar to traditional finance while maintaining the open network attributes of XRPL, but it still faces competition from established on-chain lending protocols like Aave, Compound, and Maple.

Regarding the digital credit capital framework announced by Strategy, the Ethereum treasury company BitMine (NYSE: BMNR) commented that this framework consolidates the structural relationship between capital markets and Bitcoin, which should enhance investor confidence in the Strategy approach.BitMine believes that investor concerns typically only arise during Bitcoin downturns; if the Bitcoin price were at $100,000, few would question the strategy. Therefore, Strategy needs to prove that it has enough capital to withstand downturn cycles; raising the capital buffer to over 26 months is a wise move. According to its calculations, since 2009, with a rolling period of 36 months, the probability of negative returns for Bitcoin is less than 0.8%, and a reserve size of 26 months is sufficient for Strategy to safely navigate such fluctuations.

According to the 8-K document submitted to the SEC by Strategy, the company announced the launch of a digital credit capital framework, which includes five core components: dollar reserve policy, adjustment of STRC dividend policy, preferred stock repurchase plan, common stock repurchase plan, and BTC monetization plan.Under the dollar reserve policy, the reserve can only be used to pay preferred stock dividends and debt interest, and management must maintain a reserve sufficient to cover expected dividends and interest expenses for at least the next 12 months. As of June 28, the dollar reserve balance was $2.55 billion.Regarding the STRC dividend, the company will dynamically assess the dividend rate on a monthly basis, considering factors such as trading price, market yield, credit spread, and Bitcoin price volatility, and will not increase the dividend solely because the STRC trading price is below par value. The company also announced an increase in the annualized dividend rate for STRC to 12% from the previous level, effective July 1.In terms of the repurchase plan, the company has established two repurchase authorizations of $1 billion each, to repurchase preferred stocks such as STRC, STRF, STRD, STRK, and Class A common stock, with STRC being the primary target of the preferred stock repurchase plan. Neither of the repurchase plans will utilize dollar reserve funds.In addition, the company's board of directors has authorized the BTC monetization plan, allowing the company to raise up to $1.25 billion by selling Bitcoin, to supplement the dollar reserve, pay preferred stock dividends and interest expenses, or fund the aforementioned repurchase plans.

According to Decrypt, the Ukrainian prosecutor's office has for the first time transferred seized cryptocurrency assets to the state asset management agency ARMA, with over 8.3 million USDT moved to its custody wallet.The funds come from the wallet of a suspected member of an international hacking group, which has been accused of carrying out ransomware attacks and data theft against businesses and individuals in Europe and the United States, and laundering money in Ukraine through the purchase of real estate and vehicles, causing losses of over 100 million dollars. Currently, four suspects have been detained, with assets worth over 11.1 million dollars seized, including real estate, vehicles, approximately 1 million dollars in cash, and cryptocurrency assets. This takeover by ARMA marks the first custody case involving digital assets following its reforms in 2025 to enhance the transparency of asset management related to criminal cases.

On June 29, WEEX announced that the platform has launched the $GetRichQuick 0 transaction fee event: New users who net recharge 100 U and have their first transaction as GetRichQuick/USDT spot can receive a reward of 10 USDT; both new and existing users whose $GetRichQuick spot trading volume reaches 100 U can participate in sharing a prize pool of 10,000 USDT based on trading volume rankings; invite friends to participate in this event to earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards. Event time: 6/26 18:00 - 7/3 18:00 (UTC+8).

According to official news, the BNB Chain ecological autonomous AI economic infrastructure Astarter announced strategic support from institutions such as Vega Ventures, UZ Capital, Go2Mars, and BitBT Ventures, further strengthening the AI ecological layout. Astarter had previously received investment led by EMURGO, with strategic support from other institutions including MH Ventures, Avstar Capital, 316VC, CRT Labs, and Megala Ventures.It is reported that Astarter aims to build a full-stack infrastructure for AI intelligences on the BNB Chain, providing proprietary computing power, runtime execution, on-chain settlement, and identity capabilities for on-chain AI intelligences. The products include AI computing power nodes ABox, a decentralized exchange (DEX), Launchpad, and CORE intelligence layer, with the native token being AST. The Astarter mainnet and TGE are planned to launch in the third quarter of 2026. This strategic cooperation will further promote Astarter's development in computing power networks, products, and ecological aspects.

According to a report by The Paper, the embodied intelligence company Zhi Ping Fang has recently completed a series of new financing, with a total amount of nearly 5 billion yuan (approximately 700 million USD), and a valuation exceeding 20 billion yuan, making it the first embodied intelligence company in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to officially surpass a valuation of 20 billion yuan. Zhi Ping Fang stated that after the completion of this financing, it will accelerate the iteration and large-scale production process of the "robot brain," further solidifying its integrated capabilities of "model × hardware × scenario."

According to Cointelegraph, the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has granted the 50th Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license to the tokenized asset platform Tribe Tokenisation FZE. VARA stated that licensed enterprises must undergo a controlled operation phase before officially providing services. By the end of 2025, 39 licensed VASPs will be fully operational, and the latest data for 2026 is still being verified. In comparison, Singapore currently has 37 licensed digital payment token service providers, while Hong Kong has only 13 licensed virtual asset trading platforms.

American Express is hiring a Vice President of Stablecoin and Blockchain Partnerships and Strategy in New York, responsible for formulating the company's overall strategy in the fields of programmable currency, stablecoin payments, and blockchain financial infrastructure, promoting collaboration with stablecoin issuers, blockchain networks, tokenization platforms, wallets, and fintech companies, and overseeing projects such as stablecoin payments, tokenized settlements, digital identity, and programmable commerce from concept validation to implementation.

Binance founder CZ recently accepted an interview with CoinDesk, sharing his views on multiple topics. CZ attributes the 2026 crypto bear market to a combination of three factors: the shift of funds to the AI sector, geopolitical tensions, and the four-year cycle pattern.Regarding the strategy for Binance.US, CZ expressed a desire for the platform to access the liquidity of Binance Global to strengthen its competitiveness in the U.S. market. He also revealed that although his previous trip to Washington, D.C. was to clarify misunderstandings about himself and Binance, he believes that the violation of the Bank Secrecy Act has not harmed his business reputation. CZ clearly stated that he will not take the helm of a crypto trading platform again and prefers to participate in the operations of his investment companies in an informal advisory capacity.In terms of crypto regulatory legislation, negotiations on the U.S. "Clarity Act" are still ongoing, but core ethical clause disagreements remain unresolved, and any agreement requires the president's signature. The Senate has only 20 working days left before September 1, and the legislative window continues to narrow.

According to The Block, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) pointed out in its "2026 Annual Economic Report" that current stablecoins do not meet monetary standards in terms of singularity, resilience, interoperability, and integrity, and their operational model is closer to ETFs rather than payment tools.The report estimates that even if the market value of stablecoins expands to between $1 trillion and $3 trillion, the net effect on economic output will still be slightly negative, while also exacerbating banks' financing pressures and weakening credit capacity. The BIS also warned of the risk of "stablecoin dollarization" in emerging economies, which could erode their monetary sovereignty.The report suggests using central bank currencies as a benchmark to construct a "unified ledger" that encompasses tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank currencies as an alternative, and uses the Project Agora cross-border payment prototype as a feasibility proof.

On-chain detective ZachXBT stated that during the migration from the traditional private messaging system to XChat, the X platform encountered multiple technical bugs. At the same time, the reliability of the platform's search function declined, affecting information retrieval efficiency. More importantly, the X platform's algorithm has a "traffic bottleneck" for cryptocurrency content, making it easier for content to be restricted within the cryptocurrency vertical, thereby reducing the ability to reach a broader audience.

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