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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.

According to CoinDesk, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced that it has transferred over $8.3 million worth of USDT to a cryptocurrency wallet controlled by the country's asset recovery agency ARMA (National Agency for the Search, Tracking, and Management of Assets). This marks the first successful inclusion of seized cryptocurrency assets into national management in Ukraine's history.The transfer was made based on a court order and stems from an investigation by the National Bureau into an international hacker organization. The funds involved came from a wallet belonging to a member of this organization, which has been accused of attacking individuals and businesses in Europe and the United States to steal data and extort money. The proceeds were laundered in Ukraine through high-value assets such as real estate and vehicles. Currently, four suspects have been detained but have not yet been sentenced, with estimated losses exceeding $100 million.The report notes that the funds are currently only held in custody and have not been formally confiscated, as confiscation requires a court ruling. At this time, Ukraine is considering establishing a strategic reserve for cryptocurrency, similar to previous ideas from the United States. The reserve funds would come from confiscated cryptocurrency assets in criminal and civil cases, rather than being purchased on the open market.

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.

StableStock officially launched its leveraged spot trading feature today. Users can now directly use stablecoins to conduct leveraged spot trading on global market targets, accessing the real stock market through stablecoins.Leveraged spot trading supports zero interest for intraday trading: positions opened and closed before the end of the day's after-hours session do not incur interest, with only the overnight portion subject to interest calculation according to the rules, effectively reducing the holding costs for active traders. This covers major global markets, allowing for leveraged trading on over 700 targets, with a maximum leverage of about 10 times, including SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Zhizhu, and many popular US stocks; in addition to individual stocks, several short (inverse) ETFs are also included, providing options on both long and short sides.StableStock CEO Zixi stated: "Leveraged spot trading further connects stablecoin settlement with the real stock market, marking another step for stablecoins from being a settlement tool to becoming an entry point for real asset trading."Users must complete identity verification (KYC) and transfer funds to the leveraged account before use; interest calculation, forced liquidation, and other details are subject to the product page. Leveraged trading will amplify both gains and losses, so please use it cautiously.StableStock is supported by institutions such as YZi Labs, MPCi (Matrix Partners China), and Vertex Ventures, and currently supports trading on approximately 1,400+ global stock targets, with plans to continue expanding into more markets and categories.

The Ethereum Layer 2 protocol Loopring announced on platform X that Loopring DEX will immediately cease all trading services. The relayer will be taken offline immediately. The team stated that the reason for the shutdown is the failure to achieve meaningful adoption, as the lack of a virtual machine for the first zkRollup has limited ecological growth. Additionally, LRC being delisted from major exchanges in 2026 accelerated the outcome, while modern zkEVM solutions have made its dedicated architecture seem outdated.The shutdown process is as follows: 1. The team will publish a final balance list for all users in the coming days, covering spot balances and liquidity pool positions automatically converted to underlying assets; 2. Upgrade the contract to a version that only allows whitelisted addresses to transfer, to support batch distribution; 3. The balance list will be open for a two-week review period for users to verify; 4. After the review period ends, assets will be sent in batches directly to users' L1 wallet addresses, with only accounts holding a balance value of over $10 included in the distribution. Users do not need to take any action or pay Gas fees, as all transaction costs will be borne by the team.

ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood stated on the X platform that capital outflows from globally less stable countries will bring new upward momentum for Bitcoin and other digital assets.She pointed out that artificial intelligence is leading a technological revolution and "drawing a lot of attention and liquidity" in the investment field, but AI cannot replace the role that digital assets play in the current global environment—especially as a "wealth insurance tool."Cathie Wood emphasized that against the backdrop of rising macro uncertainty, the demand from investors for asset preservation and cross-border allocation tools is increasing, and digital assets are gradually becoming an important means of meeting this demand.

According to Hong Kong media Ming Pao, Hong Kong Legislative Council member Jan Wai-man revealed that the "2026 Taxation (Amendment) (Automatic Exchange of Information) Bill" was passed by the Legislative Council last week, and the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) Bill has entered the review stage. Jan Wai-man stated that the tax and fines recovered by the Hong Kong government from 2018 to 2025 have exceeded 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is expected that an additional approximately 8,000 financial institutions will be required to register compulsorily in the future.

According to u.today, Patrick Shyu announced in a YouTube video that he has sold all of his cryptocurrency assets and suffered significant financial losses. Patrick Shyu stated that Bitcoin has dropped 50% from its peak of $120,000 last October to over $60,000 this summer, and that he was unprepared psychologically due to excessive leverage.Patrick Shyu pointed out that the current liquidity in the funding pool is far lower than in 2021, mentioning that Mt.Gox creditors received 35,000 Bitcoins and MicroStrategy holds 850,000 Bitcoins, believing there may not be enough liquidity for everyone to exit.Additionally, Patrick Shyu also mentioned the threat of quantum computing and the economic sustainability issues of network security after mining rewards decrease, but he stated at the end of the video that he remains optimistic about the underlying technology in the long term and believes this video could be a bottoming signal.

According to CoinDesk, U.S. House Democrat Maxine Waters submitted an 11-page letter to the U.S. Department of Labor, requesting the withdrawal of a proposal that allows 401(k) retirement plans to invest in alternative assets (including private equity, private credit, real estate, commodities, and digital assets).Waters stated, "On one hand, the Department of Labor acknowledges that digital assets are suitable for the retirement savings of ordinary Americans, while on the other hand, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is still building investor protection mechanisms aimed at ensuring the safety of ordinary investors in these assets, which is inherently contradictory. The risks are not limited to the volatility of individual tokens (although the volatility is indeed significant); it reflects the general deterioration of the entire digital asset ecosystem, with trading activity, developer participation, and user engagement all significantly declining."Waters previously served as the chair of the House Financial Services Committee during the last Democratic administration, and if the Democrats win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives after the November midterm elections, she may again serve as the chair of that committee.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov posted that Aave is expanding its business boundaries from crypto assets to traditional assets, launching securities collateral loans and securities lending services.Aave executive Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo pointed out that the global securities lending market has a borrowing scale of approximately $4.6 trillion and annual revenue of about $35 billion, but most of the profits are captured by brokers and platforms (such as Robinhood, Schwab), and users typically only receive a small percentage of the lending fees.Aave plans to allow users to directly tokenize stocks (such as AAPL, TSLA) on-chain as collateral or lending assets through V4, earning the full lending rate, and providing advantages such as real-time transparent pricing, no re-collateralization, and no intermediary cuts, in order to compete for market share in the traditional securities lending market.

Cardano wallet service provider SecondFi released the latest update on the theft incident, stating that the team has completed the final balance snapshot of affected users' assets. Previously, multiple snapshots were continuously recorded during the incident response as a basis for subsequent asset recovery and verification.SecondFi stated that the engineering and security teams are advancing the asset recovery plan, with the expectation that asset returns could begin in about two weeks. One week will be used to reach a feasible technical solution, and one week will be used for testing and review, with specific timing potentially adjusted as progress is made. The platform will resume operations only after passing a comprehensive security review. Currently, users only need to submit support requests through the official website ticketing system, with no additional actions required.

According to CoinDesk, Grant Cardone, CEO of real estate investment company Cardone Capital, stated that they will take advantage of the recent drop in Bitcoin prices to continuously buy Bitcoin through the cash flow from their real estate assets. Cardone Capital manages approximately $5.3 billion in assets and uses rental income to buy Bitcoin through a dollar-cost averaging strategy, regardless of price fluctuations. Cardone described their model as "inspired by treasury companies but supported by real assets and real cash flow," and claimed that the company is the largest real estate-Bitcoin hybrid company in the world, with no institutional investors influencing its strategy. As of May, Cardone Capital held about $200 million in Bitcoin, stemming from the purchase of 1,000 BTC in 2025 and subsequent increases. Cardone expects the annual return rate of this hybrid structure to be between 22% and 32%, but this forecast has yet to be supported by performance records.

According to the Korea Herald, the South Korean government is improving the debt adjustment program "New Start Fund" for small business owners and individual entrepreneurs, incorporating virtual assets into the review process.Under the revised system, the debt relief rate will be adjusted based on the applicant's repayment ability, and the assessment of repayment ability now considers their holdings of cryptocurrency assets. Previously, the fund mainly verified the debtor's income and assets through financial statements submitted by the applicant and data available from the public administrative information network, which made it difficult to identify such investment assets.To address this issue, since January of this year, the fund has utilized virtual asset balance certificates in property assessments after negotiations with the five major Korean won market cryptocurrency exchanges. Applicants recognized as members of the aforementioned exchanges are now required to submit these certificates directly.

According to BBX data, yesterday institutional funds showed a divergence in their perception of the bottom for Bitcoin, with the core dynamics as follows:BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: $BLK) yesterday, related entities under the company deposited 2,700 BTC (approximately $169 million) and 52,956 ETH (approximately $88.17 million) into Coinbase Prime institutional custody accounts, totaling about $257 million; reports also indicated "possible additional deposits." This deposit occurred against the backdrop of BTC approaching the key technical support level of $59,000, leading to divergent market interpretations: the optimistic interpretation believes that BlackRock is actively accumulating at the extremely low fear index of 18, signaling institutional-level bottom investment; the cautious interpretation suggests this could be passive rebalancing due to IBIT redemptions or internal asset rebalancing, and does not necessarily represent new buying. Regardless of the intent, the scale of $257 million accounts for about 0.5% of IBIT's current approximately $48 billion to $50 billion AUM, which is relatively small, but as a signal of institutional behavior in an extremely fearful market environment, it holds significant emotional reference value.Hyperscale Data Inc (NYSE: $GPUS) recently disclosed its balance sheet showing that the company holds a total of approximately $94.8 million in cash, restricted cash, Bitcoin, and silver, equivalent to 100.42% of the company's total market value of common stock—meaning the physical assets held by the company fully cover the current total market value. The company holds a 10-year, $1.2 billion AI computing power master service agreement (MSA), providing 20 megawatts of AI computing capacity for its Michigan facility, allowing for the continuous accumulation of Bitcoin and precious metals through cash flow from this contract without incurring debt. This business model—locking in cash flow with AI computing contracts and continuously accumulating hard assets with zero leverage—has been referred to by analysts as "the de-leveraged digital asset reserve model against the Strategy," providing a stark contrast in the current market context where Strategy leverage models are under pressure.

According to The Block, a survey by CoinShares of 261 wealth management professionals in Europe shows that 52% of UK wealth advisors indicate that most of their clients' crypto asset exposure is outside their management scope (with a management gap exceeding 50%), while the overall percentage in Europe is one-quarter.The report points out that this "management blind spot" is primarily driven by company policies rather than a lack of advisor knowledge or client demand. In companies with explicit restrictions or a lack of internal guidance, the proportion of advisors actively recommending crypto assets is only 1%, while the management gap reaches 34%; in contrast, in companies with clear support, the recommendation rate is 48%, and the management gap is only 4%.The survey also found that the changes advisors most want to see are regulatory recognition of digital assets as a mainstream asset class (45%) and access to exchange-traded products (ETPs) (43%), rather than purely educational training.Currently, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed allowing authorized funds to hold up to 10% in crypto ETPs, and the European regulatory environment is gradually shifting towards support, which may help narrow this management gap.

According to official news, regarding recent discussions about the platform on the market and social media, CoinUp founder Queenie Li published an article on the X platform to respond to a series of concerns.Regarding platform security, Queenie Li emphasized that CoinUp will never run away. All assets on the platform are secure, and the deposit and withdrawal functions are operating normally, with the operations team on duty 24 hours a day. After a comprehensive inspection, CoinUp has not suffered any hacker attacks or data breaches.Regarding Mr. Zhu Pan, the response article once again clarified that he is not the operator or a member of CoinUp, and his identity is only that of a project party for a project launched on CoinUp.In addition, Queenie emphasized that third-party security audits, asset reserve proof disclosures will be promoted, and investigations into the backgrounds of project founders will be strengthened.According to CoinUp's official news, CoinUp founder Queenie will hold an X Space on June 25 at 20:00 (UTC+8) to publicly respond to recent rumors of "running away," the platform's operational status, user asset security, CPX fluctuations, and relationships among relevant personnel.

The Ethereum Layer2 project Taiko has released the latest developments on the security incident, stating that this incident will not result in any loss of user funds. Currently, the bridged assets are in a state of insufficient collateral, and all additional collateral will be completed before the bridge reopens, ensuring that each user's balance receives 1:1 support, consistent with the situation before the incident occurred.Since the occurrence of this security incident, cautious measures have been taken, including controlling the scope of impact, determining the cause of the incident, and collaborating with the board to develop a plan to protect user assets. In addition, the CEO of Taiko has submitted a formal report to the relevant authorities in Singapore, and the team will fully cooperate in tracing the responsible parties. Users currently do not need to take any action; at this stage, the completed repair plan is being tested, and the chain and bridging services will be reopened as soon as safety is ensured. Users are also reminded to be vigilant against scams; the Taiko team will not proactively message users, and there are no websites for claiming or refunds. Any links provided for such purposes are scams.

Delphi Digital stated that the issuance scale of xStocks continues to grow, with its on-chain AUM surpassing 500 million dollars for the first time, and the number of independent holders exceeding 177,000. Data shows that users are still mainly flocking to well-known large tech stocks and other "household name" giants, with the top ten xStocks assets accounting for over 80% of the total scale.

According to official news, Lightning Labs has released Taproot Assets v0.8 and its accompanying SDK. The new SDK supports developers in quickly integrating stablecoin functionality on the Bitcoin network, adding features such as backup and recovery, multi-asset liquidity control, and faster proof verification, aimed at improving infrastructure efficiency. Lightning Labs stated that the future of multi-asset Bitcoin has arrived and encourages developers to start building.