Category: News
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BlackRock’s Jay Jacobs Names DeFi-TradFi Merger ‘The Great Convergence’
BlackRock’s Jay Jacobs is calling it “The Great Convergence” — his framing for the accelerating merger of decentralized and traditional finance.
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Morgan Stanley Files Ethereum and Solana ETF Amendments
Morgan Stanley filed two amended S-1 registrations with the SEC on June 18, 2026, proposing spot Ethereum and Solana funds at a 0.14% annual sponsor fee.
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CZ Wants Every Country to Build Its Own Stablecoin
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao is calling on every government to issue its own stablecoin, framing national issuance as a path to on-chain settlement.
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Grayscale Names 5 DeFi Tokens With Real Fundamental Value
Grayscale Research named five DeFi tokens as having genuine fundamental value. The report dropped June 16, citing nearly $25 billion in cumulative protocol fees since 2023.
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Standard Chartered Sets $100 UNI Target for 2030
Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Uniswap’s UNI token on June 15, 2026, setting a $100 price target by end-2030.
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SEC and CFTC Classify ETH a Commodity. Congress Eyes Law.
The SEC and CFTC jointly classified Ethereum as a digital commodity on March 17, 2026. Now Congress wants to make that designation permanent law.
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Japan Cuts Crypto Tax to 20%, Reclassifies Digital Assets
Japan overhauled its crypto regulatory framework on April 10, 2026, slashing its crypto tax rate and reclassifying digital assets as financial instruments.
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Binance, Kraken, and Bybit Tokenize SpaceX IPO Equity
Binance, Kraken, and Bybit are all offering tokenized SpaceX equity ahead of the company’s Nasdaq listing. The target date: June 12, 2026.
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Humanity Protocol Loses $36M in Cross-Chain Key Compromise
Humanity Protocol was drained of over $36 million on June 8-9, 2026, after attackers compromised private keys via an employee laptop.
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Coinbase and Cardless Launch USDC-Collateralized Credit Card
Coinbase and Cardless launched a USDC-collateralized credit card on June 9, letting stablecoin holders access consumer credit without a traditional credit history.