Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon card from a random pack is becoming big business Read more
Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure
The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business. Read more
Tradable’s $1B Stellar deal adds to institutional tokenization boom
Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets. Read more
Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE launches spot crypto trading through Zero Hash
Eligible E*TRADE retail clients can now buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash. Read more
Ethics in crypto market structure ‘really not our concern,’ says Blockchain Association CEO
A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue on crypto market structure. Read more
Crypto for Advisors: Strengthening defenses against AI fraud
Strengthening defenses against AI fraud Read more