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: According to official sources, Base is about to launch the Beryl hard fork upgrade, introducing the B20 native token standard, which shortens the final confirmation period for single-proof withdrawals from 7 days to 5 days, and upgrades Reth V2, reducing disk usage by 50% and increasing throughput by 33%.Beryl will be activated on the Sepolia testnet at 2:00 AM UTC+8 on June 19, and on the mainnet at 2:00 AM UTC+8 on June 26.B20 is Base’s native token standard, an ERC-20 compatible token implemented via Rust precompile, designed specifically for stablecoins, RWAs, and long-tail token issuers. It includes a built-in compliance toolkit, featuring transfer strategies, freezing and seizing, role-based access control, memos, and supply caps.
Polymarket founder posted on X platform to celebrate June 17th as the 6th anniversary, stating "I am truly grateful to be engaged in this career that means so much to me. Seeing the world gradually catch up to this crazy idea called 'information markets' is truly breathtaking. But we still have a long way to go."According to Dune data, on the 6th anniversary of polymarket's launch, the platform's cumulative trading volume has exceeded $88 billion.
According to HTX’s announcement, HTX Plaza has launched a time-limited “World Cup Prediction Red Packet Campaign,” with a total prize pool of up to $100,000 USDT. The campaign runs from June 12 to July 20, 2026 (UTC+8), covering all 34 match days of the World Cup. Users simply need to visit the campaign post on HTX Plaza, participate in the prediction for the day’s first match, and submit their vote to qualify for red packet collection the following day. Additionally, users who post analytical insights about match outcomes in the comment section may further boost their engagement score. The campaign is now live and gaining momentum. Users who participate for seven consecutive days will automatically unlock eligibility for a high-value red packet on Day 8. Head over to HTX Plaza to join the predictions—enjoy the matches and win red packets simultaneously, sharing in the passion and perks of the World Cup.
Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder of Mysten Labs—the development team behind Sui—shared Sui’s future roadmap in a recent post. According to the article, Sui’s long-term goal is to build foundational blockchain infrastructure capable of supporting global value flow over the next decade—enabling efficient payments, financial asset transfers, and transactions between machines and AI agents—all on a single network. The team emphasized that this vision stems from its core principle: “making value flow as freely as information.” Sui will continuously iterate its underlying architecture and protocol design to realize this objective. Technically, Sui leverages an object-centric model, horizontally scalable architecture, and native parallel execution to achieve high throughput, low latency, and composability within a single network—while also facilitating the onboarding of stablecoins, real-world assets, and institutional-grade financial products. Additionally, the project introduces privacy-preserving transactions, gasless transfers, and yield-bearing asset mechanisms to reduce usage costs and enhance financial accessibility. The article states that the future financial system will progressively migrate onto public-chain infrastructure—from individual payments to institutional capital markets—achieving full digitization and further extending into AI-driven automated transaction scenarios. The team describes its mission as building a unified global value network, evolving fund flows toward an instant, low-cost, “messaging-style” paradigm.
at today's 2026 Lujiazui Forum, Ding Xiangqun, Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration, stated that efforts must be made to strengthen supervision, eliminate regulatory gaps and blind spots, and ensure full coverage with no exceptions. Ding Xiangqun said that efforts should be concentrated on preventing and resolving risks to firmly uphold the bottom line of preventing systemic financial risks. Focus should be placed on "reducing existing risks and controlling new risks." Risks in small and medium-sized financial institutions should be addressed in a forceful and orderly manner, with support and coordination to resolve risks related to real estate and local government debt. Adhere to the principles of treating diseases before they occur and addressing problems at the source, improve early correction mechanisms for financial risks with hard constraints, and achieve early identification, early warning, early exposure, and early disposal.Focus on "managing legal activities while also managing illegal ones." Strengthen central-local coordination and departmental collaboration, and make every effort to eliminate regulatory gaps and blind spots to ensure full coverage with no exceptions. Take the overall battle of preventing and combating illegal financial activities as a starting point, maintain a high-pressure crackdown stance, strengthen whole-chain systemic governance, and strive to protect the people's "money bags." (CCTV News)
that, according to an official announcement, Binance will update the leverage and margin tiers for several USDT-margined perpetual contracts at 14:30 Beijing time on June 19, 2026, involving SIRENUSDT, VELVETUSDT, RESOLVUSDT, TRUSTUSDT, THEUSDT, MAVUSDT, SANTOSUSDT, ORDIUSDT, DIAUSDT, and INXUSDT. Additionally, Binance will adjust the collateral rates for ADA and FDUSD in portfolio margin starting from 14:00 Beijing time on the same day.
Base lead Jesse Pollak introduced Base's latest development direction at the Coinbase System Update: Take Control conference held today. Base is committed to becoming a platform that supports global financial activities.Base announced support for tokenized stocks launched by Coinbase and introduced the B20 native token standard. The Base App will support Solana, Bitcoin, and multiple EVM networks, and will also launch a web version. Base introduced Base MCP, allowing AI Agents to perform on-chain activities such as transfers, transactions, swaps, and lending with user authorization.Base stated that it has processed over $19 trillion in stablecoin payment volume this year and supports more than 25 local currency stablecoins. Base has also launched private transactions and a new ledger architecture to meet corporate compliance and auditing requirements.
According to CoinDesk, Ethereum core developers have entered the final development phase of the Glamsterdam upgrade and are currently running development networks (devnets) that incorporate all planned Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs); once complete, the upgrade will advance to public testnets. Parithosh Jayanthi, a core developer at the Ethereum Foundation, stated that Glamsterdam “could be the largest fork upgrade since the Merge,” fundamentally altering many foundational assumptions of Ethereum and laying the groundwork for large-scale future scaling. It is expected to go live in the second half of 2026, though the exact date remains undetermined. Key components of this upgrade include: First, embedded Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS, EIP-7732), which moves off-chain block building and proposing processes on-chain to reduce MEV-related manipulation risks and centralization concerns; Second, block-level access lists (EIP-7928), enabling blocks to pre-declare accounts and smart contract data they need to access, thereby improving block execution efficiency and predictability; Third, broad gas fee repricing—costs for high-compute operations will decrease while state storage costs will increase—to more accurately reflect resource consumption and ensure compatibility with zero-knowledge proof-based scaling solutions. Currently, the development team is focused on testing, finalizing specifications, and community communication.
RetoSwap, a Monero ecosystem P2P trading platform, announced that its Haveno trading protocol has been exploited by attackers. The team has urgently suspended trading by raising the minimum required client version to 2.0.0 and blocking the attackers’ Onion addresses. RetoSwap emphasized that its own infrastructure was not compromised; this incident stems from a vulnerability in the Haveno protocol. In May this year, RetoSwap disclosed a prior attack in which attackers exploited a protocol vulnerability to steal approximately 7,000 XMR—valued at roughly $2.7 million at the time.
According to a post by the Crypto Council for Innovation, Illinois Governor Pritzker has signed a digital asset tax bill—widely regarded as the nation’s most punitive digital asset tax regime—which will impose a disproportionate tax burden on Illinois residents using digital assets. The Council strongly opposes the measure, warning that it will drive innovators and developers out of the state, and has issued an official letter of opposition.
Saudi Al Arabiya TV has published the terms of the 14-point memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US, providing more details than the version released by Iran's Mehr News Agency:1. Iran and the US, along with its allies in the current war, declare an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, upon the signing of this memorandum of understanding. They commit to refraining from any hostile actions against each other from now on, and to not threaten or use force against one another. The final agreement will confirm the provisions of this article and other clauses.(Permanent and immediate cessation of war on all fronts, including Lebanon.)2. Iran and the US commit to respecting each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and commit to non-interference in each other's internal affairs.(The US commits to non-interference in Iran's internal affairs and respects Iran's sovereignty.)3. Iran and the US commit to negotiating and reaching a final agreement within a maximum period of 60 days, which can be extended by mutual consent.(This clause is not included in the version released by Iranian media.)4. Upon the signing of this memorandum, the US will immediately lift the maritime blockade against Iran, preventing any interference or obstruction, and will restore Iran's full shipping capacity within a maximum of 30 days; the volume of vessel traffic should be proportional to pre-war levels. The US also commits to withdrawing its forces from the surrounding region within 30 days of the final agreement being reached.(Complete lifting of the maritime blockade against Iran within 30 days.)(The US commits to withdrawing its forces from around Iran.)5. Upon signing this memorandum, Iran will immediately take measures to ensure the resumption of commercial shipping from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman to pre-war levels within 30 days, while taking into account Iran's need to clear technical obstacles and neutralize naval mines.(Under Iran's arrangement, the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened within 30 days.)6. The US will work with regional partners to develop a comprehensive plan, agreed upon by both parties, for the reconstruction and development of Iran, ensuring the provision of at least $300 billion in financial support. The implementation mechanism for this plan will be established within 60 days within the framework of the final agreement.(The US and its allies must provide Iran with a reconstruction plan worth at least $300 billion.)7. The US commits to terminating all types of sanctions currently in effect against Iran, including those from UN Security Council resolutions, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors resolutions, and all primary and secondary sanctions unilaterally imposed by the US, within a timeframe agreed upon in the final agreement.(Reach a final agreement on the nuclear issue within 60 days, and fully lift all major and secondary US sanctions against Iran, as well as
a bipartisan group of senators led by Cynthia Lummis has sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, urging the Treasury Department to maintain state-level regulatory authority over certain stablecoin issuers when formulating the implementation rules for the GENIUS Stablecoin Act.The GENIUS Act was signed into law last year, establishing a federal stablecoin regulatory framework in the United States. It requires stablecoins to be fully backed by U.S. dollars or similar high-liquidity assets, mandates annual audits for issuers with a market capitalization exceeding $50 billion, and sets rules for overseas issuances.The Act allows stablecoin issuers with a market capitalization not exceeding $10 billion to be regulated at the state level, provided that the relevant state regulatory regime is "substantially similar" to federal requirements. The senators argue that the Treasury's previously proposed rules did not clarify the timeline and standards for applying, reviewing, and certifying state regulatory regimes, creating uncertainty for states.The letter points out that state legislative cycles vary significantly, with some states even adopting biennial legislative cycles. Therefore, a flexible and continuously open certification mechanism is needed to ensure that states can apply for certification when the need arises, rather than limiting innovation and competition due to timing mismatches.
Coinbase has announced its latest enterprise-level "System Update," unveiling a series of new products and infrastructure upgrades as it further expands its position as an "Everything Exchange," covering crypto assets, equities, options, perpetual contracts, prediction markets, token listings, and smart financial services.This update includes an SEC-registered AI investment advisor system, which has been integrated into the main Coinbase trading platform. Coinbase also announced the unification of global liquidity between its US and international platforms, encompassing spot crypto assets and derivatives trading, aimed at improving market depth and execution efficiency.On the consumer side, the Coinbase One Card has introduced new benefits. Users can stake between 500 and 5,000 USDC to qualify for the card and book travel through the Travel Portal, launched in partnership with Booking.com, to earn 5% Bitcoin cashback.Additionally, Coinbase highlighted several trading products recently launched or under development, including thematic stock indices, pre-IPO perpetual contracts, new features related to options trading, and an upgrade to its developer platform. Coinbase stated its goal is to become a one-stop application for users to conduct multi-asset trading and smart financial management.
Squid, a cross-chain infrastructure platform, has announced the integration of RLUSD, the stablecoin issued by Ripple. Users can now swap into or out of RLUSD in a single transaction across different blockchains and digital assets.Through this integration, RLUSD will gain access to over 100 blockchains and more than 20,000 tokens supported by Squid. Users can directly exchange assets such as USDC, USDT, ETH, and XRP for RLUSD without needing to manually bridge chains, wrap tokens, or execute multiple transactions.RLUSD is natively issued on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum, and has been extended to Ethereum Layer 2 networks such as the XRPL EVM Sidechain, Optimism, Base, Ink, and Unichain via Wormhole's Native Token Transfer standard. Squid's routing layer sits atop these underlying transfer mechanisms, allowing users to utilize RLUSD irrespective of the specific issuance chain.Squid states that its intent-based routing system, which uses market makers to fulfill orders with liquidity on the destination chain, can settle transactions within seconds and is compatible with various cross-chain messaging and issuance standards. Beyond end-users, developers can also integrate RLUSD through Squid's tools for applications including cross-chain payments, treasury management, user onboarding, and DeFi.
SwapSpace has partnered with Baltex and SecureShift to launch a "Private Swap" feature, offering a confidential mode for cryptocurrency transactions. This feature utilizes alternative swap routes to help reduce the direct link between wallet activity and public blockchain transaction records. Eligible quotes are labeled with a "Private" tag and can be compared side-by-side with standard quotes.Key advantages include users gaining greater control over the visibility of their on-chain activity; the ability to compare private and standard quotes; competitive rates on private swap quotes; and support for thousands of cryptocurrencies and multiple blockchain networks. It is suitable for asset rebalancing, transfers between wallets, and daily transaction management.SwapSpace has simultaneously launched an event with a total prize pool of 1,500 USDC. From June 16 to 30, users can earn experience points (XP) by completing swaps in privacy mode. After the event ends, rewards will be distributed to the top 50 participants.SwapSpace is a cryptocurrency exchange aggregator platform with over 45 partners and 3,300 cryptocurrencies. Since 2019, it has provided fast swaps at the best market rates with zero extra markup.
According to an official announcement, MoonPay has integrated its decentralized cross-chain trading service, MoonPay Trade, with Ledger Wallet. Users can now swap assets across multiple major EVM-compatible chains via Ledger Wallet’s Swap feature, benefiting from transparent pricing, low slippage, and clear signature verification.
Binance has responded to news regarding its EU license on the X platform, stating that the company remains committed to serving European users and will continue to conduct business in accordance with applicable laws.Binance stated that as the MiCA transition period draws to a close, the company is adopting a prudent, user-first strategy to minimize the impact of business adjustments. It will disclose further arrangements and available options to users once more information is obtained, with plans to release an update before June 30, 2026.Additionally, Binance noted that over the past 18 months, it has maintained constructive communication with regulators and actively participated in the MiCA approval process. According to its understanding, the Greek regulatory authority has completed its review of the relevant application and deems it compliant with MiCA requirements. The application has also been reviewed at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) level.Binance also indicated that any delays or deviations in the MiCA authorization process could weaken market liquidity, competition, and user choice, potentially pushing some activities outside the EU. The company will continue to seek compliant operational paths under the MiCA framework and keep users informed of progress.
Coinbase announced on the X platform that the first batch of real, 1:1 backed tokenized stocks is coming soon. Users will be able to hold actual tokenized stocks of U.S. companies, and trade, hold, and redeem them on-chain while automatically receiving dividends. This product is neither a derivative nor an IOU.
“New Stock God” Serenity posted on platform X, stating that they believe AI could be the most disruptive technology in human history, with an impact comparable to the agricultural and industrial revolutions.Serenity pointed out that companies such as Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI are racing to develop superintelligence. If AI can help overcome cancer and accelerate breakthroughs in frontier technologies like quantum computing, the resulting economic impact would be incalculable. Additionally, if AI replaces a significant portion of the labor force, it could also substantially boost corporate profitability.Serenity further noted that from strategic perspectives such as warfare, security, and cybersecurity, the U.S. government has strong incentives to continuously advance AI infrastructure development. Even if profit margins from large language model training and inference businesses are limited, the U.S. might still support the industry through incentives and subsidies to maintain its leading position in the global AI race.
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reports that prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi have announced plans to accelerate the deployment of anti-fraud measures during the World Cup to combat potential fraudulent groups, while continuing to expand the coverage of tradable events.According to reports, both companies are introducing more real-world events into prediction markets to enhance user engagement and market liquidity. As transaction volumes continue to grow, related fraudulent activities have also increased. It is reported that Kalshi's annualized revenue reached approximately $1.5 billion in May of this year. (The Information)