Europol said Operation Endgame froze more than €41 million in criminal crypto assets and dismantled infrastructure linked to several malware operations. According to NS3.AI, law enforcement targeted networks associated with SocGholish, Amadey, and StealC. Europol said police also took down 326 servers and 142 domains as part of the operation.

Binance Blog published a new article, announcing the appointment of Daniel Acosta as Head of Latin America as the company expands its regional leadership structure. Binance said Acosta’s remit will broaden from his previous position as General Manager of North Latam to overseeing strategy and operations across Latin America, with priorities including addressing local user needs, engaging with regulators, and supporting continued crypto adoption in the region. The company described Latin America as a key growth market, citing the 2025 Chainalysis Crypto Adoption Report, which ranks Brazil 5th and Argentina 20th among leading markets. Binance also said regional adoption rose by 63% last year, trailing only Asia-Pacific, reflecting demand from both retail and institutional users. Acosta said the region’s characteristics and gaps in access to financial services create an opportunity to expand crypto’s everyday utility and connect users to the global financial system. Binance said Acosta has served as General Manager for Colombia and North Latam since 2022 and will continue overseeing Colombia, Central America, and the Caribbean while taking on the broader Latin America role. The company said his expanded responsibilities include supporting growth, regulatory engagement, and localization of products and services, including payment solutions, cross-border services, local trading pairs, and earn products. Binance highlighted recent expansions of payment offerings in the region, including Binance Card, QR code payment tools, and the integration of Pix—Brazil’s national payment system used by more than 150 million people—with Binance Pay, which it said enables instant payments in Brazilian reais using crypto. Binance added that it offers 32 trading pairs in Latin American local fiat currencies across regional markets. The company also noted that under Acosta’s leadership, Binance obtained what it described as the first regulatory license granted to a crypto exchange in El Salvador in 2023, and said outgoing regional head Guilherme Nazar will move into an advisor role. Earlier in June, Binance said its global user count surpassed 320 million, including 30 million new users year-to-date.

US companies capped one of the strongest S&P 500 earnings seasons in years, posting 28% profit growth, according to Bloomberg. The results may be overshadowed by Canadian companies in the next reporting period as the first half comes to a close.

Vincent Chung, a co-head portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price Group, said markets may be underestimating the risk that inflation becomes more persistent as global manufacturing activity recovers and raw material costs continue to rise. According to Jin10, Chung wrote in a report that while investors are still counting on productivity gains from artificial intelligence to offset inflationary pressures, those benefits may take time to materialize. He added that as markets reassess the outlook for growth, inflation, and interest rates, they may face a period of volatility. In this environment, Chung said he prefers shorter-duration fixed-income assets, including high-quality global high-yield bonds and some emerging-market credit. He also said inflation-linked bonds can serve as an important tool for portfolio diversification.

Bill Dudley, a former New York Fed president and Bloomberg Opinion columnist, said streamlining the Federal Open Market Committee’s policy statement is appropriate, but Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh needs to proceed more carefully than he has so far. Dudley said Warsh’s approach risks confusing markets and the central bank itself, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg reported that US consumer spending accelerated in May even as prices rose at the fastest pace in more than three years, with the personal consumption expenditures price index climbing 4.1% year-on-year — the highest reading since April 2023. Core PCE, excluding food and energy, advanced 3.4% from a year earlier. Inflation-adjusted consumer spending rose 0.3% month-on-month after stalling in April, suggesting Americans are absorbing the inflationary fallout from the Iran war. A separate Bureau of Economic Analysis report showed the US economy grew at an annualized 2.1% pace in the first quarter, faster than previously estimated. The inflation figures are likely to intensify pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year, as economists expect the initial energy shock to continue propagating through supply chains and push up the costs of a broad range of products — even though US-Iran peace negotiations have sent oil prices tumbling. Gasoline prices have pulled back recently but remain nearly $1 per gallon above pre-war averages. Personal income rose 0.7% and wages and salaries advanced 0.4%, while inflation-adjusted disposable income gained 0.3% — the first increase since the start of the year. The savings rate held at 3%, the lowest since 2022, as workers across multiple sectors see pay gains lag inflation, prompting many to save less or rely on credit cards to maintain spending habits.

Rosen Law Firm said it has opened an investigation into Michael Saylor’s company Strategy (MSTR) and STRC over potential securities law claims. According to Odaily, the firm said Strategy may have released materially misleading business information to the investing public. Rosen Law Firm said it is assessing investor losses and potential legal liability related to the matter.

UNIに続き、スタンダードチャータード銀行が暗号資産業界に向けて再び大胆な予測を打ち出した。AAVEは2030年末までに50倍に急騰し、3,500ドルに達する見込みだという。

韓国の株式市場の時価総額は過去1年間で着実に上昇したものの、今年の韓国における新規株式公開（IPO）活動は大幅に減少した。

何年も経ち、ビットコインがウォール街の投資信託や上場企業の貸借対照表、さらには国家レベルの規制文書に盛り込まれるようになったとしても、人々は2008年10月31日のあの午後を、依然として忘れることはないだろう。

AIの「株の神様」Leopoldは2億から130億へ、白髪の「株の神様」Serenityは年率225倍の収益を上げ、陳立武は159社のIPOを成功させた。これらすべては、同じフレームワーク――「ボトルネックを見つけること」――に基づいている。

Appleは、「Sparrow Wallet」の開発者であるクレイグ・ロー氏の開発者アカウントを停止すると通告し、ビットコインコミュニティ全体から批判を招く対立構造を生み出した。

リップルは、規制当局の承認を得たことを受け、SBI VCトレードを通じて日本でステーブルコイン「RLUSD」の提供を開始した。この承認により、RLUSDは日本の新たな規制の下で運用が認められた最初の海外ステーブルコインの一つとなった。

インドネシアは仮想通貨のマーケティングに対する規制を強化しており、デジタル資産を宣伝するインフルエンサーに対し、一般市民に投資を勧める前に公的な認定を取得することを義務付ける新たな規則を導入した。

韓国当局は、適切な同意を得ずにユーザーデータを海外に転送したとして、ビットサムに2億1000万ウォンの罰金を科した。また、規制当局は同取引所に対し、データ取り扱いおよび情報開示の慣行を改善するよう命じた。

Metaにとって、ArenaがPolymarketやKalshiに勝てるかどうかは、おそらく最も重要なことではない。重要なのは、予測市場が新たな情報源となるかどうかである。

ZKsync の技術スタック全体と、Prividium 製品の主要機能を整理する。