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.

UNI에 이어 스탠다드차타드 은행이 암호화폐 업계에 또 한 번 대담한 전망을 내놓았다. AAVE가 2030년 말까지 50배 급등해 3,500달러에 달할 것으로 전망했다.

지난 1년 동안 한국 증시의 시가총액이 꾸준히 상승했음에도 불구하고, 올해 한국의 기업공개(IPO) 활동은 크게 감소했다.

수년이 지난 후, 비트코인이 월스트리트의 거래 펀드와 상장 기업의 대차대조표, 그리고 국가 차원의 규제 문서에 포함되게 되더라도, 사람들은 여전히 2008년 10월 31일 그 오후를 잊지 못할 것이다.

AI 주식의 신으로 불리는 레오폴드(Leopold)는 2억에서 130억으로, 백발의 주식의 신 세레니티(Serenity)는 연평균 225배의 수익률을 기록했으며, 천리우(陈立武)는 159개 기업의 IPO에 투자하는 성과를 냈는데, 이 모든 것은 ‘병목 현상 찾기’라는 동일한 프레임워크에 기반을 두고 있다.

애플은 ‘스패로우 월렛(Sparrow Wallet)’의 개발자인 크레이그 로(Craig Raw)의 개발자 계정을 해지하겠다고 위협하며, 이로 인해 비트코인 커뮤니티 전반에 걸쳐 비판을 불러일으킨 대립 구도를 조성했다.

리플은 규제 당국의 승인을 받은 후 SBI VC 트레이드를 통해 일본에서 RLUSD 스테이블코인을 출시했다. 이번 승인으로 RLUSD는 일본의 새로운 규정에 따라 운영이 허용된 최초의 외국 스테이블코인 중 하나가 되었다.

인도네시아는 암호화폐 마케팅에 대한 규제를 강화하고 있으며, 디지털 자산을 홍보하는 인플루언서들이 대중에게 투자를 권유하기 전에 공식 인증을 취득하도록 요구하는 새로운 규정을 도입했다.

한국 당국은 비썸이 적절한 동의 없이 사용자 데이터를 해외로 전송한 혐의로 2억 1천만 원의 과징금을 부과했다. 또한 규제 당국은 해당 거래소에 데이터 처리 및 공개 관행을 개선할 것을 명령했다.

메타(Meta)의 입장에서 볼 때, 아레나(Arena)가 폴리마켓(Polymarket)과 칼시(Kalshi)를 이길 수 있을지 여부는 그다지 중요하지 않을지도 모른다. 중요한 것은 예측 시장이 새로운 정보원이 될 수 있을지 여부다.

ZKsync의 전체 기술 스택과 Prividium 제품의 핵심 기능을 정리한다.