World Liberty Financial, the DeFi project part-owned by US President Donald Trump, has announced plans to enable transfers of its WLFI token.
In a June 25 post on X, the team stated:
“You asked to make WLFI transferable — we heard you. The team is working behind the scenes to make it happen.”
The team failed to provide further information about the timeline for this development.
WLFI is the core...
Japan-based Metaplanet has overtaken Tesla among corporate Bitcoin holders following its largest single purchase to date.
On June 26, the firm confirmed that it acquired 1,234 BTC for approximately $132.7 million, paying an average of $107,557 per coin.
This brings Metaplanet’s total Bitcoin holdings to 12,345 BTC, now worth about $1.33 billion based on current market prices.
The company’s...
The Iran-Israel conflict reportedly cost the two nations roughly $25.5 billion, worth over 240,837 BTC at current prices, according to a report by Opportunity Cost, a digital tool that translates global spending into Bitcoin and Satoshi equivalents.
According to the platform, Israel fired Arrow interceptor missiles, each costing around $3 million or 28.3 BTC, to counter Iranian missiles priced at...
Binance’s monthly Bitcoin (BTC) inflows have fallen to 5,700 BTC, less than half the 12,000 BTC average recorded since 2020 and 25% of the 24,000 BTC that hit the exchange during the FTX panic of late 2022, CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost shared in a June 24 note.
Darkfost’s data showed that every material deposit surge of the current cycle matched a local price peak. Net inflows jumped above 17,000...
The European Union is preparing to relax its stance on foreign-issued stablecoins, potentially allowing U.S. dollar-backed tokens like USDC and USDT to circulate freely within the bloc, the Financial Times reported on June 25.
According to the report, the European Commission will soon issue formal guidance enabling stablecoins issued outside the EU to be treated as equivalent to their European-...
US Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Willian J. Pulte ordered on June 25 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac treat cryptocurrency reserves as eligible assets when they measure risk on single-family mortgage loans, effective immediately.
The two government-sponsored enterprises must draft plans that show how they will recognize borrower crypto holdings without first converting the coins...
Coinbase launched wrapped tokens for Cardano (cbADA) and Litecoin (cbLTC) on its Base layer-2 network, the exchange said in a June 25 post.
Each synthetic token is backed 1:1 by the underlying asset held in Coinbase custody, and proof-of-reserves pages list the on-chain addresses securing the collateral.
The transparency pages already show 11,364 LTC and 2,963,259.36 ADA issued on Base via...
Lending protocol zkLend stated in a June 25 post on X that it will wind down its operations and direct its remaining $200,000 treasury to a fund for users affected by a February security breach.
The team said the exploit “deeply eroded user confidence” and ZEND’s delisting from Bybit and KuCoin amplified the negative sentiment causing a significant decline in the capital and liquidity needed for...
Lumia, a blockchain platform focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, is rolling out a new cross-chain model through a strategic integration with Avail Stack, according to a statement shared with CryptoSlate.
The partnership aims to improve how tokenized assets are created, verified, and moved across different blockchain networks.
Through this integration, Lumia will access Avail’s modular...
Bitfinex Securities has introduced two tokenized equity offerings with a combined value of £105 million (around $143 million), according to a June 25 statement shared with CryptoSlate.
The listings, TITAN1 and TITAN2, were issued by Ctrl Alt and represent the first equity-based tokens available on the Bitfinex Securities exchange.
The Astana Financial Services Authority regulates the listings....