Amundi Solana UCITS fund SAFO launches as Europe’s largest asset manager brings €2.4 trillion AUM to the chain. Summary Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, and Spiko Finance launched SAFO, a UCITS-compliant fund on Solana, making it the eighth chain in their strategy. SAFO is a tokenized sub-fund under the SPIKO SICAV structure, backed by total…
Kraken has launched AVAX staking for eligible users globally, offering up to 10% APY on bonded positions. Summary Kraken launched AVAX staking on May 21 with three options: Bonded Staking up to 10% APY, plus Auto Earn and Flexible Staking each at up to 3.5% APY. The 10% bonded rate is promotional and will drop…
Mark Cuban says he has sold roughly 80% of his Bitcoin holdings after losing confidence in its hedge narrative. Summary Mark Cuban told Front Office Sports he sold most of his Bitcoin after gold surged to $5,000 during the US-Iran conflict while Bitcoin fell. Cuban called Bitcoin “not the hedge I expected” and said it…
Syndicate Labs revealed that all of its code will remain permanently open source and available for developers who want to continue building on the technology. Syndicate Labs, an on-chain development startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, announced that it is winding down operations after five years of building infrastructure for on-chain developers. It cited major…
An XRP whale collected $224,500 in options premiums betting the token stays near $1.40 through June 26. Summary A large trader executed a short strangle on Deribit on May 21, selling 1.5 million contracts each of the $1.40 XRP call and put option. The trade collects $224,500 in upfront premium and returns the full amount…
Hong Kong’s first officially approved HKD-backed stablecoin, HKDAP, has completed a live transfer test on Ethereum involving three licensed firms. Summary Anchorpoint Financial, OSL Group, and PantherTrade executed the test on Ethereum mainnet HKDAP is pegged 1:1 to the Hong Kong dollar (“at par”) Phased issuance is targeted by the end of Q2 2026 The…
A negative Coinbase Premium Index suggests that US-based institutional buyers have been largely absent from the market. Ethereum (ETH) has lost more than half its peak value in nine months, and the buyers who normally step in to cushion the fall are nowhere to be found. According to on-chain analyst Easy On Chain, the…
HYPE has surged to fresh all-time highs above $60, with a 24-hour gain of 16.15%, extending an explosive uptrend powered by ETF demand and DeFi-native speculation. Summary HYPE is trading around $59.84, after briefly breaking above $60 The token is up 16.15% over the past 24 hours Short term, volatility risk is high; medium term,…
Chiliz has announced a landmark partnership with the South African Football Association to launch the official Bafana Bafana Fan Token, ticker SAFA, on the Socios.com platform, making South Africa’s national team the first African football association to enter the Chiliz ecosystem. The announcement dropped on May 21, 2026, just as the world starts warming up…
Real Technologies (parent company of REAL Finance) has executed its first securities-tokenization agreement, marking the initial operational use of its infrastructure. The deal activates a committed institutional pipeline exceeding $100 million in client assets. The Details of the Initiative The deal was signed with Factori AD, an EU- regulated investment broker that will route assets…
