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Yield Guild Games Launches vibecode.game Platform, Announces AI Game Jam With Animoca Brands

Yield Guild Games (YGG) announced Thursday the launch of vibecode.game, a web platform dedicated to the publication and discovery of browser games created with artificial intelligence tools. The organization also partnered with Minds by Animoca Brands to host a four-week virtual game jam starting July 13, 2026. The new platform functions as a launchpad where…

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AscendEX shuts down, says users may not recover full crypto balances

AscendEX has shut down operations after citing regulatory requirements under the European Union’s MiCA framework and mounting financial difficulties, while warning that some customers may not recover their full crypto balances. Summary AscendEX has shut down operations, citing MiCA compliance requirements and financial difficulties. The exchange warned users that withdrawals will be reviewed manually and…

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Despite ‘misgivings,’ judge approves Elon Musk’s $1.5M SEC settlement

A judge has approved a $1.5 million penalty levied against Elon Musk that will settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit despite having “significant misgivings” about it. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan noted that her court would accept the settlement, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, which cited her court opinion. Sooknanan’s approval settles a lawsuit filed by…

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Harry Hwang Warns Compliant Solana Order Flow Lanes Could Concentrate Institutional Liquidity

Key Takeaways Moneygram recently became a Solana validator to master node operations before ledger integration. Apprehension grows over compliant order lanes as Solana risks centralizing liquidity into 1 approved route. Flowra’s PBP framework will next let institutional nodes block 100% of toxic MEV via programmable policies. Moneygram’s Strategic Infrastructure Staging Ground Global remittance giants have…

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‘Summer of Ethereum Love’ Gaining Steam, Says Lubin, But When Will ETH Price Follow? 

Ethereum advocates are confident that the fundamentals are bullish, but investors in the asset remain extremely bearish.  “The Summer of Ethereum Love is gaining steam,” said co-founder Joseph Lubin on Wednesday. The Consensys exec said this was due to credibly neutral steward organizations like Ethlabs launching to accelerate ETH’s capabilities through parallel efforts beyond…

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Kraken leads MiCA exchanges as EU crypto rules bite

Kraken leads MiCA-regulated crypto exchanges in liquidity, according to DefiLlama’s MiCA exchange dashboard. The data cited by Wu Blockchain showed Kraken with $399.71 million in spot liquidity and $206.90 million in perpetual liquidity, placing it first in both categories. Summary Kraken leads MiCA exchanges in liquidity, giving larger traders deeper order books across regulated European…

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