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Temple Digital Group raised $3M in Strategic Funding
Temple is the #1 app on Canton by revenue and now expanding its suite ahead of plans to list regulated traditional market instruments in the second half of 2026, positioning itself as the first non-custodial trading platforms to leverage Canton's privacy.
This funding, backed by SBI Holdings, follows earlier seed funding led by Paper Ventures, which backed Temple's early development as the premier trading venue on Canton.
Base Launches MCP to Connect AI Agents to Onchain Actions
Base has launched Base MCP, a Model Context Protocol server that connects users' Base Accounts directly to AI agents, enabling any AI interface to execute onchain actions. Swaps, transfers, portfolio tracking, and ecosystem app interactions are now available.
At launch, Base MCP ships with skill plugins for seven DeFi protocols covering the full range of onchain activity: Morpho and Moonwell for lending, Aerodrome and Uniswap for liquidity, Avantis for perpetual futures, Bankr for trading, and Virtuals for new token launches.
Price Discovery Board: Dropee (DROPEE)
DROPEE trading starts today at 3:00 PM UTC, backed by $5.25M in funding. This board compares potential FDV scenarios using benchmarks from other AI/Dev. Tools projects like GameBuild, PlaysOut, and Fabric Protocol.
Polymarket Faces Global Blockades as Spain Joins Crackdown on Prediction Markets
Spain joined the growing list of countries taking action against prediction markets, launching disciplinary proceedings against Polymarket and Kalshi.
Spain’s gambling regulator ordered internet service providers to block access to both platforms, arguing they were offering unlicensed betting products tied to future events without authorization under Spanish gambling law.
OKX Launches Exchange OS, Build Any Market on X Layer
OKX has launched Exchange OS on X Layer, a new onchain market protocol designed to unify trading, settlement, and liquidity across isolated markets, giving builders a way to launch custom spot, perpetuals, and outcome markets.
OKX is demonstrating its own commitment by launching 2026 World Cup Outcomes, a simulated prediction market for the FIFA World Cup, as the first live Exchange OS venue in June.
Hyperliquid launches prediction markets for real-world events
Hyperliquid launched its first US macro event market, a CPI outcome contract letting traders bet USDC on the May 2026 year-over-year inflation print, settling on June 10 using official Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Zero fees to open HIP-4 positions; fees only apply on close, burn, or settlement. All contracts fully collateralized in USDH; no liquidation risk, no leverage.
Treasuries & ETFs Board. Crypto Accumulation and Capital Flows
What's New This Week:
BTC ETFs: -$1.25B
ETH ETFs: -$216M
Bitcoin ETFs accounted for the bulk of crypto ETF withdrawals this week, while Ethereum products also finished in negative territory. Combined outflows exceeded $1.4B across the recent period, marking one of the weakest stretches for major crypto ETFs in recent months.
Despite pressure on BTC and ETH products, investors continued allocating capital to Solana, Hyperliquid, and XRP ETFs, which remained among the few funds posting positive net flows.
Vitalik Buterin Outlines New Vision for the Ethereum Foundation
Vitalik Buterin shared his personal view on the Ethereum Foundation’s transition, stressing the EF should act as “one node” in the ecosystem, not its center. He said the board is expanding, Aya Miyaguchi is executing much of the shift, and his own influence inside the org is intentionally decreasing.
Buterin highlighted the EF’s limited footprint, noting it holds ~0.16% of ETH and completed its original pre-launch mandate in 2022. Going forward, the EF is prioritizing longevity over breadth, narrowing scope to work that’s uniquely critical for Ethereum’s censorship resistance, openness, privacy, and security (CROPS), even if that means some aligned initiatives move outside the EF to attract external capital and keep ecosystem pluralism strong.
Squid Raises $6M to Expand Beyond Cross-Chain Infrastructure
Cross-chain platform Squid closed a $6M strategic round led by North Island Ventures, with Ripple, Dialectic, Borderless, Scenius Capital, Altos, and Arche Capital participating, plus angels from Axelar, Ledger, Polymer, Enso, and Peanut.
Since launching in 2023, Squid has processed over $6B in cross-chain volume across 4M+ transactions and more than 1M users.
Funds will go toward expanding Squid’s consumer product for cross-chain asset management across its existing infrastructure of 100+ chains and 20k+ tokens.
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Price Discovery Board: Solstice (SLX)
SLX trading starts today, backed by $401M in TVL. This board compares potential FDV scenarios using benchmarks from other stablecoin protocols like Unitas Labs, Falcon Finance, and Ethena.
Tether and Georgia Launch GEL₮, Official Lari Stablecoin
GEL₮ is expected to support cross-border commerce, fintech development, digital payments, and broader access to financial infra. GEL₮ framework designed for GENIUS Act compatibility, Georgia targeting US regulatory interoperability from day one.
Georgia's decision to partner with Tether reflects several years of legislative and regulatory work by Government and the National Bank of Georgia to establish the most advanced digital asset framework in the region.
Binance Refutes WSJ Claims on Compliance and Iran Exposure
Binance is disputing a new Wall Street Journal report alleging the exchange was used in a large Iran-linked transaction network involving roughly $850M in activity.
The WSJ claimed Iranian financier Babak Zanjani operated a network that moved funds through Binance, including a main trading account allegedly active for over a year and supported by related accounts controlled by associates.
AirAsia MOVE Partners With Solana Foundation on Stablecoin Pilot
AirAsia MOVE is teaming up with Intebix and the Solana Foundation to explore integrating Evo (KTZE), a Kazakhstan tenge-denominated stablecoin on Solana, into the AirAsia MOVE platform in Kazakhstan.
The pilot is aimed at expanding digital payment options for travel bookings and testing a real-world, travel-focused use case for a local-currency stablecoin. AirAsia MOVE says its travel ecosystem serves 17M+ monthly active users.
GRVT and Binance Wallet kicked off Move On-Chain Deposit Campaign
GRVT launched an exclusive campaign with Binance Wallet running from May 22 – June 8. Deposit via Binance Wallet and unlock a +40% points boost on GRVT Points, which convert to GRVT tokens at TGE.
How to qualify:
– Connect Binance Wallet to GRVT and register
– Deposit minimum $10 USDC/USDT on BSC
– Complete at least one trade
TownSquare has closed a $16.3M Series A funding round
TownSquare, a cross-chain yield infrastructure protocol, has closed a $16.3M Series A round backed by a broad coalition of institutional investors spanning DeFi, CeFi, and venture.
TownSquare is a cross-chain yield infrastructure protocol that aggregates and optimizes yield opportunities across multiple blockchains from a single interface. It handles the routing, execution, and settlement of yield strategies across chains, removing the complexity of managing positions across fragmented DeFi ecosystems manually.
Meet Dropee. The AI Mini-App Ecosystem Inside Telegram
Dropee is building an AI-powered mini-app ecosystem inside Telegram, centered on Dropee Create – a no-code platform to generate, launch, and monetize apps directly in Telegram. It combines AI app creation with built-in distribution across Telegram’s user network.
Dropee already operates at scale pre-TGE, reporting 13M+ users, 4M monthly active users, and $2.5M+ in ecosystem revenue. The project has launched multiple live products, while Dropee Create has over 17k users on its waitlist ahead of release.
OpenSea Builds the App Store for AI Agents With ERC-8257
OpenSea has proposed ERC-8257, a new Ethereum standard that creates an open, onchain registry where anyone can publish tools with declared access rules and pricing, allowing AI agents to autonomously discover, evaluate, and use those tools.
The core mechanism is simple but powerful: tool publishers register their capabilities onchain with structured metadata: what the tool does, what it costs, and who can access it. Agents query the registry, find the tools they need, pay the declared price, and execute — all without manual integration or API key management.
Meet CS2Analytics. Real-Time Analytical Platform Built Around Valve’s VRS Methodology
CS2Analytics introduces a real-time analytics platform built around Valve’s official VRS methodology. The system recalculates rankings after every match, giving live visibility into how CS2 teams move in competitive ecosystem without waiting for monthly updates.
At its core, the platform processes match data in real time and recomputes full VRS ratings in under 150ms. It tracks every shift across teams continuously, offering a transparent, always-updated view of competitive standings.
You Can Tokenize That? 8 Unique RWAs on Plume
While most RWA platforms compete for tokenized T-bills and treasuries, Plume has quietly built something far more unexpected. From durian farms and Texas oil wells to music royalties and carbon credits, Plume now hosts $622M in distributed RWA value across 253,302 holders, up +368% in 2026.
Price Discovery Board: Citrea (CTR)
CTR trading starts today at 13:00 UTC, backed by $16.7M in funding. This board compares potential FDV scenarios using benchmarks from other Bitcoin Scaling projects like StarkNet, Zest, and Stacks.
TrapDoor Malware Targets Crypto Devs Across Aptos, Sui & Solana
Researchers at Socket Security uncovered a TrapDoor malware campaign spanning npm, PyPI, and Crates io, with 34+ malicious packages across 384+ versions targeting crypto developer environments.
The packages impersonate tools for ecosystems like Aptos, Sui, and Solana, using names such as sui-framework-helpers and move-project-builder. They trigger automatically via install hooks, Python imports, and Rust build scripts.
Robinhood Crypto COO Reportedly Exits Amid Sharp Decline in Crypto Revenue
Chief Operating Officer of Robinhood Crypto, T. Denisova, is reportedly leaving the company after more than five years. The departure comes as Robinhood faces slowing crypto activity.
In Q1, the company missed earnings and revenue expectations, with crypto-related revenue falling 47% YoY to $134M, down from $252M a year earlier.
Top Stablecoins by Market Cap launched this year
A number of stablecoins launched in 2026 and rapidly built meaningful market caps. This overview captures where early demand was concentrated and summarizes each stablecoin backing model, chain support, and holders.
WorkOS Launches auth md for AI Agent Registration
WorkOS introduced auth md, an open protocol that standardizes how AI agents register for online services. The specification launches with support from Cloudflare and Firecrawl as early adopters.
Instead of relying on browser automation, CAPTCHAs, or human-driven signup flows, applications can expose registration requirements, permissions, and authentication endpoints through a simple auth md file.
The protocol is open and not tied to WorkOS infrastructure. It builds on existing OAuth standards and can be implemented by any app or agent provider. WorkOS AuthKit integration is available via early access.
StablR Exploited for $13.5M, EURR and USDR Depeg
StablR, a MiCA-compliant stablecoin issuer backed by Tether and Kraken, suffered a $13.5M exploit after an attacker gained control of its minting infrastructure and issued unbacked EURR and USDR tokens.
The newly minted tokens were dumped on decentralized exchanges, pushing EURR as low as $0.85 and USDR to around $0.40 at the lows. In total, the attacker minted 4.5M EURR and 8.35M USDR before selling a significant portion of the supply.
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Polymarket Investigates Wallet Breach in Internal Top-Up System
Polymarket is investigating a suspected private key compromise involving an internal top-up wallet on Polygon after suspicious outflows were flagged by onchain investigator ZachXBT.
The incident is linked to Polymarket’s UMA CTF Adapter infrastructure, which connects UMA’s Optimistic Oracle with the Gnosis Conditional Tokens framework used for market resolution. According to initial reports, funds were drained from two related addresses on Polygon, with total losses estimated at over $500K.
Paradigm has open sourced Centaur AI agent framework
Centaur is a multiplayer, self-hosted AI agent framework that gives organizations access to a shared agent capable of using tools, running long-horizon tasks, surviving restarts, and operating with real credentials without ever exposing raw secrets.
The core insight behind Centaur is organizational leverage: drop in a workflow once, and the entire company gets that capability immediately. Unlike personal AI assistants that only benefit individual users, Centaur operates as a shared infrastructure layer.
MoonPay Acquires Decent and Launches MoonPay Trade
MoonPay has acquired Decent xyz, a Y Combinator-backed cross-chain routing and liquidity company, and launched MoonPay Trade, a single API platform that lets any app, institution, or enterprise access digital assets and move value across 200+ chains.
The Decent deal was an eight-figure acquisition, MoonPay's fourth of 2026 and at least its eighth in the past 18 months.
Zero Network Shuts Down, Zerion's Gasless Layer 2
The network was designed as a consumer-first L2 where users could send USDC, mint NFTs, bridge from other Layer 2s, and swap tokens without paying gas, all natively within the Zerion wallet environment.
Zero Network joins a notable cluster of May 2026 shutdowns including Syndicate Labs, Blocknative (absorbed by Deloitte), and Code4rena, reflecting a broader consolidation of crypto infrastructure into fewer, larger, or better-capitalized platforms