Clarity Act Summer Push

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Here's a quick preview of today's content: Tokenized Google stock inflated 7,700% in exploit, Crypto ATMs banned in Tennessee and Georgia, Robinhood launches Layer-2 network, Forward Industries adds $38M in SOL, Anthropic brings Fable 5 back online, and so much more

Happy Thursday - Let's dive in.

Market Snapshot

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• Bitcoin pops off 21-month low to reclaim $60,000 after Fed's Warsh says inflation risks have come down

  • BTC ETFs record worst month since debut, shedding $4.5B in June

  • MSTR and ASST jump +10% as soft economic data eases rate-hike fears

  • XRP and HYPE funds are the bright spots as AAVE logs biggest network-growth day in 5 years

• Bitcoin opens third quarter in historical red zone after rare losing first half

Prediction Markets

• Bettors on Polymarket are predicting men's Wimbledon winner?

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Headline Roundup
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• Trump filing adds urgency to crypto bill (TB)

• Anthropic brings Fable 5 back online (DC)

• SEC's Peirce sees Clarity Act passing this summer (BM)

• Robinhood launches Layer-2 network (DC)

• SEC opens comment period on ETF rules (TD)

• Chinese exile sentenced to 30 years for $1B crypto fraud (TD)

• BitMine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin launch nonprofit (DC)

• Goliath Ventures CEO pleads guilty to $250M crypto ponzi (DC)

• Ripple and Coinbase top donors in election spending (TB)

• Forward Industries adds $38M in SOL (DC)

• Tokenized Google stock inflated 7,700% in exploit (CD)

• French bank Crédit Agricole rolls out euro stablecoin (CD)

• Preferred stock becomes treasury firms tool of choice (BM)

• Standard Chartered and LMAX execute live brokerage trades (BM)

• Tradeweb executes tokenized Treasury transaction (CT)

• Symbiotic pivots to collateral markets (TB)

• Tokenized trading cards blow past $300M (BL)

• Drift Protocol rebrands to Velocity DEX (TD)

Venture Capital

• Crypto-AI startup Venice AI raises $65M led by Dragonfly (TB)

• TG7tXRHKZI, an AI trading startup, raises $4.8M from Coinbase Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz (KC)

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Launches

• Solana prediction market launches on Phantom (TB)

• World unveiled as onchain prediction market (CD)

• Cloudflare launches monetization gateway (TD)

• Panther Hollow launches merchant bank (TB)

Regulation

• Taiwan passes new crypto law (DC)

• Crypto ATMs banned in Tennessee and Georgia (CT)

• Democrat backed by Ripple PAC wins Colorado (CT)

Cybersecurity

• Crypto hack theft falls 7% to $76M (TB)

• South Korea prosecutes crypto whale for pump-and-dump (TB)

• Shanghai sentences five over $29M forex scheme (TB)

Extra Reads

• Bitcoin's -46% slide has reopened the debate over whether ETFs killed its four-year cycle, but one hedge fund manager says the pattern is still intact - Here's what analysts expect for Bitcoin

Chart of the Day

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