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😳 Gate connecting global markets as TradFi, prediction markets and AI assets accelerate 🔼Market volatility pushes institutions toward multi-asset allocation across crypto, equities and commodities 🔼World Cup prediction markets heat up as Mexico opens tournament with a 2-0 win over South Africa 🔼Gate Polymarket ranks #1 among distribution channels with daily nominal volume reaching $105M 🔼UVXY, CIEN, ISRG and PANW stock perpetual futures launch with up to 20x leverage 🔼South Korea vs Czechia prediction markets gain traction after South Korea's 2-1 comeback victory 🔼SOL staking reaches record 624,200 SOL with reference APR up to 8.50% 🔼Ondo U.S. Dollar Yield (USDY) launches for spot and Convert trading 🔼Gold-backed assets gain momentum as Gate ranks #2 globally in XAUT trading volume 🔼AI and semiconductor demand drives NVDAX activity with Gate ranking 1st in futures OI and volume 🔼Gate Stocks expands to Web, enabling trading of 10,000+ stocks and ETFs through unified accounts 🔼SNDK futures activity surges as SanDisk gains 9.66% with Gate volume and OI among industry leaders 🔼Token Crew Phase 12 launches with 700,000 USDT total reward pool 🔼Gate Research highlights AI-driven growth in storage as Samsung, SK hynix and Micron surpass $1T market caps Crypto + TradFi + AI infrastructure are merging into one global trading ecosystem 😲

🤙 Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler is now suing Kalshi over sports prediction markets violating state gambling laws Man who spent years fighting crypto is now fighting prediction markets - finding new enemies 😫

🕺 Circle minted $1,000,000,000 USDC on Solana in 24 hours Brrr 🕺

💸 Bitcoin lost $1.2 trillion in market cap but only $15 billion actually left the market Market cap is just the last price times all coins - one scared seller reprices everything. In the last cycle every $1 of real inflows added $2.4 to market cap. Recovery doesn't need $1.2T back, just the next buyer setting a higher price The number is scary but the math is friendlier than it looks 😐

🙂 Hungary is decriminalizing crypto trading - previously some crypto operations could result in prison time Buying Bitcoin was illegal yesterday, legal tomorrow - only in Europe ✅

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😨 Georgian authorities busted AudiA6 crypto laundering service that processed $389.7M since 2022 Charged a 25-year-old Russian and 37-year-old Ukrainian living in Batumi. Seized 173 cars, real estate, bank accounts and froze crypto. US wants extradition Named their laundering service after a car and got caught with 173 cars - poetic 😂

🕓 Telegram is now available on Wear OS - Galaxy Watch, Pixel Watch, Xiaomi Watch and others Durov putting Telegram on every screen possible 👀

🤯 SpaceX IPO just made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire - net worth $1.1 trillion Man said he wants $10T - he's 10% of the way there 😄

🫠 Saylor clarified: "I told YOU never to sell Bitcoin - I never said Strategy wouldn't sell" Technically correct - the best kind of correct 🤣

😊 Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines - AI agents can now independently pay for domains, hosting, data and logistics Supports cards, bank accounts and stablecoins - Coinbase, Stripe, OKX, Ripple, Solana Foundation and 25+ others already onboard AI agents now have their own Mastercard - the machine economy is real 🤑

This Dragon Plays by Its Own Rules 🐉✨ Minibet Games Prize symbols stack up, Free Spins fill the reels, and every dragon visit brings fresh chances to strike gold. Fortune favors the bold. Ad. 18+

🖥 Ethereum developers are working on pERC-20 - private token transfers without revealing balances, amounts or counterparties Total supply stays visible so nobody can secretly mint tokens - just your transactions stay hidden Ethereum adding privacy the same year France wants to track every wallet 🕵️‍♂️

🔭 Gate expanding the bridge between crypto, TradFi and the next generation of digital finance 🔼Gate partners with University of Wollongong in Dubai for Web3 workshop covering blockchain, AI, career paths and trading simulations 🔼Gate net inflows surpass $22.67M in 24 hours - ranking among the top 3 global centralized exchanges 🔼DEX BountyDrop launched LingoAI airdrop, allowing 3,000 participants to share $10,000 in LINGO rewards 🔼May Transparency Report 605 CFD assets, 10,000+ US stocks and ETFs, and growing prediction market activity 🔼Simple Earn subscriptions grow 11.5% MoM while ETF trading volume remains near $20B and staking TVL holds at $1.2B 🔼ETH Game 4 NBA Finals ends 107-106 with Knicks leading series 3-1 while Spurs hold 65% win probability for Game 5 on Polymarket 🔼Gold spot trading sees Gate rank second globally with $40.7M volume while XAUT futures OI reaches $138M, ranking third globally 🔼BTC and ETH trading activity rebounds with Gate ranking top 3 in BTC spot and first globally in ETH spot trading volume 🔼World Cup prediction markets show Mexico leading opening match at 69% probability with $500K+ prize pool campaign running across events 🔼Optical stock futures gained momentum, with COHR and LITE open interest ranking among leading platforms. 🔼Alpha World Cup competition launched with $40,000 rewards for trading selected hot tokens 🔼SanDisk led tech stock momentum, with futures volume reaching $18.16 million amid strong market demand 🔼USD1 Convert Rewards Season and Scratch & Win Phase 3 launch with leaderboard rewards, lotteries, and up to 500 USD1 cash prizes Crypto + TradFi + AI + prediction markets are converging into one global trading ecosystem ✊

🙈 Visa and OpenAI launching payments for AI agents - assistants can buy things for you with your approval and spending limits Card number replaced with a secure digital token - merchants never see real card data Your AI now has a credit card - with your money 🙂