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​​Cryptomarket Check-In. Major Events & Headlines Despite a rough stretch in the markets, this week’s headlines stayed focused on building, with capital continuing to flow into AI infrastructure, stablecoin payments and regulated derivatives at a steady pace. 🔎 Recent Updates & Developments – Alphabet plans to raise $80B in equity to fund AI infrastructure. – Ramp raised $750M at a $44B valuation led by ICONIQ, GIC and Goldman Sachs. – Binance opened commission-free access to 7,000+ US stocks for non-US users. – Mastercard expanded its settlement network to include stablecoins, intraday and weekend processing. – CME Group launched 24/7 crypto derivatives trading on Globex. – Anthropic confidentially submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC. – MoneyGram launched MGUSD on Stellar, issued by Stripe-owned Bridge.

​​MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN JUNE! A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated 👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events

​Kraken Opens SpaceX IPO Access via xStocks Kraken has launched IPO Access for one of the most anticipated listings in the market — SpaceX. Users can now submit interest in the SpaceX IPO through the exchange’s tokenized equities platform xStocks (SPCXx), where they can review pricing details and participate before the offering window closes.

The move expands Kraken’s xStocks ecosystem, allowing users to gain early exposure to private companies ahead of public listings. At the same time, Kraken is running a promo campaign offering up to $110 in BTC and 500 INK points for new users completing registration, deposits, and basic trading tasks.

In parallel, Coinbase has also introduced pre-IPO perpetual futures for SpaceX, enabling non-US traders to gain synthetic price exposure to private companies before they go public. SpaceX is expected to go public on June 12, with a planned Nasdaq listing. Reports suggest a price range around $135 per share, approximately 555.6 million shares sold, and a potential valuation near $1.75 trillion. 👉 x.com/krakenfx/status/2062917057830625566?s=20

​Incrypted Online Conference 2026 Expands Speaker Lineup Incrypted Online Conference 2026 continues expanding its speaker lineup, adding key industry leaders from major Web3 ecosystems. The newly announced speakers include representatives from Binance, Base, NEAR, and Limitless Labs. They will share insights on ecosystem growth and the direction of the industry in 2026.

Online Speakers. K. Khomiakov (Binance), CJ Hetherington (Limitless Labs), S. Saxena (Base), A. Shevchenko (NEAR Intents), A. Maslov (Mantle), N. Taalaibekov (CertiK), T. Martykan (Trezor), S. Kunz (1inch), A. Shinkarevsky (OKX), and K. Jenke (Optimism Foundation).

The conference will also feature dedicated fireside chats with leading industry players. Kraken executives Ivan Paskar and Mayur Gupta will join one session, while Solana Foundation’s Vibhu Norby and SolanaFloor’s Jack Dunham will take part in another. The conference is structured as a global online & offline event, featuring keynote talks and thematic sessions across leading blockchain ecosystems. It aims to connect builders, founders, and industry executives to discuss real-world adoption and infrastructure evolution in crypto markets. 👉 x.com/incrypted/status/2062872357354795155?s=20

​​On-chain Prediction Markets by Revenue Generated in May Prediction markets generated $27.4M in revenue last month, led by Polymarket International at $18.2M. The fastest-growing platform this month was Limitless, up +141% MoM, now ranking #2 across all on-chain platforms by monthly revenue generated.

​Claude AI Uncovers Critical Zcash Bug, ZEC drops 50% Security engineer Taylor Hornby, hired by Shielded Labs in April 2026 for an ongoing protocol review, found the bug on May 29 using a custom AI auditing framework paired with Anthropic's Opus 4.8, released the day before.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes sold his entire ZEC position in response, alongside his HYPE and NEAR holdings, declaring his self-described "Holy Trinity" portfolio dead.

👉 x.com/zooko/status/2062644925590900980?s=20

​Binance plans to delist 4 crypto assets on June 19th Contentos (COS), Dar Open Network (D), Highstreet (HIGH), and MOBOX (MBOX) trading will be ceased at 3:00 UTC. Users will be able to withdraw assets till August 19th.

Prices of respective tokens were hit significantly – Dar Open Network (D): -20.0% – Highstreet (HIGH): -20.9% – MOBOX (MBOX): -22.4% – Contentos (COS): -30.1%

👉 binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/24aced8c698

​ether fi Allocates $100M Into Plume Nest RWA Vault The vault opens real-world asset yield to ether fi's customer base of more than $6B in deposits, accessible directly inside the ether fi app without leaving the interface.

The product is built on Plume Nest Vaults, Plume's flagship vaults that standardize institutional assets and yield into compliant, non-custodial onchain structures.

The allocation scales up a relationship that began in March 2026, when ether fi made an initial $25 million allocation to Plume's Nest protocol via the nBASIS vault tied to Superstate's USCC fund. 👉 x.com/plumenetwork/status/2062585403295838496?s=20

​NVIDIA Unveils Nemotron 3 Ultra, a 550B Open-Weight Model for Agentic AI NVIDIA has released Nemotron 3 Ultra, a 550B-parameter open-weight model designed for long-context, agentic workflows such as coding, research, and multi-step enterprise automation.

The model uses a hybrid Mamba2 + Transformer + Mixture-of-Experts architecture with only 55B active parameters, enabling up to 5x faster inference and ~30% lower cost for complex agent tasks.

NVIDIA also released a full open stack, including base models, post-trained versions, reward checkpoints, quantized NVFP4 weights, training data, and full training recipes, making it one of the most transparent frontier AI releases to date. Nemotron 3 Ultra is optimized for long-running AI agents that can plan, use tools, and iterate across thousands of steps while maintaining long context windows. Early adopters include Perplexity, Palantir, ServiceNow, Glean, and Harvey, integrating the model into search, coding, legal, and enterprise automation workflows. 👉 x.com/nvidia/status/2062522316672667770?s=20

​Arthur Hayes Sells Entire HYPE & NEAR Positions Ahead of Market Peak Arthur Hayes has fully exited his positions in Hyperliquid and NEAR Protocol, citing expectations of a near-term market peak.

Hayes pointed to rising energy prices, a wave of upcoming AI IPOs, and potential political shifts around AI regulation as key macro drivers. He stated he expects market highs to occur between now and September, prompting him to take profits and de-risk.

He also hinted at rotating capital toward other opportunities, while a full explanation is expected in his upcoming essay “Reality Test.” Following the announcement, both HYPE and NEAR saw short-term pressure, with NEAR previously benefiting from Hayes’ endorsement and strong retail momentum. 👉 x.com/CryptoHayes/status/2062411523243536428?s=20

​Mastercard Expands Settlement Network With Stablecoins, Intraday & Weekend Options Mastercard is expanding its settlement capabilities to include intraday, weekend, and holiday processing, alongside support for fiat and regulated stablecoin-based on-chain settlement.

The update enables issuers and acquirers to manage liquidity and transaction flows more flexibly across Mastercard’s global network, improving speed and efficiency for time-sensitive payments such as cross-border transfers and treasury operations.

The network will support regulated stablecoins including USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD, USDG, and others across blockchains like Ethereum, Solana, Base, Polygon, and XRPL. Early partners include ARQ, Cross River, Nuvei, and Lead Bank, marking a broader push toward always-on, programmable settlement infrastructure integrated into traditional payment rails. 👉 mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2026/june/mastercard-expands-settlement-includes-stablecoin

​Ramp Raises $750M at $44B Valuation as AI-Driven Fintech Demand Surges Corporate expense management platform Ramp has raised $750M in a new funding round at a $44B valuation, nearly tripling its valuation in just one year amid strong investor demand for AI-focused fintech companies.

The round was led by ICONIQ, GIC, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, with participation from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, D.E. Shaw, and others. Total funding now exceeds $3B.

Ramp reports over $1B in annualized revenue (with some estimates above $1.5B) and more than 70,000 customers, including Visa, Uber, Shopify, and Figma. The company is also cash-flow positive. Originally focused on expense management, Ramp has expanded into payments, procurement, fraud detection, accounting, and AI-driven financial tools. A key part of its strategy is integrating AI agents across its platform, including tools for managing AI token usage and a corporate card designed for agent-driven payments. The company is increasingly positioning itself as an AI-native financial operating system, betting that AI cost control and automation will become a major enterprise spend category. 👉 techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/ramp-raises-750m-at-44b-valuation-fintechs-ai

​Travala Unveils AI Travel Protocol With Gasless USDC Payments on Base Travala has introduced Travala Travel MCP, an agentic AI travel protocol that enables AI agents to search, book, and pay for hotel reservations autonomously, requiring user approval only at the final step.

Built on Base and integrated with the x402 payment standard, the protocol supports gasless USDC payments with near-instant settlement and transaction costs of around $0.01 per booking.

The system powers an AI travel concierge within Claude, allowing users to plan, book, and manage trips through a single conversation. Security is handled through ERC-7715 session keys, ensuring that final transaction authorization remains under user control. Travala also integrated ERC-8004 to provide a machine-verifiable trust layer for agent performance tracking. Future updates are expected to expand support to flights and other travel services. To encourage adoption, Travala is offering a 10% cbBTC rebate to developers building AI agents on the protocol. 👉 theblock.co/post/402860/travala-debuts-agentic-ai-travel-protocol-with-gasless-usdc-payments-on-base

​​Korean Web3 Ecosystem: Institutional Stack Korea's institutional Web3 market is no longer a single layer. It's a full financial stack spanning exchanges, custody, settlement, and tokenized securities. We break it down layer by layer. 👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/korean-web3-ecosystem-inside-koreas-institutional-stack

​Coinbase Launches Pre-IPO Perpetual Futures, Starting With SpaceX The product gives traders outside the US price exposure to private companies before they list publicly, using the same USDC-settled perpetual format already on the platform.

SpaceX plans to make its public debut on June 12, listing on Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas. Reuters reports a planned price of $135 per share and roughly 555.6 million shares sold, raising about $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation.

👉 x.com/coinbase/status/2062475039358816625?s=20

​Tether and Fasset Launch First Gold-Backed Visa Card The card integrates directly with Fasset's wallet infrastructure, with XAU₮ cashback flowing into user wallets in real time. Fasset operates in Asia and Africa as one of the largestoff-ramp providers, optimizing the USD₮-to-fiat conversion layer for speed and reliability.

The card lets users spend fiat anywhere Visa is accepted while earning up to 6% cashback in XAU₮, Tether's gold-backed token, on eligible transactions.

👉 x.com/tether/status/2062145697168703988?s=20

​MoonPay has Rolled Out MoonAgents Desktop App MoonPay launched the MoonAgents desktop app, letting users connect Anthropic's Claude Code or OpenAI's Codex to crypto wallets, token swaps, prediction markets, and other blockchain services through a visual interface.

The product targets non-technical users who want AI to run research and execution rather than write scripts, while keeping the user in control of what the agent can do. It also adds Automations for scheduled tasks and Artifacts for visual web-style interfaces such as portfolio dashboards, spending trackers, and token-screening tools.

👉 x.com/moonpay/status/2062161011851837528

​Keyrock to Acquire BlockFills Assets in Bankruptcy Fire Sale Keyrock is acquiring bankrupt crypto trading and lending firm BlockFills for $3.25 million, subject to court approval.

BlockFills filed for Chapter 11 this March, reporting between $100M and $500M in liabilities against $50M to $100M in assets. The firm reported over $60B in 2025 trading volume and served 2,000 institutional clients.

For Keyrock, the deal follows a Series C led by Standard Chartered at a $1.1B valuation and its acquisition of Luxembourg-based fund manager Turing Capital last fall. 👉 coindesk.com/business/2026/06/01/crypto-investment-firm-keyrock-is-acquiring-bankrupt-lender-blockfills

​​The Greatest ROI Plays of All Times: Stocks & Crypto What if you'd bought Monster Beverage at $0.01, Ethereum at $0.31, or Nvidia at $0.04? This is the all-time ROI leaderboard — 20 stocks and crypto assets ranked from IPO or ICO price to today, showing what a single early entry was actually worth.

​Dune Launches EVM Balances Across 21 Chains Dune launched EVM Balances, providing historical and current wallet balances across 21 chains. Every figure is traceable to the on-chain event that moved it, with the product positioned for tax, audit, and treasury workflows.

The feature is available now through Dune's Balances collection. Performance gains apply to the new schema, with the magnitude depending on the type of query.

👉 x.com/Dune/status/2061832737041129874?s=20