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According to CoinDesk, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) officially announced a regulatory framework for crypto assets this week, which has been widely regarded by the industry as an international plan emphasizing "global liquidity access," but its implementation still faces significant compliance and approval challenges.Under the new regulations, the FCA allows overseas trading platforms to serve UK users through locally authorized branches and to access global trading infrastructure, thereby avoiding the creation of a closed domestic liquidity pool. At the same time, stablecoins not issued in the UK can also circulate in the UK market, a stance that is seen as a clear distinction from the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) regional isolation model.The "Qualified Crypto Asset Trading Platform" (QCATP) mechanism in the new regulations is viewed as a key structure connecting global exchanges with the UK market, expected to enhance price efficiency and market depth. However, industry insiders point out that the FCA has not clarified which jurisdictions are recognized as having "comparable regulatory protection," and this uncertainty may affect corporate layout decisions.In addition, rules related to decentralized finance (DeFi) are still not fully defined, and some practitioners worry that early proposals may restrict centralized platforms' access to the DeFi ecosystem, causing the UK to lag behind other jurisdictions in related innovation fields.On the compliance front, lawyers have pointed out that under the new Financial Services and Markets Act framework, the authorization process may be extremely stringent, with historical data showing that the FCA's anti-money laundering registration approval rate is less than 15%. The new system will also cover multi-dimensional regulatory requirements such as consumer responsibility, capital adequacy, operational resilience, and executive accountability, significantly raising the entry threshold.The industry believes that the framework overall provides a systemic basis for institutional funds to enter the crypto market, but whether the UK can truly become a global crypto hub will depend on the certainty of regulatory enforcement and approval efficiency in the coming months.

Bitget officially upgrades its institutional fee rate framework, covering the Bitget PRO equity system and liquidity incentive program, further optimizing trading costs, liquidity incentives, and market structure for institutional clients in multi-asset markets, providing better trading support for professional traders, market makers, and liquidity providers.This upgrade incorporates categories such as crypto assets, stocks, precious metals, commodities, and indices into a more refined fee and liquidity incentive framework, optimizing pricing structures and market-making support based on different market characteristics, and enhancing execution quality across various asset classes through differentiated incentives to meet the trading needs of institutional users in a multi-asset environment.

According to The Block, the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan has passed the "Virtual Asset Service Act" in its third reading. The bill has been submitted to Taiwan's regional leader Lai Ching-te for signing, and the implementation date is expected to be announced within 10 days.The core points of the bill are as follows:• Licensing requirements: Virtual asset service providers must apply for a license from the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC). Platforms that have completed AML registration have a 12-month application period and a 21-month approval period.• Stablecoin regulation: Issuing or managing stablecoins requires dual approval from both the central bank and the FSC, and sufficient reserves must be maintained.• Compliance requirements: Covering aspects such as cybersecurity, customer asset segregation, and internal controls.• Criminal penalties: Illegal operations can result in a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison and fines of up to NT$100 million (approximately US$3.14 million); market manipulation in the crypto space can lead to a maximum sentence of 10 years and fines of up to NT$200 million (approximately US$6.28 million).Industry insiders point out that crypto companies previously operating in legal gray areas will no longer be able to rely on regulatory ambiguity. Traditional financial institutions will also be allowed to apply for VASP licenses in the future, and existing crypto companies may face increased competitive pressure.

According to CoinPost, bitFlyer Europe, a subsidiary of bitFlyer Holdings in Luxembourg, has obtained the CASP license under the MiCA framework issued by the Luxembourg Financial Supervisory Authority (CSSF), effective June 26. With this license, bitFlyer can provide cross-border services across all 27 member states of the European Union. bitFlyer stated that this is the first time a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has obtained a CASP license under MiCA.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has publicly solicited opinions on exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest in new asset classes or adopt new investment strategies, to assess whether existing regulatory rules are still applicable and whether adjustments to the registration process for new products are necessary. The public comment period will be open for 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.The SEC pointed out that in recent years, the global ETF assets under management have surged from $4 trillion in 2019 to over $12 trillion by the end of 2025. Meanwhile, ETF issuers in the crypto space are moving beyond simple spot tracking to launch increasingly complex strategy products, including those involving crypto asset staking (such as Grayscale's recently launched Hyperliquid Staking ETP), stablecoin reserves, Bitcoin yield products that combine covered call options (such as proposals from BlackRock and Goldman Sachs), and hybrid funds that combine traditional stock dividend reinvestment with Bitcoin exposure. The SEC aims to explore how to effectively regulate such emerging and highly specialized ETF structures through this consultation.

According to The Block, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finalized a comprehensive crypto regulatory framework on Tuesday, with a mandatory licensing regime set to take effect on October 25, 2027. The framework covers prudential requirements, market abuse regulation, and stablecoin standards, applicable to crypto trading platforms, custodians, stablecoin issuers, lending and staking service providers, as well as some DeFi companies with identifiable controlling entities.Businesses can apply for authorization between September 30, 2026, and February 28, 2027, and existing anti-money laundering registrations will not automatically convert. Regarding trading platform rules, the FCA requires UK-qualified crypto asset trading platforms to conduct due diligence, meet entry standards, and publish disclosure documents, while removing the previous exemption that allowed fungible crypto assets to be listed without disclosure documents. Market abuse rules cover insider trading and market manipulation.For stablecoins, the FCA has removed the obligation to forecast the redemption of reserve assets, allowed limited group internal custody arrangements, and reduced the K-SII capital ratio for stablecoin issuance from 2% to 1%. Crypto assets on qualified platforms will be subject to a unified 40% net risk exposure requirement and a 40% counterparty default volatility adjustment. FCA's Director of Payments and Digital Finance, David Geale, stated that the framework is an important milestone for crypto regulation in the UK, providing regulatory certainty while allowing businesses to maintain innovation space.

Regarding the digital credit capital framework announced by Strategy, the Ethereum treasury company BitMine (NYSE: BMNR) commented that this framework consolidates the structural relationship between capital markets and Bitcoin, which should enhance investor confidence in the Strategy approach.BitMine believes that investor concerns typically only arise during Bitcoin downturns; if the Bitcoin price were at $100,000, few would question the strategy. Therefore, Strategy needs to prove that it has enough capital to withstand downturn cycles; raising the capital buffer to over 26 months is a wise move. According to its calculations, since 2009, with a rolling period of 36 months, the probability of negative returns for Bitcoin is less than 0.8%, and a reserve size of 26 months is sufficient for Strategy to safely navigate such fluctuations.

According to the 8-K document submitted to the SEC by Strategy, the company announced the launch of a digital credit capital framework, which includes five core components: dollar reserve policy, adjustment of STRC dividend policy, preferred stock repurchase plan, common stock repurchase plan, and BTC monetization plan.Under the dollar reserve policy, the reserve can only be used to pay preferred stock dividends and debt interest, and management must maintain a reserve sufficient to cover expected dividends and interest expenses for at least the next 12 months. As of June 28, the dollar reserve balance was $2.55 billion.Regarding the STRC dividend, the company will dynamically assess the dividend rate on a monthly basis, considering factors such as trading price, market yield, credit spread, and Bitcoin price volatility, and will not increase the dividend solely because the STRC trading price is below par value. The company also announced an increase in the annualized dividend rate for STRC to 12% from the previous level, effective July 1.In terms of the repurchase plan, the company has established two repurchase authorizations of $1 billion each, to repurchase preferred stocks such as STRC, STRF, STRD, STRK, and Class A common stock, with STRC being the primary target of the preferred stock repurchase plan. Neither of the repurchase plans will utilize dollar reserve funds.In addition, the company's board of directors has authorized the BTC monetization plan, allowing the company to raise up to $1.25 billion by selling Bitcoin, to supplement the dollar reserve, pay preferred stock dividends and interest expenses, or fund the aforementioned repurchase plans.

Bitget launches the "TradFi 100 Questions for Popular Science" long-term investor education program, breaking down the traditional financial knowledge system into 100 core questions, covering six major modules: financial basics, asset encyclopedia, market mechanisms, macroeconomics, risk management, and the evolution of multi-asset trading.The course uses structured content and weekly updated educational materials as a medium, focusing on analyzing the driving logic behind stocks, commodities, interest rates, and capital flows, helping traders establish an investment framework across asset classes.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that as the connections between financial markets deepen, crypto investors need to pay attention to factors such as interest rates, inflation, stocks, commodities, and global liquidity.The "TradFi 100 Questions for Popular Science" aims to lower the understanding threshold of traditional financial knowledge, helping users adapt to a multi-asset investment environment where traditional assets and digital assets converge.

According to Hong Kong media Ming Pao, Hong Kong Legislative Council member Jan Wai-man revealed that the "2026 Taxation (Amendment) (Automatic Exchange of Information) Bill" was passed by the Legislative Council last week, and the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) Bill has entered the review stage. Jan Wai-man stated that the tax and fines recovered by the Hong Kong government from 2018 to 2025 have exceeded 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is expected that an additional approximately 8,000 financial institutions will be required to register compulsorily in the future.

According to Fortune, the crypto venture capital firm Framework Ventures announced the completion of its fourth fundraise, totaling $400 million. The investors include endowment funds from Ivy League schools, sovereign wealth funds, and non-profit organizations, though the specific names have not been disclosed. Framework co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson stated that the new fund will invest in the field of "cutting-edge technology," which includes not only crypto but also areas such as AI, robotics, and energy. Currently, about half of the funds from the fourth fund have been deployed.Framework Ventures was established in 2019 and initially focused on investments in the DeFi sector, participating in early rounds of leading protocols such as Aave and Chainlink. Previously, it completed fundraises of $100 million and $400 million for its second and third funds in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

South Korea will incorporate tokenized securities into the overall framework of capital market reform. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) recently launched a review meeting on capital market infrastructure to coordinate the advancement of reforms such as speeding up securities settlement, extending trading hours, and digital transformation.According to the plan, the tokenized securities framework will officially take effect in February 2027, and relevant subordinate regulations are expected to solicit public opinions in July this year. In terms of infrastructure development, Samsung SDS has been contracted by the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) to develop a tokenized securities management platform, aiming to integrate the existing electronic securities account system with blockchain data, with the goal of completing this by February 2027.

According to CoinDesk, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has released a discussion paper exploring how decentralized finance (DeFi) can be incorporated into the EU MiCA framework. The MFSA pointed out that while MiCA exempts "fully decentralized" crypto services, many DeFi projects still retain centralized features such as admin keys, governance centralization, and protocol upgrade permissions.The regulatory body is seeking public opinion on whether decentralization should be viewed as a "spectrum" rather than a binary concept, and discussing whether to establish a standardized framework to determine if protocols fall outside the scope of MiCA regulation. Additionally, the document proposes potential legal structures such as DAOs and segregated cell companies, and examines automated compliance mechanisms like custodial agents. The public consultation on this discussion paper is open until July 10.

JustLend DAO officially launched SBM V2 (Supply and Lending Market V2), introducing an innovative independent collateral lending protocol that adopts a dual-layer architecture of treasury and market, and introduces an adaptive curve interest rate model. In the new architecture, the treasury is responsible for aggregating liquidity, while the market supports independent lending and bears its own risk exposure, achieving risk isolation; the borrowing interest rate is dynamically adjusted based on capital utilization, with each market operating independently to effectively prevent cross-market risk contagion. This upgrade significantly enhances the protocol's risk management capabilities and capital efficiency, further strengthening the security and flexibility in multi-asset independent lending scenarios.

JustLend DAO officially launched SBM V2 (Supply and Lending Market V2), introducing an innovative independent collateral lending protocol that adopts a dual-layer architecture of treasury and market, and introduces an adaptive curve interest rate model.In the new architecture, the treasury is responsible for aggregating liquidity, while the market supports independent lending and bears its own risk exposure, achieving risk isolation; the borrowing interest rate is dynamically adjusted based on capital utilization, with each market operating independently to effectively prevent cross-market risk contagion.This upgrade significantly enhances the protocol's risk management capabilities and capital efficiency, further strengthening the security and flexibility in multi-asset independent lending scenarios.

According to a Reuters report, sources say that the U.S.-Iran framework agreement includes a plan to establish a $300 billion private fund to stimulate investment in Iran. The $300 billion Iranian investment fund can only begin operations after the final agreement is signed. The fund is a private investment vehicle that does not involve government funds and is unrelated to negotiations regarding Iran's sovereign assets frozen overseas. The fund plan has already secured funding commitments from more than half of companies in the U.S., Gulf Arab countries, Asia, South America, and Africa.

Binance responded on platform X regarding the news related to the EU license, stating that the company remains committed to serving European users and will continue to operate in accordance with applicable laws. Binance indicated that as the MiCA transition period is about to end, the company is adopting a user-prioritized cautious strategy to minimize the impact of business adjustments, and will disclose subsequent arrangements and options to users after obtaining more information, with plans to release further updates by June 30, 2026.In addition, Binance stated that it has maintained constructive communication with regulators over the past 18 months and has actively participated in the MiCA approval process. According to its understanding, the Greek regulatory authority has completed its review of the relevant application and believes it meets MiCA requirements, and the application has also been accepted for review at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) level. Binance also mentioned that any delays or deviations in the MiCA authorization process could undermine market liquidity, competition, and user choice, and push some activities outside the EU. The company will continue to seek a compliant operational path under the MiCA framework and will keep users informed of progress.