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According to The Block, Spark and Uniswap have jointly launched the stablecoin exchange system FX Layer. It is reported that FX Layer aims to help institutions trade between tokens pegged to the US dollar by creating a shared pool for issuers to access, minimizing slippage.Spark stated that it will migrate $150 million from its USDS ecosystem to Uniswap v4 to establish a liquidity foundation for the swap pool supporting USDS, Tether's USDT, and PayPal's PYUSD.FX Layer acts as a shared liquidity and trading infrastructure on Uniswap v4, allowing multiple stablecoin issuers such as banks, fintech companies, and payment companies to access a universal system instead of building and launching their own liquidity pools, market makers, and inventory management. Spark serves as the orchestration layer, deciding how to allocate, manage, and coordinate liquidity among different stablecoins, while Uniswap provides a programmable AMM architecture.

According to Jinshi reports, CME's "Fed Watch" shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in July is 65.8%, while the probability of a cumulative rate hike of 25 basis points is 34.2%. By September, the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged is 32%, the probability of a cumulative rate hike of 25 basis points is 50.5%, and the probability of a cumulative rate hike of 50 basis points is 17.6%.

According to Nikkei News, SBI Group announced the acquisition of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank for 46.7 billion yen (approximately 289 million USD). Through this acquisition, SBI's cryptocurrency custody balance is expected to exceed 1 trillion yen (about 6.2 billion USD), making it the largest cryptocurrency business in Japan. A subsidiary of SBI Holdings will acquire shares of Bitbank from individual shareholders, including the founders, in August, and then Bitbank will acquire shares held by existing shareholders Mixi and Ceres by the end of October. Combining the account data from SBI VC Trade (as of April), the total number of accounts after the merger is approximately 2.92 million, with total managed assets of about 1.1 trillion yen. SBI Holdings disclosed in May that it is negotiating capital business cooperation for the subsidiary status of Bitbank.

According to official social media news, former senior economist of the Federal Reserve and professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Hu Jie, will be a guest at the Huobi Celebrity Lecture today at 20:00 (UTC+8). This session is themed "From Wall Street to Web3: How Will the New Chairman of the Federal Reserve Reshape Global Financial Markets?" It will provide an in-depth interpretation of the changes in policy paradigms following the new chairman's appointment, the direction of global liquidity, the evolution of the dollar system, and its impact on the Web3 market.As a renowned scholar who has long studied global macroeconomics and financial markets, Professor Hu Jie will analyze the future trends of global capital markets from the dual perspectives of policy formulation and market operation, drawing on his experience at the Federal Reserve, and discuss the new opportunities and challenges faced by the Web3 industry in the context of the accelerated integration of digital assets and traditional finance.

Cboe Global Markets announced the launch of a new prediction market platform "Cboe Predicts," along with the rollout of its first prediction products. These products include binary options contracts based on the mini S&P 500 index (XSP) with codes XSPBW and XSPBX. The contract size is one-tenth of the standard S&P 500 index options (SPX).Currently, the contracts are available on Interactive Brokers and are planned to be rolled out to more retail brokerage platforms such as Charles Schwab in the coming months. Additionally, as securities options, these products will be centrally cleared by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) and will follow the same regulatory and monitoring framework as U.S. listed options.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, two newly created wallets withdrew 35,138 ETH ($58.39 million) from BitGo and Kraken, which may belong to Bitmine.

According to Jinshi News, CME's "Fed Watch" shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in July is 62.6%, while the probability of a cumulative increase of 25 basis points is 37.4%. By September, the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged is 29.8%, the probability of a cumulative increase of 25 basis points is 50.6%, and the probability of a cumulative increase of 50 basis points is 19.6%.

According to The Block, Erald Ghoos, CEO of OKX Europe, stated that after the full implementation of the European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), about 80% of crypto exchanges will be unable to continue operating in the EU.Starting from July 1, platforms that have not obtained MiCA authorization will no longer be allowed to provide crypto services to EU users. Currently, 20 of the 27 EU member states have ended the transition period, while about 60% of European crypto users remain on unauthorized platforms.As of June 18, more than 200 crypto asset service providers (CASP) have obtained formal MiCA authorization, including OKX, Coinbase, and Kraken, and Ripple has also received preliminary approval from Luxembourg regulators.Ghoos believes that MiCA will drive significant consolidation in the European crypto exchange market, with future trading volumes dominated by a few licensed platforms with stronger compliance capabilities.

According to Bloomberg, Ghanaian cryptocurrency exchange Hyro Exchange is considering reissuing about 10% equity after completing a new round of seed financing to accelerate its expansion in Ghana and key markets in Africa. A local Ghanaian investment firm recently acquired approximately 10% equity in the company, raising its valuation to several million dollars. Hyro plans to sell an equivalent proportion of shares to overseas investors as part of its compliance expansion capital strategy. Currently, the platform has been selected for Ghana's virtual asset trading pilot project, betting on the demand for faster and lower-cost cross-border payments in Africa, which will continue to drive the growth of cryptocurrency usage.

According to SBS Biz, in the past three years, overseas remittances through cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea have increased by 380%, while remittances through traditional banks have only grown by 20%. Last year, the total amount of foreign currency remittances from South Korea's five major banks was 159 trillion won (approximately 122 billion USD), an increase of 20% compared to 131.8 trillion won (approximately 101 billion USD) in 2022.At the same time, data from the office of Congressman Kim Sang-hoon shows that during the same period, the remittance amount through the five major won-denominated cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea surged from 34.02 trillion won (approximately 26.2 billion USD) to 163.55 trillion won (approximately 125.8 billion USD), an increase of 380%. Dongguk University professor Hwang Seok-jin attributes the significant growth in cryptocurrency remittances to their lower transaction fees compared to banks.

According to Jinshi News, Baosheng Group expects the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged in 2026, while the European Central Bank will raise interest rates once more.

According to Bloomberg, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), announced a joint venture with cryptocurrency trading platform OKX in the cryptocurrency field called OKXICE.This collaboration marks a deep integration between traditional financial infrastructure giants and leading cryptocurrency trading platforms, seen by the market as an important signal of institutional capital further embracing crypto assets.Currently, both parties have not disclosed the specific business scope and operational details of the joint venture. ICE previously operated the cryptocurrency futures platform Bakkt, and this collaboration with OKX may further strengthen its strategic layout in the digital asset field.Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will serve as co-chairman of the joint venture between Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and cryptocurrency exchange OKX, while Trabue Bland, Senior Vice President of ICE Futures Exchange, will serve as the other co-chairman. The joint venture plans to operate a U.S. registered broker-dealer and futures broker, subject to regulatory approval, to help OKX expand its U.S. customer base while allowing its overseas users to access ICE futures and the New York Stock Exchange's tokenized stock market.Cuomo has served as a policy advisor to OKX since 2023 and previously assisted the company in responding to a federal investigation, with OKX pleading guilty in 2025 and paying over $504 million in fines. In March of this year, ICE invested $200 million in OKX, corresponding to a valuation of $25 billion, and obtained a seat on the OKX board.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the "Leadership Change Before 2027" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Starmer - Prime Minister of the UK" has experienced significant fluctuations, rising from 28.5% an hour ago to the current 43.5% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

About 1,200 small and medium-sized enterprises have joined the Japan National Business Enterprise Pension Fund (located in Okayama City), which plans to start investing in cryptocurrencies in the fiscal year 2026. There have been some cases of Japanese companies investing in crypto assets, but it is still relatively rare for domestic pension funds to participate directly in crypto investments.The fund plans to allocate about 1% of its total assets to cryptocurrencies and will do so indirectly by investing in passive funds managed by large hedge funds that include various crypto assets. In terms of asset allocation, its structure for the fiscal year 2025 is: 80% yen, 15% US dollars, and 5% other currencies. In the fiscal year 2026, it plans to adjust to: a reduction of yen to 70%, an addition of 10% allocation to developed country currencies, and the remaining 5% allocated to emerging market currencies, gold, and crypto assets.The main purpose of this adjustment is to diversify exchange rate risk. The fund's executive director, Ai Kuchi, stated that the status of the US dollar as a global benchmark currency may be weakening, which is why they decided to reduce their holdings in US dollars. At the same time, he pointed out that the correlation between Bitcoin and the US dollar index is almost zero, making it a tool for hedging against currency depreciation risk and enhancing the portfolio's ability to withstand inflation.

According to the "Мошеловка" platform, scammers impersonate authorized brokers of the Moscow Exchange through social media, luring users to click phishing links under the pretext of "testing cryptocurrency trading channels," resulting in theft of funds and information. The Moscow Exchange emphasizes that all official trading must be conducted through licensed brokers, and there are no exclusive cryptocurrency purchasing channels for ordinary users.According to data from the Russian IT company "Shard," in 2025, Russian users are expected to lose approximately 234 million rubles due to cryptocurrency phishing, accounting for 62% of the total losses in cryptocurrency assets that year.