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The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/alpaca-raises-135m-to-fund-tokenized-agent-first-infrastructure?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon card from a random pack is becoming big business Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/features/pokemon-cards-as-rwas-gacha-spending-hits-records-as-crypto-sinks?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-cool-q2-prediction-markets-hit-records-coingecko?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/moonpay-acquires-glide-strengthen-crypto-deposits?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion, as investors sought exposure to the growing list of tokenized equity products launched by cryptocurrency exchanges. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/tokenized-stocks-rise-23b-all-time-high?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The global task force said criminal networks are using stablecoins and developing proprietary tokens to evade asset freezes as countries struggle to enforce crypto AML rules. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/fatf-urges-crypto-aml-enforcement-stablecoin-crime?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ark-sentora-a16zs-tradfi-blockchain-defi-thesis?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Visa and Artemis found that infrastructure bottlenecks are preventing broader commercial adoption of the autonomous AI agent economy. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/autonomous-ai-agent-economy-infrastructure-gaps-visa-artemis?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July 31 below 1%. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/senate-adopts-resolution-opposing-clemency-sbf-ftx?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Tether reportedly invested $20 million into Ualá, as part of the Argentine neobank’s $197 million funding round announced earlier in March. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/tether-invests-20m-argentine-neobank-uala?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound