⚡️ In Q2, MetaMask with CompoSecure and Baanx will introduce the Metal Card*

*— it allows instant payments straight from self-custody crypto wallets, bypassing fiat conversion and centralized exchanges.

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❕ The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, in partnership with FAB* and IHC*, is set to launch a new dirham-backed stablecoin

* — First Abu Dhabi Bank.
* — Incorporated business entity.

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⚡️ Mastercard introduces comprehensive stablecoin features and plans to launch a card in partnership with OKX

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🪙 Michael Saylor gives one more advice

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💲 Reeve Collins, Tether co-founder, says: “US dollar facing growing competition for stablecoin dominance”.

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⚡️ Abu Dhabi regulator approves Circle's USDC

Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin, obtained preliminary approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of ADGM to function as a money services provider.

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⚡️ DWF Labs has entered into a partnership with JUST DAO, DeFi project by Justin Sun

⭐️ Earlier DWF Labs has partnered with @Major to support the $MAJOR token.

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⚡️ The UK government has proposed new rules for cryptocurrencies

Under the new rules, crypto exchanges, dealers and agents will be brought into the regulatory perimeter — cracking down on bad actors while supporting legitimate innovation.

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💎 Maximilian Crown, TON Foundation CEO: “The future of finance is on-chain”.

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💲 $2B USDT has minted at Tether Treasury

📣 UPD: Tether CEO says that $1B amount will be used as inventory for next period issuance requests and chain swaps.

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⚡️ SEC has closed its investigation into PayPal

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🔥 Federal court permanently blocks US Treasury’s OFAC from restoring sanctions on Tornado Cash

🔄 Earlier: Lazarus Group used Tornado Cash.

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💎 TON takes on RWA* with Libre’s $500M tokenized bond fund

Libre will tokenize $500M of Telegram debt in the form of the blockchain-based Telegram Bond Fund on the TON network.

* — Real World Assets.

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📣 Eric Trump: "The modern financial system is broken, it's slow, it's expensive".

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🪙 BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF IBIT* now holds 601,209 BTC — 3.03% of the circulating BTC supply.

* — iShares Bitcoin Trust is a spot BTC ETF that allows users to gain exposure to BTC price movements without owning the cryptocurrency itself.

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⚡️ CZ barely made it to TOKEN2049, but he finally got there

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🔥 CZ: "I was bullish in 2019, bullish in 2022 and 2023, and remains bullish as market corrections don’t change the long-term view".

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📣 Eric Trump says: “Anti-crypto banks will be extinct in 10 years”.

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🔥 Ripple proposed a $4B acquisition of Circle

UPD: Circle rejected Ripple's offer.

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⚡️ Visa collaborates with Baanx to roll out payment cards backed by stablecoins, connected to custodial crypto wallets

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📣 Token 2049 first day highlights

— KuCoin initiates the ambitious $2B Trust Project
— CZ about market perspectives
— Arthur Hayes predicts BTC will be $1M by 2028

Highlight quotes:

— CZ: ”99.99% of AI tokens are useless”.
— VanEck CEO: “I think we’re still early on the crypto investment we’ll see from traditional investors”.
— Arthur Hayes: “It’s time to go long everything”.

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