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According to TNW, AI supply chain management startup Freehand announced the completion of a $75 million funding round, co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, with participation from Nexus Venture Partners and PSP Growth, a fund under former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. Freehand's AI agents can autonomously handle contract interpretation, supplier rate negotiation, overcharge bill identification, payment processing, and ERP system reconciliation, with clients covering top enterprises such as Meta, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Dunkin', and Cardinal Health.
Memecoin.Fun has announced the completion of a $3.5 million strategic funding round, led by Becker Ventures, with participation from BitValue Capital, Mason Labs, Negentropy Capital, and angel investor Billy Wen, among others. The project primarily operates as a token issuance platform on the Robinhood Chain ecosystem. This funding round will be used to accelerate the development of core products and infrastructure, including the Robinhood Chain Launchpad infrastructure, cross-chain bridge functionality, and the research, development, and operation of the Memecoin All-chain Platform.
: BNB Chain Agent commercial clearing layer TermiX announced that Web3 security infrastructure GoPlus and smart contract security auditing firm Salus have officially become Provider Agents on the Agent.family platform. They have launched two production-grade security audit services, promoting the autonomous invocation and settlement of "security capability as a service" for AI Agents in on-chain commercial scenarios.GoPlus has packaged its verified token contract deep scanning capability as a standard Provider Agent service. DeepScan conducts comprehensive security checks on token contracts, identifying risk patterns such as Rug Pulls, honeypot scams, contract permission abuse, and trading restrictions, and generates structured audit reports.Salus has launched smart contract auditing and penetration testing services, encompassing formal verification, fuzz testing, machine learning-based vulnerability detection, and manual expert auditing. It covers high-risk vulnerability categories such as reentrancy attacks, access control issues, integer overflows, and DoS attacks. Salus, a seed-stage investment from Binance Labs, is a core security partner within the BNB Chain ecosystem.
Virtuals 表示，本周 Robinhood Chain 上的代理经济继续加速，代理交易量突破 1.5 亿美元，建设者募资总额超过 230 万美元，累计上线代理数量超过 4500 个。官方称，Robinhood Chain 上首个 1 亿美元代理交易量用了两周，而从 1 亿美元增至 1.5 亿美元仅用了 3 天。
ADI Chain has announced the completion of a $50 million funding round, with IHC participating. The project primarily focuses on stablecoin settlement and financial infrastructure development, with its ecosystem partnerships spanning compliant stablecoins, tokenized securities, institutional payments, Chainlink, ZKsync, and mainstream crypto wallets.
Galaxy announces the launch of the institutional-grade on-chain financing program GOFR (Galaxy On-chain Financing Rate), enabling institutional clients to indirectly access the on-chain credit market through Galaxy, secure financing at a single optimized rate, with Galaxy acting as the counterparty.
According to The Block, Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has recently made a series of aggressive moves, completing multiple major crypto investments in succession: exclusively investing $125 million in Gauntlet's Series C, $76 million in EDX Markets' Series C, spending approximately $289 million to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank, and taking a stake in Singaporean exchange Coinhako. In addition, SBI also participated in Digital Asset's $355 million financing, Morpho's $175 million token round, and Circle's $222 million token presale, and launched Japan's first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin, JPYSC. SBI stated that the company is driving the group's overall on-chain transformation, aiming to provide end-to-end services across exchanges, asset tokenization, market platforms, and other segments, to position itself ahead of the upcoming "token economy" era. Analysts point out that SBI is building Asia's first scaled on-chain asset management business; its strategic core is not purchasing crypto exposure, but controlling the infrastructure of the next-generation financial system. On the regulatory front, the Japanese parliament is advancing legislation to include cryptocurrencies as regulated financial instruments, and plans to significantly reduce the capital gains tax on crypto assets from 55% to 20% by 2028, aligning it with stocks and bonds, providing policy support for institutional entry.
According to Odaily, driven by the hype surrounding SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO), the tokenized stock market hit a record high for trading activity in June, with on-chain transaction volume reaching $3.86 billion, a 145% increase from May. Among the trades, tokenized SpaceX stocks accounted for $1.19 billion, representing approximately 31% of the total tokenized stock volume in June. The SPCX token launched by Backpack Securities became the most actively traded tokenized SpaceX stock product, with a single-month on-chain trading volume of $1.08 billion.Data indicates that this growth surge was primarily fueled by demand for SpaceX-related assets. Previously, SpaceX completed a $75 billion IPO, marking the largest IPO in history, and the company is valued at approximately $1.8 trillion on a fully diluted basis. Traditional popular assets such as Nvidia, Tesla, the S&P 500 ETF (SPY), and the Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) remained actively traded, but none matched the market heat of tokenized SpaceX stocks. Additionally, the total market capitalization of the tokenized stock market rose to $1.53 billion in June, up 6.64% from the previous month, marking the 15th consecutive month of growth. (CoinDesk)
据 Arcus 官方推文，Robinhood Crypto 已正式对去中心化交易所 Arcus 进行战略投资，并将其收录至 Robinhood Chain 生态系统页面。Arcus 由 dYdX 原团队打造，目前已上线现货与永续合约交易（Beta 版），支持 0 手续费全天候股票交易。
stablecoin issuer Tether has announced a $20 million strategic investment in the Latin American on-chain financial services platform Mercado Bitcoin to support its growth in asset tokenization, payments, credit, capital markets, and compliant digital financial services.Founded in 2013, Mercado Bitcoin has evolved from a digital asset trading platform into a comprehensive on-chain financial infrastructure platform, covering services such as trading, tokenized investment products, lending, stablecoin payments, banking infrastructure, and cross-border financial services. This funding will primarily be used to expand payment infrastructure, scale tokenized products for institutional and retail investors, develop credit businesses, advance on-chain capital market construction, seek strategic partnership opportunities, and drive international expansion.
Ethlabs 发布第二周进展，称随着项目进入启动与融资阶段，外部沟通持续增加。团队表示，正推进基于零知识技术的异步互操作方案，以提升跨链桥安全性和资产分发效率；其中，L2 至 L1 可由 intents 作为过渡方案，L1 至 L2 延迟则有望通过 FCR 改善。
: According to official sources, Astarter, an autonomous AI Economy infrastructure on the BNB Chain ecosystem, has announced strategic support from institutions including Vega Ventures, UZ Capital, Go2Mars, and BitBT Ventures, further strengthening its AI ecosystem layout. Astarter had previously received lead investment from EMURGO, along with strategic support from other institutions such as MH Ventures, Avstar Capital, 316VC, CRT Labs, and Megala Ventures.It is reported that Astarter aims to build a full-stack infrastructure on the BNB Chain for AI agents, providing on-chain AI agents with dedicated computing power, runtime execution, on-chain settlement, and identity capabilities. Its products encompass the AI computing power node ABox, a decentralized exchange (DEX), a Launchpad, and the CORE agent layer, with the native token being AST. The Astarter mainnet and TGE are planned for launch in the third quarter of 2026. This strategic partnership is expected to further advance Astarter's development in computing power networks, products, and ecosystem.
Ground, a startup specializing in on-chain yield infrastructure, announced the completion of a $3.6 million Pre-seed funding round. The round was co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and ParaFi, with participation from Nascent, Robot Ventures, Chapter One, and Consonant Ventures.Ground primarily provides APIs for fintech companies and asset management institutions, enabling them to integrate on-chain yield products into existing applications without requiring custom blockchain integration. Its target clients include fintech platforms, digital banks, wealth management institutions, exchanges, and asset management firms, aiming to build yield, savings, and investment products.
Renaiss, a real-world collectibles liquidity infrastructure, announced the successful completion of a $1.5 million seed funding round, led by YZi Labs, with participation from Gate Ventures, Hash Global, XIN Family, and Redline Labs. Angel investors include Mask Network, Far East Group, Logoman, Hoopi, and Legit App. Built on BNB Chain, Renaiss aims to connect third-party vaults, card shops, and custodial nodes via its Renaiss Vault OS, while Renaiss.XYZ serves as the application layer enabling users to access the on-chain collectibles market. Renaiss provides verifiable custody, standardized settlement, and on-chain liquidity for physical collectibles—eliminating friction in verification, custody, pricing, and cross-border transactions. This allows custodially verified collectibles to undergo ownership transfers on-chain and circulate globally in a trustless, permissionless manner. The funds will be used to expand the vault network, strengthen product development and integration with the Renaiss SDK ecosystem, broaden the range of supported collectible categories, drive global market expansion, and support infrastructure development for DeFi integration and AI Agents. Notably, Renaiss has been selected as a project in the third cohort of YZi Labs’ EASY Residency incubation program.
Odaily报道: Satori Finance, a multi-chain decentralized exchange backed by investors including Polychain Capital and Coinbase Ventures, has announced it will cease operations and begin the closure process. The platform stated that due to "prolonged unfavorable market conditions," its revenue is insufficient to support continued operations, leading to the decision to gradually wind down. Users must withdraw their assets before 23:59 UTC on July 16, after which the platform will no longer be accessible.In 2022, Satori Finance completed a $10 million seed funding round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Jump Crypto. The platform was deployed across multiple networks including Arbitrum, Optimism, and BNB Chain, and initially featured 25x leverage and an "points mining" incentive model. (The Block)
Solana infrastructure company Helius has announced the acquisition of Light Protocol, whose team will refocus on developing privacy solutions for Solana.Founded in 2021, Light Protocol initially focused on zero-knowledge proof-based privacy tools for Solana before pivoting to co-develop ZK Compression with Helius. Launched in 2024, this solution aims to reduce on-chain data storage costs on Solana via zero-knowledge proofs, supporting large-scale consumer and enterprise applications.This acquisition will drive Light back to its original mission, combining its cryptographic expertise with Helius' infrastructure and distribution advantages to develop ZK privacy protocols for Solana, covering scenarios such as private payments and private DeFi. Helius plans to open up relevant privacy infrastructure to developers in the coming months.The transaction occurs against a backdrop of accelerating consolidation in the crypto industry and tightening fundraising conditions, while also echoing a renewed demand for on-chain privacy. Helius founder Mert Mumtaz stated that privacy will be as fundamental to blockchain scaling as HTTPS was to the internet.
a16z Crypto has published an article explaining the rationale behind leading the investment in Morpho. It points out that credit is a core mechanism for modern economic growth and capital allocation, and that blockchain-driven open credit networks have the potential to lower the cost of financial infrastructure, enhance market competition efficiency, and provide global users with broader financing and yield opportunities. a16z Crypto disclosed that it first engaged with the Morpho team in 2022. Since the global financial crisis, the private credit market has grown rapidly, reflecting the market’s demand for more direct and efficient financing models. Meanwhile, institutions can issue their own lending markets that share the network’s liquidity and network effects. The infrastructure in this area is expected to dismantle traditional financial intermediary systems and build a global open credit network.
Bitget Wallet has opened the first subscription for SpaceX’s tokenized IPO stock, SPCXx, with a total quota of $3 million. The minimum subscription amount is $10 per user, and the maximum per user is $5,000—on a first-come, first-served basis. SPCXx is issued by xStocks, a tokenized stock trading platform. The subscription price is $135, and underwriters will charge an additional 5% fee. Subscriptions open at 4:00 PM Beijing Time on June 9 and close at 4:00 PM Beijing Time on June 11. Upon completion of the subscription period, SPCXx tokens will be automatically sent to users’ wallets, with distribution expected to be finalized by 8:30 PM Beijing Time on June 12. This subscription requires no overseas brokerage or exchange accounts, VIP tier, or holding prerequisites. Users may pay directly using stablecoins—including USDT and USDC—on Base, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana, and TRON. The SpaceX tokenized IPO operates via xStocks—a collaboration between Bitget Wallet and Backed. The tokenized stocks issued are fully backed 1:1 by underlying assets held by Backed. Note that the $135 subscription price is not the final fixed issuance price; the final IPO price will be determined by the issuer and underwriters based on a comprehensive assessment of order book demand, market conditions, and valuation factors. During the subscription period, users typically see only a reference price.
According to The Block, Web3 asset management platform XEFFY has completed a $20 million funding round, comprising a $5 million seed round and a $15 million private placement. The funds will be used to expand its Vault management platform, onchain real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure, global community growth, and ecosystem development via the XEFFY Fund.
"New Stock God" Serenity stated that he had not anticipated Alphabet, Google's parent company, would need to seek financing to support its $80 billion AI capital expenditure plan, adding that the funds will be used for the AI infrastructure construction of hyperscale cloud service providers.According to his introduction, this financing includes a $40 billion ATM equity offering program, $30 billion in stock and related securities issuance, and a $10 billion investment from Berkshire Hathaway.Serenity believes that Alphabet's expansion of AI capital expenditures could benefit upstream supply chain companies such as Lumentum (LITE), Broadcom (AVGO), MediaTek, TSMC (TSM), and Micron (MU). However, he also noted that for Google shareholders, such a massive capital expenditure plan is not entirely supported by free cash flow, meaning its impact may not be entirely positive.