Coinbase prepares to delve deeper into tokenized real-world assets, with Brian Armstrong pointing to offshore deployment of 1:1 backed tokenized stocks and equity-linked products for markets outside the US. TL;DR Coinbase targets markets outside the US with tokenized stocks. The reported model is based on a 1:1 backing rather than just a synthetic price exposure. Another regulatory issue remains regarding U.S. retail availability. Brian Armstrong talks about Coinbase tokenization… — Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) June 16, 2026 Coinbase moves further into RWA Tokenized stocks have become one of the most obvious battlegrounds in real-world asset markets. The idea is very simple.…
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Key TakeawaysKalshi’s perpetual futures cleared $5.5 billion in two weeks, up from $1 billion in week one.The CFTC approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP contract on May 29, 2026, opening US perpetuals to regulated venues.Kalshi lists 11 crypto perp contracts and is in talks with regulators to expand into other assets. From $1 Billion to $5.5 Billion The growth has been rapid, and as per Bloomberg data, Kalshi’s perpetual futures have already racked up more than $5.5 billion in volume within their first two weeks on the platform. That follows an opening sprint in which the contracts blew past $1 billion in notional…
London, United Kingdom, June 17th, 2026, Chainwire Landmark transaction brings real operating company equity to Solana-based tokenised capital formation First Block deploys next-generation digital securities architecture for real- world operating business Onpharma’s medical device technology for dentistry brings recurring revenue, high gross margins and a significant market opportunity to a tokenised capital raise This offering is available for investment at sto.onpharma.com First Block, Inc., a digital securities and tokenisation infrastructure company, together with Onpharma Company (Delaware) and UK-based Crito Capital LLP, today announce the launch of what is believed to be the first Solana-based Security Token Offering (“STO”) for an established U.S.…
Alvin Lang Jun 16, 2026 16:58 NVIDIA’s NVFP4 enables faster, cheaper transformer training with low-precision techniques. Learn about the latest benchmarks and implications for AI modeling. NVIDIA has outlined methods to optimize transformer-based AI models using low-precision training, leveraging its NVFP4 format to cut costs and boost speed on GPUs like the Hopper and Blackwell series. As transformer models grow increasingly complex, these advancements aim to reduce training times while maintaining model accuracy, a critical factor in the AI arms race. Low-precision training, including FP8 and NVFP4 formats, accelerates matrix multiplications (GEMMs), which dominate transformer workloads. For example, training a…
Anthropic is having a month. The AI lab finished May by surpassing OpenAI in market share of business spending for the first time, Ramp just revealed. It raised $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation (also besting OpenAI) at the end of May, then waltzed into June by filing confidential paperwork for an IPO, reportedly on the strength of its first-ever profitable quarter. Then on Friday, the Trump administration renewed its war on the model maker by sending a letter demanding it ban non-Americans, including Anthropic’s employees, from accessing its state-of-the-art models: the limited-release Mythos 5 and the more guarded…
New York, United States, June 16th, 2026, Chainwire New in-app competition rewards users for match predictions and real financial activity across the Tria ecosystem, with a $15,000 prize pool As billions of fans around the world tune in to the FIFA World Cup this summer, Tria is turning the tournament into an interactive financial experience. Today, the self-custodial neofinance platform announced the launch of Tria FC, a tournament-long prediction competition built directly into the Tria app. Running from June 16 through July 19, Tria FC allows users to predict match outcomes, earn bonus Tria Points, climb a live leaderboard, and…
As lawmakers debate the CLARITY Act, the Solana Policy Institute urges Senate leaders to maintain protections for open source developers and validators, adding another voice from the crypto industry to one of the most important U.S. policy battles this year. TL;DR Solana Policy Institute is calling on lawmakers to protect the activities of developers and verifiers. This issue focuses on Section 604 of the CLARITY Act and related broker/transfer provider concerns. This letter does not mean whether the bill has passed or not. It's part of the lobbying process. The market is concerned as unclear rules could impact DeFi, validators,…
BELIZE City, Belize, June 16th, 2026, PlayNewswire BC.GAME is integrating Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market, to launch a new Prediction Center across sports, crypto and real-world events. BC.GAME today announced the launch of its new Prediction Center, powered by Polymarket, bringing prediction markets directly into the BC.GAME platform. Through the new Prediction Center, users will be able to explore and participate in prediction markets related to sports events, crypto asset prices and major real-world events within BC.GAME. Polymarket is one of the world’s largest prediction market platforms and one of the most representative crypto-native consumer applications in recent years.…
Key TakeawaysARK added nearly 3.3 million SpaceX shares across three ETFs after the Nasdaq debut.Starlink, Starship, and xAI anchor ARK’s investment thesis, while BTC adds a crypto-market angle.ARK’s case rests on lower launch costs, Starlink scale, and AI-related demand. ARK Builds SpaceX Position Across Three ETFs After Nasdaq Debut Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management (ARK Invest) bought nearly 3.3 million shares of SpaceX (Nasdaq: SPCX) on Friday, Investor’s Business Daily reported. The purchase placed Elon Musk’s newly public space company inside three ARK ETFs tied to innovation, automation, and space-focused technology. ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), the firm’s flagship disruptive-technology fund,…
The U.S. government’s enforcement letter to Anthropic, which effectively forced the company to pull its latest AI models offline just before the weekend, should be a wake-up call for any U.S. tech company — AI lab or otherwise. To catch you up on the news blitz: On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Commerce Department sent Anthropic a letter invoking an obscure export control directive that banned non-Americans, including Anthropic’s employees, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing an unspecified national security concern. Anthropic said it believes the letter is related to a bypass of the model’s guardrails, but isn’t sure…