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The pilot is set to test OP Stack plus Sunnyside’s Privacy Boost against settlement control, KYC/AML, and onchain privacy requirements.

National regulators will run risk-based inspections through 1H 2027, with an ESMA Board report due in 2H 2027.

The Wednesday 4 pm UTC upgrade lands as BERA slides 7% on the day and on-chain fees remain near zero.

Validator readiness is already above the 80% activation bar, while fixCleanup3_2_0 remains a separate, slower catalyst.

The new token standard keeps ERC-20 compatibility while adding issuer controls for stablecoins and other fungible assets.

USD/JPY hovered near 162 as CFTC data showed the most bearish yen positioning since 2007 and SBI reported 2 million accounts.

A narrow 331–304 urgent-procedure vote revives the fight over scanning private messages and pressure on end-to-end encryption.

Spot CVD flipped to +$406M while open interest slid to about $823.8M, pointing to spot support without leveraged confirmation.

Oil rose more than 2% to $72.27 and DXY held above 101.00 as ETH, XRP, and SOL fell 1%–2.3%.

The proposal hinges on a governance vote and a one-time Sept. 1 snapshot to issue a new ERC-20 SCRT on Arbitrum.

The six-month product caps initial LTV at 45% and can still liquidate BTC after missed payments and a 10-day cure window.

30-Day apparent demand rose by about 200,000 BTC since June 3 while exchange reserves slipped to ~2.707M BTC.

Ethereum’s relative bounce is being priced off policy expectations while on-chain metrics lag and reported Bitcoin inflows flip positive.

Spot XRP ETFs also logged eight straight weeks of net inflows, with ~$1.47B cumulative inflows cited through late June.

Payward says Mazars walked away from a near-finished 2022 audit amid Operation Choke Point 2.0 pressure claims.

Chair Paul Atkins framed the proposals as a certainty push even as Congress weighs shifting oversight to the CFTC.

Deribit skew eased from “extreme fear,” but puts still trade at a 9% premium as ETH tests the $2,000 narrative.

Arca CIO Jeff Dorman attributed the slide to post-SPAC turnover and a weak crypto-equity tape, not a new fundamental shock.

1H 2026 commerce and B2B settlement skewed to USDT, while June transfer volume and velocity concentrated in USDC on Base.

SpaceX-linked products accounted for $1.19B of flow, with Backpack’s SPCX leading on-chain trading.