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3 Crypto Airdrops Summer 2026: OpenSea, Polymarket, MetaMask Three major crypto projects have confirmed token airdrops for 2026: OpenSea (SEA), Polymarket (POLY), and MetaMask (MASK). However, as of May 2026, none of these tokens had launched, and confirmed timelines remain vague. OpenSea

Chun Wang, co-founder of bitcoin mining pool operator F2Pool, will participate in SpaceX's first human spaceflight mission to Mars, according to SpaceX's Thursday release. Wang will board the Starship spacecraft on a two-year mission that will explore outside the Earth-Moon system and conduct a Mars

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision held its latest meeting in Basel to examine emerging risks reshaping the global banking system, including artificial intelligence-driven cyber threats, cryptoasset prudential standards, liquidity risk frameworks, operational resilience, and the financial

Ripple has joined SwissHacks 2026 as a Challenge Sponsor, introducing three focused development tracks designed to advance use cases on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The hackathon takes place June 19–21 in Zurich, bringing together developers, financial institutions, and investors for 48 hours of

BitMart: 90% of $27B Tokenized Assets Sit Idle Outside DeFi The tokenized real-world asset sector faces a critical integration bottleneck, according to institutional research disclosures published by

Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital reported a second consecutive quarterly loss in its flagship fund during the first quarter of 2026, driven primarily by the firm's substantial exposure to cryptocurrencies and digital assets. The $1.3 billion SkyBridge Opportunity Fund, which maintains

B2C2 partnered with Solidus Labs to deploy the HALO surveillance platform across its global digital asset operations spanning the United Kingdom, United States, France, Luxembourg, Singapore, and the Cayman Islands. The system is designed to monitor digital asset trading activity for signs of

Decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket has set its sights on Japan, appointing a local representative and launching a formal lobbying effort aimed at securing government authorization by 2030. Key Takeaways: Polymarket appointed Japan rep Mike Eidlin and targets government

Cantor received regulatory approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market to conduct regulated financial activities through a newly granted Financial Services Permission, following the opening of the firm's Abu Dhabi office in December 2025. The approval

Hong Kong's first officially approved stablecoin, tracked under the ticker HKDAP and operating under Hong Kong Monetary Authority oversight, has completed its initial mainnet transmission sequence on the Ethereum blockchain. The test involved a consortium of licensed regional institutions

Opening Mark Cuban sold approximately 80% of his Bitcoin holdings after losing confidence in the cryptocurrency's "digital gold" narrative, the billionaire investor revealed in an interview with Front Office Sports. Cuban stated he no longer believes Bitcoin functions as a reliable safe-haven

Frii World has confirmed that users will soon be able to spend XRP and RLUSD instantly at checkout using QR code payments. The breakthrough followed a successful live test on a Frii World terminal, where former Ripple CTO David Schwartz executed the first direct XRP Ledger (XRPL) transaction. The te

CMC Markets launched grey market pre-IPO trading capabilities, allowing clients to speculate on potential valuation movements of private companies before public listings. The new offering launches initially with SpaceX and allows clients to take long or short positions through spread bets and