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📢SWIFT Confirms 17 Major Banks to Pilot Crypto-Style Cross-Border Payments.
➡️The pilots will use tokenized deposits on SWIFT's new blockchain ledger, enabling banks to move funds 24/7 across borders.
➡️Participants include Citi, HSBC, UBS, Wells Fargo, Standard Chartered, BNP Paribas and 11 other major banks.

Spain's financial regulator says the MiCA deadline is final, and crypto firms without a license must exit the EU market by June 30.

🇮🇳🇷🇺India's Russian oil imports rise in May as refiners boost purchases.
➡️Crude oil accounted for about 83 percent of India's imports from Russia during the month, valued at $5.18 billion, while oil products and coal imports stood at $594 million and $463 million, respectively.

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SEC Chair Paul Atkins says he is confident Congress will pass crypto market structure legislation and that President Trump will sign it into law.

Middle East tensions explode as the U.S. launches strikes on Iranian targets.
➡️ U.S. fighter jets reportedly struck IRGC naval boats after an Iranian attack near Bandar Abbas
➡️ Several IRGC Navy personnel were reportedly killed
➡️ The U.S. says the strikes were carried out in self-defense
➡️ NYT reports U.S. forces also targeted Iranian missile launch sites and boats allegedly trying to plant mines in the Strait of Hormuz
➡️ Meanwhile, Trump says Iran’s enriched uranium will either be handed over to the U.S. or “destroyed in place” with Iranian and IAEA coordination.

🇬🇪Tether plans to launch a Georgian lari-backed stablecoin with support from the Georgian government.

📢 FED Releases April 28–29 FOMC Meeting Minutes.
➡️Officials expect the job market to remain stable in the near term
➡️Many policymakers supported removing the easing bias
➡️Majority believe further rate hikes could be needed if inflation stays elevated

🇺🇸 Crypto CLARITY Bill Passes Senate Banking Committee.
➡️Next steps:
🔹 Moves to the full Senate for voting
🔹 Then heads to the House of Representatives
🔹 Final version must pass both chambers
🔹 President signs it into law if approved

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says crypto market structure legislation is “closer than ever” to being passed.