Finance firm Mill City Ventures to buy $441M in SUI tokens, pivoting to crypto treasury strategy — link | AI comment

CEA Industries (Nasdaq: VAPE) and 10X Capital, with the support of YZi Labs, announce a $500M private placement (including $100M in crypto) to establish the world’s largest publicly listed BNB-focused treasury company. The deal, set to close by July 31, could reach $1.25B with warrant exercises. Over 140 institutions joined, including Pantera, GSR, dao5, and Arrington. — link

Only 11 tokens graduated from PumpFun yesterday — link | AI comment

PayPal To Allow US Merchants To Accept Payments In Over 200 Cryptocurrencies

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Ethereum wallet MetaMask adds stablecoin yield with DeFi giant Aave — link | AI comment

PayPal has launched “Pay with Crypto,” enabling U.S. merchants to accept over 100 cryptocurrencies—including BTC, ETH, USDT, and SOL—with near-instant conversion to fiat or stablecoins and a low 0.99% transaction fee. — link

Tron Inc. files for issuance of up to $1B in mixed securities — link | AI comment

Tron Inc. has filed a Form S-3 shelf registration with the U.S. SEC, enabling it to issue up to $1 billion in mixed securities, including common stock, preferred stock, debt instruments, and warrants. The filing allows flexibility for future capital raises, though no specific issuance terms or timeline were disclosed. — link

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko stated in a tweet debate on Sunday that “Memecoins and NFTs are digital junk with no intrinsic value.” While Solana has benefited from memecoin-driven activity, Yakovenko himself has publicly reiterated multiple times that memecoins lack intrinsic value. — link

Interactive Brokers Considering Allowing Stablecoins And Crypto To Fund Brokerage Accounts 24/7: RTRS

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Interactive Brokers is considering launching a stablecoin to enable 24/7 account funding and crypto transfers for its clients. Founder Thomas Peterffy noted that the issuance method is still undecided, and the firm may instead support third-party stablecoins. Interactive Brokers has offered crypto trading since 2021 through a partnership with Paxos and holds a stake in Zero Hash. 一 link

Deribit’s Summer Chase 2025 trading competition has surpassed $10 billion in volume, up from $1 billion at its launch in November 2023. The platform credits the milestone to its dedicated retail traders who traded through major market events like the ETF boom, Trump’s re-election rally, and record-low volatility. There’s still time to register — sign-ups are open until July 31. This article is sponsored by Deribit.

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Nasdaq-listed vape stock surges 600% after 10X Capital and YZi Labs lead $500 million offering to establish BNB treasury — link | AI comment

Plasma, a stablecoin-focused blockchain, has closed its public token sale with $373 million in commitments. The Plasma network will hold $1 billion in stablecoins at launch and it has secured funding from notable investors including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. — link

Solana treasury company Upexi enters into $500 million line of credit agreement to fund additional SOL token buys — link | AI comment

OKX says it is the first global crypto exchange to launch regulated derivatives products for retail traders in the UAE, offering access to futures, perpetual contracts, and options with up to 5x leverage. The move comes under Dubai's VARA pilot framework. — link

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has announced a partnership with Canada-based SOL Strategies, naming the firm as the exclusive staking services provider for its Digital Assets Revolutions Fund. Under the agreement, SOL Strategies will take over ARK’s validator operations. BitGo, an institutional custody provider, will also participate in the partnership. — link

Bitfinex-backed Layer 1 Plasma raises $373 million in 10-day token sale — link | AI comment

Mill City Ventures III has announced a $450 million private placement to launch a corporate Sui treasury strategy. The round is led by London-based hedge fund Karatage, with a matching investment from the Sui Foundation. Other participants include Big Brain Holdings, Galaxy Digital, Pantera Capital, Electric Capital, and ParaFi Capital. — link

In the second quarter of 2025, BNB Chain dominated the DEX volume and PancakeSwap became the leading DEX on the network — link | AI comment

Cboe BZX Exchange has filed a proposed rule change with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act and Rule 19b-4 to list and trade shares of the Invesco Galaxy Solana ETF under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4). — link