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BNB treasury firm CEA Industries has entered a cooperation agreement with YZi Labs, ending months-long governance disputes.YZi Labs’ Ella Zhang and Alex Odagiu will join CEA’s boardroom as new directors, according to a press release.

Gate has launched trading for more than 1,000 Hong Kong-listed stocks, allowing users to buy equities directly with USDT.Users can access both U.S. and Hong Kong stocks through a single account while managing funds and positions from one platform.The launch comes as exchanges including Binance and Bitget expand stock and tokenized equity offerings beyond traditional crypto trading.

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Binance sees crypto exchanges routing 300 million new investors into global equities by 2031 worldwide.Emerging markets drive demand, with 93% of Binance stock trading users coming from those regions.Stablecoin stock trading could cut transfer costs while supporting 24/7 access to global equity markets.

Binance is shutting down its centralized NFT service on July 3, giving users one month to withdraw transferable assets to Binance Wallet or another compatible external wallet.The news comes as total annualized NFT trade volume across all chains stands at roughly $5.5 billion — down from more than $50 billion at its 2022 peak, according to The Block’s data.

Grayscale has filed a third amended S-1 for its proposed BNB ETF, revealing the Nasdaq ticker GBNB as the SEC’s review of the application continues.The updated filing removes an earlier BNB contribution arrangement and confirms BitGo as custodian and BNY Mellon as administrator and transfer agent.BNB traded near $636 after losing the $662 Fibonacci support level, while technical indicators point to weakening short-term momentum following a recent rally.

Binance will shut down its NFT platform on July 3 and has asked users to withdraw eligible NFTs before access ends.Users who transfer supported NFTs to Binance Wallet can receive reimbursement for withdrawal fees under a limited-time program.The closure comes as NFT trading volumes remain far below 2022 levels and Binance expands into stock trading and tokenized assets.

Binance disclosed a minority Alpaca stake as its U.S. stock trading service expands globally.The Alpaca deal gives Binance order flow and lending revenue tied to user stock trades.Alpaca controls about 94% of tokenized U.S. stock and ETF custody, according to prior data.

Bitwise says crypto is shifting from momentum trading to contrarian investing as AI stocks dominate flows.Matt Hougan says investors still believe in crypto but now favor fundamentals over market hype.Bitcoin remains pressured by ETF outflows, equity rotation and weak market sentiment.

“Contrarian bets are won by looking in the places no one is looking and acting in ways that may feel awkward,” Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said in a weekly note.The relative attractiveness of AI stocks and uncertainty around the Clarity Act have put crypto in a tough spot for institutional investors.

Binance will distribute 10 million GENIUS tokens to BNB holders who used Simple Earn or On-Chain Yields between May 11 and 13, 2026.Genius Terminal is a multichain trading platform backed by YZi Labs and advised by CZ, with a 1 billion token total supply.The HODLer Airdrop program is a recurring Binance mechanism that deepens BNB utility by rewarding long-term stakers retroactively.

Securitize introduced VBILL into a Euler lending market curated by KPK on Thursday, enabling holders to borrow other crypto assets against their VBILL collateral.According to RWA.xyz, VBILL has $61 million in assets under management and approximately 30 onchain wallet addresses.

VanEck has launched the first exchange-traded product in the U.S. designed to provide spot exposure to the price movements of BNB.VBNB joins a growing roster of spot crypto ETFs since the first U.S. bitcoin funds launched in 2024.

VanEck launched the first U.S. spot BNB ETF on Nasdaq under the ticker VBNB with a 0.39% management fee.BNB price traded near $631 at press time, down over 3% on the day and more than 26% year-to-date.Grayscale has also moved ahead with plans for a BNB ETF, while its proposed Zcash ETF could become the first U.S. spot privacy coin fund if approved.

Vitalik Buterin published a roughly 1,500-word post on X Sunday addressing the recent wave of departures and criticism around the Ethereum Foundation.Buterin said the EF is choosing “longevity over breadth,” selling less ETH and focusing exclusively on Ethereum’s “CROPS” properties of censorship/capture resistance, open source, privacy, and security.He stressed the post reflected only his personal view, not a board position, and said his own power within the organization “will continue to decrease, which is honestly what I want.”

BNB Chain’s AI agent count grew from a minimal base in January 2026 to over 150,000 deployments by April, driven by the network’s low fees, high throughput, and developer tooling for autonomous agent deployment.Binance’s Agentic Wallet is a keyless wallet architecture specifically designed for AI agents, allowing automated trading and transfers within defined parameters without the bot touching the user’s main account keys.BNB price held above $625 during the broader April 28 to 29 market decline, with analysts citing BNB Chain’s structural AI agent demand as a driver of relative price resilience compared to Ethereum and XRP.