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Lookonchain alleged that James Wynn launched and rugged the WORLD token for 3.2 SOL before Wynn claimed his X account was hacked.Crypto traders on X questioned Wynn’s hacking explanation as screenshots and wallet activity tied to the token spread online.The WORLD token controversy has revived scrutiny around Wynn’s past leveraged trading losses and earlier memecoin promotion disputes.

The charges against the CatFi creators mark the first time South Korean prosecutors have applied the new Virtual Asset User Protection Act.

Galaxy Digital and Bitmine Immersion Technologies qualified for potential inclusion in the Russell 1000 index based on their market capitalizations.Gemini, Sharplink, and Forward Industries appeared on preliminary Russell index lists tied to smaller U.S. equity benchmarks.Russell index inclusion could trigger institutional buying from ETFs and mutual funds that track the benchmarks.

Roughly $12.2 trillion in assets are benchmarked against Russell’s U.S. indexes.The additions appear to mark the first Russell index inclusions for crypto treasury companies with non-bitcoin digital assets.

Crypto treasury firms Sharplink and Forward Industries will both be included in the Russell 2000 and 3000 indexes at the end of June.

Brad Levy, CEO of ThetaRay, says compliance teams routinely lose visibility at blockchain bridges, the point where assets move between different chains.ThetaRay’s AI flagged a UK retail customer declared as a packer who received over £134,000 from 40 counterparties before executing regular crypto purchases.Levy says any bank with a fiat-to-crypto blind spot will face regulators treating it as a governance failure within the next 12 months.

Coinbase has resumed trading after suspending order matching and moving markets into “Cancel Only” and auction modes for several hours during an AWS-related disruption.The exchange had temporarily disabled market and limit orders, while Solana and ALEO transfers experienced delays before it began phased trading restoration.

The two companies will jointly set up and run Solana validator servers across APAC, anchored by Pacific Backbone, Solana Company’s institutional infrastructure network.They also want to develop Solana staking products based on JitoSOL for larger financial firms like asset and wealth managers based in Asia.

DFlow’s Solana-based infrastructure trading platform should help support “high-volume trading” and “agent-driven financial applications,” says MoonPay CEO.MoonPay acquired the company by paying $100 million in stock, according to Fortune.

Pay.sh provides a way for AI bots to discover, access and pay for API usage using stablecoins on Solana, without having to create an account or pay for a subscription from online service providers.Agents can access Solana wallets and pay using stablecoins.

Solana’s new service lets AI agents pay for Google Cloud and community APIs on a per-request basis, bypassing traditional accounts.

SOL Strategies said it has entered a definitive agreement to buy HoudiniSwap for $18 million.The acquisition is expected to create a new revenue stream and make SOL Strategies less reliant on market cycles.

Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury vehicle DeFi Development Corp has launched a $200 million at-the-market (ATM) equity program to fund further SOL accumulation.The company says proceeds will primarily support its Solana reserve strategy and that it will only issue shares when doing so is “accretive” to the value of each shareholder’s SOL holdings.DeFi Development has previously used equity raises to scale its SOL treasury toward a long-term target of one SOL per share by 2028.

Western Union launched USDPT on Solana, adding regulated stablecoin settlement to its global payments network.Anchorage Digital issued USDPT, while Western Union plans exchange access and future consumer stablecoin services.SOL traded near $86 as traders watched the $88 to $90 breakout resistance zone.

Exponent, a Solana-based yield exchange, has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Multicoin Capital.The platform plans to launch an updated version next month to expand beyond rate trading into broader yield management, including strategy vaults.

On Wednesday, the committee voted 13 to 11 to advance Kevin Warsh, splitting along party lines.Warsh had spoken a few times about crypto, calling bitcoin an “important asset that can help inform policymakers.”Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who had previously said he would withhold support for Warsh until the investigation concluded, ultimately voted in favor of the nomination following the DOJ’s decision.