Kraken has introduced deposit and withdrawal support for USDCx on the Canton Network, widening its connectivity to institutional-oriented stablecoin rails. USDCx is presented as a Canton-native token backed 1:1 by USDC held in Circle's xReserve on Ethereum, and the exchange said the change was detailed in a June 11 product update.

On June 12, 2026, Mantle said it listed SPCXx, a tokenized SpaceX equity issued by xStocks, enabling 24/7 on-chain trading and liquidity provision on Mantle starting the day SpaceX completes what it calls the largest IPO in history. Fluxion will offer issuer-direct minting using xStocks' Atomic RFQ to avoid AMM slippage, while Merchant Moe launched Project X with up to 100,000 MNT rewards beginning with the SPCXx/USDT0 pool.

A U.S. appeals court affirmed Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction and rejected his claim that FTX customers could have been made whole if Alameda Research's investments kept rising. In a June 12 decision, the Second Circuit upheld the seven-count verdict, a 25-year prison sentence, and an approximately $11 billion forfeiture order tied to FTX's collapse.

Macquarie projects global wagering on the 2026 World Cup could surpass $50 billion, up from $35 billion in 2022, as the tournament expands to 48 teams and 104 matches. The event began June 11 in Mexico City and is the first World Cup to feature regulated U.S. prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket alongside sportsbooks. Crypto sportsbooks including Stake, Betfury, and 1win are also running World Cup promotions worth millions in rewards.

CFTC Chair Mike Selig, confirmed to lead the agency in December 2025, said crypto markets have faced prolonged regulatory uncertainty and that the regulator will prioritize clear, rule-based oversight over enforcement-led policymaking. As the CFTC's only sitting commissioner, he now holds unusual sway over crypto, derivatives and prediction markets, including a $36.6 billion event-contract market reported for Q1 2026. Selig also pointed to work on U.S.-regulated crypto perpetual futures and a June 10 proposal that would review prediction-market contracts under a 90-day process.

Chainalysis reported on June 11 that an international law enforcement effort dismantled AudiA6, a laundering service it links to ransomware actors and darknet activity. The firm said AudiA6 processed about 10,333 BTC since launching in 2021, historically valued at roughly $389 million, and allegedly relied on more than 6,000 KYC-verified mule accounts plus exchange infrastructure.

Nine Italian banks began testing Eur.Bank infrastructure on June 3, 2026, in a technical phase that is not a consumer launch. The European Central Bank is awaiting payment service provider feedback by the end of June 2026 after inviting applications by May 14, and it is aiming for an operational pilot in the second half of 2027.

On June 11, 2026, Citigroup rolled out a blockchain-based marketplace aimed at wealthy and institutional clients to trade tokens that represent ownership interests in private companies. The offering is set to start with foreign investors, as Citi explores participation with several large private firms that it has not publicly named.