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Ethereum’s funding rate climbed to its highest level since August 23, 2025 on May 31, even as the token slipped below the $2,000 mark. The move pointed to heavy long positioning, and that crowding showed up again on June 1 when about $84 million in long ETH bets were wiped out. Citigroup Sees Tokenization Breakout Citigroup’s new Tokenization 2030 report put the tokenized asset market at $17 billion today and projected a base-case value of $5.5 trillion by 2030. The bank also laid out a wider range, with a low case of $2.7 trillion and a high case of $8.2…

Brazil’s central bank reportedly introduced mandatory independent audits for crypto service providers. It will add another layer to the already tough rules in the country. According to the published rules, crypto firms that want a license or to renew an existing one will have to submit an independent auditor’s report. It will be a part of the approval process. It added that the audits must be carried out by professionals registered with Brazil’s securities regulator, the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM). Audit costs may squeeze smaller Crypto firms Regulators want auditors to assess whether crypto firms are doing the right…

In cities and states around the country, universal childcare programs are finally having their moment. That includes New Mexico, where 15 years of work culminated in a successful ballot initiative authorizing a massive, permanent funding increase for early childhood education. Since that win, however, the state has struggled to increase supply — and it’s still dealing with a childcare shortage. In this month’s Highlight cover story, Sara Mickelson reports for Vox on how the state is screwing up universal childcare, and the lessons it can learn from places that are getting it right. Also in this issue: The case for…

TL;DR – Key insights from AI Text Summarization statistics 69% positive sentiment, only 2% cite productivity enhancement as a strength, revealing a gap between satisfaction and efficiency impact. Ease of use is the top strength, suggesting buyers are evaluating basic functionality over analytical quality. Customer support, not accuracy, is the top complaint. Despite accuracy being a primary concern before using AI summarization in feedback analytics software, instead, 3% cite poor customer support as their primary struggle.

OranjeBTC, Latin America’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury company, has disclosed a new Bitcoin acquisition and share buyback, reinforcing its commitment to a dual capital allocation strategy that mirrors approaches used by firms like Strategy in the United States. The São Paulo-listed company — trading under ticker OBTC3 on the B3 exchange and as ADR ticker ORNJY in international markets — purchased 20 BTC for a total of ~$1.506 million, at an average price of ~$75,346 per Bitcoin. During the same period, the company repurchased 289,100 OBTC3 shares, a move that increases Bitcoin exposure on a per-share basis for remaining shareholders.…

A memecoin trader turned a $2,480 bet into more than $12 million, creating one of the sector’s rare breakout winners at a time when the broader memecoin market is collapsing.On-chain analyst Ember CN reported June 1 that the trader bought Binance Life, also known as BianRensheng, within half an hour of its deployment and launch in October. The wallet used 2.14 BNB, worth about $2,480 at the time, to acquire 18.5 million Binance Life tokens at an average price of roughly $0.00013.Binance Life MemecoinThe position has since grown into an eight-figure windfall after Binance Life surged 40% on June 1.…

Marves Fairley pleaded guilty Thursday (May 28) in federal court in Brooklyn, a major development in the widening sports betting investigation that has drawn in gamblers, intermediaries and former NBA figures. During a change-of-plea hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Marutollo, Fairley entered guilty pleas to two counts in the NBA case and five counts in a separate suit, including sports bribery, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. In the latter case, he admitted to placing wagers and recruiting and bribing college basketball players to underperform in games in a separate NCAA point-shaving case brought by federal…

With the incredible speed of businesses’ adoption of AI, endpoint sprawl has remained one of the most urgent priorities for already overburdened InfoSec teams. Compounding this challenge are flexible remote work policies that have matured and made it more difficult for organizations to clearly define their security perimeters. Bad actors continue to exploit these weaknesses with AI tools of their own, rendering traditional endpoint management products less effective.

Key TakeawaysBitcoin futures open interest (OI) across 11 exchanges totals roughly $42.6B, with Binance (19.14%) and CME (13.88%) holding the largest shares as of May 31, 2026, according to Coinglass data.Deribit’s June 26 expiry carries approximately $8.5B in notional value, with max pain near $77,500, about 5.3% above the current spot price of $73,600.CME put OI has outpaced calls since November 2025, signaling institutional hedging persists even as Bitcoin recovers from its February 2026 lows. Futures Open Interest Across Exchanges Total exchange BTC futures open interest stands at roughly $42.6 billion, down sharply from the $90 billion-plus peak reached in…

Gravity Bridge, a Cosmos-native cross-chain protocol, was the target of a compromised-key attack, which led to the theft of roughly $5.4 million over the weekend. This latest security breach joins the growing list of exploits suffered in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space so far in 2026. Gravity Bridge Hack Traced To Signing Key Compromise: Investigator On Saturday, May 31st, blockchain sleuth Specter highlighted that Gravity Bridge might have been exploited through what he described as a signing key compromise. For context, a signing key compromise refers to the unauthorized disclosure or theft of a cryptographic key, allowing an attacker to…