SQUID REPORT · Leviathan News crypto, DeFi, and AI news roundup

World Cup pushes prediction market volume from $65M to $5.6B as Kalshi leads June surge
ESMA says prediction market event contracts likely fall under EU retail ban on binary options
Ondo-backed op-ed warns against turning tokenized securities into private walled gardens, calling for investor protections alongside open competition
Ondo-backed op-ed warns against turning tokenized securities into private walled gardens, calling for investor protections alongside open competition
ASIC secures A$20.5M ASX penalty over misleading blockchain CHESS replacement update
Socket's one-click deposit addresses unlock seamless cross-platform fund transfers with zero fees
Aave teases upcoming consumer app launch, aiming to bring DeFi savings and yield products to mainstream users through a simplified experience
Aave teases upcoming consumer app launch, aiming to bring DeFi savings and yield products to mainstream users through a simplified experience
Aave V4 surpasses $250M in deposits, marking a major liquidity milestone as the protocol gears up for its next phase of DeFi lending expansion
Maple Finance joins Global Dollar Network, launches syrupUSDG for USDG yield opportunities
Nearly 1M $TRUMP buyers lose $3.8B while sophisticated traders come out ahead
Nearly 1M $TRUMP buyers lose $3.8B while sophisticated traders come out ahead
Corezcat and GameStopfun rug pulls drain $93K through external balanceOf logic
Morpho Association raises $175M from Paradigm, a16z, and Ribbit to build open credit network
Visa joins Canton as super validator with $4.6B stablecoin settlement run rate for regulated finance
Visa joins Canton as super validator with $4.6B stablecoin settlement run rate for regulated finance
Samsung, Dunamu and Shinhan deny formally joining Open Standard's OUSD consortium, saying they were listed as members without official consultation
Starknet launches low-fee STRK20s privacy pool on mainnet for all ERC-20s via Ready and Xverse
THORChain traces $10M May 15 vault drain to GG20 zero-day after 864 failed signing rounds
THORChain traces $10M May 15 vault drain to GG20 zero-day after 864 failed signing rounds
PancakeSwap launches v2 and v3 AMMs on RobinhoodCrypto Chain as 9 new bStocks hit BNB Chain