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๐Ÿ”ฅ THE CENTERPIECE
HashKey taps Hong Kong's first regulated stablecoin to settle insurance and trade deals
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โ‚ฟ CRYPTO

๐ŸŸ  Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody for institutional clients later this year โ€” CoinDesk +1
๐ŸŸ  Toyota Finance opens tokenized bonds to retail investors via mobile payment app โ€” Cointelegraph +1
๐ŸŸ  Arthur Hayes comes out of retirement to lead Flop Labs and plans FLOP token for the agentic economy โ€” Crypto Briefing
๐ŸŸ  Cypherpunk Technologies launches largest Zcash mining operation with $33M Winklevoss backing โ€” Crypto Briefing

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท KOREA KITCHEN

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Ethereum Foundation executes $5.5M Q2 grants โ€” TokenPost
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Business development firm resumes bond issuance with mixed rates โ€” TokenPost
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท 99 trillion won AI contract reshapes bitcoin miner valuations โ€” TokenPost
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Stablecoin card spending surges 7x to $642M โ€” TokenPost

๐Ÿ“ˆ MACRO

๐ŸŒ Klarna stock plunges 20% on trimmed guidance as German retail sales slow โ€” Yahoo Finance +1
๐ŸŒ After a long job search, this 45-year-old is ditching corporate for nursing schoolโ€”she wishes she'd done it earlier โ€” CNBC
๐ŸŒ 30-year Treasury yield tops 5.33%, new 19-year high on inflation, spending concerns โ€” CNBC

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