WEEKLY BRIEF Jun 28–Jul 5, 2026

Headlines
• BlackRock to integrate Ethena's USDe into its $25T Aladdin investment platform
• Trump financial disclosure reveals $100M+ in BTC/ETH and $600M+ in memecoin earnings
• Financial giants (Visa, BlackRock, Coinbase) to launch OUSD stablecoin; Samsung and others clarify roles
• Robinhood launches Crypto Earn and TradFi perpetuals in Europe
• Standard Chartered initiates coverage of Morpho with a $60 price target
• Venice AI reaches unicorn status with $65M Series A at $1B+ valuation
• Strategy raises $1.2B for USD reserve and authorizes $1B buyback program
• DefiLlama severs connection to DLNews following sale to external buyer
• Securitize lists on the NYSE under ticker SECZ
• VALR becomes first CEX to integrate Hyperliquid as onchain perpetuals infrastructure

Weekly ETF Flows
• BTC: -$526.1M net outflows
• ETH: -$13.7M net outflows
• SOL: +$5.7M net inflows
• HYP: +$4.3M net inflows

Exchange Listings
• Bithumb: $CAP (spot), $MPLX (spot), $NEX (spot)
• Upbit: $AI (spot, KRW), $MPLX (spot), $NEX (spot)
• Binance: $OPG (hodler airdrops), $GRAM (futures), $DATAIP (futures)

Regulatory
• SEC Chair Atkins signals historic steps to move US markets onchain
• Bybit ceases all services to users in the European Economic Area
• Binance and CZ sued for $200M by British investors
• US Commerce expected to lift export controls on Anthropic's Fable

Market Flows
• US spot crypto ETFs saw $6.3B net outflows in H1 2026, led by Bitcoin redemptions
• Crypto payments company Mesh raising funding round at $2B valuation
• eToro leads $12.5M funding round for Extended; plans Zengo perpetuals integration
• Hyperliquid and trade.xyz charts go live on TradingView
• AMAT listed on Hyperliquid HIP-3 via trade.xyz
• SpaceX shares recover as Polymarket odds on July IPO price shift