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In a recent publication titled the “May 2022 market recap and outlook”, Kraken, a leading cryptocurrency exchange in the United States provided interesting insights into the performance of some metaverse tokens in the month of May. 

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand proposed the Responsible Financial Innovation Act on 7 June. This is the first attempt to build a comprehensive regulatory framework regarding digital assets in the United States.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said he has asked agency staff to consider requiring brokerages to route individual investors’ orders to buy or sell stocks into auctions, as part of an effort to increase competition in the market.

As the competition becomes even more cutthroat amongst blockchain platform providers, it has become a game of which platform has more benefits and utility to offer its users.

In his new role, Paul will be tasked with leading the Fireblocks' engagement with central banks and market infrastructures as they begin adopting digital asset and tokenization technologies.According to the Bank for International Settlements, fully 90% of central banks are actively exploring CBDCs and more than half are now developing them or running concrete experiments.Says Paul: "Financial innovation in CBDC, DeFi and tokenization is rapidly accelerating, and my new role at Fireblocks allows me the privilege and opportunity to work alongside some of the most forward-thinking organizations in the world as they prepare for one of the sector's greatest transformations."Since launching in 2019, Fireblocks has onboarded more than 1,300 institutional customers, providing digital asset and crypto products for custodians, fintech, crypto exchanges, lending desks, super apps and asset management firms.

Cryptio is an enterprise-grade crypto accounting and reporting platform that helps financial institutions, corporates and crypto-native businesses navigate the fragmented digital-asset landscape. The firm already claims more than 200 clients, including Consensys, Aave and DeFi Saver, and has seen revenue grow 12x since its seed round last March.Antoine Scalia, CEO, Cryptio, says: "The biggest challenge with crypto accounting on the institutional level is having auditable and reliable transaction history data.

UK-based payments solution provider Checkout.com announced on Tuesday the launch of its stablecoin settlement solution by using Fireblocks’ new crypto payment technology.

At press time, Stellar [XLM] was walking on eggshells while witnessing a fierce clash between the buyers and sellers in the $0.13-zone. A close below ascending channel could spiral into undesired losses by opening a door toward the $0.12-zone.

Your internal alarm bells may ring when reading your next 401(k) plan statement — at first blush, at least.

Cardano [ADA] seems to have shifted gears in favor of a bullish recovery in June as is the case with its performance so far. ADA bulls are once again showing their strength this week after maintaining an upward trajectory during the weekend and well into Monday, 6 June. But can they maintain the same momentum, or are they due for another correction?

Pension plans and other institutional investors are embracing a federal proposal that would force hedge funds and private equity funds to provide more disclosures to investors.

Yesterday, following the detection of a “set of suspicious activities”, Maiar Exchange (Maiar Dex) a decentralized exchange deployed on the Elrond Network, was placed under maintenance.

Bitcoin [BTC], the largest cryptocurrency has finally ended its bearish streak after recording nine weekly red candles. At press time, BTC surged by more than 6% as it traded at the $31.5k mark. But that doesn’t fade the fact BTC remains down by 32.5% since the start of the year. Also, HODLers have suffered immense losses. Thus, considering this scenario, can BTC continue the uptrend?

Fung is gunning to be the first regulated platform that unifies crypto and fiat payment rails in a bid to allow for better access to digital assets and payment services. The firm says it will offer technology to merchants to take crypto and fiat payment rails in a compliant manner, where they can meet their own mandatory KYC/AML obligations.Initially it will target e-commerce companies who want to accept fiat and crypto payments at checkout, as well as configurable payouts.

Pension plans and other institutional investors are embracing a federal proposal that would force hedge funds and private equity funds to provide more disclosures to investors.

Elon Musk said Twitter is refusing to comply with its obligations under its deal to be bought by Musk, and that Musk has the right to terminate the deal.

Bermuda is the most recent jurisdiction to express a desire to be at the forefront of cryptocurrency legislation. It is presently planning to create a comprehensive and extensive crypto-regulatory framework.

MG Motor said it will provide five different experience centres as part of the initiative.

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be considered investment advice.

AAVE turned out to be one of the best performing cryptocurrencies in the second half of May. It rallied by more than 80% after the May crash but it kicked off June with a slight correction.

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be considered investment advice.