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Trad.Fi, W3 target $650 million in onchain private credit using AI evaluation
Equipment-financing lender Trad.Fi is working with W3 to automate capital workflows and bring real-economy business lending onto public blockchain rails.

Wall Street will run entirely on the blockchain by 2030, says Brickken CEO
Edwin Mata argues that EU regulations are choking local startups, leaving the U.S. and automated AI tools to run the future of tokenized finance.

Bitcoin's bounce isn't a bullish revival, with anything from $68,000 to $80,000 seen as a marker
Your day-ahead look for June 9, 2026

The startup killer: Ledger CTO says the EU's crushing compliance costs are choking Web3 innovation
Industry insiders warn that MiCA's steep financial barriers are choking early-stage innovation.

Aave chief defends protocol's 'resilience' after $8.45 billion bank run
The founder of the largest DeFi platform blamed "third-party” entities for decentralized finance’s vulnerabilities, while independent data highlights severe gaps in Aave’s own risk architecture.

Bybit challenges Wall Street with a massive push into tokenized U.S. stock IPOs
Retail investors can now buy shares at official underwritten prices through the crypto exchange, bypassing Wall Street’s exclusive pre-IPO clubs.

Crypto's recovery remains elusive as SpaceX, Anthropic IPOs loom
Your day-ahead look for June 8, 2026

A crypto pioneer who turned a $20 million family stake into a billion-dollar fund doubles down on bitcoin
Sourcing initial capital from his mother to build a $1 billion crypto empire, DFG CEO James Wo says market metrics do not support Tom Lee’s $250,000 ether prediction.

Why diehard bitcoin purists aren’t sweating the massive price crash that wiped out $200 billion
Mati Greenspan, Michael Saylor and Jameson Lopp blamed the AI boom for draining capital from bitcoin. Meanwhile, Jack Mallers refrained from sharing an outlook but recommended buying the dip.

AI exposed a massive flaw in top crypto network and experts warn banks could be next
After an AI model helped uncover a four-year-old flaw in Zcash, security researchers warn that similar bugs may be hiding across crypto and traditional financial systems.

