Weekly brief: June 28, 2026 – July 5, 2026
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WEEKLY BRIEF Jun 28–Jul 5, 2026
Headlines
Weekly ETF Flows
Exchange Listings
Regulatory
Market Flows
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