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According to BBX data, last week the expansion of institutional crypto infrastructure and the differentiation of cash flow management models for mining companies were implemented simultaneously. The core dynamics are as follows:Morgan Stanley (NYSE: $MS) Wealth Management Department and Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: $GLXY) officially announced a recommended cooperation agreement on June 5: allowing Morgan Stanley's qualified high-net-worth clients to lend directly held BTC, ETH, or SOL to Galaxy Digital. After Galaxy, as an Authorized Participant (AP), completes the creation of physical shares, the corresponding spot crypto ETP shares (including Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, NYSE Arca: $MSBT) will be directly transferred to the client's brokerage account; the converted ETP shares can be used as collateral for account financing. Key parameters: Galaxy Digital has reduced the minimum trading threshold for Morgan Stanley's recommended clients from $25 million to $5 million, significantly expanding the coverage of qualified high-net-worth clients; traditional similar institutional trades usually take more than four weeks to complete, while the new mechanism can shorten the entire process by up to 75%. The legal basis for this cooperation is the SEC's approval of the physical conversion ETF mechanism for crypto assets in July 2025, allowing direct physical conversion between directly held crypto assets and spot crypto ETFs, with Morgan Stanley's $MSBT being one of the first beneficiary products.Bitdeer Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: $BTDR) reported that as of the week of June 5, 2026, Bitcoin mining output was 205.3 BTC, with the same amount sold, resulting in a net holding of 0 BTC, maintaining a current BTC position of zero, continuing the "output equals sale" cash flow management strategy; the proceeds from sales are used to support the R&D of its SEALMINER mining hardware product line and the expansion of hash power hosting services. Bitdeer's zero holding model sharply contrasts with mining companies like CleanSpark, Inc. (NASDAQ: $CLSK) (holding approximately 13,561 BTC) and MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $MARA) (holding approximately 35,303 BTC), which continue to accumulate Bitcoin, representing another financially rational path for mining companies during the BTC price downturn cycle—exchanging immediate liquidity for stable operational cash flow, avoiding the impact of single asset price fluctuations on the balance sheet.

Dragonfly Managing Partner Haseeb published a statement regarding the recently patched Zcash vulnerability, indicating that there are many misunderstandings in the market about this event. He pointed out that even if the vulnerability had been exploited before it was fixed, attackers could only profit by faking ZEC in the privacy pool, and these tokens must first be converted from a privacy address to a transparent address to enter mainstream trading platforms.Since the supply of ZEC in transparent addresses can be publicly verified, any abnormal transfers exceeding the maximum supply will be detected and blocked, so the vast majority of investors holding transparent ZEC and exchange users will not be affected.Haseeb stated that the Zcash team plans to introduce a new "Turnstile" mechanism and a brand new privacy pool in future upgrades to verify that there is no inflation issue in the current privacy pool. He also mentioned that formally verified cryptographic systems can reduce implementation errors from a design perspective. Haseeb finally disclosed that Dragonfly still holds ZEC, and he is also a ZODL investor.

According to Barron's, Morgan Stanley's wealth management division has partnered with Galaxy Digital, allowing high-net-worth clients holding Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Solana to convert their direct holdings into a spot crypto ETF.The converted ETF can be used as collateral for financing, with a minimum trading threshold of $5 million. In July 2025, the SEC approved a physical conversion mechanism between directly held crypto assets and spot crypto ETFs, laying the regulatory foundation for this collaboration.

B.AI announced a partnership with Chainbase to jointly build underlying infrastructure. B.AI promotes a financial infrastructure centered around intelligent agents, while Chainbase constructs the access layer AgentKey (AgentKey.app) for unified access to web, social, and on-chain data. B.AI understands that the biggest bottleneck for AI intelligent agents is not intelligence, but access permissions. The two will work together to open a complete channel for web, social, on-chain data, and financial services, allowing intelligent agents to operate freely in the real world, truly possessing greater access permissions and stronger autonomy, becoming more capable AI intelligent agents.

According to Cointelegraph, Coinbase and Better Home & Finance announced a plan to launch a cryptocurrency-backed mortgage program in the summer of 2026, allowing eligible borrowers to use Bitcoin (BTC) or USDC as collateral to fund down payments for Fannie Mae-backed mortgages. This move comes after the U.S. FHFA instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to consider cryptocurrency assets in mortgage risk assessments starting June 2025, without the need to convert them into fiat currency.Other lending institutions, such as Newrez, have already followed suit with similar initiatives. However, some U.S. senators have expressed concerns that the price volatility of cryptocurrency assets could threaten the stability of the housing market. Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has proposed the "21st Century Mortgage Act," aiming to solidify the aforementioned policy in legislative form.

Goldman Sachs announced a collaboration with fund service provider Apex Group, digital asset trading platform Archax, infrastructure provider Ownera, and real estate investment management company LRC Group to launch a blockchain-native real estate fund, further promoting the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA).The fund combines a traditional fund structure with a blockchain-native issuance model, with fund shares tokenized through Goldman Sachs' blockchain platform GS DAP. LRC Group serves as the fund manager, Archax is responsible for regulated digital securities custody and acts as the first distribution partner, while Ownera connects all participants and distribution channels.Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs, stated that issuing blockchain-native fund shares through GS DAP allows for more precise investments in real estate assets and creates conditions for easier share transfers in the future.The market believes that as traditional financial institutions accelerate their layout, the tokenization of real-world assets such as real estate is gradually moving from conceptual exploration to practical application.

Tether has partnered with Fasset to launch the world's first gold-backed Visa debit card, allowing users to spend fiat currency at Visa merchants globally while earning up to 6% cash back in gold tokens XAUT on eligible transactions.The card supports real-time conversion of XAUT to USDT and then to fiat currency, and it also features an automatic rounding function that automatically invests transaction spare change into gold tokens XAUT, enabling passive gold accumulation in daily spending.Tether has committed to investing up to $1 million in XAUT for rewards in the ecosystem, promoting the adoption of tokenized gold in emerging markets. Currently, the total market capitalization of tokenized gold exceeds $5.3 billion, with XAUT accounting for over $2.6 billion.

Bitget's compliant RWA issuance platform Reality announced a partnership with the U.S. registered brokerage and self-clearing agency Alpaca. According to the cooperation details, Alpaca will provide brokerage infrastructure support for Reality, assisting it in accessing U.S. stocks and ETF tokenized products within a regulated market framework, covering key aspects such as clearing, custody, and trade execution.Founded in 2015, Alpaca is a developer-first brokerage infrastructure company, with Alpaca Clearing being a FINRA registered broker-dealer and SIPC member, focusing on the custody and clearing of underlying assets. Through this partnership, Reality will further enhance its underlying infrastructure capabilities for tokenized U.S. stocks and ETF products, providing a more standardized and transparent access method for eligible global users.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that Reality is a key part of Bitget UEX's panoramic exchange strategy, aiming to connect traditional financial assets with on-chain infrastructure in a more pragmatic way. Alpaca co-founder and CEO Yoshi Yokokawa expressed his pleasure in partnering with Reality to jointly promote the development of tokenized stock infrastructure, further enhancing the accessibility of global financial services.

LBank has deeply integrated RootData data in the trading page update. Users can now view project introductions, financing, team members, calendar events, and other data through the currency detail page, allowing users to understand project information more clearly and accurately when investing, reducing information barriers and noise.Currently, the cumulative partners of the RootData API have exceeded 200, including Binance, OKX Wallet, Gate, HashKey Exchange, TokenPocket, Ethereum Foundation, CertiK, Blockworks, Amber Group, CMT Digital, CoinPost, BlockBeats, Minara AI, and others, covering various application scenarios such as exchanges, wallets, security audit companies, institutions, data information platforms, AI products, and media.

Polymarket announced on Thursday that it has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with the Berlin digital football platform OneFootball, which will connect the prediction market to OneFootball's 200 million monthly active users and 645 million fan ecosystem about two weeks before the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Polymarket will be the only prediction market partner within the OneFootball app, and competitors like Kalshi will not be allowed to enter this product.This is Polymarket's seventh major football partnership this year and the first collaboration aimed at media application distribution channels, having previously signed agreements with MLS, LaLiga, Serie A, Lazio, and DAZN.According to analysis by the Pew Research Center, since July 2024, sports have accounted for 39% of Polymarket's total trading volume. The 2026 World Cup champion market has seen a cumulative trading volume of over $1.2 billion since its launch last July, while the broader World Cup category market totals approximately $1.3 billion.OneFootball has previously launched the OFC token based on Base and Ethereum, as well as the points system BALLS. The integration with Polymarket will convert user engagement into actual transactions. OneFootball has raised over $300 million in funding, with investors including Liberty City Ventures, Animoca Brands, and Adidas.

According to Finance Feeds, payment giant Mastercard has partnered with the decentralized oracle protocol Chainlink to establish a direct fiat-to-cryptocurrency gateway for its global users.This collaboration allows Mastercard cardholders to bypass centralized exchanges and directly acquire digital assets within on-chain smart contracts. The initial card transaction layer is handled by Shift4 Payments, while Zero Hash is responsible for compliance tracking, custody routing, and instant settlement from fiat to cryptocurrency. Ultimately, the funds are pushed to a public distributed ledger through Chainlink's infrastructure and integrated into the Swapper Finance platform, which utilizes XSwap to obtain liquidity from decentralized exchanges like Uniswap.This integration compresses card processing, regulatory review, cross-chain messaging, and AMM Swap into a single continuous transaction.

Coinbase announced a partnership with Standard Chartered Bank to expand global multi-currency funding channels through Coinbase Prime, supporting Australian dollars, Singapore dollars, Canadian dollars, Swiss francs, euros, and British pounds.Coinbase stated that this move will enhance capital efficiency, reduce foreign exchange friction, and enable institutional clients to seamlessly conduct global market operations on the same platform through Coinbase Prime.

BNB Chain today announced the launch of the Agent Survival Toolkit, in collaboration with six major AI infrastructure partners, empowering autonomous AI Agents with on-chain payment capabilities. All transactions are settled on BSC using BNB or BEP-20 tokens.The projects involved cover two levels: LLM access and financial infrastructure, including Alt AI, Pieverse, Bankr, WorldClaw, B.AI, and AEON, fully connecting the complete loop from AI Agent computing power invocation to on-chain settlement. Each participating project will also launch an on-chain incentive program without the need for additional registration.The Agent Survival Toolkit follows the release of the BNBAgent SDK, further enhancing BNB Chain's infrastructure layout in the AI Agent field. For more information, please visit www.bnbchain.org.Disclaimer: BNB Chain has no subordinate or operational relationship with any of the projects mentioned in this article. The Agent Survival Toolkit is an ecological plan showcasing independently built projects on BNB Chain. This content is for reference only and does not constitute any financial or investment advice. Please conduct independent research and assess potential risks before interacting with any related projects.

According to Bloomberg, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange) is collaborating with the cryptocurrency trading platform OKX to launch perpetual futures contracts linked to crude oil.According to statements from both parties, ICE's Brent crude oil and WTI crude oil futures prices will serve as the pricing basis for the related perpetual contracts. The product will be launched in regions where OKX is licensed to offer perpetual contract trading.

Bitget announced the continuation of its partnership with UNICEF GCC into the second year. Since its launch, this alliance has reached over 642,000 adolescents, parents, and teachers across 8 countries, including Armenia, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Morocco, and South Africa, with female participants accounting for 52%. According to the plan, the next phase of GCC courses will introduce new modules such as AI.GCC was initiated by the UNICEF Innovation Office, aiming to provide digital skills education to adolescents in emerging economies. Bitget joined the alliance in June 2025 through a partnership with the Luxembourg UNICEF. In the first year of collaboration, Bitget supported the advancement of the GCC project through various activities, including a visit to Cambodia by Bitget CMO Ignacio Aguirre to observe the digital skills training program, and support from CEO Gracy Chen for the first global UNICEF Game Jam, helping young creators enhance their digital capabilities through game development, mentorship, and online courses.Entering the second year, Bitget will continue to support the expansion of GCC in course development and regional coverage, including the addition of 3 new countries, and promote the implementation of AI courses. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that young people often grow rapidly when given opportunities and resources, and Bitget hopes to help more young people establish long-term digital skills through this collaboration. Thomas Davin, Global Director of the UNICEF Innovation Office, also mentioned that the GCC project aims to address the shortcomings of contemporary youth in digital skills education, and in the future, will empower more youth groups in need of support in collaboration with Bitget.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Alphabet's Google and Blackstone plan to jointly create an artificial intelligence cloud company, centered around Google's proprietary chips, directly competing with rivals like CoreWeave. Blackstone will invest $5 billion in equity capital and hold a majority stake in the company. The deal was officially announced on Monday local time, and the name of the new company has not yet been disclosed.