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Crypto / Payments & Infrastructure - South Korea's Shinhan Card to test real-world stablecoin payments on Solana - Meta begins offering USDC creator payouts to crypto wallets on Solana and Polygon blockchains - Visa stablecoin settlement hits $7 billion run rate as pilot expands to nine blockchains - OKX rolls out Agent Payments Protocol designed to support AI business cycles - Solana Ventures leads $18 million round in Squads to scale its stablecoin platform Altitude Regulation & Institutions - Crypto VC Hashed gains financial services license in Abu Dhabi - MoonPay acquires crypto key manager Sodot, launches institutional business led by former CFTC acting chair - FBI leads arrests of 276 in global crypto “pig butchering” scams Market & Trading - Bitcoin slips to $75,000 as Fed holds rates, dissenters chill Warsh “pivot party” - Grayscale's Zcash Trust volume doubles as ZEC’s shielded supply hits record highs - Prediction market volume tops $25 billion monthly as retail activity dominates, crypto drives onboarding: report Corporate & Industry Developments - Trump-backed WLFI token falls 13% as controversial governance proposal opens for voting - Tether stakeholder's undisclosed £5 million gift to Farage adds to Reform UK funding scrutiny: reports Outlook & Research - "DeFi bent, not broken": Standard Chartered says rsETH episode won't derail path to $2T RWA market

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