AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoCrypto Crime Watch: ZachXBT says a Chinese network laundered $1B+ for North Korea’s Lazarus, tying part of the flow to the Bybit theft and claiming $75M+ has been frozen. Institutional Settlement: Solana Foundation launched an open-source Solana DvP tool for delivery-versus-payment trade settlement in seconds, with JPMorgan input—though SOL’s role looks mostly fee-related. Tokenized Stocks Go Mainstream: ICE/OKX got SEC clearance to move tokenized U.S. stock trading forward, aiming for regulated, permissioned blockchain settlement. Stablecoins & RWA Momentum: Paxos’ USDG jumped to a $3.2B market cap (+340% YoY), while XRP Ledger stablecoins rose ~8% this week toward overtaking Avalanche. Regulation Push: The CFTC proposed a federal framework for leveraged retail crypto trading via a new CTX/CAM path. DeFi Security: A Winchester study pegs flash-loan losses at $1.211B (2020–2024), with attacks getting harder to predict. AI + Onchain Trust: Mysten Labs and Google Cloud unveiled Verifiable Agent Arbiter to cryptographically confirm AI agents stayed within authority. Market Pulse: Ethereum sits around $2,716; XRP trades near $1.50 as Evernorth’s XRPN Nasdaq debut approaches.
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