MetaMask Launches Pool-Based Staking Service for Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• Katherine Minarik, former Coinbase legal executive, becomes the new Chief Legal Officer of Uniswap Labs.
• Fireblocks partners with Coinbase International to provide enhanced security, governance, and policy controls for its clients.
• Bitget Wallet adds support for TON Connect, a DApp connectivity protocol within the TON ecosystem.
• Bitget lists io.net (IO) and will open PoolX mining on June 12th.
• Bitget partners with three Turkish Olympic athletes for its MakeItCount campaign.
• Crypto.com obtains a VASP license in Ireland.

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• Apple launches Apple Intelligence to integrate ChatGPT into its operating system. Elon Musk says Apple devices will be banned at his companies if Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level.
• The Ethereum Foundation and its affiliated addresses sell 15,455 ETH.
• ProShares files an S-1 for a spot Ethereum ETF, expanding on the roles of BNY Mellon and Coinbase.
• MetaMask launches a pool-based staking service for Ethereum.

3. Financing Trends:

• Honeypot Finance raises $1.3 million in strategic funding led by TKX Capital.
• Ink Finance raises over $5 million in funding with participation from GSR and others.
• Binance Labs invests in Zircuit.
• Symbiotic, a restaking project, raises $5.8 million in seed round funding led by Paradigm.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• The UK's FCA issues a warning against crypto investment firm Digital Assets Nest.
• EU's MiCA to reach a key deadline on June 30, with stablecoin regulations to be gradually implemented.
• Thailand's SEC revokes Zipmex's crypto license.