USDC (USDC)

wintermute just entered the morpho vault curation space yesterday. product is called armitage two USDC vaults at launch, currently $30m in select v2 at 3.45% net APY (target 5%) the edge: wintermute can liquidate in-house through their MM infrastructure. that lets armitage accept collateral types other curators (gauntlet, steakhouse, MEV capital) won't touch imo too low to deposit for now considering what the market is offering elsewhere, but definitely interesting to see top-tier market makers move into curator role on public defi rails

nothing destr0ys your rep as a creator like promoting presales of z-tier projects all that awareness and only $125 has been raised so far lmeow https://t.co/4Rh6K8ILh1

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The project is claiming: > We never raised $4.7M, there was a bug on our UI, and thanks to the community for highlighting it, we've now fixed it (ikykk) > We sold $3.3M worth of tokens, check out the networkSaleSoldAmount function, we did - Actually they've only raised $125 USDC so far 0xdEfd61239b68A6c1A1261265d5a6a22c5f74b150 - The networkSaleSoldAmount function can be called by the admin and set to any amount (they can write that $10M worth of tokens have been sold) Which part of the cycle is this? They don't even know the basics of on-chain & wants to extract lol

🇯🇵 Starting from June 1, the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) officially allows certain foreign‑issued stablecoins such as USDC to operate legally in Japan under a clearer regulatory framework. Instead of being treated as traditional securities, Japan classifies stablecoins as “Electronic Payment Instruments”, paving a clearer legal path for financial institutions and exchanges. However, the regulations remain very strict. Stablecoins must be fully backed 1:1 by safe liquid assets, and issuers and intermediaries in Japan must meet licensing, audit, anti‑money‑laundering (AML) and user protection standards.

“China’s Buffett” Opens First Position in Circle Prominent investor Duan Yongping—often dubbed “China’s Buffett”—disclosed a first-time stake in Circle Internet Group (CRCL) in his Q1 2026 SEC 13F filing, buying 200,000 shares at an average cost of about $95.41, or roughly $19.08 million. The position represents about 0.095% of his roughly $20 billion portfolio, indicating a small, watch-list sized allocation. Duan had previously said in July 2025 that he was not interested in stablecoins, making the purchase a notable shift nine months later.