US President Trump proposes $1.5 trillion defense budget, with Castelion receiving $550 million in financing

According to ship tracking data from Kpler and Vortex, the United Arab Emirates increased its crude oil and condensate exports to historic highs in June. According to Rauball, a senior oil analyst at Kpler, the average export volume of crude oil and condensate from the United Arab Emirates this month was about 3.7 million barrels per day, higher than the level of 3.1 million to 3.3 million barrels per day before the outbreak of the Middle East conflict. The previous peak export volume was 3.44 million barrels per day in April 2020. Emma Li, Senior Oil Analyst at Vortex, stated that from June 1st to 29th, Abu Dhabi's crude oil loading reached 4 million barrels per day, exceeding the pre war level of 3.4 million barrels per day, and exports rose to 3.7 million barrels per day, compared to 3.3 million barrels per day in the first two months of this year.

According to Cointelegraph, on chain capital market platform Theo has invested $20 million in FILQ, a tokenized US dollar liquidity fund under Fidelity International, through Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum, becoming the first crypto native platform to invest in the fund. FILQ is a US dollar liquidity fund issued on the Sygnum Desygnate platform, rated Aaa mf by Moody's, investing in diversified short-term money market tools. Chainlink provides on chain net asset value and dividend data, and JPMorgan Chase (daily) reviews the net asset value. RWA.xyz data shows that FILQ currently manages approximately $55.1 million in on chain assets, with Theo's investment accounting for nearly one-third.

Bitcoin financial services company Strike announced that its European entity Zap (Strike) Europe Limited has been approved by the Malta Financial Services Authority to become a compliant cryptocurrency service provider under the framework of the European Union's Crypto Asset Market Regulation Act. Strike can provide Bitcoin financial services across the 27 member states of the European Union.

The European Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves decreased by 100 million euros to 344.4 billion euros.

The exchange operator will offer its TotalView data feed through Pyth's marketplace as financial firms increasingly build applications on blockchain rails.