Humanity Protocol built its business on palm-scan biometrics and "proof of personhood" credentials, a Worldcoin-style bet that verifying humans, would become critical infrastructure. In June 2026 attackers compromised a developer's laptop via a phishing email and made off with private keys tied to a Humanity Foundation member, draining roughly $36 million from the project's treasury. The H token collapsed as much as 89% within a day.

This Week Overview (June 30 – July 3, 2026): Joulent secured $1.75 billion from National Grid Ventures, which takes a 35% stake, to build a 2.67-gigawatt gas power plant in West Texas ("Project Kilby"). Together AI closed an $800 million Series C led by Aramco Ventures at an $8.3 billion valuation. Venice AI raised its first-ever outside round: $65 million at a $1 billion valuation. Five federal regulators proposed KYC rules for stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act.

This week overview (June 8 - June 12, 2026): • Cyera raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, highlighting growing demand for AI-era cybersecurity platforms. • TensorWave secured $350 million to expand its AMD-powered AI infrastructure. • Bybit launched IPO Express, bringing tokenized IPO access to retail investors and allowing participation in offerings such as SpaceX. • NinjaOne surpassed a $12.3 billion valuation after raising over $400 million.

This week overview (June 1 - June 5, 2026): • Franklin Templeton integrated its BENJI tokenized money market fund with MoonPay Trade. • Robinhood completed its $180 million acquisition of WonderFi, entering the Canadian crypto market. • Alphabet increased its planned equity raise to $84.75 billion. • Coinbase and Better funded the first bitcoin-backed mortgage, allowing borrowers to use bitcoin and USDC as collateral for home purchases.

This week overview (May 25 - May 29, 2026): Kraken expands its ecosystem with Kraken Prop, offering up to $200,000 in funded capital. VanEck launches the first U.S. spot BNB ETF (VBNB), giving regulated exchange-traded exposure to BNB. Circle strengthens its payments infrastructure by integrating Nium into the Circle Payments Network. Anthropic raises $65 billion in a Series H round at a $965 billion valuation.

This week overview (May 18 - May 22, 2026): Tether and Gnosis co-led a $4.4 million seed round into Sorted Wallet. MoonPay acquired cross-chain infrastructure platform Decent.xyz in an eight-figure deal and launched MoonPay Trade. Blackstone and Google announced a new AI infrastructure joint venture backed by a $5 billion commitment. Hyperliquid’s HYPE token surged above $60 after spot HYPE ETFs from Bitwise and 21Shares.

This week overview: Franklin Templeton is expanding its crypto footprint with the acquisition of 250 Digital, Venture capital hit an all-time high in Q1 2026, with $300 billion deployed, 80% of it into AI frontier labs, Google warned that quantum computers could break existing encryption by 2029.