Ripple is taking part in Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines program, positioning the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and its RLUSD stablecoin for AI-enabled, autonomous payments. Mastercard said on June 10 it is collaborating with more than 30 partners to support always-on machine transactions that require controls, permissions, and dependable settlement. Ripple and RippleX executives emphasized rule-based spending limits, auditability, and regulated stablecoin settlement as agent-driven commerce expands.

Ethics provisions tied to the crypto market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act have hit a "rocky" phase as Senate lawmakers debate how the rules should be enforced. Separately, over 60 crypto firms on June 9 urged the Senate to protect developers' rights, while industry voices argued that regulatory uncertainty can be more expensive than regulation itself.

Tether said on June 10 it will lead a Series C financing of up to $1.4 billion for Germany's NEURA Robotics. The plan includes integrating Tether's open-source Wallet Development Kit into NEURA's robots so they can hold self-custodial wallets and carry out crypto payments, including micropayments, under predefined rules. NEURA is also set to test and deploy Tether's QVAC edge AI runtime inside its Neuraverse software platform.

Raydium said it will cover losses after an attacker drained about $1.34 million from five deprecated liquidity pools tied to its legacy AMM V3 program that has been phased out since 2021. The team said current users and active pools were not impacted, and stated reimbursement will be paid from Raydium's treasury while it reviews mainnet programs for vulnerabilities.

Raydium said Wednesday that its retired AMM V3 program was exploited for $1.34 million on Solana. The DEX reported losses of about 150,000 RAY, 5,600 SOL, and nearly 900,000 USDC from pools including RAY-SOL, USDC-RAY, and SRM-RAY. Raydium said the issue stemmed from insufficient validation of LP mints, while stating its current programs were not impacted.

On June 10, 2026, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its first proposed framework for prediction markets, outlining how it would judge whether event contracts serve the public interest or violate federal law. The draft uses a three-step review and a flexible balancing test, and would open a 45-day public comment period after finalization, taking effect 60 days after adoption.

Shotgun.fun said it launched in New York on June 10, 2026, positioning itself as a trading terminal that can return up to 100% of trading fees to users, starting at 50% and increasing with volume tiers. The platform says it is non-custodial and secured through Turnkey, and it is debuting with Solana support while planning additional chains and agentic trading features.

Ripple Labs' RippleX introduced the XRP Ledger AI Starter Kit on June 10, rolling it out in stages to help developers build agent-powered apps and enable autonomous payments on XRPL. The toolkit adds support for the X402 web payments protocol, allowing AI agents to pay for services using XRP and Ripple USD (RLUSD). It also includes an MCP server so tools like Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Cursor can query XRPL documentation directly.