🔮 ZenDaily - 18th June 2026 🔮

China Expands Digital Yuan Network To 26 Institutions, Polygon Scales To 5,000 Payments Per Second, Aster Unveils Aggressive Buyback-And-Burn Tokenomics, And More.

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🗞 NFT NEWSFLASH

• The current Bitcoin price is $63.9K, ETH is $1.73K, and BNB is $588.69.: https://tinyurl.com/4w5m5cfe

• Merkle Capital Launches Asia's First Regulated INJ Fund. M-INJ brings regulated Injective exposure to one of the world's fastest-growing digital asset markets.: https://tinyurl.com/439889bp

• Polygon Scales to 5,000 Payments Per Second. The network claims Visa-level throughput as it expands its infrastructure for real-world payments.: https://tinyurl.com/455nakmw

• Tether winds down gold-backed aUSDT stablecoin. Tether is discontinuing aUSDT, its dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by tokenized gold, as the company reallocates resources toward higher-growth opportunities.: https://tinyurl.com/mrm9xwtb

• China expands Digital Yuan Network with 26 financial institutions. China has added 26 banks and financial firms to its cross-border digital yuan payment system, accelerating efforts to internationalize the e-CNY.: https://tinyurl.com/465rvr69

• Aster unveils aggressive buyback-and-burn tokenomics. Aster will allocate 99% of daily platform fees to ASTER buybacks, while matching token burns aim to reduce total supply from 8 billion to 3 billion.: https://tinyurl.com/t788eukt

• XRP Ledger poised to benefit from Quantum Readiness push in France. The cybersecurity agency ANSSI will stop certifying non-quantum-resistant cryptographic products from 2027, pushing blockchain networks to fast-track post-quantum upgrades.: https://tinyurl.com/bynydkpk

  
  

💸 NOTABLE MEME-COIN MARKET MOVES

• ZEREBRO is up 36% at $0.03440

• BRETT is up 3% at $0.006780

• ACT is down 12% at $0.009014

• SPX is down 11% at $0.3939

• PURR is down 11% at $0.09639
  
  

💸 NOTABLE ETHEREUM MARKET MOVES

• LilPudgys is up 5% at 0.51 ETH

• Otherside Koda is up 3% at 0.70 ETH

• Milady is down 6% at 1.02 ETH

• BAYC is down 3% at 8.98 ETH

• Azuki is down 2% at 0.83 ETH
  

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1. Bored Ape Yacht Club #2512 - 10 ETH

2. Bored Ape Yacht Club #2948 - 9.14 ETH

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🔮 ZENACADEMY / 333 CLUB UPDATES

Letter 117: The Prism Ecosystem
Zeneca’s latest letter explores Prism, an experimental on-chain ecosystem that combines a token, NFTs, crypto index funds (Spectrum), and a yield-bearing stablecoin (dStable) into a single value-capture system. He believes the project’s most compelling feature is Spectrum, which allows users to create and invest in one-click baskets of tokens around a specific narrative, while generating fees that flow back to PRISM holders. However, Zeneca also highlights several risks. Read the full letter here -

Letter 117: The Prism Ecosystem

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