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.

Mastercard said on Tuesday it introduced Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a protocol meant to let AI agents send, receive, and settle payments across its global card network, including sub-cent microtransactions. The company says more than 30 firms such as Stripe, Coinbase, and Cloudflare are early partners, with agent permissions recorded on Polygon, Solana, and Base. Executives described AP4M as a longer-term push into machine-to-machine commerce rather than a near-term revenue driver.

MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation said on June 10, 2026 they signed an MOU to jointly develop a yen-pegged stablecoin and start real corporate transactions during Japan’s fiscal year 2026, which ends March 31, 2027. The project follows a November 2025 FSA-approved proof of concept and comes as USD-backed stablecoins are estimated at 84% to 90% of a $300+ billion global stablecoin market.

Travala said it has launched an end-to-end agentic AI travel protocol that lets autonomous agents search, book, and pay for access to more than 2.2 million hotels, with user approval required at payment. The company is offering developers a 10% cbBTC rebate for bookings executed through AI agents integrated via the Travala Travel MCP. The stack uses Base and the x402 payments standard, aiming to enable gasless USDC payments with roughly $0.01 per booking.

Cryptopolitan published a curated list of 10 crypto and Web3 openings spanning Tech & Engineering, Marketing/Sales/Design, and Operations. The roles include positions at BitGo, Bitpanda, OKX, Robinhood, Gemini, and Galaxy Digital, with listed experience requirements, location/remote status, and salary ranges such as $150,000–$200,000 and $180,000–$220,000 CAD.

On June 9, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU's 21st Russia sanctions package, including a mechanism that could bar crypto-asset services tied to foreign countries deemed to help sanctions evasion. Hours later at SPIEF 2026, Russia's Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov said Russia would impose fees of up to 3% on Western-linked stablecoins, including USDT and USDC. The package also expands transaction bans to additional entities and adds more Russian banks to existing restrictions.

A group of 61 crypto founders, investors, and executives is asking Senate leaders to advance the CLARITY Act while retaining developer protections tied to the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA). The request was made in a June 9 letter to John Thune and Charles Schumer, after the Senate Banking Committee moved the BRCA forward to clarify how noncontrolling software developers and service providers are treated under U.S. law.