Europe’s energy system is under growing strain from grid demand, volatile gas prices and extreme heat, E.ON CEO Leonhard Birnbaum tells @TomMackenzieTV

Europe's institutional giants are officially joining forces on-chain! 🇪🇺🏦 Ten major European financial institutions have launched Regulated Layer One (RL1), an equal-governance blockchain cooperative designed specifically for tokenized assets, digital money, and capital market settlement. The latest KuCoin blog breaks down the launch of this massive institutional utility: 🏛️ A Jointly Governed Utility: Headquartered in Luxembourg, RL1 gives founding members like ABN AMRO, DekaBank, and Natixis CIB equal voting rights to prevent single-entity network dominance. 📈 Proven Transaction Record: Built on SWIAT's DLT infrastructure, the network goes live having already processed over €700 million across 50+ live transactions. 🔗 Ending Market Fragmentation: Moving beyond isolated bank pilots, RL1 creates a neutral, shared ledger to scale institutional tokenization and support broader European Central Bank digital finance initiatives. 🎯 Targeting Real-World Assets: The permissioned architecture is strictly optimized for capital markets—enabling immediate bond tokenization, RWA settlement, and near-real-time collateral mobility. The transition from experimental blockchain pilots to scalable, integrated capital market infrastructure has officially begun. Read the full breakdown here:

Europe's only 5x exposure to the DAX, long and short. Leverage Shares launches the only 5x Long (DAX3) and -5x Short (DAXS) DAX ETPs in Europe, completing its 5x coverage of the region's major benchmarks. The leveraged index range now spans 14 ETPs across 6 benchmarks: DAX, Nasdaq-100, S&P 500, FTSE 100, FTSE MIB, and EURO STOXX 50. #MarketingCommunication#

Europe's Largest Fintech Revolut to Stop Supporting USDT on August 31 European fintech giant Revolut has notified users via app push notifications and emails that it will delist USDT. Users will still be able to purchase USDT until July 6. Revolut will stop accepting new USDT deposits on July 30, while users can continue to sell USDT or withdraw it to external wallets until August 31. After that date, any remaining USDT balances in user accounts will be converted into fiat currency at the prevailing exchange rate.

EUROPE SEES HORMUZ FEES AS LIKELY Some European governments now believe transit fees for ships using the Strait of Hormuz may be unavoidable following the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. While the U.S. and Gulf states continue to oppose any charges, European officials are pushing for non-discriminatory rules and an international maritime coalition to safeguard shipping through the vital energy route.