Joseph Chalom helped write BlackRock's digital asset playbook. Now he's headed to the Injective Summit.
@joechalom currently runs @Sharplink, the largest public Ethereum treasury company.
Wall Street and onchain companies are taking to the stage. July 16 in Washington.
Steven McClurg is joining the Injective Summit.
He runs Canary Capital (@CanaryFunds), a titan in crypto ETFs and the firm behind the first U.S. staked $INJ ETF, now filed with the SEC.
July 16. Washington, DC. Don't miss it.
What Injective shipped this month:
โค Vulcan, one of the most significant upgrades in Injective's history, went live, advancing Injective as the foundational settlement layer for RWAs, perpetuals and stablecoins.
โค Native $USDC went live, the first multiVM stablecoin issuance by @circle
โค Injective MCP launched, letting AI agents open and close perps, send and bridge tokens, and pull live market data in plain language.
โค Injective became the largest tokenized RWA issuer for real estate assets
โค A next-generation oracle engine cut oracle gas usage by 90%
โค Unified oracle access: a new oracle precompile makes canonical Injective price data available directly to EVM smart contracts.
โค New active onchain user milestone with over 91,000 daily actives
โค INJ went live across America on @binance, with staking now open for US users.
โค Injective became one of the top blockchains by onchain revenue
โค The Injective Policy Institute launched in Washington, DC to shape onchain finance policy in the US.
โค The Injective Nova Program went live with @Microsoft and Web3 Labs.
โค Nansen became a validator on Injective and brought its full analytics suite onchain.
โค The largest $INJ Community BuyBack yet
And much more.
While the downturn in May was broad-based, pockets of strength emerged in DeFi, driven by strong fundamentals.
Injective (INJ) rose 87% following its native Circle integration and the announcement of its Vulcan network upgrade, while Near Protocol (NEAR) was up 75% on continued AI tailwinds and institutional inflows.
INJECTIVE SUMMIT VENUE REVEAL
This July, the Injective Summit convenes at 101 Constitution Avenue.
The closest commercial building to the U.S. Capitol.
History will be made with Injective ๐๏ธ
Only 24hrs until the $INJ Community BuyBack returns
June is the largest BuyBack yet, by a lot. So be ready, spots will fill up fast!
9:30AM ET. Lock in ๐ฅท
The Vulcan upgrade will change the game for Injective.
You will very soon realize why as new integrations, dApps, institutions and partners onboard to the network,
Welcome to the big leagues.
Injective's $INJ rips +40% on the week.
At time of writing @injective's price is up some +39% over the past seven days, and +8% on the day.
The move may be driven by @BinanceUS' recent launch of $INJ staking to users in the US specifically.
Perpetuals are going mainstream in America, and they are going onchain. This week the CFTC approved the first perpetual contract to list on a registered U.S. exchange, the instrument Injective helped pioneer years ago. Native USDC is officially live and $INJ now trades on @BinanceUS, so regulated access to Injective is open to American users.
Below are some of the top developments that happened on Injective from the past week
๐ช The @CFTC officially approved the first perpetual contract to list on a registered U.S. exchange, bringing the most actively traded instrument in crypto to American participants on the rails Injective pioneered: https://t.co/8l26khBf6W
๐ช Native USDC is officially live on Injective, putting $77 billion in regulated Circle liquidity to work across tokenized stocks and Pre-IPO assets like @SpaceX: https://t.co/ZyBANzaRrV
๐ช $INJ is officially live on @BinanceUS with U.S. staking now open, giving American users regulated access to Injective through the exchange that first incubated it: https://t.co/fJFFkIBV9H
๐ช @Freedom250 is joining Injective to lead America's 250th birthday commemoration on July 4 and headline the biggest Injective Summit yet in Washington, DC: https://t.co/WaefnymW4s
๐ช Congressman @repgabeevans is joining the Injective Summit this July, a backer of the CLARITY Act and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act and the newest name in a growing Congressional lineup: https://t.co/OYDbQD5Phq
๐ Key Stats
๐ช Onchain revenue on Injective is climbing fast, and that revenue flows straight into $INJ buybacks: https://t.co/x90tKY4jGu
๐ช Tokenized equities hit roughly $1.5 billion in May, up from under $300 million a year ago, with daily volume setting a $3.57 billion record on May 20: https://t.co/IanT6DXFCe
๐ช @tokenterminal data has Injective as the leading chain for tokenized real estate and mortgages, a category now worth $1.3 billion: https://t.co/1kZ3MrasnT
๐ Ecosystem News
๐ช @HelixMarkets is trading tokenized stocks like $HOOD 24/5 with up to 25x leverage and real-time native USDC settlement: https://t.co/cvKWAbaCgz
๐ช @hydro_fi is launching $fhINJ on June 1, letting passive $INJ farmers utilize their position as collateral and yield at the same time: https://t.co/PNZJJkYr4o
๐ช @theinformation reported that 1155 F Street in Washington has become a center of gravity for crypto, with Injective among the companies rewriting how onchain finance works in America: https://t.co/Ww5AEwA3qW
Perps are going mainstream. Injective has been building for this future for years. ๐ฅท
Injective has revealed three members of Congress speaking at our Summit in Washington, DC.
The biggest names in government and finance are joining us to bring regulatory clarity for crypto in America.
Build a brighter future for onchain finance with us.
July 4, 2026. America turns 250.
@Freedom250 will lead the national commemoration. Freedom 250 will work alongside Injective to launch the biggest summit yet this year as we bring American made finance onchain.
Washington DC. Be there. ๐
Injective helped pioneer onchain derivatives, perpetuals, and decentralized financial infrastructure.
With the newly unveiled Injective Policy Institute, we will work directly with the government to shape a clear framework for onchain finance to thrive in the United States ๐บ๐ธ
For anyone keeping track, Injective announced three Congresspeople coming to our Summit in Washington, DC in just a few days.
Governments. Institutions. Regulators.
All in one room with Injective for the first time.
You can't possibly imagine what we are cooking ๐บ๐ธ