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EDGE rallied to 156 won on Upbit with 60B won volume and fear-greed at 99. Other greedy tokens include POWR, KAITO, IN, JTO. Key support near 123 won, resistance at 157 won. Volume persistence will test the rally's strength.
Search volume for stablecoins fell 54% in June. Market cap dropped 2.5% to $313B. Visa and Stripe build payment rails while retail demand cools.
Bitcoin ETFs saw $1.79B weekly outflows as $20B flowed into AI stocks. Long-term holders are selling at a loss, signaling deeper downside ahead.
Bitcoin broke below $60K as put option volume on the IBIT ETF doubled. A 48% chance of another 10% decline by end of next month, options data shows.
With 230 licenses granted and four days until the MiCA deadline, over 80% of EU crypto firms lack authorization. Spain's CNMV ruled out any extension.
Tokenization adoption surges 33% as Coinbase CEO pushes the case. Regulatory uncertainty and a patent lawsuit cloud the outlook.
Bitcoin at $60,118, dominance 55.9% as ETH lags. Altcoins CC, FIGR_HELOC +1.5%. MicroStrategy holds 4% of BTC. Weekend volume thin; calm sentiment persists.
Binance will suspend EU crypto services from July 1 after failing to secure MiCA authorization. Users can still withdraw, but new onboarding is halted as the exchange pursues approval in France.
Brazil's central bank targets institutional stablecoin flows with a 24-hour hold on transfers over $10,000. The rule would slow cross-border payments that make Latam the world's top adopting region. Comment deadline July 2.
Coinbase and OKX offer transfer bonuses to win European crypto users as Binance suspends services before the July 1 MiCA deadline.
ESMA directed unauthorized crypto firms to stop onboarding EU clients and exit by July 1. Clients should verify authorization and transfer assets to avoid losing MiCA protections.
No July 4 England clash, but USMNT faces Bosnia in the new Round of 32. Kraken's deal, Chiliz fan tokens, and $5B in prediction volumes mark crypto's World Cup footprint.
Crypto-native VC Framework Ventures closes $400M fourth fund, oversubscribed, to deploy into frontier tech including AI and robotics. Also backs energy and blockchain bets.
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, confirmed May 13, holds over 30 crypto investments and plans to ditch forward guidance. First test at June 16-17 FOMC meeting.
James E. Thorne warns that failing to pass the CLARITY Act could let China set global digital-asset standards, undermining U.S. financial leadership.
Binance's bStocks product reached $100M in AUM. The co-founder said it shows user trust is strong. The milestone does not address EU MiCA compliance questions.
Only 230 of over 1,200 crypto firms have MiCA licenses as July deadline looms. Unapproved exchanges must halt EU services. The passporting advantage for licensed firms is the key market shift.
Emerging economies burn through stablecoins for remittances and savings. Founders and VCs stay in the West. The mismatch leaves products misaligned with primary users.
Ark Invest's Cathie Wood added $11.5 million in Coinbase shares during a dip, continuing her pattern of buying beaten-down tech stocks. Her flagship fund gained 35% in 2025.
A retired Alabama man lost over $222,000 in a pig butchering scam. Federal prosecutors filed a forfeiture action. Pig butchering scams cost investors $5.5B in 2024.
Ronaldo's sixth World Cup comes without fan tokens or NFT drops while a $1B class-action lawsuit over his Binance promotions remains ongoing.
ICBA warns stablecoin yield could pull $1.3T from community banks, cutting lending by $850B. Fed, BoE rules will decide if rural deposits migrate.
Spain's regulator closes the door on MiCA grace periods. Unlicensed crypto firms face a binary choice: get authorized by June 30 or exit the market.
Oracles bridge the gap between blockchains and external data. Stale feeds, flash loan attacks, Sybil attacks, and bribery each break that bridge. Recovery mechanisms — redundancy, dispute windows, slashing, threshold signatures, and circuit breakers — contain the damage.
GnosisDAO's GIP-151 passed with 215% quorum, letting GNO holders redeem tokens for a share of the $223M treasury. The vote turns governance tokens into balance-sheet claims, opening a new activist playbook and regulatory questions.
Germany holds 56 of the 230 MiCA licenses; 80% of EU crypto firms still unlicensed ahead of Tuesday's deadline. Pending applications offer no protection, ESMA says.
An estimated 49.6% of crypto losses since 2022 come from private-key compromise and phishing, not smart-contract bugs. Q2 2026 saw a record 83 incidents. The audit badge does not cover key risk.
The Bank of England removed the £20,000 stablecoin cap for individuals but set a £40 billion per-issuer limit, leaving sterling tokens at a competitive disadvantage against dollar rivals.
Securitize SPAC and DTCC test confirm tokenization momentum. ONDO's price lags after 20% supply unlocked. The value capture gap explained.
Robinhood and BitGo layoffs eight months after Bitcoin's peak signal a late bear market. History shows patient positioning, not panic, rewards traders in this phase.