Bitmine Immersion Technologies added more than 27,000 Ether last week as it joined the Russell index that tracks the largest 1,000 U.S. companies. Bitmine said Monday that after a $43 million purchase it held just over 5.7 million Ether, bought at an average price of $1,

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has prevailed in its fraud suit against NanoBit Limited, nearly two years after accusing the platform’s operators of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least 18 investors between 2023 and 2024. The agency announced the win on Monday, following a final

Bitcoin is trading around $60,300 at an important inflection point, with retail investors selling while larger holders remain largely flat. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index sits at 36, and US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $4.4 billion withdrawn in June. Some strategic buyers are still adding to positions,

The Financial Conduct Authority has published its crypto regulatory framework, completing its roadmap to bring digital assets under the regulator's purview. The rules introduce mandatory licensing for crypto firms, capital stress-testing requirements, tougher market-manipulation and insider-trading rules, and simplified capital standards for stablecoin issuers. The licensing window opens

Bitcoin (BTC) hovered near $60,000 as bulls struggled to reclaim the level, while US stock indexes pushed higher after a diplomatic development. In a post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump wrote that Iran had "requested a meeting," which would take place in Doha, United Arab

South Korean brokerage Kiwoom Securities is in talks to buy a stake in Bithumb, the latest traditional financial firm in the country to seek exposure to a local crypto exchange. The companies are discussing a third-party allotment of new shares that would allow Kiwoom to acquire newly issued Bithumb shares.

Anthropic introduced Claude Mythos-class models as its most advanced AI system for cybersecurity and initially limited access, which raised concern in crypto circles. The worry is straightforward: AI that speeds vulnerability discovery could let attackers find protocol flaws before security teams fix them. DeFi is especially exposed because much of

Strategy adopted a new capital framework that allows it to monetize part of its Bitcoin holdings to fund dividends, build cash reserves and repurchase securities while maintaining its long-term Bitcoin strategy. In a Monday 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission the company introduced the Digital Credit Capital

Analysts at Bernstein say prediction-market operators are bringing trading infrastructure in-house, a rapid shift that could trigger a wave of acquisitions across crypto platforms, sportsbooks, brokerages and standalone exchanges. In a research report on Monday, Bernstein described the industry as undergoing “operational consolidation,” with major platforms moving to control more

Bitcoin’s relative strength index is forming bullish divergences across multiple time frames as June closes, increasing the odds of a recovery. Traders have highlighted RSI signals on four-hour and daily charts alongside a potential double bottom, noting that earlier 2026 drops lacked such cues. Price action has shifted around

Galaxy Digital has cut its odds of the CLARITY Act becoming law in 2026 to 50%, citing the lack of a unified Senate Banking-Agriculture text, no firm floor schedule and a narrowing legislative window before the August recess, wrote Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research. Thorn said the downgrade was

Crypto exchange BitMEX has removed chief executive Stephan Lutz, chief financial officer Ina Steiner and chief growth officer Raphael Polansky. Peter Wilkinson, the firm’s former global general counsel and chief operating officer, has taken over as CEO, a change highlighted in recent LinkedIn posts. BitMEX was co-founded in 2014

Crypto treasury company Sharplink resumed buying Ether last week after an eight-month pause, buying a total of $62.4 million worth of ETH since Thursday. Onchain data from Arkham shows it purchased 5,000 ETH on Thursday, another 5,000 ETH (worth $7.9 million) on Friday, and 29,196

Loopring has closed its decentralized exchange and automated market maker, ending all trading services and halting the relayer immediately. The team pointed to three main reasons: the protocol never gained meaningful adoption, a lack of business development capabilities, and being overtaken by newer zkEVM solutions. As the first zk-rollup, Loopring

Samson Mow said in an X post on Sunday that the bitcoin bottom is in, arguing the traditional four-year halving cycle has accelerated. "I find it incredibly interesting how some people are so certain that the bottom is coming in four months because of ‘cycles,’" he wrote, noting

The Bank for International Settlements warned the rapid growth of stablecoins could fragment the global monetary system and weaken sovereign monetary control. In its Annual Economic Report the Basel-based institution assessed the roughly $316 billion stablecoin market and said tokens pegged to fiat lack the institutional features required to serve

Binance recorded more than $400 million in net outflows during the week beginning June 22 after it withdrew its Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation (MiCA) license application in Greece. DefiLlama data put the seven‑day net outflows at about 0.3% of the exchange’s $133.3 billion in tracked

Bitcoin dipped below $60,000 over the weekend, trading around $59,940 on Sunday — down 0.6% over 24 hours and nearly 7% on the week — as a quarter of selling neared its final days. Major altcoins fell more sharply: ether slid 9.5% on the week to about $1,

Zach Pandl, head of research at Grayscale, said he hopes Strategy will sell at least $3 billion in Bitcoin to cover most of the company’s cash obligations for the next two years and that the move may restore market confidence in the company's capital structure. He expects

The White House is drastically shortening the deadline for government agencies and organizations to adopt new quantum-resistant encryption systems that will withstand attacks that use quantum computers, as the federal government seeks to protect decades’ worth of secrets belonging to militaries, banks, governments, and most individuals on Earth. The executive

Recent c-suite departures and staff reductions at Robinhood, alongside cuts at firms like BitGo, are revealing where the market stands rather than creating the downturn. Falling trading volumes, sector-wide cost-cutting, reduced venture funding and subdued retail participation eight months after Bitcoin topped point toward a late bear market. That is

A post-mortem by the Base engineering team found a bug in sequencer block-building logic that allowed "stale journal state" to persist after a transaction validation failure. "An invalid transaction was received by the block builder and failed during execution, as expected, but erroneously did not clear the

Analysis of Bitcoin unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) shows investors are capitulating, a pattern that has historically coincided with bear market bottoms. The ratio of the number of UTXOs spent in profit versus at a loss has fallen to its lowest level this bear market cycle, CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said. This

Fidelity Digital Assets has pushed back against concerns that Bitcoin’s long-term security will deteriorate as mining rewards decline, arguing in a new research report that the network’s economic incentives remain sufficient to secure the blockchain over time. The report, authored by Fidelity research analyst Daniel Gray, says security

Multiple users have reported issues withdrawing funds from cryptocurrency exchange AscendEX. An X account using the name Lorenzo Navarro Rodriguez said a 4,196 USDT withdrawal had remained stuck in an “initiating” state since June 10 and that repeated customer support inquiries had gone unanswered. At least five other users