Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest corporate holder of ether (ETH), is facing nearly $9 billion in unrealized losses after ETH slid below $1,800 and cut the value of its large treasury. Shares of the Tom Lee-chaired company fell another 5.9% Wednesday, dipping below $17 and extending a

Agentic payment activity on Coinbase’s Base network has topped 100 million transactions, a sign that machine-to-machine payments are moving beyond proof-of-concept. Chainalysis data shows wallets using the x402 protocol generated that volume on Base within roughly nine months of launch. The x402 protocol lets software agents make onchain payments

Bitcoin hovered near two-month lows as comparisons to the 2022 bear market resurfaced. Volatility cooled after a move to $65,362 on Bitstamp, and a key 50-month trend line has held through 2026 so far. Analyst Rekt Capital highlighted the 50-month exponential moving average at $66,628 and argued a

Tether and Fasset have launched a Visa card that lets users spend tokenized gold in everyday transactions. The card converts XAU₮ into USD₮ and then into local currency at checkout, and can be used at merchants that accept Visa. Fasset is issuing the card with Tether as the rewards partner.

The European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation reaches a hard deadline on July 1, when in-scope crypto asset service providers operating under national regimes must hold a MiCA licence or stop serving EU clients. ESMA said that from that date non-authorized entities will no longer be allowed to

The Financial Conduct Authority has warned football clubs, including those in the Premier League, to steer clear of sponsorship deals with unauthorized financial firms. The regulator says several crypto and online trading platforms are using club partnerships to target supporters and that fans using them "risk losing all their

The Zcash Foundation released Zebra 4.5.3 and Zebra 5.0.0 after engineers found and fixed a critical soundness bug in the Orchard Action circuit. Zebra 4.5.3 disabled Orchard actions and activated an emergency soft fork at mainnet block height 3,363,426, temporarily rejecting transactions

Mastercard announced plans to expand its settlement capabilities so issuers and acquirers can settle some card transactions using regulated stablecoins. The new options include intraday, weekend and holiday settlement, supporting both fiat and on-chain settlement through regulated stablecoins to give partners more flexibility in managing liquidity and timing. The stablecoin

Bitcoin dropped 8% to a nine-week low of $65,360 from Tuesday’s high of $71,300 amid increasing geopolitical risks surrounding the US-Iran war. The token slipped to $65,000 on Wednesday in a market-wide correction, liquidating $774 million in longs, with TradingView showing new lows of $65,362

Bitcoin fell 7% on the day, sliding to $65,385 on Coinbase and breaking key support to hit a nine-week low, per TradingView. The token dropped below $66,000 in the largest single-day fall since Feb. 5, losing more than $4,500 on Tuesday. CoinGlass data shows roughly 277,000

TapTools will wind down operations within two weeks after the departure of a fifth senior executive this year left the Cardano analytics platform without critical technical leadership. The company said the exits made it unable to sustainably maintain its services. Founded in 2022, TapTools had become one of the Cardano

The European Banking Authority and the New York State Department of Financial Services have signed a memorandum of understanding to oversee cross-border stablecoin activity. The accord, part of the EBA’s duties under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation, outlines principles and procedures for exchanging information and coordinating supervisory activities,

TapTools, a Cardano-focused real-time analytics platform, has begun winding down after its fifth top-level executive departure. In a post to X the company said it will wind down over the next two weeks and noted earlier exits this year of its two co-founders, its chief operating officer and its chief

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has elevated digital assets to a strategic priority, calling for regulatory clarity around blockchain technology, tokenization and crypto market infrastructure through 2030. The shift is set out in the agency’s draft Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2026–2030, published Tuesday. Alongside goals on

New York’s financial regulator has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Banking Authority to share supervisory and confidential information on stablecoin activity. The agreement covers market risks, consumer protection and oversight of firms involved in stablecoin operations. The New York State Department of Financial Services said it

Coinbase has made an undisclosed investment in the ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF (IQMM), a fund designed to hold assets that qualify as reserves for payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act. Launched in February, IQMM invests exclusively in short-term US Treasury securities and cash-equivalent instruments with maturities of 93 days

Bitcoin plunged more than 6% after Wednesday’s Wall Street open, slipping below $67,000 for the first time since April 5 and hitting $66,948 on Bitstamp, erasing months of gains as 24-hour cross-crypto liquidations climbed to $1.25 billion. The move stood in contrast to other risk assets

Solstice Labs CEO Ben Nadareski says bitcoin "is going through a bit of an identity crisis right now," as core assets lose clear roles and quieter corners of DeFi expand. He warned the market’s narrative is shifting even as significant development continues away from the spotlight. Nadareski

Georgia will install electricity meters across villages and settlements in Mestia to curb illegal cryptocurrency mining that officials say has strained the local power grid. Vice Prime Minister Mamuka Mdinaradze said the activity pushed Mestia’s electricity consumption to 133 million kilowatt-hours in 2025, more than 13 times the level

NEAR, the native token of the AI- and privacy-focused Near Protocol, has stood out recently, outperforming leading coins such as Bitcoin and Ether. On Tuesday it traded as high as $2.75, a near 20% bounce in 24 hours while the wider crypto market capitalization fell 3.7%. The token

Bitcoin sellers seized control during the European session on Tuesday, pushing BTC/USD below $70,000 for the first time since April. Market watchers view the move as a renewed distribution phase driven by rising selling pressure and investors realizing losses. Short-term holder SOPR fell below 1 to 0.98,

Ripple's dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD is expanding into Turkey through partnerships with local platforms BiLira, Bitexen and Bitlo. Launched in late 2024, RLUSD has grown to about $1.7 billion in market capitalization and is promoted for payments, tokenization and collateral. It ranks as the eighth-largest stablecoin by market

Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased another $52 million worth of Ether, adding 26,497 ETH over the past week, the company’s chair Tom Lee said. He argued ETH prices are not reflecting the strengthening of Ethereum fundamentals and described the market as being in the "early stages of crypto

Defunct Japanese crypto exchange Mt. Gox moved roughly $739 million worth of Bitcoin from its cold wallets early Tuesday, its first onchain activity in more than two months, Arkham Intelligence data shows. Blockchain records show 10,306 BTC, roughly $730.8 million, was sent from a cold wallet to an

Defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox moved 10,422.65 BTC — roughly $739 million — to new wallets at 04:47 UTC on Tuesday, its largest single transfer in months and the biggest move ahead of the October 31, 2026 deadline to complete creditor repayments. The transaction, recorded in Bitcoin block 952,