Reuters reported that Binance may be unable to serve customers in Europe if its regulatory licence application in Greece is turned down, citing two people familiar with the situation and saying the Hellenic Capital Market Commission planned to reject the MiCA application. Binance said it has been pursuing a MiCA

Bitcoin slipped back to $66,000 after Tuesday's Wall Street open, even as equities advanced. Hopes of a US‑Iran peace deal kept stocks buoyant, with the S&P 500 adding over 1.5% while US WTI crude fell to three‑month lows. Mosaic Asset Company said

The Bank of Japan raised its short-term policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.0% on June 16, the highest level in 30 years. Policymakers cited persistent inflation risks from higher energy costs and ongoing Middle East supply disruptions. Bitcoin slipped nearly 2.5% from a local high of

Several Solana treasury companies have turned down acquisition attempts from Forward Industries, with two firms formally rejecting proposals and a third allowing an offer to expire without responding. Forward said Solana Company (HSDT), formerly Helius Medical Technologies, declined an all-stock proposal that would have delivered 0.386 newly issued Forward

Glassnode UTXO Realized Price Distribution data show investors bought a net 259,298 BTC since June 5, paying between $59,000 and $67,000. Bitcoin's drop below $60,000 earlier this month spurred investors to pile into the largest cryptocurrency, with almost 260,000 BTC bought over 10

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin does not need staking, inflation or protocol-based yield mechanisms, arguing returns should come from financial products built around BTC. He outlined a five-layer “Digital Asset Stack” that positions Bitcoin (BTC) as the base for credit, money, yield and equity structures. Saylor said Bitcoin

Bitcoin briefly traded above $67,000 late Monday before slipping back under $66,000. It changed hands at $65,845 on Tuesday, up 0.3% over 24 hours and 4.8% on the week, after touching a 24-hour high of $67,217. Ether held up better, rising 2.8% to

XRP briefly broke above the long-standing $1.20 ceiling and touched near $1.25 before profit-taking cut the rally, shifting attention to whether the breakout can hold rather than how far it can extend. A surge in volume topped more than 180 million XRP and confirmed a breakout from early-June

The US government directed Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for foreign nationals, and Anthropic disabled access to those models for all users to comply. Grayscale head of research Zach Pandl said the order shows "the centralized control of frontier AI technology and

Spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $64 million on Monday, even as spot ETFs for ether, XRP, Solana and Hyperliquid pulled in fresh cash. Ether funds gained $22.5 million, Hyperliquid $17.2 million, and the XRP and Solana funds about $2.8 million each. The altcoins ran ahead on

Bitcoin’s recovery hinges on a successful peace deal between the US and Iran, even as on-chain metrics show the cryptocurrency remains weak despite reclaiming $67,000. Nick Ruck, a director at LVRG Research, said that despite Bitcoin recently reclaiming $67,000, its “momentum remains weak, with declining volume and

Bybit, one of the world’s top cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, has launched options trading on Tether Gold (XAUT), a token that provides ownership of real physical gold. The XAUT options are European-style contracts settled in the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDT, with each contract corresponding to one XAUT token, which

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has urged the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to coordinate with other federal agencies to address risks from blockchain technology. In a June 8 letter to FDIC Chairman Travis Hill made public Monday, the GAO noted it first flagged priority recommendations with the regulator in

Standard Chartered expects assets locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) to grow 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030. The bank says the expansion will be driven by both tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and crypto-native assets moving through onchain protocols. Geoff Kendrick, head of digital assets research, wrote,

Crypto exchange Bybit will offer eligible customers access to tokenized bond funds managed by PIMCO and China Merchants Bank International, expanding its real-world asset offerings through partnerships with Plume and DigiFT. The new RWA Earn platform launched with two tokenized bond funds: the PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund (PDO), which

Kraken launched perpetual futures trading for eligible US users through Bitnomial, expanding its domestic derivatives offerings months after acquiring the federally regulated exchange. The products, available on Kraken Pro, cover contracts tied to Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), Dogecoin (DOGE), Litecoin (LTC) and

Some fighters at Sunday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House lawn will receive bonuses in USD1, the US dollar‑pegged stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial. World Liberty confirmed UFC would pay up to $250,000 in bonuses using USD1; the token’s price jumped above $1

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission named Donald Battle its chief data innovation officer, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said. Battle has served as an adviser to the SEC crypto task force since January 2025 with the incoming Trump administration and previously worked as a blockchain data adviser for the CFTC and

BitMine Immersion Technologies expanded its Ether holdings last week, acquiring 76,881 ETH as prices briefly dipped below $1,600. The company now holds 5,620,754 ETH at an average price of $1,718; the portfolio is valued at roughly $10.2 billion and sits on an unrealized loss

Bitcoin rebounded 13.25% from a local low below $60,000 after a preliminary truce between the US and Iran revived risk appetite, pushing BTC back toward $67,000 on June 15. The three-day chart now shows a potential double-bottom reversal forming near the $60,000 support zone. The first

Leading founders, CEOs and investors recently sent a single letter to Senate leaders urging that protections for software developers in the Clarity Act not be weakened. They compete for talent and capital, yet agree that stripping those protections would push the people who build this technology offshore and forfeit U.

Bitcoin neared $67,000 at Monday’s Wall Street open as a US–Iran ceasefire deal pushed risk assets higher. Details of the agreement, set to be signed later in the week, helped the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite add up to 2.4%, and a post on

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, added 1,587 BTC last week, spending $100 million between June 8 and Sunday. The purchases averaged $63,024 per coin, nudging the company’s overall average cost basis down slightly to $75,656. Strategy now holds 846,842

Bitbank, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, warned users that transactions linked to prediction market platforms such as Polymarket could result in account suspensions because they may conflict with the country’s gambling laws. In a notice published on Monday, the exchange said it may restrict accounts that make

Bitcoin started the third week of June higher as a US–Iran peace deal lifted risk assets and US stock futures surged. The move pushed BTC toward local highs around $66,000, and traders are pointing to $69,000 as a likely short-term target. The accord, described as a 60-day