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**Bitcoin drops below $59K after hot US inflation data** Bitcoin fell under the $59,000 mark as fresh US inflation numbers added pressure to...

**Bitcoin options market turns defensive as skew widens** Traders on Bitcoin options markets are buying more downside protection. The...

**Deribit settles $10.63B in BTC and ETH options expiry** Deribit’s June quarterly expiry cleared a combined **$10.63B** in options across...

**Oman launches state-supervised national Bitcoin mining pool** Oman has rolled out Omanhash.om, a government-supervised national mining pool...

**BitGo cuts 15% of staff after NYSE listing** Crypto custodian BitGo has reduced its workforce by about 15%, affecting an estimated 85–90...

Bitcoin Drops Below $60K as ETF Outflows and MSTR Leverage Weigh on Market Bitcoin is trading near $60,400 after briefly dipping below $60,000...

**Over Half of UK Advisers Can’t See Clients’ Crypto Holdings** A CoinShares survey shows a major oversight gap for UK wealth managers. 52% of...

CLARITY Act stays on Senate calendar. July floor time is tight. H.R. 3633 sits as Calendar No. 423 in the Senate. No vote is scheduled. The bill...

Institutional Bitcoin ETP holdings post record 8% decline Global Bitcoin ETP holdings have dropped by 127,774 BTC — around 8% from their...

**CFTC sues Kentucky over prediction market regulation** The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has taken Kentucky regulators to federal court....

**DeFi TVL Drops 39% in 2026, Near $70B** The decentralized finance sector has seen its total value locked (TVL) fall sharply this year, down...

**Coinbase CEO Signals More M&A After $2.9B Deribit Buy** Coinbase has completed its $2.9 billion acquisition of Deribit, gaining a strong...

**Kalshi seeks $40B valuation in funding talks** Kalshi is reportedly in discussions to raise new capital at a valuation near $40 billion,...

**Aave Eyes Cross-Chain Launch for sGHO Stablecoin** Aave governance is reviewing a proposal to deploy its savings GHO product (sGHO) across...

**Ripple launches RLUSD stablecoin in Japan via SBI VC Trade** Ripple’s dollar-backed RLUSD is now live in Japan after approval from the...

**AAA launches Legal Context Protocol for AI agent transactions** The American Arbitration Association has introduced a Legal Context Protocol to...

**TRM Labs flags $3.84B Iran-linked flows through CoinEx** TRM Labs reports CoinEx processed $3.84 billion tied to Iranian entities and...

**Kanga secures Latvian MiCA license for EU-wide crypto services** Polish-founded crypto exchange Kanga has obtained a Class 3 MiCA license in...

**Grayscale highlights undervalued revenue-generating crypto protocols** Grayscale sees several crypto networks with recurring fees and real...

**Banking Consortium Adopts Chainlink for T+0 FX Settlement** LINK is trading near $7.50, with modest moves over the past day. The flat chart...

**Trump Cancels Housing Bill With CBDC Ban, Stalls Clarity Act's Senate Path** President Donald Trump canceled a June 24 signing ceremony for a...

**ICE and OKX Launch Tokenized Assets Venture** Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and OKX have formed a joint venture to bring tokenized equities...

Bitcoin breaks $60K, triggers $1B liquidations Bitcoin fell toward $59,000, slipping below the key $60,000 level. CoinGlass data showed over...

**House Democrats Push SEC on AI Investment Advice Oversight** House Democrats are pressing the SEC for clarity on how it supervises...

**World Network links AI agents to verified human owners** World Network has expanded access to its Agentkit framework, allowing autonomous AI...

SBI and Startale launch trust‑bank yen stablecoin JPYSC SBI Holdings and Startale Group unveiled JPYSC, a yen stablecoin issued by SBI Shinsei...

**DOJ Shuts Down Huione Group’s Cloud Infrastructure in Crypto Laundering Crackdown** U.S. authorities seized backend cloud infrastructure linked...

Standard Chartered puts Aave back on the institutional radar Standard Chartered reportedly started research coverage on Aave. The note...

**Ethereum Foundation Cuts Costs, Narrows Mandate** The Ethereum Foundation has confirmed a reorganization aimed at lowering annual spending...

Meta reportedly builds Arena, a points-based prediction app Meta is building a standalone prediction-market app called Arena. Early versions use...