Shiba Inu (SHIB), the dog-themed meme coin that became one of the biggest success stories in crypto and turned early buyers into crypto millionaires, is facing tough times. Its price has fallen more than 32% so far this year, and it is down 95% from its all-time high in 2021.

Cyrus Finance is a next-generation multi-platform DeFi ecosystem built on an advanced curve trading model, using AMM V3 optimization.

South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) informed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) about the increasing gaps in regulation regarding crypto transfers across national borders and called on all FATF member states to eliminate any minimum transaction threshold required by the Travel Rule. This move would reshape compliance costs for exchanges and trading firms worldwide....

Kalshi has set yet another all-time high when it comes to weekly spot volume, going past $7 billion for the first time, landing at $7.52 billion. The majority of that volume came through the sports contracts, which set a weekly high of $5.44 billion, and as we reported last week, the World Cup remains the...

Pi Network (PI) is nearing the key resistance zone at $0.137 at the time of wrting on Monday, with a breakout suggesting a bullish move.

Thai authorities seized 315 Bitcoin mining rigs across 14 locations in five northeastern provinces on June 21, after finding tampered electricity meters powering the machines.

The Chinese government has blocked dual-use exports to ten US corporations on Monday (June 22). Two companies are producing rare earth elements, which are part of the US semiconductor and AI hardware production chain. This move could disrupt supply chains for chips, magnets, and advanced computing components. According to the official statement released by China’s...

Cardano (ADA) is trading near $0.158 on Monday after a steep 14% correction in the previous week.

Preliminary data released Monday showed South Korea’s exports climbed 60.4% from a year earlier for the first 20 days of June. So far, adjusted exports surged nearly 50%, almost matching May’s hot pace of 52.6%. The surge, driven largely by artificial intelligence (AI) demand, has not only elevated the country’s trade surplus but is also...

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) begin the week on a steadier footing after correcting by nearly 4%, 2% and 6%, respectively, in the previous week. BTC is attempting a modest recovery, trading above $64,500 on Monday, while ETH continues to defend the crucial $1,700 support level.

Crypto ownership in the U.S. now leans Republican, and the numbers are no longer subtle. A Pew Research Center poll published on June 8 found that 22% of Republicans said they had invested in, traded, or used crypto, including assets like Bitcoin and Ether. Democrats came in lower at 17%. Pew surveyed 8,512 U.S. adults...

Vice President JD Vance said that Trump wants the U.S. government to have a stake in the country’s successful AI giants. He backs the idea as a sovereign wealth fund, making him “a very unconventional person” Vance shared Trump’s plan on The Diary Of A CEO episode on Thursday. Vance added that it was an...

Even though one of the biggest brands in the industry is facing difficult issues about how it presents itself, prediction markets are making record profits. Prediction market open interest reached a record $1.48 billion in the week ending June 15, a second consecutive all-time high, according to a16z Crypto. Unlike trading volume, which only monitors...

WhiteBit secured a MiCAR license form the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), just ahead of the July 1 deadline that may force other crypto service providers out of the Euro Area.

The National Business Enterprise Pension Fund, a Japan-based fund covering 1,200 small- and mid-sized companies, plans to allocate about 1% of its assets to crypto starting in FY2026.

More than $7.5 million has been wiped from Jaredfromsubway.eth’s holdings after the notorious Ethereum sandwich bot fell victim to an attacker’s scheme. Attackers baited the automated bot with a fake trade setup. Early analysis suggests the drain may have occurred through a sophisticated counter-MEV strategy designed to exploit the bot’s own automated trading logic. Blockchain...

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz thinks Bitcoin’s recent struggles may not last much longer. Speaking on a podcast with Anthony Scaramucci, Novogratz said a change in U.S. monetary policy could revive the world’s largest cryptocurrency.  Bitcoin has been depressed in recent months, with weak prices, low retail interest, and increasing pessimism about its price, he...

Privacy blockchain Namada has lost roughly $600,000 in an exploit, wiping nearly all value from its multi-asset shielded pool and adding to a string of security failures across the Cosmos ecosystem this year. Namada confirmed the breach on June 20, in a post made on X, stating that its team was “investigating the issue” and...

The United States is worried that China has its hands on advanced chip-making machines, sent to them by ASML. Howard Lutnick, the US Commerce Secretary, reportedly sat down with ASML executives several times to share his fear that an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine had somehow landed in Chinese hands. Such a move would break...

Iran has once again ordered the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and this decision is being justified by the fact that there have been more attacks on Lebanon. The Iranians are saying that the US and Israelis did not stick to the terms of the ceasefire agreement reached just a few days ago. The...

Following its social media ban, Britain’s government is preparing regulations that would force YouTube, Meta and other platforms to give greater priority to content from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and other British public service broadcasters. The UK government has been picking fights with major tech companies. Its social media ban for under-16s drew sharp...

The Ethereum Name Service DAO, otherwise known as the ENS DAO, published a temp check proposal on June 19 to restructure how the organization operates. The proposal, authored by katherine.eth and posted on the ENS governance forum, states that the DAO’s current structure forces token voters into operational decisions they sometimes have no business making....

FBI Director Kash Patel posted a blunt warning on X on June 19, telling crypto fraudsters, "FBI will find you," as the bureau leans harder into asset recovery and cross-border tracking.

A London case is posing an important question for English law: whether a judge would be able to compel one party to give back Bitcoin or only its pound-sterling equivalent. This is important since fluctuations in the value of Bitcoin will make the payment of the debt either more or less favorable, depending on what...

Fintech startup Conio has gained its crypto-asset service provider (CASP) license under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), landing one of the final licenses before unlicensed firms lose the right to offer crypto services across the bloc on June 30. The approval, which involved reviews by Italy’s Consob and the Bank of Italy, covers...

India's Enforcement Directorate searched six premises linked to five Bengaluru-based crypto payment firms, alleging unauthorized cross-border transfers totaling over ₹2,500 crore.

Stani Kulechov, on June 19 pitched Aave V4 as a bridge between Wall Street and DeFi, arguing that bringing securities financing on-chain could unlock a multi-trillion-dollar market and accelerate institutional adoption of crypto-native infrastructure. Specifically, this initiative would be directed towards three parts of Wall Street’s securities financing industry: collateralized loans backed by securities, repurchase...

Approximately $4.67 million worth of tokens were drained from Secret Network after an attacker exploited an ICS-20-based smart contract used to facilitate cross-chain transfers, according to Axelar’s June 19 statement. The incident exposed another weakness in the bridge infrastructure connecting Cosmos-based blockchains, but Axelar said the issue was isolated to the Secret-side ICS-20 smart contract...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission permanently banned Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from commodity trading and CFTC registration through a consent order entered on June 18 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The order concludes the agency’s July 2023 fraud case and ends what the CFTC has referred to as...

Abu Dhabi-backed AI investor MGX is reportedly weighing a multibillion-dollar buyout of DayOne, which operates a data center in Singapore. The deal will come as MGX’s first acquisition in Asia and would highlight the mounting competition among the various parties who seek to obtain the necessary data center infrastructures to fuel the growth of AI...