Hackers created a fake trading bot for Polymarket’s prediction markets on GitHub. The bot was used to spread malware that steals credentials like wallet keys and browser passwords. 30 malicious packages were found across several npm accounts, reportedly targeting developers and traders who use automated strategies. At least 53 developers fell for the trap before...

Ripple (XRP) is trading around $1.04 at the time of writing on Wednesday, grinding toward the psychological $1.00 support. The remittance sector continues to struggle to make meaningful rebounds, reflecting persistent headwinds across the broader crypto market.

Instead of a shareholder vote on July 2, Adam Back will now have to wait until at least July 10 before his Bitcoin Standard Treasury (BSTR) can decide to advance its merger with Cantor Equity Partners. The third postponement in just a couple of weeks is the latest fork in the road for Back, whose...

The transitional period for proper licensing under MiCA, the pan-European regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, expires on the first day of July. The window which allowed companies to continue to operate while applying for authorization is now closing with consequences for businesses and their clients. Europe’s transition to MiCA regulation ends now Crypto service providers (CASPs)...

In April 2026, a single forged message drained about $292 million from one cross-chain protocol. It took no exotic exploit and no novel cryptography. An attacker convinced the bridge that a transfer was authorized, and the bridge paid out. That incident is unremarkable in context. Cross-chain bridges have lost more than $2.8 billion to date,...

Bitcoin will need over $1 trillion in fresh institutional capital to recover to a place where price stays in the green for a sustained period, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju.   Ju published on-chain data on July 1 showing how much more capital each Bitcoin cycle needs to produce meaningful returns. While $2.7 billion...

The cryptocurrency market trades under intense headwinds on Wednesday, led by Bitcoin’s (BTC) deepening sell-off below $60,000. The Crypto King hovers above $58,000.

The single most common answer was still “no” (~30%), but the Cryptopolitan Newsletter Poll, June 18, 2026, found that resistance is to trust and execution and not the technology itself. Nearly 70% of engaged crypto holders said they would let an AI agent control their wallet, according to a Cryptopolitan Newsletter poll published June 18,...

Two whale investors, one who exploited price gaps between domestic and overseas exchanges, and another who was involved in rapid-fire bot trading on locally issued tokens known as “kimchi coins” are being targeted by South Korea’s Financial Services Commission.  South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) sent the two cryptocurrency price manipulation cases to prosecutors on...

Pi Network (PI) is holding steady around $0.1150 on Wednesday, stabilizing after three consecutive days of losses of around 10%. Pi remains under pressure, with more than 76 million tokens scheduled for unlocking in June, potentially accelerating the bearish trend.

Bitcoin (BTC) trades around $59,000 on Wednesday after plunging to a 21-month low of $57,800, the lowest level since mid-September 2024.

Venga has received authorization from Spain’s Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) to operate as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), joining a limited group of firms approved under the bloc’s new regulatory framework. The authorization comes just weeks before the end of MiCA’s transitional period on...

Bitcoin is headed toward the activation date of BIP-110, a proposal aimed at removing spam from the network, and only allowing usage for payments and P2P transfers. Ahead of the proposal activation, over 67% of BTC traffic comes from ordinals and runes, a type of on-chain inscription.

Jupiter (JUP) edges higher by 6% at press time on Wednesday, testing the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) breakout at $0.2192.

Chainlink (LINK) recovers modestly, trading above $7.30 on Wednesday after weeks of heavy selling pressure. The recovery could strengthen as Arc joined the Chainlink Scale program on Tuesday, boosting ecosystem growth and adoption.

Solana (SOL) price extends gains on Wednesday, testing the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) around $75.00. Although institutional demand for Solana remains weak, stabilizing retail confidence, with rising funding rates and steady Open Interest, supports the mild recovery.

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Sarah Breeden, the Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability, has warned that autonomous AI systems pose a growing threat to financial markets, cybersecurity, and payment infrastructure, urging central banks worldwide to look into better regulations for the sector. Speaking at the European Central Bank’s annual forum in Sintra, Portugal, Breeden explained that agentic...

Cardano (ADA) trades around $0.146 on Wednesday, stabilizing after a sharp correction as selling pressure eases. Weakening derivatives metrics indicate traders remain cautious, while fading bearish momentum indicators suggest a potential recovery for ADA.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to listen to Apple’s appeal to a contempt ruling in its years-long antitrust battle with Epic Games, which could set the stage for a landmark decision on how courts judge suits against tech platforms. The case revolves around the validity of a civil contempt ruling against a company...

The broader cryptocurrency market remains heavy, with Bitcoin (BTC) trading below $59,000 at press time on Wednesday, as US President Donald Trump weighs an all-out war with Iran but opts for diplomatic talks.

Anthropic has announced the release of Claude Science, a research environment that consolidates multiple scientific databases, tools, and visualization capabilities into a single platform for scientists and researchers. Anthropic announced the product at its “The Briefing: AI for Science” event on June 30, where the company explained Claude Science was not a new AI model....

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) are showing early signs of stabilization on Wednesday after a recent correction.

Bitcoin (BTC) could see a short-term relief from heavy selling pressure as quarter-end portfolio rebalancing could potentially revive spot BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) inflows, according to a K33 report on Tuesday.

Meituan claims it trained the 1.6 trillion parameter model on domestic Chinese hardware, avoiding Nvidia GPUs altogether.

Ethereum (ETH) treasury firm Sharplink (SBET) resumed accumulation of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization last week after months on the sidelines.

The Norwegian industrial AI software company Cognite will be purchased by Schneider Electric. The $3.1B deal is Norway's biggest software and AI exit to date.

The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation decree will hit its set deadline on July 1, and crypto firms and exchanges without authorization will lose their capacity to serve EU clients. This change is causing a major migration of crypto companies toward the United Arab Emirates, with Dubai’s less stringent licensing regime offering a...

Solana memecoin trading platform Pump.fun has removed agent mode for new token launches, following community requests. Pump.fun announced the decision on Tuesday, saying the Tokenized Agent launch option is deprecated, effective immediately. Co-founder Alon Cohen said it’s the first step to “removing launch options that don’t add enough value to users.” Last month I promised...

Open Standard on Tuesday unveiled Open USD (OUSD), a dollar-pegged stablecoin designed for global payments, backed by more than 140 companies.