Thetanuts Finance, the DeFi options protocol, has confirmed that it has suffered an exploit that drained $2.1 million from a legacy vault tied to it.  According to Thetanuts, the compromised contract had been deprecated years ago.  Blockchain security firm PeckShieldAlert, which flagged the incident before Thetanuts confirmed the exploit, reported that it seemed $2 million...

The British government has announced that it will block social media platforms from serving users under 16.  Telegram founder Pavel Durov and X owner Elon Musk immediately criticized the ban, framing the policy as a threat to online freedoms. Will the UK’s ban on social media actually protect children? The British government has announced that...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced two major leadership appointments today, June 15, 2026.  Donald Battle now joins the agency as Chief Data Innovation Officer, bringing expertise in blockchain forensics and data science from his time at the SEC and FinCEN.  On the other hand, J. Matthew Haws has been named Senior Advisor to...

Strategy (MSTR) expanded its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings last week, purchasing 1,587 BTC for roughly $100 million, according to a filing submitted on Monday. The purchase increased Strategy's total holdings to 846,842 BTC, acquired at an average cost basis of $75,656 per Bitcoin.

Ethereum (ETH) treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) expanded its holdings last week, purchasing 76,881 ETH amid weakness in the crypto market.

Popular crypto exchange Kraken has on Monday launched perpetual futures trading to eligible US users through Kraken Pro. The exchange will route the contracts through its recently acquired Bitnomial exchange, with full CFTC regulation. The newly launched product helps to fulfill a deficit that has kept most U.S. traders on the sidelines of the global...

Something big just happened in US crypto trading. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has cleared the way for a brand new kind of crypto product to be sold inside the country, and one trading platform has already jumped in to offer it. According to a cryptopolitan report, Kalshi, a platform best known for letting people...

The Canadian payment processor Nuvei will pay $7.40 per share to take over the cross-border payments firm Payoneer Global (NASDAQ: PAYO).  The New York-based company is valued at roughly $2.75 billion, making this deal one of the largest fintech acquisitions of 2026 so far. Why is Nuvei buying Payoneer? The New York-based Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:...

Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FWDI) disclosed on June 15 that it submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT) through an all-stock deal.  However, Solana Company’s board rejected the offer without negotiation, according to Forward’s public statement. The proposal offered HSDT shareholders 0.386 newly issued Forward Industries shares per HSDT share, valuing each at...

Anthropic has had a class action lawsuit filed against the company by a Washington, D.C.-based customer, with claims that the AI provider’s Claude Max subscription tiers delivered far less usage than was advertised, and offered less value for money than expected. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Claude user and subscriber Karl Kahn, is based...

Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), participated in ETHConf, held June 8–10 in New York, organized by ETHGlobal. TRON DAO also extended its presence throughout the week with a dedicated TRON Academy Happy Hour alongside...

Crypto traders poured money into products tied to Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite business SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX), but blockchain markets still could not give them the same thing Ron Baron bought: $1 billion worth of SPCX. The public debut created a funny split, as traditional investors received shares while crypto users received price exposure through...

Per rwa.xyz, roughly $25B in tokenized real-world assets (RWA) were under management as of May 2026. In January 2024, that value was $8B. The market is projected to grow, backed by institutional leaders such as BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.  The important question for a self-directed crypto investor is no longer “are RWAs real?” — it’s...

Bitcoin hit $67,196, Ether jumped 11% to $1,845, and Solana and XRP posted even bigger gains, although Bitcoin remains down nearly 24% this year. US stocks rallied sharply, with the Dow gaining 630 points to a fresh intraday record, the S&P 500 rising 1.6%, and the Nasdaq climbing 2.4%. SpaceX added more than 7% after...

Nvidia is looking to sell at least $20 billion in an investment-grade bond offering, in a bid to lock in more financing amid a perpetually increasing demand for AI-based debt securities. This would be the tech giant and major chipmaker’s first visit to the corporate market in five years. This offering will be managed by...

Ripple (RSI) edges higher at the time of writing on Monday, buoyed by a broader improvement in sentiment after the United States (US) and Iran confirmed a preliminary peace agreement, which is expected to take effect on Friday.

Chilean prosecutors have just issued an arrest warrant for Jose Manuel Rios Guaido, the founder of crypto platform Plusspay, after an investigation revealed that his fintech business was connected to a money laundering network run by a criminal organization called Tren de Aragua. The Southern Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor’s Office conducted the raid as part of...

Zinc, one of Solana’s top revenue-generating protocols, is currently in the middle of a governance dispute with MetaDAO over a proposal that would allow Zinc holders and its founder to buy out ZKFG token holders at $0.15. The governance proposal will also see that the associated Turbine Cash DAO LLC is taken private. Both sides...

A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Bitbank, has told its customers that it may suspend accounts found transferring funds to prediction market platforms. The announcement represents a tightening of the noose as Japan becomes one of the newest countries on the growing list of those restricting prediction market platforms even as their operators continue to seek regulatory...

Bitcoin (BTC) shows signs of recovery, trading above $65,000 on Monday, as the broader crypto market rebounds, fueled by improving sentiment following the United States (US) and Iran's confirmation of a preliminary peace agreement.

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Cryptocurrency prices remain broadly elevated on Monday, led by Bitcoin’s (BTC) upswing toward $66,000.

Aztec Connect’s smart contract has reportedly lost $2.1 million after an attacker took advantage of a verification flaw in the privacy bridge that was shut down three years ago. This attack also comes with a twist, as the flaw sits beyond anyone’s ability to patch per the Aztec Labs team. The stolen funds included approximately...

The U.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) officially opened the doors of its Seoul office, becoming the latest major crypto investor to enter a major market where nearly one in three adults owns digital assets. Aside from a16z, South Korea has received a wave of acquisitions, trademark applications and investments from other companies like...

Bitcoin (BTC) steadies above $65,700 at the time of writing on Monday, after recovering nearly 4% in the previous week. BTC recovery was boosted following Sunday’s news that the US and Iran have reached a preliminary peace deal, lifting the risk appetite.

Over the course of the past thirty days, around $440 billion has been wiped out from the total cryptocurrency market cap. Bitcoin fell from the highs of roughly $81K to a low of $59K set on June 5. The broader altcoin market, measured through the TOTAL2 chart, fell by around 14% over the same window....

Worldcoin (WLD) rallied to $0.60, breaking out ahead of the expected OpenAI IPO.

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Pi Network (PI) began the week on a positive note, trading above $0.1340 on Monday after posting a mild recovery and closing above a key resistance in the previous week.

Cardano (ADA) trades near $0.180 on Monday, pausing after a rebound of more than 10% in the previous week. While the recent recovery has helped ease selling pressure, mixed signals from the derivatives market suggest traders remain cautious about ADA's near-term direction.