Nansen’s CEO, Alex Svanevik, has pointed out that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) would have become one of the most valuable venture portfolios in tech history by now if his company had completed the acquisition of FTX in November 2022. A Forbes analysis released back in May showed that Sam Bankman-Fried’s personal and FTX-linked investments,...

Pseudonymous analyst Car has written a rebuttal to the Bloomberg report on alleged insider trading that flagged specific wallets and labeled tens of millions in trading volume as suspicious. Car’s thread highlighted what he says are several problems with Bloomberg’s methodology. The analyst stated that the publication overstated winnings and misread on-chain data to build...

Alibaba Group presented its strongest commitment to artificial intelligence this week. Chairman Joe Tsai said AI could eventually create a US$50 trillion market and that the company plans to invest in every area of the AI industry rather than focusing on just one. Tsai clarified that Alibaba is pursuing a comprehensive AI strategy that encompasses...

Two brothers from Waller, Texas, who held a Minnesota family at gunpoint for more than eight hours and forced the father to hand over $8 million in cryptocurrency, pled guilty to their crimes in a Federal Court on Thursday. The duo’s case is part of a global surge in violent crypto theft that has prompted...

Hyperliquid (HYPE) is rising toward $70 at the time of writing on Friday, having rebounded from daily support at $66. This recovery follows a sharp pullback from the recent all-time high near $80 established earlier in the week.

The verdict passed by the Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the decision taken by India’s temporary blocking of the Telegram service. It dismisses any claims raised by the Telegram application and approves the Indian government’s action of blocking the whole Telegram platform according to Section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act. This verdict...

Prediction market operator Kalshi has reportedly begun informal discussions with investment banks about a potential initial public offering (IPO). It comes at a unique time for the company whose annualized revenue has crossed $2 billion, which is roughly three times where it stood in November 2025. What are the possible timelines for Kalshi’s listing? The...

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An X user who identifies as Aman Kesar (now-deleted @Amankesar11 on X) has inadvertently “self-snitched” after they reached out to ZachXBT for the on-chain sleuth’s intervention in recovering about 5.73 BTC that they claim the Changelly crypto exchange seized from them. The plot twist arrives as on-chain evidence of irregular transactions is now piling up...

The uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz has been one of the most contentious issues that crypto and risk assets more broadly have had to deal with since the US-Iran war began on February 28. Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority issued a notice that comes into effect from today on reopening the Strait of Hormuz...

Estonia has set out to become the first country to create IDs for AI agents in an effort to avoid losing control over the technology, which is spreading fast in its digitally advanced society. The move, aimed primarily at ensuring accountability while using artificial intelligence, was announced this week and is already raising questions about...

U.S. margin debt surged to a new record in May, recording an increase in investor borrowing as stock markets continued to set new highs. Data released by FINRA showed margin debt rose by $112 billion during the month, bringing the total to $1.42 trillion. The increase marked the second consecutive monthly gain and pushed borrowing...

Macroeconomic headwinds continue to weigh heavily on the cryptocurrency market on Friday, prompting major assets like Bitcoin (BTC) to pare earlier gains and extend losses after June’s brief relief rally.

Misconfigured website data and a separately leaked registration list have led to the discovery of Dialog, a private network co-founded by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, according to multiple reports.  The private group consists of high-profile individuals such as U.S. officials, tech executives, military leaders, and Hollywood figures. What is Dialog and who is in it? ...

GLM-5.2 launched by Z.ai, described by the firm as an open-weight large language model (LLM). It reportedly leads other open-source LLMs in Artificial Analysis, ranking in the top three of all LLMs in the world. It means that GLM-5.2 is very close to the cutting-edge LLMs created by Anthropic and OpenAI. This release can affect...

The Ethereum Foundation has been put on notice of “urgent challenges” brewing beneath the surface, according to Trent Van Epps, a former core development coordinator at the organization from May 2021 to April 2026.  In the X article that Van Epps shared, developer funding at Ethereum could enter crisis mode in a matter of three...

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has tracked a Windows cryptocurrency clipper, dubbed CryptoBandits, that's been active since February 2026.

Bitcoin (BTC) is set to end the week in the red, trading near the 200-Week Simple Moving Average (SMA) at around $62,300 on Friday. Institutional selling persists, capping BTC’s recovery as spot Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) point to a sixth consecutive week of outflows.

U.S.-Iran talks were called off after Israeli strikes on Lebanon, and JD Vance canceled his Switzerland trip. Brent fell to $79.49, while WTI slipped to $76.36 as peace hopes weakened. Iran allowed tankers carrying more than 12 million barrels through Hormuz without firing on ships. Asian markets were mixed, OPEC stayed bullish on oil demand,...

Uniswap increased its activity in the past few months, after turning UNI from a governance token to a revenue-sharing asset. RWA tokenization is also set to drive daily activity.

Sui (SUI) price continues to lose its ground for the fourth straight day, inching closer to $0.7000 at press time on Friday.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested feedback from market participants on whether the reporting requirements of the Commission for security-based swaps transactions are still applicable to products and trading structures that exist today. SEC X announcement on June 18 is in keeping with the collaboration between the SEC and the CFTC to eliminate...

Solana (SOL) price edges below $70 at press time on Friday, extending its losses for the fourth straight day this week. The institutional demand for Solana is building, with steady inflows so far this week and Morgan Stanley’s amended S-1 filing for a Solana-focused Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF).

BNB (BNB), formerly known as Binance Coin, continues to extend its losses, trading below $573 at the time of writing on Friday, losing over 7% so far this week. Muted institutional demand, rising short bets and falling Open Interest (OI) signal growing downside bias.

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, told Galaxy Research that AI may pose an existential risk to humanity, but not to crypto. His argument is that digital assets could become the financial rail for autonomous AI systems before traditional banks are ready for machine-driven payments. The Galaxy Research interview, released on June 18, covered Bitcoin’s...

Cardano (ADA) remains under pressure, trading below $0.165 at the time of writing on Friday, losing over 11% so far this week. Weakening derivatives metrics and deteriorating on-chain data support further correction on ADA.

The broader cryptocurrency market feels the weight of strained US-Iran negotiations, pushing Bitcoin (BTC) below $63,000 on Friday. Israeli missile strikes over Lebanon bend the first clause of the peace agreement, raising concerns over the renewed passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

Solana has managed to surpass all other blockchain networks in terms of the number of wallets that hold tokenized real-world assets (RWA), with a record of 285,971 RWA wallets reported as of June 18, according to the statistics provided by RWA.xyz. This development is particularly important for the whole crypto ecosystem as it shows where...

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) are trading under pressure on Friday as risk-off continues to weigh on the broader cryptocurrency market. BTC has fallen more than 4% so far this week, and ETH is extending losses, trading around $1,700.

OpenAI has launched enhanced usage analytics and updated spend controls for ChatGPT Enterprise on Thursday, giving corporate administrators better tools to monitor AI credit consumption and set important budget caps across their organizations, as institutional AI spending continues to hit new highs. These new features address a growing pain point for large companies, as the...