BNY (NYSE: BNY) has stated that it will let institutional clients hold, transfer, mint, and redeem Circle’s USDC through its digital asset custody platform.  This move extends the bank’s relationship with Circle (NYSE: CRCL), positioning it as the primary hub for stablecoin operations in traditional finance. BNY made this announcement in a joint press release...

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a First Amendment challenge to the SEC's Gag Rule without comment.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has reported its assessment of stablecoins based on specific variables, and has concluded that they do not function as money was originally intended. The institution has warned in its latest 2026 Annual Economic Report that dollar-pegged tokens are driving a new form of dollarization in emerging economies. The report...

Strategy (MSTR) has unveiled a Digital Credit Framework to strengthen the company’s financial standing.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) is gaining momentum, trading around $0.00000419 at the time of writing on Monday. The meme coin’s knee-jerk rebound comes after hitting a new record low of $0.0000405.

Strategy has announced a pivot in how it will manage capital moving forward, with sales of Bitcoin, stock buybacks up to $2 billion in its own securities, and raising dividends on its troubled STRC preferred shares to 12%, all on the table according to its 8-K filing with the SEC on Sunday. The pivot comes...

The Bank of Thailand is preparing a plan for a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Thai baht, with a public hearing on the proposal expected before the end of 2026. Governor Vitai Ratanakorn explained plan details at the “Capital with Purpose” conference hosted by efinanceThai. The planned stablecoin will not be a central bank digital...

Google has put a definite cap to how much of its Gemini AI platform Meta is allowed to make use of after the tech and media company’s demand for AI compute exceeded available capacity, according to a Financial Times report. Alphabet’s cloud division informed Meta around March that its Gemini capacity demands could not be...

StorX Network is expanding its infrastructure role within the XDC ecosystem by operating XDC masternodes, strengthening its position as more than a decentralized storage application and becoming an active participant in the blockchain network that supports its DePIN storage layer.  StorX shifts from being a large application on XDC to also being part of the...

South Korean financial services company Kiwoom Securities is currently in talks to acquire a stake in Bithumb, the country’s second-largest crypto exchange. The deal will be fulfilled through a third-party allotment of newly issued shares, under which Kiwoom would acquire new shares issued by Bithumb.  However, the exact stake and investment are yet to be...

Ripple (XRP) pares losses and trades around $1.05 at the time of writing on Monday. The cross-border remittance token is attempting a recovery after last week’s sell-off, which intensified as the United States (US) and Iran exchanged fire.

BitMEX made the unprecedented move of replacing three of its top executives in one fell swoop when it let its chief executive (CEO) Stephan Lutz, chief financial officer (CFO) Ina Steiner, and chief growth officer Raphael Polansky exit the building all at once. Peter Wilkinson, the man who used to hold the role of BitMEX’s...

South Korea has announced that it is lining up about $1 trillion to invest in semiconductor manufacturing, AI data centers, and robotics infrastructure across the country. The country’s president, Lee Jae-myung, stated that the investment is essential for South Korea to keep pace with its neighbors who are already spending heavily on the same technologies....

Bitcoin (BTC) is showing renewed signs of recovery, approaching the $60,000 mark at the time of writing on Monday.

Hyperliquid Foundation will allocate $10 million in grants to developers affected by the sunsetting of its native stablecoin, USDH, in favor of USDC.  The news came on Sunday, weeks after the Foundation had unstaked 250,001 HYPE, worth $16.9 million, from its grants wallet.  Three days ago, 250,001 hyperliquid:native worth $16,993,317.97 was unstaked from the grants...

Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to trend downward below the $60,000 support zone after losing over 50% of its value since the $126,199 high in October. Bitcoin’s four-year cycle, measured from cycle tops to bottoms, suggests that four months of a bear market are still ahead.

A Solana (SOL) meme coin named after crypto celebrity Ansem rallied 18,000% in just 3 days to reach a $125 million market capitalization. During this time, the general cryptocurrency markets were experiencing extreme fear. High levels of speculative capital continue to follow small amounts of available liquidity, even though overall cryptocurrency market capitalizations are decreasing...

Bitcoin (BTC) reclaims $60,000 on Monday after a nearly 6% correction and closing below the key technical level. Institutional selling intensified as spot Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) recorded $1.79 billion in net outflows last week, the highest for this period since the end of February.

HP Inc. and OpenAI entered into a strategic agreement on June 28. They launched the Frontier platform throughout HP’s worldwide presence, which is just another example of how major businesses throughout the world are wagering that the use of AI will alter the entire fabric of how large businesses operate. This partnership will put OpenAI’s...

Bitcoin miners moved more BTC to Binance, after a wave of deposits in early June. Despite this, BTC miners are still not showing signs of capitulation, despite the loss of profitability.

Pi Network (PI) price edges lower on Monday, threatening a steeper correction below the all-time low of $0.1184 recorded on June 6. The negative funding rate reaffirms the sell-side dominance as the Pi2Day excitement fades.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warned that if AI has a major contraction, similar to prior recessions, it could have a much greater impact on global stock markets than previous recessions. The reason for this concern is that, with all the uncertainty surrounding the financing of AI, many of the investments in AI projects...

Dogecoin (DOGE) price remains in an extended downward trend, as the broader market risk-off sentiment weighs down on DOGE derivatives. From a technical viewpoint, DOGE risks deeper corrections as bearish momentum remains dominant despite indicators flashing oversold conditions.

Solana (SOL) is attempting to build on its recovery, trading above $71 on Monday after a modest loss in the previous week. Improving derivatives sentiment and strengthening on-chain activity back the rebound thesis for SOL.

Derive (DRV) edges higher on Monday, extending its third consecutive day of recovery above $0.1000. The increasing volume and fees collected through Perpetuals and Options contracts suggest that Derive’s market share in crypto derivatives is growing.

Cardano (ADA) is stabilizing around $0.145 at the time of writing on Monday after suffering a sharp 21% decline over the previous two weeks. Derivatives metrics continue to reflect cautious market sentiment; however, fading bearish momentum suggests ADA could recover in the coming days.

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) are showing early signs of stabilization on Monday after a correction of nearly 6%, 8% and 7%, respectively, over the previous week.

The broader cryptocurrency market continues to trade under pressure, with Bitcoin (BTC) struggling for direction near $60,000 on Monday. Retail sentiment in crypto leans bearish, with CoinMarketCap’s Fear and Greed Index at 15 on Monday, maintaining a sideways trend deep in the “Extreme Fear” zone.

San Antonio has passed an ordinance requiring fraud warning signs at every crypto kiosk in the city. The move targets 660 scam reports and about $39M in losses.

A retired man in Florence, Alabama, lost $222,000+ to a crypto romance scam.