Fully electric cars grabbed their biggest-ever slice of the European market in May, as government support, cheaper-running costs and steeper petrol prices pushed more buyers toward battery power. Across 17 European markets, battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations climbed 34.4% compared with a year earlier, hitting 212,387 cars. That gave fully electric models a 23.6% share...

Top crypto exchange, Kraken, has launched on-chain trading via its mobile app for almost 2,500 Solana-based tokens, giving users in the United States and over 100 other countries access to trading digital assets on the Solana DEX without requiring a new wallet. The exchange is using embedded wallet infrastructure from Privy and will route the...

Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) continue to slide on Thursday as prevailing bearish sentiment dominates the crypto market. XMR declines for a third straight day and remains under $330, reflecting sustained selling pressure.

Police in Marseille, France said they arrested four suspects over the weekend after they interrupted what appears to be a crypto robbery that was escalated into a kidnapping attempt as the accused reportedly held two women hostage. News of the arrests, which first appeared in the local French newspaper La Provence, marks the first instance...

Bybit has put out a measured statement saying it is engaging the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) directly to understand the basis for its listing on the financial regulator’s Investor Alert List.  Being placed on the Investor Alert List means that Bybit is not licensed to serve local users, despite the company already blocking Singapore...

Ethereum had a strong Q1, and retained some of the momentum in Q2 to date, driven by active lending activity and growing RWA tokenization.

Ripple (XRP) ticks down below $1.20 with short-term support at $1.16 intact at the time of writing on Thursday. An early-week rally was rejected at $1.28, weighing on sentiment as traders broadly de-risked.

The Strait of Hormuz could reopen on Friday and release crude trapped across the Persian Gulf. Traders expect the extra supply to push Middle Eastern oil prices lower. Gulf producers already increased exports this month through ship-to-ship transfers near the United Arab Emirates and Oman, pushing regional grades below benchmark prices on Tuesday. The reopening...

Cryptocurrency prices are broadly moderating downwards on Thursday, as market participants assess the impact of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) hawkish monetary policy stance. Bitcoin (BTC) edges lower, with support at $64,000 holding.

Crypto cards and its usage has gained significant traction over the past year and the total volume in this sector is about to reach a massive milestone. As of June 17, cumulative crypto card volumes are on the verge of breaking the $10 billion mark, currently sitting at $9.898 billion according to data from paymentscan.xyz....

iShares BITA (Bitcoin Premium Income ETF), by BlackRock, made its debut on Nasdaq on June 16, 2026. BITA provides investors with access to monthly cash payouts in the form of premium income from Bitcoin using covered call options. This investment vehicle will provide an annual yield of 15%-25%, which sparked debate in the crypto space...

Intel shares jumped as much as 9% in premarket trading after President Trump said on Truth Social that Apple has agreed to work with Intel inside the US.

Attackers have taken around $2 million from a deprecated Aztec payments product on June 17, coming just a few days after $2.19 million was lost in a separate exploit that targeted the project’s retired Aztec Connect bridge.  The back-to-back incidents add to a growing pattern of hackers attacking abandoned smart contracts that hold user funds...

Eight major US banks have reportedly stated that the new Basel capital requirements could increase capital requirements for their trading desks by 30% to 89%. This attempt to weaken the regulations follows the efforts by the US government to change the regulatory regime that was established after the financial crisis of 2008. This shift could...

Bittensor (TAO) price edges below $250 at press time on Thursday, marking its fourth straight day of losses. The AI token is losing retail demand as TAO futures Open Interest dips over 8% in the last 24 hours.

CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy says the exchange will sue the CFTC on Thursday, arguing that bitcoin perpetual futures approved for Kalshi and Coinbase should not be considered futures.

Tether revealed that it will deactivate its Alloy by Tether platform and discontinue the production of aUSDT tokens, removing one of the few gold-linked stablecoin experiments from the market. The deadline for aUSDT coin holders to liquidate their positions is 17 September 2026. This comes following Tether’s focus on high-liquidity assets. aUSDT was created in...

Bitcoin (BTC) remains under pressure, extending its correction, trading below $64,000 at the time of writing on Thursday. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) left interest rates unchanged but struck a hawkish tone on Wednesday, dampening the risk sentiment.

Pi Network (PI) price is down to $0.1300 at press time on Thursday, extending its nearly 3% losses from the previous day. The PI token remains capped as the broader market recovery stalls amid recurring mild spikes in long liquidation.

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Dogecoin (DOGE) is trading in the red below $0.08500 for the fourth straight day as broader market interest shifts toward real-world utility tokens. The meme coin is losing retail strength despite a mild institutional inflow on Wednesday after 10 days of silence.

Solana (SOL) extends its decline, trading below $72 on Thursday after losing over 2.5% in the last two days. Institutional demand shows mild optimism as spot Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) recorded an inflow of $1.06 million on Wednesday, marking the third consecutive day of inflow so far this week.

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has asked three major cryptocurrency exchanges to provide information on over-the-counter crypto transactions worth more than $10,000, according to the Economic Times. The directive places large OTC crypto deals under closer government scrutiny and signals that India wants more visibility into off-exchange transactions, especially where the real owners of the assets...

STRC, Strategy’s variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, ended at $89.15 per share on June 17, more than 11% below its $100 par value. The drop has raised fresh questions about investor appetite for Bitcoin-backed yield instruments. STRC was designed to offer a variable dividend while helping Strategy raise capital for its Bitcoin treasury strategy, but its...

Ripple (XRP) steadies at $1.19 at the time of writing on Thursday, below the upper boundary of its falling channel after facing rejection. Meanwhile, Stellar (XLM) extends its gains, rallying over 25% so far this week.

The broader cryptocurrency market remains divided with Bitcoin (BTC) slipping below $65,000 on Thursday after Kevin Warsh’s hawkish speech the previous day, while altcoins like Ethena (ENA) and Stellar (XLM) advance upwards.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sued Kalshi, Polymarket, and VGW on June 17, accusing the companies of running illegal gambling platforms without a Kentucky licence. The lawsuits, filed in Franklin Circuit Court, add to a growing fight over whether online prediction markets should be regulated as federally supervised derivatives markets or as gambling products subject...

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is calling on governments worldwide to migrate stock markets to blockchain networks and issue their own national stablecoins. He says traditional finance is entering a new on-chain era. His comments follow meetings with government officials and financial regulators in Asia to discuss the future of blockchain technology and digital assets. ...

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has called on governments to tokenize their stock markets and issue sovereign stablecoins, arguing that blockchain technology can expand access to capital markets and increase the global use of national currencies.

Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, fell nearly 4% as investors responded to growing speculation that the company could sell more of its Bitcoin holdings in the coming months.  The stock closed at around $117.94, down 3.97%, underscoring worries about the company’s short-term outlook.  The latest discussion follows the suggestions that Strategy may need...