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...

ASTER token rose over 15% to $0.77 on June 17th following an announcement that it will re-route 99% of daily platform fees into automatic buybacks. 

Bitcoin (BTC) remains well below key onchain metrics, with realized losses continuing to dominate capital flows despite a partial price recovery.

Ethereum (ETH) derivatives have remained subdued following the price decline over the past few weeks.

Binance’s crypto licensing application in Greece has stalled after what rumors claim is because the regulators received direct orders from the European Central Bank (ECB) President, Christine Lagarde. Binance’s application, which was made under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, had cleared most of Greece’s regulatory requirements and was on track for approval prior to...

A recent valuation report released yesterday by Grayscale Research suggests that the Aave token is currently undervalued. The firm projects that if the regulatory environment becomes more favorable for the tokenization of real-world assets, the token’s price could reach approximately $175 within the next year. The report, called “A Guide to Buying the Dip: Valuing...

Syscoin’s team has recovered and destroyed 5 billion SYS tokens that an attacker minted through a flaw in the project’s cross-chain bridge.  Syscoin had to burn the minted tokens to restore its supply to its pre-exploit levels; however, its bridge remains offline. How did the exploit happen? The Syscoin team stated that they detected the...

Prediction markets are expected to be greatly impacted by the 2026 FIFA World Cup. According to a June 2026 Bernstein analysis, trade on both regulated and decentralized exchanges might increase by $5 billion to $10 billion. Since online betting sites now compete with established sportsbooks for clients during one of the largest sporting events in...

The Fed held rates at 3.5% to 3.75% in a unanimous 12-0 vote. Nine policymakers now expect rate hikes this year, while eight support no change and one favors a cut. Officials said inflation remains too high, with the Middle East conflict and rising energy costs adding pressure. Kevin Warsh’s influence is already visible in...

The Big Tech-backed carbon removal coalition Frontier announced fresh funding of around $915 million on Wednesday, bringing its total financial commitments to $1.8 billion with the addition of top AI company Anthropic to its roster of financiers. Other financial contributors to the new round include Stripe, Google, Shopify, Salesforce, and the H&M Group. Frontier’s objectives...

Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated prediction market operator, has partnered with the compliance vendor StarCompliance to give financial firms a way to track employee trading on the platform in real time. Prediction markets are facing mounting scrutiny from federal regulators and Congress over insider trading risks, but now compliance teams can flag suspicious trades as they happen,...

Rodney Burton, popularly known as “Bitcoin Rodney,” pleaded guilty for his role in the $1.8 billion HyperFund cryptocurrency fraud in a federal court yesterday, June 16. U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes announced the guilty plea alongside Kareem Carter, the IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge, and Pete Gizas, the HSI New York Special Agent...

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) tokens exhibit mixed signals on Wednesday, with Uniswap (UNI) slightly pulling back from an early-week rally to highs around $3.73, while Aster (ASTER) extends its recovery near $0.80. Bitcoin (BTC) holds above $65,000 following a rejection at June highs around $67,000.

Cross-border payments solutions company, Trace Finance, has raised $32 million in a Series A round led by CoinFund to expand its stablecoin settlement infrastructure beyond Brazil into wider Latin American and Asia-Pacific markets.  The round involved big players like Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, and Chainlink Labs, and intends to use this investment to better its stablecoin...