A 51.7 reading, even easing slightly from May, still confirms China’s strongest manufacturing quarter since Q4 2020, a constructive signal for risk sentiment tied to

One Binance customer said he lost the equivalent of more than $132,000 from the crypto exchange’s derivatives offerings before restrictions were imposed on Binance.

Australia May 2026 Building Permits -1.1% m/m, 5 falls in the past 6 months expected 1.0%, prior –3.4% Building Permits 5.3% y/y expected 9.5%, prior

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick: approving the removal of Fable 5’s export restrictions Mythos 5 approved too Anthropic says will turn them both back on on

A 54.8 print marks a sixth straight month of expansion and the best quarterly run since Q1 2014, a headline strong enough to support yen-positive

Commerce is expected to lift export controls on Fable tonight, a senior White House official tells me – Politico. – Background to this is the

A third straight month above 50 with the index at a five-month high gives the headline print a constructive look, but the underlying mix is

Strategy’s latest plan includes MSTR and STRC buybacks, expanded cash reserves and even potential Bitcoin sales. Will it be enough to defuse the overheated “death

On Tuesday we had official PMIs from China: China factory PMI beats forecast at 50.3 as AI-linked exports drive expansion China’s domestic demand engine sputtering

The amended complaint, granted by a judge on Tuesday, included allegations that Kalshi targeted users under 21 years old through social media and marketing on

Bitcoin’s recent selloff brought it within 10% of its realized price — a line that has marked the bottoming zone in Bitcoin’s previous bear markets.

Bitcoin Magazine President Donald Trump Discloses More Than $50 Million in Bitcoin Held in Cold Storage President Donald Trump holds more than $50 million in

Vance says Trump is ready to drop bombs again. A vice-presidential signal that renewed strikes remain live, even framed as one of two options, is

The request from the US agency seeks feedback on how emerging ETF structures and investment strategies should be regulated as issuers roll out increasingly specialized

RBC Economics highlights a firmer start to Q2 in today’s Canadian GDP report after a small contraction in the first quarter of the year. Canadian

The project, supported by Visa, Mastercard and many crypto companies, could be in a position to challenge Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, currently the two

JOLTs job openings 7.594M vs 7.300M estimate US June consumer confidence 91.2 vs 94.8 expected Canada April GDP +0.5% vs +0.4% expected US April CaseShiller

Bitcoin faced downside pressure as the US dollar hit its highest levels against the Japanese yen since 1986, while BTC price analysis revealed “capitulation” by

Bitcoin Magazine Anchorage Digital and Binance Launch Off-Exchange Settlement for Institutional Crypto Trading Anchorage Digital has announced an integration with Binance to bring off-exchange settlement

The partnership extends distribution of Nasdaq’s TotalView market data to blockchain applications and other software platforms through Pyth’s marketplace.

All markets seem to have moved on from the Iran war but here are some fresh comments: Current meetings held by Iran are aimed at

The crypto industry, big tech and gambling interest groups are betting big on politicians in the 2026 primaries and elections, with almost $300 million shelled

Bitcoin Magazine Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD A coalition of more than 140 companies — among them Visa, Stripe, Mastercard,

Bitcoin miners have the power sites AI companies need, but turning old mining campuses into real data center revenue is no easy pivot.

Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Firms Lead $517 Million Corporate Surge Into 2026 Midterms Cryptocurrency companies have become the single largest corporate political spenders in the United

The majority of businesses surveyed are likely to use stablecoins within the next 12 months, while regulatory clarity remained the biggest barrier to wider adoption.

Bitcoin Magazine One Year Later: How Coldcard Q’s Key Teleport Delivers Secure Remote Key Management for Bitcoin Treasuries Have you ever been travelling, had to

NPR reported (but has since retracted), a story that arch conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is retiring. Aside from his votes, Alito might be

Bitcoin Magazine UK Sets Landmark Crypto Rules in Race to Become Global Hub The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority published a landmark crypto regulatory framework this

Bitcoin Magazine UAE-Based Goldman Lampe Private Bank Acquires $137 Million in Bitcoin Goldman Lampe Private Bank has purchased €120 million (roughly $137 million) worth of

The Information is out with a report saying that OpenAI has found a way to cut inference costs in half. I haven’t seen the report

Oman recently delivered a formal proposal to the United States that outlined a plan in which shipping companies would pay service fees to use the

The US Supreme Court affirmed the lower court and struck down an Executive Order, which Trump signed on his first day back in office. The

The USDCAD has been in a strong uptrend since May 1, rallying from 1.35492 to last week’s high of 1.42473. That peak was reached on

The onchain capital markets platform allocated $20 million to Fidelity International’s tokenized liquidity fund as tokenized Treasury products continue to attract institutional capital.

Prior was +0.8% y/y Monthly prices vs -0.1% Prior monthly -0.2% From the FHFA: Yearly vs +1.7% prior Monthly vs +0.1% prior There are some

Prior month 0.2% revised higher from 0.1% Monthly home price for April -0.1% Home Prices YoY 2.0% versus 1.8% last month Home Price Index 441.4

Strategy’s new Bitcoin capital framework draws Wall Street backing from Benchmark with a $570 per share target even as traders question long-term demand risk.

Gold consolidates around the 4,000 level as traders await the US NFP and CPI reports ECB’s Wunsch: We might need another rate hike but not

Prior +2.6% HICP +2.4% vs +2.5% y/y expected Prior +2.7% Core CPI Y/Y +2.5% vs 2.5% prior Full report here The inflation rate in Germany

Spiko integrated Coinbase Payments into two EU regulated UCITS Treasury funds, enabling USDC and EURC subscriptions and redemption payments through Base.

ESMA said EU crypto clients must be served through a MiCA-authorized entity as Binance faces questions over its servicing model in the region after the

Nasdaq-listed Solana Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan’s Alatau City, which seeks to become a key crypto hub in Central Asia.

The Celsius-linked Bitcoin miner is seeking a Nasdaq direct listing as it repurposes mining infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing workloads.

CPI +3.0% vs +3.1% y/y expected Prior +3.2% HICP +3.1% vs +3.2% y/y expected Prior +3.2% The preliminary numbers show just a marginal drop in

A Michigan Judge has temporarily blocked Kalshi from offering sports betting contracts to residents, escalating the state-federal fight over prediction markets and gambling laws.

Unemployment change -1k vs 7k expected Prior -12k Unemployment rate 6.3% vs 6.3% expected Prior 6.3% German unemployment unexpectedly fell in June with the jobless

Here are all the state readings released around the same time: Bavaria CPI +2.5% vs +2.6% y/y prior Saxony CPI +2.5% vs +2.7% y/y prior

Retail sales +1.1% vs 0.0% m/m expected Prior -0.3%; revised to -0.4% German retail sales surprised to the upside in May but it comes with

From July, crypto exchanges operating in Australia will prompt for additional information on all outgoing and incoming transfers.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the main highlights will be the French and German CPI reports. French CPI Y/Y is expected at 2.0% vs

Prior +2.4% HICP +2.0% vs +2.3% y/y expected Prior +2.8% More to come.. This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.

The good news for Germany was that headline annual inflation ticked lower in May, dropping to 2.6% from 2.9% in April. However, core annual inflation

ING: China’s domestic demand engine sputtering despite stronger headline PMI BOJ board tilts more hawkish on paper, but dovish dissent count could double China factory

It sends “a very clear signal” to other institutions that may be sitting on the sidelines and looking at these larger funds as leaders, said

Bitmine purchased about $43 million worth of Ether last week as it entered the Russell 1000 Index, bringing it closer to its goal of owning

The bounce in new export orders to 50.1 offers some near-term support for China-exposed cyclical assets, but ING’s call for second-quarter GDP to slow to

The SEC alleged that NanoBit’s crypto trading platform was fake and that hundreds of thousands of dollars in investor funds were misappropriated.

I’ll have more to come on this separately … ADDED: China factory PMI beats forecast at 50.3 as AI-linked exports drive expansion China Manufacturing PMI

The beat across all three PMI readings will offer some support to risk sentiment toward China-exposed assets, though the underlying composition, with strength concentrated in

White House: Trump authorizes the temporary suspension of certain duties on phosphate fertilizer imported from Morocco This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

Japan data: May Unemployment Rate 2.5% expected and prior both 2.5% Jobs/applications ratio 1.17 prior 1.17 This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

Japan Industrial Production May -1.7% y/y prior 2.0% 0.5% m/m expected 1.1%, prior 0.5% Japanese manufacturers see June output +3.7% m/m (prior forecast: -0.4%) see

The launch of a formal EU-China trade consultation mechanism reduces the near-term risk of an escalatory tariff exchange between Brussels and Beijing, offering some relief

The UK’s financial regulator has published its crypto regulatory framework, setting the authorization deadline for cryptocurrency firms for February 2027.

The softer-than-expected BRC print will provide modest comfort to Bank of England rate-setters looking for evidence that consumer price pressures are easing, though the data

House Speaker Mike Johnson transmitted a housing bill with a provision barring the US Federal Reserve issuing or creating a CBDC until 2030 to Donald

Bitcoin’s loose hold on $60,000 and soft futures markets raise questions about whether BTC has bottomed.

Lawmakers in the US Senate are on state work periods until July 13, giving them only four weeks to address a cryptocurrency market structure bill

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Surges Over 12% As Bitcoin-Linked Stocks Have Green Day Shares of Strategy Inc. climbed 14% at times on Monday to roughly

Supreme Court blocks Trump from removing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Trump says he will “take appropriate action immediately” on Cook SMCI offices raided

Iran’s president on X: Understanding is a bilateral matter, if the U.S. side adheres to the MOU, we will also fulfill our obligations Our approach

Brazil scored in the 95th minute to beat Japan 2-1. At about the same time, the USDJPY is ticking to a high or 161.97 which

Bitcoin Magazine JPMorgan Backs U.S. Crypto Bill, But Puts a Warning Label Front and Center as Senate Eyes August Deadline JPMorgan threw its support behind

Rising demand for put options and persistent ETF outflows highlight Bitcoin’s weakness despite lower oil prices.

Several exchanges that have already been authorized by EU regulators are attempting to bring in users from companies unlicensed under the Markets in Crypto-Assets rules,

Bitcoin faced its own battle for support as US stocks headed higher and analysts warned of a lack of “conviction” among BTC buyers.

Bitcoin Magazine Fidelity Outlines 5 Factors That Could End the Bitcoin and Crypto Winter Bitcoin is trading below $60,000 as of late June 2026, roughly

Super Micro computers tend to be in the news for all the wrong reasons more than any other company. There is a news story being

Bitcoin Magazine Clarity Act Enters Critical Two-Week Window as Senate Heads Into Recess The Senate has left Washington for the July 4 recess, and the

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) fell by 5.5 million barrels this week to 325.7 million barrels, pushing inventories to their lowest level since 1983. Crude

Bitcoin Magazine 2007–2009—The Global Financial Crisis and the Birth of Bitcoin On January 1, 2000, the world was supposed to end. As the date changed

The move deepens BNY’s partnership with Circle and builds on the bank’s role as the primary custodian of USDC reserves.

Claude Mythos has raised concerns about AI-driven attacks on DeFi protocols. However, the same AI tools are also available to security teams, not just attackers.

Bitcoin Magazine Strive (ASST) Holds 19,864 BTC With No New Purchases Last Week, Balance Sheet Hits $141.7M Cash Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) filed an 8-K

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Raises STRC Dividend, Authorizes $2B in Buybacks, and Unlocks Further Bitcoin Sales Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR), the world’s largest bitcoin treasury

The new SDK feature lets developers route payments from Bitcoin balances to recipients in USDC and USDT without requiring users to hold stablecoins.

Bernstein says platforms are bringing exchange, clearing and brokerage infrastructure in-house, setting up potential deals while increasing antitrust and regulatory risks.

Headlines: US, Iran technical teams still on course to meet in Doha in the coming days – report Oil prices hover around pre-war levels as

Bitcoin prepped an “interesting” RSI divergence into the Q2 and June candle close as analysis compared $60,000 to the $30,000 mark in the 2022 bear

MiCA crypto licensing data shows 244 approved companies across EU and EEA jurisdictions, led by Germany with France and the Netherlands also among top hubs

Vitalik Buterin said indistinguishability obfuscation could eventually support private, collusion-resistant onchain voting without trusted committees, though the technology remains impractical.

Economic confidence 95.0 vs 94.0 expected Prior 93.5; revised to 93.7 Industrial confidence -7.7 vs -7.2 expected Prior -8.0; revised to -7.9 Services confidence 3.2

Kiwoom Securities is reportedly seeking to acquire a stake in crypto exchange Bithumb, as more brokerage firms race to secure a stake in the industry

The technical teams are reported to meet in Doha still in order to work on the implementation of the memorandum of understanding. And that comes

Galaxy cut its 2026 CLARITY Act odds to 50%, warning that Senate floor time is running out before the August recess.

Mortgage approvals 56.205k vs 62.900k expected Prior 65.945k; revised to 66.034k UK mortgage approvals fell off by quite a bit last month, with net borrowing

CPI +3.2% vs +3.0% y/y expected Prior +3.2% HICP +3.6% vs +3.4% y/y expected Prior +3.6% Spain headline annual inflation holds unchanged in June, sitting

The AI investment surge is a potential flashpoint for systemic risk, “as financing has relied on enormous debt and highly leveraged nonbank structures that can

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the only highlight is the Spanish Flash CPI report. Headline CPI Y/Y is expected at 3.0% vs 3.2% prior,

It’s going to be a bit of a hectic week, and a holiday-shortened one at that, with US markets closing early on Thursday and then

“We lacked a virtual machine, no composability, no real‑world payment use cases. That limitation kept our ecosystem from growing,” said the team.

Japan blueprint aims to double real economic growth … to 1% China blacklists 20 Japanese entities in dual-use export crackdown Preview – Goldman sees 130k

Dubai’s VARA has licensed its 50th crypto firm, though only 39 VASPs were fully operational at the end of 2025 as the emirate’s regulated market

The immediate market read is contained by the ministry’s explicit statement that normal bilateral trade is unaffected, which limits the near-term spillover to the broader

Bitcoin RSI bullish divergences formed the basis for the new bull case, but some market takes warned that new BTC price lows were still to

Sharplink bought nearly 40,000 ETH last week after an eight-month pause, adding to signs the company has resumed its Ether accumulation strategy.

The BOJ passage is the most market-sensitive element of this document. The draft’s explicit call for the central bank to align monetary policy decisions with

The scale of the announcement, if investments materialise at the reported $651 billion level over the coming years, represents a structural demand signal for the

A 130k headline that embeds a 40k World Cup distortion implies an underlying trend read closer to 90k, which at the current stage of the

The print lands as a material upside surprise at a moment when BOJ rate path expectations are acutely sensitive to evidence of sustained domestic demand.

BitMine and Joe Lubin back a new non profit called Ethlabs that aims to spur adoption. Binance shutters services in Europe after failing to secure

The sectoral split in China’s profit data has direct commodity read-throughs: upstream outperformance in non-ferrous metals and electronics materials reflects sustained input cost pressure that

Data due from Japan today. Not likely to move the yen too much, it remains weak. Earlier: Weekend – Hawkish ECB board member calls for

The Basel-based institution said that private digital tokens fall short of the requirements for sound money and urged policymakers to accelerate work on tokenized forms

The European Banking Authority laid out a proposed penalty framework on Friday that can strip non-compliant significant token issuers of up to 12.5% of their

Bitcoin’s past July gains and heavy short bets point to a rally toward $75,000, but a break below key support keeps the risk of $55,000

Early exchange flow data show no clear signs of a mass migration from Binance ahead of the EU MiCA transition deadline, despite rivals’ efforts to

Grayscale’s research head Zach Pandl said Strategy should sell $3 billion in Bitcoin to cover its cash obligations, but CryptoQuant argued the company has other

A “race condition” after the system was reset prevented the sequencers from catching up, causing the second outage.

“These periods have always been profitable for long-term investors,” said CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.

The asset manager argues Bitcoin’s fixed supply schedule does not undermine network security, even as miners face shrinking block rewards after each halving.

Nearly 50,000 BTC shifted to exchanges at a loss while short-term Bitcoin holders’ stress level reached 2-year highs. Is BTC headed toward new lows?

The new investment vehicle arrives as asset managers expand TAO offerings and decentralized AI gains momentum following recent restrictions on Anthropic’s models.

Coinbase and Circle have posted steeper losses than Oracle, Netflix and Salesforce, highlighting the widening gap between crypto equities and the broader market.

SecondFi says it has completed forensic investigations, taken a final balance snapshot and is preparing to return assets.

FedEx reported earnings this week and it’s a company worth watching because freight demand is a great proxy for economic activity. Here is Brie Carere,

The nonbinding report outlines Parliament’s vision for future EU crypto regulation and warns against national MiCA rules.

Securitize says less than 30% of shareholders in the acquisition firm taking it public elected to redeem, giving it an expected $400 million on its

Senators John Curtis and Adam Schiff are concerned about the CFTC’s enforcement ability after a “troubling” report on Polymarket’s advertising.

Solana found strength from tokenized stock trading on its network, but a declining TVL and DEX volumes point to fading momentum.

Old Ether wallets moved 37,806 ETH as long-term whale profitability turned negative for the first time since 2019, signaling mixed sentiment among large holders.

Bitcoin Magazine Galaxy Research Cuts CLARITY Act Passage Odds to 50-50 as Senate Clock Runs Out Galaxy Digital’s research arm has cut its estimate of

Major stock indices close modestly lower with the Nasdaq leading the way. Rubio: Framework raises hopes for peace, but major obstacles remain Crude oil settles

Carlos San Basilio said that “there will be no exceptions ​or extensions” to the MiCA deadline requiring crypto exchanges offering services to EU-based users to

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined a framework aimed at ending hostilities and restoring stability in Lebanon. The proposal attempts to balance Israel’s security

Secretary of State Rubio said that there is a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon after talks in Washington. He added that there is still

Hezbollah’s Fadlallah is telling Al Mayadeen that: Authorities cannot enforce Washington agreement unless they go to Civil War with the US support. What happened in

Ether’s technical setup points to a potential drop to $1,375, a move that could lift one whale’s unrealized profit to $2.39 million.

The regulatory agencies are seeking public feedback on cross-margining, collateral and risk management as cryptocurrency derivatives and multi-asset trading continue to expand.

Bitcoin Magazine Billionaire Investor Jeremy Grantham: Bitcoin Will ‘Dwindle Away With a Whimper’ Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham — co-founder of asset management firm GMO and

Bitcoin risked turning $60,000 into resistance as BTC price weakness persisted following another tech-driven sell-off in Asian stock markets.

A group of 17 Democratic senators went after the CFTC’s funding for lawsuits over prediction markets, calling it an “assault” on state authorities.

CryptoQuant urged Strategy to pause Bitcoin buying as dividend coverage shrank. Meanwhile, CBOE eyes crypto perpetual futures and Chainlink joins a stablecoin FX project.

Trump writes: Numerous European Countries have been discussing the imminent implementation of a Digital Services Tax on American Companies. Some of these Countries are close

Bitcoin Magazine ‘I See Volatility as Opportunity’: Bitcoin Tests Critical Support as Key Level Hangs in the Balance Bitcoin has shed more than 50% of

Bitcoin Magazine Michael Saylor Responds to Scrutiny as Strategy Shares and STRC Hit 52-Week Lows Michael Saylor responded to the deepening selloff in Strategy’s stock

The oil market briefly jumped earlier when the UAE sent out this message to resident cell phones. That was amplified by a report of explosions

Prior was -82.4B Exports of goods for May were $207.7 billion, $11.8 billion less than April exports Imports of goods for May were $313.4 billion,

Prior month Wholesale inventories 0.7% (revised from 0.5% initially reported) Prior month retail inventories 0.7% May Advance Inventories Report – Key Takeaways Wholesale inventories: Rose

Here are a few thoughts on what’s happening with AI capex at the moment. Three things happened yesterday: Apple raised prices on many products, and

Singapore’s financial regulator added Hyperliquid to its Investor Alert List, as a reminder that the decentralized exchange was not licensed in the region.

This is all breaking now and it’s not clear where the missile came from or if it was a drone but they’re now out with

Multiple users reported delayed AscendEX withdrawals after ZachXBT flagged potential liquidity issues and urged the exchange to explain its reserves.

Headlines: US futures marked lower after tumultuous Wall Street session yesterday EUR/USD is retesting a key zone amid US dollar weakness on peak hawkish repricing

Australia’s financial regulator extended temporary enforcement relief for digital asset businesses until Sept. 30 as firms transition into the country’s licensing system.

Polymarket said it contained the compromise and removed the affected dependency after attackers injected a malicious script into its frontend.

US Bitcoin ETFs recorded $696.3 million in outflows as Bitcoin slipped below $60,000, lifting year-to-date losses to $4.6 billion.

US Bitcoin ETFs recorded $696.3 million in outflows as Bitcoin slipped below $60,000, lifting year-to-date losses to $4.6 billion.

US-GCC joint statement (here) contains “interventionist and provocative positions” US military presence in Gulf region is a major source of insecurity and division Security in

Full report here The ECB Consumer Expectations Survey for May 2026 showed a mixed but slightly improving outlook for the Eurozone economy. The most notable

Polymarket said it contained the compromise and removed the affected dependency after attackers injected a malicious script into its frontend.

Ether prices are currently back at crucial long-term support levels last visited in October 2023 and April 2025.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than a couple of low tier releases like the Italian Consumer

Coinbase’s blockchain Base says a consensus problem knocked its network offline for around two hours on Thursday before it returned online.

Since the US and Iran struck an accord over the weekend, we have seen ship traffic pick up in the Strait of Hormuz this week.

Tokyo shares down ~4%, South Korea down ~6%. Fingers pointing at OpenAI IPO delay UBS targets $5,200/oz gold , sees current dip as buying opportunity

USDe circulating supply has shrunk by 70% since the October bull market peak, when it topped $14 billion.

In May, Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom named three catalysts that could push up the price of Ether, some of which have begun to materialize.

BitGo co-founder and CEO Mike Belshe says the layoffs are “a one-time action” and the company doesn’t see the need for further staff reductions.

The denial is a concrete escalation in the use of technology trade controls as a tool in the broader US-China economic contest, and it carries

The failure of Botanix suggests that Bitcoiners still prefer Ethereum DeFi to Bitcoin L2s. How can Bitcoin L2s change to win hodlers over?

Japan Tokyo CPI June 2026, y/y: Headline CPI 1.7% expected 1.7%, prior 1.4% Core CPI (excludes fresh food) 1.6%, below BoJ target for the fifth

Bitcoin’s trek into new 2026 lows continued as spot BTC ETF outflows, a bearish monthly options expiry and Strategy’s unrealized losses widened its gap with

The revelations land at a sensitive moment for the prediction market industry, which has positioned itself as a credible real-money signal on political and financial

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Stock (MSTR) Nearly Craters Another 10% as Securities Lawsuit Lands Strategy Inc. (MSTR) fell more than 9% at times on Thursday to

US May PCE inflation 4.1% vs 4.1% expected US GDP final Q1 2.1% versus 1.6% estimate US initial jobless claims 215K vs 225K estimate. Continuing

Anchorage Digital’s latest analysis shows Bitcoin options traders remain defensive as near-term uncertainty persists, though markets are not pricing an extreme downside scenario for Strategy.

Tokyo’s consumer price index is set to accelerate in June for the first time in eight months, driven by higher energy costs and lingering supply

A CoinShares survey found than many EU-based wealth management companies had policies that restricted investments in digital assets or provided no guidance on the matter.

Bitcoin Magazine Trezor Academy Releases Documentary on Africa’s Bitcoin Economy, Opens Education Donations While Western financial media has spent much of 2026 tracking Bitcoin’s crash

Bitcoin Magazine Matt Corallo Urges Bitcoin Projects to Exit GitHub After Rust Lightning Ban GitHub has been the home to Bitcoin Core and many other

Oil prices are higher today after the British military said a cargo ship was hit while on UN-approved route through the Strait of Hormuz. It

Bitcoin’s crash to $58,000 confirmed a bear flag breakdown, setting a new price target of $54,000 or lower.

Kraken’s new facility with Maple brings a traditional warehouse financing model onchain, allowing the exchange to expand its institutional crypto lending business using blockchain-based structured

Asset manager 21shares sees crypto infrastructure advancing faster than prices, as ETFs, stablecoins and prediction markets mature while several 2026 targets slip.

High yield: 4.26% (prev. 4.290%, six-auction avg. 4.076%) WI level at the time of the auction: 4.260% Tail: 0.0 basis points versus average of 0.2

XRP’s chance of a daily close below $1 are rising, but whale accumulation and shrinking exchange supply may be a sign that traders are buying.

Bitcoin fell to 21-month lows as stock market volatility accompanied three-year highs in US PCE inflation, leading to $600 million in hourly crypto liquidations.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitplanet Signs Agreement with Antalpha to Launch Bitcoin Mining Operations Bitplanet Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nasdaq-listed fintech company Antalpha

The rise in the trimmed mean is a sign that underlying inflation is accelerating. Now that might reverse as oil prices fall but notably, Apple

The fine comes after an investigation concluded that Bithumb shared information with many overseas exchanges in violation of laws intended to protect user data.

Bitcoin Magazine Perception Exits Beta With Four Digital Asset Integrations Perception, a real-time narrative intelligence platform for digital asset firms, has exited beta and announced

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Flash Crashes from $61,000 to $58,000 as Market Waits For Support Bitcoin price plunged to an intraday low of approximately $58,000

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Mining Pool DMND Mines First Known Stratum V2 Block; GoMining Constructs Its Own Template Bitcoin mining pool DMND has mined the first

There are some modest bids in oil creeping in after an Al Arabiya report on negotiations between Israel and Lebanon. The report says negotiations have

Story Protocol is now the DATA Foundation as it aims to provide licensable data to AI firms that have “run out of internet to scrape.”

Galaxy Digital’s stock surge points to a new trend: Investors are rewarding some crypto firms for AI infrastructure, not just digital asset exposure.

The Japanese financial conglomerate plans to take full control of Bitbank as it expands an ecosystem spanning crypto trading, stablecoins, tokenization and blockchain infrastructure.

US stock markets opened strongly on Thursday as Micron beat earnings and raised guidance well above Wall Street estimates. Shares are higher by 18% and

Prior week initial jobless claims 226K revised to 227K Prior week continuing claims 1.810M revised to 1.8000 million Initial jobless claims 215K versus 225K estimate

Prior estimate 1.6%. Prior quarter 0.5% GDP Final Q1 2.1% vs 1.6% estimate and 1.6% prior estimate GDP sales final 1.9% vs 1.5% estimate and

Spark deployed approximately $150 million across two Uniswap v4 pools on Ethereum, while its DualPool hook and Shared Liquidity Layer are planned for later phases.

Polymarket emerged as an onboarding layer for about 60% of World Cup bettors, who interacted with the blockchain for the first time during their prediction

For now, markets are taking in the calm and it will need some time in gauging the supposed reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. As

Circle and Nomura are reportedly partnering to enable stablecoin-based foreign exchange settlement for Japanese companies as the country’s regulated blockchain-based financial infrastructure expands.

TRM Labs traced $3.8 billion moved by 60 sanctioned Iranian entities through CoinEx and said that the exchange’s 8% share of illicit transactions was substantially

Indonesia’s financial regulator will require influencers recommending crypto and other digital assets to hold relevant certifications as regulators worldwide tighten oversight of finfluencers.

Israel has pulled back from part of its buffer zone in southern Lebanon Israeli pullback is an act of “good faith” toward Lebanon’s government Lebanese

Poland-founded crypto exchange Kanga has secured a Class 3 MiCA license in Latvia, enabling EU-wide crypto services as Polish lawmakers debate framework’s implementation.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than a couple of low tier releases like the French consumer

Consumer confidence 84 vs 83 expected Prior 82 There is a slight improvement in French household confidence in June but the estimate continues to sit

Spain Q1 2026 final GDP +0.6% vs +0.6% q/q prelim Prior (Q4 2025) +0.8% As for the annual estimate, it shows the Spanish economy growing

House Democrats have questioned the SEC over trading platforms offering AI agent advisers making “consequential investment decisions on behalf of retail investors.”

GfK consumer sentiment -29.2 vs -27.6 expected Prior -29.8; revised to -29.7 The estimate still points to a recovery from the lows seen in May

As agentic AI transactions increase, “we need to know there’s a clear answer to what happens if something goes wrong,” said Mance Harmon, co-founder of

The protocol is raising interest rates across all Cauldrons to encourage debt repayment and reduce supply.

Rupee set to rally at open as oil slides below pre-Iran war levels, bucking Asia weakness Australia jobs bounce masks part-time tilt and April revision

The April revision from minus 18,600 to minus 40,700 is the number that reframes the entire report. The two-month average across April and May now

Kalshi is reportedly in talks to raise new capital at a $40 billion valuation, reflecting growing investor confidence in regulated prediction markets.

A solid bounce back for jobs, albeit the bulk are part-time and not full-time. Jobless rate in line and down from April, participation rate steady.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday, collapsing buildings in Caracas. The USGS issued a red alert warning of high casualties and economic

US equity index futures are trading higher on the Globex reopening for the new session also. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

The market’s muted response to both the BOJ hike and the Katayama-Bessent alignment language is the most telling signal in MUFG’s note: verbal intervention and

The 83% surge in US shipments is almost certainly a pull-forward effect driven by tariff front-running rather than genuine demand strength, which makes the May

HYPE price drops near a key support zone where fading selling pressure collides with shrinking futures market activity. Will the altcoin resume its uptrend above

A clean bounce in the May data, back toward the 30-45k range the major banks are forecasting, would be consistent with the RBA’s existing read

Bitcoin drops toward new 2026 lows as spot BTC ETF outflows and slowing accumulation from Strategy weigh on market sentiment.

A Manhattan judge ordered that Michelle Bond’s criminal trial start in November after he denied a motion to dismiss the indictment based on claims that

The prediction markets company claimed that it would be “irreparably harmed” when an Illinois law signed as part of a budget package goes in effect

Crude oil futures settle at $70.34. Stays below the 200 day MA. Hong Kong’s largest ETF is a leveraged bet on a single stock Bitcoin

Yesterday we had a mixed bag CPI report from Australia: Australia May CPI undershoots on headline but core inflation tops forecasts at 3.6% The rising

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Collapses to $59,000 — and the Worst May Not Be Over Bitcoin price has crashed through $60,000, touching lows not seen

Crude oil futures are settling down 3.92% at $70.34, extending the recent slide in prices. During the session, crude fell below the $70.00 level for

The crypto-aligned Fairshake PAC and its affiliates spent a combined $8 million on media to support candidates in Maryland, New York and Utah amid pushback

Bitcoin Magazine The 2036 Issue: Here Come The Sovereigns By the year 2036, Bitcoin mining looks nothing like it did five years ago, much less

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Stock Craters 10%, Hits Two-Year Low as Bitcoin Crashes Below $60K, CryptoQuant Warns Company to Stop Buying Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR)

A $525 million Bitcoin buy wall intersects with a major liquidation zone, creating a key battleground between $60,500 and $65,000.

High yield 4.20% WI level at the time of the auction 4.193% Tail 0.7 basis points versus average of 0.5 basis points Bid to cover

Bitcoin price dropped below $60,000 for the first time in weeks, but data shows traders betting on a relief bounce.

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act included a provision that the US Federal Reserve was barred from issuing or creating a CBDC until 2030,

A new pilot from Stablecore, Circuit and Curql gives participating US credit unions access to test stablecoin payments and other digital asset services.

Bitcoin Magazine Law Enforcement, Catholic Groups Send Letters to U.S. Government Warning CLARITY Act Would Create Crypto Crime Loopholes A coalition of four major law

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Crashes Toward $61,000 as Bloodbath Engulfs Crypto Stocks Bitcoin price is trading near $61,500 today, extending a decline that has erased

DeFi TVL fell 39% in 2026 as a broader market downturn and fallout from major exploits, including the Kelp DAO hack, weighed on the sector.

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Stock Falls Below $100 for First Time Since March 2024 Shares of Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR) crossed below $100 on Wednesday

From alcohol dares to head-shaving challenges, memecoin campaigns are turning engagement into exploitation.

Binance reportedly plans to seek authorization in another EU jurisdiction as the MiCA deadline approaches, with unlicensed crypto firms expected to wind down activities in

Bitcoin Magazine BlackRock Tells Investors to Put Bitcoin in Their Portfolios BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $14 trillion under management, now recommends that

Bitcoin Magazine Strive (ASST) CEO Says Company Is Buying Bitcoin ‘Hand Over Fist’ as Treasury Hits 19,864 BTC Strive Inc. CEO Matt Cole said his

From his Truth Social post: “Iran has informed the U.S. that, despite troublemaking Fake News reporting to the contrary, there are “NO TOLLS, NO INSURANCE

Cboe launched its first prediction market product tied to the S&P 500 index, citing a growing investor demand for binary options contracts.

Headlines: Trump reaffirms that no money has been given to Iran yet and Hormuz will be toll-free Pakistan says US-Iran technical talks to only resume

Prior was -$190.7 billion The US current account deficit widened to $226.8 billion in Q1, a $5.8 billion or 2.6% deterioration from the revised $221.1

Cardano wallet SecondFi traced the incident to an address-level issue and secured 129 million ADA after attackers drained funds from 374 addresses.

Standard Chartered said tokenized assets moving into DeFi could drive deposits into Aave and help the protocol rebuild its position as a dominant onchain lending

As Strategy’s cash reserves are now enough to only pay 14 months of dividends from the previous seven-year level, CryptoQuant said that the company should

Bitcoin research said that BTC price action remained in tune with previous cycles as the bear market produces a 20% discount to its four-year “adoption

Strategy’s cash reserve is down 38% as dividend obligations near $1.2 billion, raising dilution risk for MSTR shareholders.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has placed token securities infrastructure within a wider capital-market modernization plan covering faster settlement, longer trading hours and digital transformation.

OpenPayd, which provides infrastructure to companies including Kraken crypto exchange, can now offer regulated crypto services across Europe under MiCA.

After the conclusion of the first round of talks in Switzerland over the weekend, technical talks between the US and Iran were supposed to continue

Business climate index 85.6 vs 85.6 expected Prior 84.9; revised to 85.0 Current conditions 87.0 vs 86.3 expected Prior 86.1 Expectations 84.1 vs 85.1 expected

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the only highlight is the German IFO survey which is expected to show an improvement to 85.6 vs 84.9

“Regulatory certainty should not come at the expense of accountability, transparency, victim protection, or public safety,” the law enforcement associations said.

The House passed a housing bill with a central bank digital currency ban until 2030, meaning it now just needs US President Donald Trump’s sign-off.

Democrats want the Senate to hold hearings on the dealings between the Trump administration, World Liberty Financial and Abu Dhabi royalty.

For some context, Sheikh Mohammed is also one of the lead mediators in trying to facilitate discussions on the Strait of Hormuz between the US

“The big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for Oil. Those prices

“Identity checks today ask for your whole document when they only need one fact,” Starknet said.

Westpac warns of Middle East second-round CPI effects, still forecast an August RBA hike BOJ June summary flags faster hike calls as markets price another

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Kentucky, now the ninth state the regulator is battling in its fight over prediction markets.

An official confirmed Anthropic’s Mythos model found vulnerabilities in secure US systems within hours during Project Glasswing testing. The Trump administration subsequently issued restrictions on

Australian May 2026 inflation data: Headline 4.0% y/y expected 4.3%, prior 4.2% -0.7% m/m (expected -0.4%, prior 0.4% Trimmed Mean core CPI 3.6% y/y expected

A services PPI print that holds at 3.3% for a second consecutive month, driven by transport cost surges of this magnitude, is precisely the kind

Ethereum’s latest “funding crisis” has triggered a fierce debate: a contentious plan to tax staking rewards versus a new wave of labs and large ETH

Burnham brings a dose of optimism to the UK crypto industry, having previously supported the blockchain industry as mayor of Manchester.

ETH price hangs in the balance as a fresh wave of liquidations pressure the altcoin and spillover from Bitcoin’s struggles to hold $62,000 impact investor

Gold retests the 38.2% retracement and swing area McDonald’s is now worth 160x rival Wendy’s Crude oil futures settled below the 200 day moving average

The Meta CEO reportedly plans for the company to launch a prediction market independent of its other apps allowing users to place wagers using a

The Morgan Stanley disclosure adds to a growing body of evidence that the semi-liquid private credit model is facing its most serious stress test since

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy largely dismissed what he called the “promotion” of cryptocurrency by the Digital Chamber CEO Cody Carbone in a Senate hearing on

I posted a preview of the Australian inflation data yesterday: Australia May CPI preview: fuel drag to mask sticky underlying inflation I mentioned in that

The all-stock deal gives Fortitude a Nasdaq listing while HeartSciences retains its healthcare business and existing shareholders keep a minority stake.

Bitcoin Magazine Craig Raw Built One of Bitcoin’s Best Wallets for Free. Apple Might Kill It by June 30. Craig Raw is a solo developer

Bitcoin Magazine Congress Schedules CLARITY Act Hearing for July 17 in New York The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Digital

OG Bitcoin holders’ spending dropped to a 19-month low, as market cycle indicators point to September as a potential market bottom.

The U.S. Treasury sold $69 billion of two-year notes at a high yield of WI level at the time of the auction 4.192% Tail -0.3

Bitcoin Magazine Bull Bitcoin Secures MiCA License in France, Preserving Full Self-Custody and Privacy Features Bull Bitcoin has obtained a MiCA license in France, ensuring

Sec of State Marco Rubio is saying: We’re going to deal directly with the Lebanese government. You can’t end hostilities in the region if Iranian

As US regulatory changes accelerate the adoption of crypto perpetual futures and rivals Coinbase and Kalshi expand their offerings, Cboe mulls a product overhaul.

Bitcoin Magazine H100 Shareholders Approve Bitcoin Deal That Would Make It Europe’s No. 2 Listed Treasury H100 Group shareholders cast their votes in Stockholm on

Bitcoin Magazine European Union’s ESMA Orders Unlicensed Crypto Firms to Exit EU Market as MiCA Deadline Arrives Europe’s markets regulator has told unauthorized crypto-asset service

Michael Selig told US cotton producers that the agency’s regulatory approach to crypto perpetual futures may not be a “natural fit for traditional commodity markets,

Bitcoin stayed volatile while bulls tried to preserve support at local lows while stocks prepared for Micron forward earnings and digested Asia losses.

Bitcoin Magazine US Senate Passes Housing Bill With Four-Year Fed CBDC Ban The U.S. Senate passed a sweeping housing affordability bill Monday night — and

Banks across Europe and South Korea will study whether regulated euro and won stablecoins can enable real-time cross-border foreign exchange settlement.

US Richmond Fed services index -1 vs +14 prior Manufacturing shipments +3 vs +16 prior Services index -1 vs +14 prior Number of employees -1

Tokenized SpaceX shares drew more than $1 billion in demand, but many investors received refunds instead. What went wrong?

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Suisse Secures MiCAR License, Launches European Expansion from Liechtenstein Bitcoin Suisse has obtained a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license under the