Bitcoin may fall lower but BTC power-law frames crash to $58K as ‘normal’
Bitcoin’s drop to $58,000 lines up with the power-law model’s cycle lows, even though futures market data points to deeper lows for BTC price.
Month: June 2026
SBI Holdings Says $289 Million Bitbank Deal Will Make It Japan’s Largest Crypto Exchange
SBI Holdings has agreed to a nearly $289 million deal to acquire crypto exchange Bitbank, pending regulatory approval.
Xbox follows Apple with price increases
The price increase comes amid rising components costs.
How Hint App Leverages Symbolic Systems to Encourage Self-Reflection
Hint App provides users with astrological systems as a framework for personal reflection and exploration, rather than as a method of prediction. Historically considered a method of forecasting events, astrology has taken on a different role in the modern world. Instead of prediction, this symbolic system is more often employed to reflect on personal experiences … Read more
Coinbase-Backed Ethereum Network Base Recovers After Block Production Issue
Ethereum layer-2 network Base was down for more than two hours as it ran into an issue with block production ahead of a planned upgrade.
Half of UK wealth advisers say clients’ crypto is ‘invisible’ to them: CoinShares survey
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.
Notion Mail shuts down amid agent takeover
The company said it is discontinuing its email inbox in favor of its AI agent offering as users are increasingly handing over the reins of their email to the agents.
Story Protocol Rebrands as Data Network in AI Training Pivot After IP Token Falls 98%
Intellectual property network Story Protocol has shifted its focus to a new opportunity in training data for artificial intelligence.
A Miner Just Built Its Own Bitcoin Block: Inside GoMining’s Stratum V2 First
Who decides which transactions go into a Bitcoin block? For most of the network’s history the honest answer has been uncomfortable: not the miners who spend the electricity, but the handful of pools they point their machines at. On a block mined this month, GoMining set out to change that answer, and in doing so … Read more
CoinEx Denies ‘Knowledge’ of Aiding Sanctioned Iran Crypto Market in $3.8 Billion Disconnect
TRM Labs said it uncovered over $3.84 billion in crypto flows between CoinEx and a web of more than 60 sanctioned Iranian platforms.
Coinbase’s Base blockchain resumes after two-hour outage disrupted network
The incident temporarily halted transaction processing on one of Ethereum’s largest layer-2 networks.
It’s a bad time to want a new computer
It’s not exactly surprising that RAMaggeddon is making new tech hardware really expensive. But if you’ve been in the market for things like a new computer or tablet, this week has been filled with sticker shock. Given how many companies announced price hikes related to component shortages, it seems unlikely things will get cheaper any … Read more
Bitcoin drop to $58K brings out bears: Is BTC’s next stop below $50K?
Bitcoin’s crash to $58,000 confirmed a bear flag breakdown, setting a new price target of $54,000 or lower.
You won’t have long to get these iPad deals before Apple’s price hike
You can save hundreds on the latest iPad Air. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple just raised prices across its iPad and MacBook lineup. The good news is that many retailers are still selling their inventory at the old prices or far less, which means you can still score some of … Read more
Polestar has been muscled out of the US market
Polestar won’t be allowed to sell its electric vehicles model year 2027 and beyond in the US after the federal government denied the company’s request for authorization under a new rule banning vehicles with software from China. In a press release, the company says the decision to retreat from the US follows a recent decision … Read more
Retrofit, don’t rebuild: Agentic overlays for transforming legacy enterprise services
The opinions expressed in this post are the authors’ views and not those of Cisco. Enterprise architectures have long been centered on REST APIs and microservices. These systems are stable, well-tested, and deeply embedded in production environments. They weren’t designed for Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication, the emerging standard for autonomous agents that collaborate, reason, and coordinate … Read more
a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most
Base Power is skipping the PJM’s troubled interconnection queue by placing its batteries at people’s homes, offering backup services in exchange.
Strategy’s yield-generating STRC stock is more correlated with BTC than ever
The tightening correlation undermines STRC’s appeal as a relatively steadier income vehicle.
Here’s a bunch of Prime Day deals on keyboards, mice, and other peripherals we like
You can get a great, color-accurate 5K monitor for half the price of an Apple Studio Display. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge RAMageddon has come for computers. The price of memory chips, hard drives, and solid state storage has skyrocketed. That’s led to price increases on desktop and laptop RAM, SSDs, spinning … Read more
Anthropic’s Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT
Despite ChatGPT’s commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic’s Claude, data shows.
AI Took Your Job? California Wants to Know
California launched the nation’s first AI unemployment tracker as policymakers race to determine whether warnings of an AI-driven jobs shakeup are becoming a reality.
Kraken in talks to buy 15% stake in DeFi lender Aave at $385 million valuation
The DeFi lender is rebuilding after the fallout from April’s KelpDAO exploit sparked a multibillion-dollar exodus of deposits despite Aave itself not being hacked.
XRP risks drop below $1, but onchain data highlights silver lining
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.
a16z-backed crypto firm rebrands, shifts focus to solving AI’s global copyright headache
The startup formerly known as Story Protocol raised $140 million to secure internet rights and is now building an audit layer for data consent, licensing, and provenance for tech firms.
21shares trims 2026 crypto forecasts despite institutional adoption gains
Asset manager 21shares sees crypto infrastructure advancing faster than prices, as ETFs, stablecoins and prediction markets mature while several 2026 targets slip.
General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition.
Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x
Un-0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company’s technology can replicate conventional AI systems.
Kraken, Maple launch onchain warehouse facility for crypto-backed institutional loans
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 credit.