Bitcoin clings to $62,500 as bears tighten grip on crypto market
Bitcoin held above $62,500 and ether near $1,665, but sluggish price action and widening put skews signal bears remain firmly in control.
Month: June 2026
Our favorite Prime Day deals you can shop on day two
Welcome to day two of Amazon’s four-day Prime Day event, which, if we’re being honest, looks a lot like day one. That’s actually good news, though, because many of the best deals are still around, and some new ones have joined them. If you’ve got a Prime subscription, whether through a free trial or a … Read more
YZi Labs ends proxy war with BNB treasury company CEA Industries
Partner Alex Odagiu will serve as an interim president, pending a search for a new chief executive, while head of YZi Labs Ella Zhang and Matthew Roszak also appointed directors of CEA.
Cboe revives S&P 500 binary options, chasing a market popularized by Polymarket, Kalshi
One of the largest U.S. derivatives exchanges is bringing back yes/no bets on the S&P 500 after pulling them a decade ago, moving onto turf that Polymarket and Kalshi turned into one of the internet’s fastest-growing corners.
Strategy’s MSTR may plunge 80% if it repeats this dot-com-era fractal
Strategy’s cash reserve is down 38% as dividend obligations near $1.2 billion, raising dilution risk for MSTR shareholders.
GTA VI finally gets a price tag
We finally have a price for Grand Theft Auto VI: $79.99. That gets you the standard edition of the game, while the Ultimate Edition will set you back $99.99. Preorders start at midnight tonight, local time, when you’ll be able to reserve a copy on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S. You’ll be able to order … Read more
Farage Says He Can Spend Tether Billionaire’s $6.7M Gift ‘On Ferraris’ if He Wants
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the gift from Christopher Harborne a “private matter” amid a standards investigation.
Bob Iger’s Disney wanted Apple, Twitter, and 007
You can’t always get what you want. | Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Variety via Getty Images Bob Iger’s tenure as CEO of Disney came to an end a few months ago, after two decades of leading the entertainment giant through some of its most pivotal transformations and acquisitions. Iger, in an exit interview with The Financial … Read more
The End of Tech Media as We Knew It and What Is Replacing It
Google AI is killing tech websites. A former media group owner explains why the classic online media model is broken and what is replacing it.
The Runes revival: Bitcoin traffic hits a two-year high as transactions blast past 820,000
A surge in Rune protocol activity is pushing Bitcoin transaction counts and fee generation to multi year highs.
BTC price four-year trend calls for $76K as analysis says Bitcoin ‘not broken’
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 structure” trend line.
South Korea adds token securities to capital market overhaul
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.
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Great Models Aren’t Enough for Physical AI
Notes from our Physical AI dinner What should a drone do when a police helicopter approaches it? We heard that question at a dinner we recently hosted for engineering leaders and founders working in Physical AI: the AI behind robots, drones, autonomous vehicles, and other machines that sense and act in the real world, along … Read more
CryptoQuant says Michael Saylor’s Strategy should halt its bitcoin buying
CryptoQuant says the cash cushion behind Strategy’s STRC has thinned from seven years of coverage to 14 months, and buying BTC at cycle tops has left the company with a $10.6 billion paper loss.
No AI Agent Without Identity (Part 1): Why IAM Comes Before Autonomy
Series Context This is the first part of a 5-part series on agentic AI governance. As organizations deploy AI agents that can act across enterprise systems, traditional approaches to governance are proving insufficient. In this part, we examine why AI agents can no longer be treated as invisible automation and why identity and access management … Read more
Building a Production-Ready Snowflake MCP Server
Data teams spend hours writing SQL queries, pivoting spreadsheets, and waiting for analysts to pull numbers. What if your AI assistant could talk directly to your Snowflake data warehouse — securely, in real time, with full natural language support? That’s exactly what the Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables. In this deep dive, we’ll go far … Read more
Trump lands in Senate’s crosshairs over $500 million UAE investment in his crypto venture
Senate Democrats call for hearings into whether a $500 million investment by UAE officials in World Liberty Financial influenced Trump’s policy decisions.
OpenPayd secures MiCA license as stablecoin adoption grows in Europe
OpenPayd, which provides infrastructure to companies including Kraken crypto exchange, can now offer regulated crypto services across Europe under MiCA.
MEXC Deposit & Withdrawal Guide: Fees, Limits & KYC Requirements FAQ
Key Takeaways Bitcoin deposits require 2 block confirmations, Ethereum needs 10 confirmations, and USDT on ERC-20 requires 96 network confirmations before crediting. MEXC’s pre-crediting system allows trading after initial confirmations but restricts withdrawals until full blockchain confirmation is complete. Deposits below minimum thresholds will not be credited and cannot be recovered, making it essential to … Read more
Bitcoin’s ‘OG’ investors have slowed selling in a bullish sign for the market
Bitcoin “OGs” have slashed their selling activity to the lowest levels in nearly two years.
How to invest when everything is moving too fast
TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Los Angeles late last week brought together two of the more straight-talking investors working in AI right now. They were as entertaining as they were illuminating.
US nears ban on CBDCs until 2030 as housing bill goes to Trump
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.
Catholic leaders, US authorities challenge CLARITY Act over illicit activity
“Regulatory certainty should not come at the expense of accountability, transparency, victim protection, or public safety,” the law enforcement associations said.
Live markets: Bitcoin could drop to $59,000 in the short-term as liquidity dries up
Trading firm Wintermute’s options desk puts bitcoin in a $61,242 to $63,563 range for Tuesday, with correlation rising across tokens and no fresh ETF bid in sight.
Bitcoin drops toward $62,000 as the chip selloff deepens for a second day
A renewed rout in semiconductor stocks pulled risk assets lower again, and crypto kept sliding. Bitcoin is down 5% on the week, with ether and the memecoins falling harder.
Senate Dems urge probe into $500M crypto deal between Trumps, UAE
Democrats want the Senate to hold hearings on the dealings between the Trump administration, World Liberty Financial and Abu Dhabi royalty.