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Bitcoin options flows and a record gold OI suggest traders are bracing for further downside rather than a sustained recovery.

The lending protocol added 1,806 new wallets in a single day, the most since October 2021, according to Santiment. The AAVE token has risen about 20% in a week even as the broader market slides.

Bitcoin dropped by 20% in June, but the monthly chart reveals something far more concerning.

The record outflow beat the previous worst month by 29% and came on nine consecutive days of redemptions to close the period.

The government cleared Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 30, weeks after a cybersecurity finding triggered an export order that froze access for everyone.

President Karol Nawrocki refuses to sign a law that gives the regulator power to approve companies, forcing tech founders to look outside their own borders for permission to operate.

Open interest has collapsed from last year’s highs while active addresses and ETF inflows rise, but XRP still needs to reclaim $1.10 before the chart turns cleaner.

Taiwan has passed a sweeping new law to regulate its crypto sector, sending the bill to the President for final approval.

Senators Tim Scott and Bill Hagerty, who managed to push the crypto GENIUS Act into law, introduced the bill to give the government powers to defend U.S. AI.

The president has capitalized massively on crypto, according to his 2025 financial disclosure, making it one of his most lucrative business moves.

The crypto wallet is doubling down on perpetual futures after hiring the builders behind one of Hyperliquid’s highest-profile market experiments.

A new study from Ramp found companies making the biggest investments in AI are expanding their workforces, with heavy adopters increasing headcount by about 10% and entry-level hiring by 12%, challenging fears that generative AI is already causing widespread job losses.

The Stripe- and Coinbase-backed stablecoin consortium can challenge Circle’s business model, but analysts say building a network is harder than assembling big-name partners.

Managers of exchange-traded funds, including those in the crypto sector, may see some changes at the Securities and Exchange Commission as it weighs its approach.

The businessman known as Miles Guo, who pushed the fraudulent H-Coin project and had close ties to Steve Bannon, was finally sentenced after his 2024 conviction.

The bank said the bill faces major hurdles, with passage boosting institutional crypto adoption and delays prolonging regulatory uncertainty.

Open Standard’s Open USD aims to let partners keep reserve income and eliminate minting fees, challenging Circle’s USDC.

The launch reflects a broader push to make stablecoins more useful beyond trading and transfers.

Innovation thrives when investors have choices. For tokenized securities, Washington shouldn’t pick winners before the market has a chance to learn what works, argues Patrick McHenry, vice chairman at Ondo Finance and former Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

The exchange operator will offer its TotalView data feed through Pyth’s marketplace as financial firms increasingly build applications on blockchain rails.

The token has traded in a tight band near $59,000 to $60,000 all week. The pattern echoes a calm stretch from 2024, but this one is forming below support in a falling market, and a break could open the way toward $40,000.

The $807 billion asset manager is bringing a high-yield corporate bond strategy onto blockchain with Centrifuge as Wall Street expands beyond tokenized Treasury funds.

Your day-ahead look for June 30, 2026

Bitcoin and ether slid toward key support price levels. DeFi tokens were hit hardest, even as XLM and LIT bucked the broader market weakness.

Strategy (MSTR) shares have lost around 41% of their value in June.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s proposal follows the Bank of England’s backtracking on the limit to the value of stablecoins an individual could hold.

The group built trust via WhatsApp, then misappropriated user funds to Hong Kong bank accounts instead of executing any actual crypto trades.

Bitcoin’s price has shown an unusually strong negative 52-week correlation with the dollar-yen exchange rate.

IBIT alone shed $300 million while smaller funds absorbed some of the outflow. The selloff lands as the same AI trade that crashed Korea a week ago now powers a record quarterly rally there.

Dubai lawyer Irina Heaver says European founders are flocking to the UAE for faster licensing, a dedicated crypto regulator and access to markets beyond Europe.