Eased ETF selling and improving risk appetite are being offset by a firmer dollar and cautious institutional flows, leaving bitcoin range-bound, one analyst said.
A helpful feature of speeding up transactions has become redundant and a “fingerprint” for tracking. Developers now want to do away with it.
A new governance proposal would let validators redirect part of their staking income toward ecosystem funding, raising questions about coordination, incentives and who gets to decide where the money goes.
Heavy selling pushed XRP to its lowest level of the weekend session, but strong buying quickly erased most of the decline and returned the token to its recent trading range.
sian stocks and tech climbed as the US and Iran agreed a roadmap to a final peace deal, sending oil below $80. Crypto stayed soft, with bitcoin down 2% on the week and the memecoins leading the losses.
CME Group sued the CFTC on Thursday, alleging that the agency was wrong in how it approved Kalshi’s first U.S. perpetual futures product.
Blockaid said an attacker tricked Jaredfromsubway.eth into approving fake trading routes, then used those approvals to drain WETH, USDC and USDT.
Crypto firmed over the weekend after Friday’s sell-off, with bitcoin recovering toward $64,000. Permanent ceasefire talks open in Switzerland, but Iran’s order to close the Strait of Hormuz again revives the risk the deal was meant to settle.
As AI-powered security tools become cheaper, faster and more widely available, researchers said they could reshape what the crypto industry considers reasonable due diligence before deploying code, potentially altering expectations for developers and institutions.
From a bond buyback and dwindling cash reserves to a bitcoin bear market, the sequence of events that turned STRC’s par-value challenge into a marketwide debate.
The planned offering would let customers bet on index moves as Coinbase and Robinhood expand in the sector.
GoMining unveiled a software development kit and programmable access for its bitcoin payment protocol GoBTC Pay, allowing merchants to accept BTC for everyday purchases.
Your day-ahead look for June 19, 2026
Concerns about STRC, the dividend-paying preferred stock from Strategy continue to dominate market sentiment.
Matt Cole says forced selling from leveraged investors pushed STRC and SATA sharply lower before both rebounded.
The software intercepts shortcut files and directs them to install a worm that harvests private keys from the Windows clipboard and inserts its own destination wallet addresses when it detects a transfer.
Heavy selling pushed XRP back below a key support zone, reinforcing a downtrend that has repeatedly stalled rallies near $1.25.
About 20% of miners are now unprofitable, and publicly traded miners sold more than 32,000 bitcoin in the first quarter to cover operating costs, more than they offloaded in all of 2025.
Bitcoin traders are scrambling to buy options bets that would pay off if the selloff deepens.
Crypto dropped across the board on Friday in holiday-thinned trading, giving back the week’s gains. With oil down 9% and the Iran deal signed, the question turns to whether this cycle gets an altseason at all.
Alexander Mashinsky, the founder of failed crypto lender Celsius, had earlier been imprisoned for fraud and is now formally banned from CFTC registration.
The Federal Reserve, Treasury and other regulators have issued a proposed rule that would set identification standards, and it’s now open for public comments.
Wang’s departure follows the resignation of fellow co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak and marks the latest in a string of high-profile exits at the EF.
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The announcement reflects a crypto’s growing recognition that adopting quantum-resistant cryptography could take years, requiring changes not only to user wallets but also to core protocol infrastructure.
Internet Computer (ICP) fell 4.1% and Sui (SUI) dropped 4%, leading the index lower from Wednesday.
The AgentCard integration with Visa Intelligent Commerce allows AI agents built on models from any provider, including OpenAI or Anthropic, to effect commercial transactions.
GPU cloud contract with Bell and Cohere strengthens HIVE’s shift from bitcoin mining to high performance AI computing.
Capital is flowing out of the largest tech companies and bitcoin as investors pile into semiconductors, memory stocks and space-related opportunities.
Your day-ahead look for June 18, 2026