Morning Minute: Bitcoin Headed for Rare Back-to-Back Quarterly Loss
Another $1.79B in ETF outflows last week certainly isn’t helping—but if history repeats, there is reason for hope.
Dollar, U.S. Treasury yield market positions may carry glimmer of hope for bitcoin
Your day-ahead look for June 29, 2026
FundBank becomes IRACE Digital in bid to bridge traditional finance and crypto
The institutional banking provider is expanding into digital asset custody, liquidity and execution services as former Zodia Custody CEO John Cronin takes the helm.
Comcast is splitting in two
Comcast has announced plans to separate itself into two publicly traded companies, spinning off its NBCUniversal and Sky broadcasting arms. The shake up aims to protect the media conglomerate’s profitable broadband and wireless brand, which will retain the “Comcast” company name, as its media and entertainment business – now collectively named “NBCUniversal” – faces increasing … Read more
Prediction-market operational consolidation could spur M&A wave: Bernstein
Bernstein says platforms are bringing exchange, clearing and brokerage infrastructure in-house, setting up potential deals while increasing antitrust and regulatory risks.
Bitcoin hovers below $60,000 as crypto braces for a pivotal week
BTC added 0.6% to $59,800 to start the week while SOL rose 2%, though derivatives data and chart formations point to continued downside risk.
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
A sneaky rule change has the potential to blow up scientific research in the United States. But there’s still time to fight it. On May 29th, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a 412-page proposal to revise federal financial assistance. The language is a combination of distinctly Trumpian attacks on “woke” policies and … Read more
Vitalik Buterin says obfuscation could unlock private onchain crypto voting
Vitalik Buterin said indistinguishability obfuscation could eventually support private, collusion-resistant onchain voting without trusted committees, though the technology remains impractical.
Ukraine Takes $8.3M in Seized Crypto Under State Management in a First
Over 8.3 million USDT seized from an alleged hacking ring has been moved to a wallet held by Ukraine’s asset-recovery agency, ARMA.
Germany leads MiCA crypto authorization race as Europe’s deadline looms
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 ahead of July 1 cliff.
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Europe’s unlicensed crypto firms face ‘wipeout’ as MiCA deadline hits
European regulator ESMA called on unauthorized crypto-asset service providers to wind down their businesses in an orderly manner as the MiCA transitional period ends on July 1.
BTC price RSI prints key 2026 signal: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
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 market.
Kiwoom eyes Bithumb stake as Korean brokerages push into crypto: Report
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 ahead of the FSC’s new regulatory reforms in July.
Bitcoin falls into a technical no man’s land as major support levels sit miles away
Bitcoin is trading below key technical and onchain valuation levels, with historical bear market patterns suggesting a potential bottom closer to $45,000.
New MiCA regime in Europe, U.S. jobs report for June: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting June 29.
BIS warns stablecoins are more like ETFs than actual money, and they’re creating FX risk
BIS’s latest annual report dives into stablecoins and AI trends.
The Enterprise Guide to Evaluating AI Code Quality Platforms
Failing to effectively manage code quality across complex, distributed systems puts enterprises at serious risk. Defects that slip into production can cause costly downtime, damage customer trust, and stall innovation, making quality an urgent business priority. Addressing this challenge requires more than traditional evaluation methods like feature checklists or unit test coverage. Mature enterprise environments … Read more
Galaxy cuts CLARITY Act odds to 50% as Senate floor time narrows
Galaxy cut its 2026 CLARITY Act odds to 50%, warning that Senate floor time is running out before the August recess.
AI Acquisition Implements a New Template for Small Operators to Save Time, Lower Costs & Earn More
Jordan Lee, Founder of AI Acquisition, is helping small operators use AI systems to save time, reduce costs, and turn automation into measurable revenue. The AI boom has mostly rewarded two groups: large companies with the resources to move fast, and early adopters who already had audiences or technical skills. For everyone else, access to … Read more
Crypto exchange BitMEX removes CEO, CFO and head of growth
The firm’s global general counsel, Peter Wilkinson, has taken over as CEO from Stephan Lutz.
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace Developer 3.7: AI File Generation, New Webhooks, and Expanded Plugin Tools
ONLYOFFICE, a global leader in open-source document collaboration solutions, released DocSpace Developer 3.7. This version delivers a focused set of upgrades for technical teams who build on the platform, covering AI file generation, a wider range of AI providers, new webhook events, and a significantly expanded plugin toolkit. AI features built for integration The AI … Read more
South Korea’s $518 billion AI chip push shows crypto is still losing the capital race
Samsung and SK Hynix are pulling a chip-plant buildout forward by a decade to meet AI memory demand. It is the latest and largest sign of the AI capital cycle that has drawn money away from crypto all year.
Bitcoin dips to $59,700 as Iran de-escalation lifts stocks but not crypto
U.S. equity futures rose after reports the U.S. and Iran agreed to halt strikes and resume talks. Bitcoin has barely moved, still down 6.8% on the week.
Static Analysis of Linux Malware Captured by a Cowrie Honeypot
When a bot thinks it has logged into a small energy device, it installs commodity Linux malware. This is a static, defensive breakdown of what a honeypot captured after weak SSH and Telnet logins: fake-daemon binaries that masquerade as sshd and xinetd, a statically linked bot, a backdoor with three independent persistence mechanisms, and a … Read more
Building Fun Web Servers With PowerShell
I’ve been doing WebDev with PowerShell for a while now. I find it a lot of fun. I’m somewhat obsessed with making things easy in PowerShell and trying to make development fun. I was writing a long post on writing servers with PowerShell, and I wanted to close it with something fun: using the function … Read more
Excessive AI spending risks global financial consequences, BIS warns
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 rapidly unwind,” one analyst said in response to the report.