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Grayscale says decentralized AI tokens gained after the US government ordered Anthropic to cut access to its latest AI models, showing user demand for alternatives to centralized AI.

A spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee decried the move as “an opportunity to use the power of the presidency to make [Trump] and his family even richer.”

Nvidia’s planned bond sale reinforces booming AI infrastructure demand, strengthening the case for Bitcoin miners pivoting toward AI data centers.

The CFTC staff appointment came amid the US Congress seeking to overhaul federal financial regulators’ roles over digital assets with the CLARITY Act.

BitMine continued buying Ether through the market downturn, growing its stake to nearly 5% of the circulating supply while generating staking yield amid mounting ecosystem challenges.

The offering follows Kraken's acquisition of Bitnomial and comes amid a broader push to bring crypto derivatives trading onshore.

Bitcoin’s double-bottom setup, weekly RSI divergence and whale flows put traders on alert as BTC tests a key breakout zone.

Bitcoin snatched upside liquidity as the US trading session began, but traders warned over a failure to preserve BTC price gains.

Pudgy Penguins will halt development of Pudgy Party and focus on Pudgy World, as another Web3 gaming project shuts down after failing to find a sustainable business model.

The new offering gives eligible users access to tokenized institutional bond funds as demand for blockchain-based real-world assets continues to grow.

AI agents could use crypto wallets to monitor portfolios, prepare transactions and make payments, but safeguards will be crucial.

Strategy acquired 1,587 Bitcoin for $100 million last week, lifting holdings to 846,842 BTC after raising $209 million through MSTR stock sales.

Standard Chartered forecasts assets locked in decentralized finance will reach $2.7 trillion by 2030, driven by tokenization and crypto-native growth.

Bitcoin gained bullish short-term BTC price targets with $69,000 on the radar thanks to the US-Iran peace deal, due to be signed in the coming days.

Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank warns users of possible account suspensions for Polymarket-linked transactions, citing Japan’s gambling laws.

US President Donald Trump says the US and Iran have a deal for a “toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz,” sending Bitcoin to a two-week high.

New Mexico is the eighth state sued by the CFTC over prediction markets, as Gary Gensler doubted the regulators' claim of authority over sports event contracts.

The Aztec Connect platform was deprecated in March 2023, but the immutable smart contract still held over $2 million in crypto assets.

Bitcoin mining difficulty has undergone its second-largest downward difficulty adjustment this year, following February’s 11% shift.

A single missing feature in Bitcoin Script has spawned twelve competing proposals. Cointelegraph Research gives an overview.

Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick tells clients “winter is over” as the analyst said crypto prices have likely seen the low for the cycle, ahead of Strategy’s Bitcoin purchase update.

The SPHINCS- proposal aims to reduce the cost of post-quantum signature verification on Ethereum while the network works toward a longer-term solution.

A fake Bithumb email used in the $36 million Humanity Protocol hack points to the involvement of North Korean threat actors, according to Quantstamp.

Bitcoin stayed near local highs on a new US-Iran peace deal pledge as analysis saw conditions favoring a sustained BTC price rebound.

Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said a peace deal, which would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, would likely send liquidity back to risk-on assets such as cryptocurrencies.

Asian demand and ETF inflows helped push XRP through $1.20, but the token struggled to hold its highs after running into fresh selling near a key resistance zone.

A U.S.-Iran deal pulled oil lower and lifted stocks, but bitcoin's bounce is hesitant. ETF outflows just paused after a record run, and analysts say the market wants the deal signed before pricing it in.

The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 1%, the highest level since 1995.

Ventuals, one of the teams behind real-world asset perpetuals on Hyperliquid, said it is closing its markets and joining another project in the ecosystem.

Despite the Clarity Act’s advancement toward the finish line, there’s one provision under threat for builders that can’t be overlooked, argues Smith.

Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick's bullish call comes as spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund inflows return, oil prices fall and Coinbase's CEO says bitcoin likely bottomed near $60,000.

Perpetual futures generated more than $60 trillion in volume last year, according to the crypto exchange, largely outside the U.S.

Armstrong said his instinct is that bitcoin has probably found its floor, pointing to the four-year cycle that has historically marked lows.

Heavy volume pushed XRP through multiple resistance levels, with traders now focused on whether the rally can extend toward $1.30 after weeks of defensive positioning.

Near Protocol (NEAR), up 22.2% from Friday, was also a top performer.

Tom Lee's Ethereum treasury firm, through the preferred stock sale, is using a financing tool pioneered by Michael Saylor's bitcoin treasury firm Strategy.

The latest purchase was made at an average price of $63,024 per bitcoin.

Your day-ahead look for June 15, 2026

The peace deal reached over the weekend provided the stimulus many markets had been waiting for. Crypto traders, however, have learned to distrust this particular headline

Your look at what's coming in the week starting June 15.

UFC Freedom 250 paid fighter bonuses in USD1, the stablecoin issued by the Trump-linked crypto venture World Liberty Financial, at a contest held at the White House.

The purchases were likely funded by selling other positions, data shows. ARK is also one of the loudest bitcoin bulls, with a million-dollar target for 2030.

A large build-up of speculative short positions in the yen raises the risk of a sharp short squeeze if the BOJ signals more aggressive tightening, potentially unwinding yen-funded carry trades that support risk assets.

Monetary policy may be back in focus, with Kevin Warsh's first policy meeting as Fed chairman coming this week.

XRP extended its rebound from recent lows on the strongest buying activity in weeks, with institutional flows and ETF demand supporting a push toward the $1.20 level.

Uniswap’s native token UNI is set to surge nearly fortyfold in the coming years as Wall Street migrates on-chain, Standard Chartered said.

A class action lawsuit alleges Anthropic overstated the usage limits of its Claude Max subscription plans and misled customers about savings.

Forward Industries has been unsuccessful on all three recent attempts to combine with rival publicly traded Solana treasury firms.

The U.S. move to pull Anthropic's top models offline shows the dangers of leaning on a few AI providers, Carney said.

Strategy expanded its USD Reserve to $1.1 billion and increased its total Bitcoin holdings, after dipping into those funds last month.

The crypto-related assault reportedly involved attackers posing as police officers, and follows a spate of attacks in the country.

BitMine Immersion Technologies expanded its leading Ethereum treasury to more than 5.6 million ETH valued at greater than $10 billion.

The three crypto market overhangs of the Iran War, SpaceX IPO and ETF outflows appear to be lifting. But can they be trusted?

The Philippines' central bank has tightened crypto oversight with new rules governing how exchanges assess and monitor digital assets.

A crypto relief rally has “partially arrived” as Trump announces a deal with Iran, but prediction market traders remain unconvinced.

The startup that beat Midjourney at a penny per image is back with a 4K model that plans pictures like code—and refuses far less than its rivals

Tokenized Pokémon card sales have skyrocketed over the past year, fueled by a wave of speculation and so-called gacha machines.

Anthropic pushed back against what it described as an overreach, saying the vulnerability cited is already widespread across the industry.

Google alleges a Chinese network weaponized its Gemini AI to create phishing sites that stole millions of credit card numbers and targeted crypto investors.

A hobbyist network handed an autonomous agent a masterclass in why you don't give AI a credit card and a deadline.

President Trump’s upcoming UFC fight will provide several crypto firms with an unprecedented opportunity for corporate branding.

A new benchmark study found AI agents remain vulnerable to prompt injection attacks as companies increasingly roll out the technology to the public.

Kimi Work lets an AI agent loose on your local files, your browser, and your schedule—without routing everything through the cloud.

Anthropic's AI survey showed Americans are afraid of job losses, hopeful for health breakthroughs, and distrustful of firms behind the tech.

Participants were refunded and did not receive shares in the record-breaking SpaceX IPO from Elon Musk's rocket company.

Feds indicted a Tennessee man for allegedly running a crypto Ponzi scheme from 2020-2024 and bilking investors out of millions.

The Iran-linked hacking group said it accessed footage from FBI-controlled drones and warned World Cup teams that they could be targeted.

The study estimated Americans could end up wagering up to $133 billion annually on offshore prediction markets by 2030.

Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick suggests the crypto market has hit its lowest point following Bitcoin's recent drop below $60,000.

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has applied for a pardon from President Trump, which is now his one remaining path out of prison.

The retailer rolled its Coinbase options deal forward in late May, keeping nearly all its Bitcoin tied up for upfront cash.

The Siiibo Securities deal positions Metaplanet to tap $7.4 trillion in household savings as the country shifts from deflation to inflation.

Hyperliquid has SpaceX trading at $177 a share. Will we see a 30% pop on open this morning?

SpaceX’s $75 billion IPO has already drained crypto liquidity, but a strong first-day pop could help rotate profits back, analysts argue.

Kalshi crypto perpetuals hit $1B in daily volume but hold just 0.0058% of the market's Open Interest.

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From spot exposure to yield engines: Bitcoin ETFs enter a new structural phase.

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Here's why USELESS Coin's rally is still under threat despite double-digit gains in a day.

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Market activity has shifted towards Upbit lately.

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Private credit stress will tell us whether the yields mean something.

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Back to back BoJ and Fed meetings could trigger a chain reaction.

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SOL/BTC strength hints at a potential leadership shift in the altcoin market.

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Bitcoin's post-halving cycle faces a demand test as liquidity slows and market structure continues to evolve.

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DeFi has recently suffered losses worth millions due to a series of attacks.

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GRASS surged 19% as volume and Open Interest expanded, while resistance at $0.4733 remained the key hurdle.

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Capital is being locked up, yet spot traders are sending a different message.

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