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The US President has confirmed his attendance for the Florida event, but it's unclear whether Tron founder Justin Sun, suing the Trump family's crypto business, will appear.

The XAUE protocol lets holders earn yield on tokenized gold through lending and trading strategies while maintaining exposure to the underlying asset.

The Bitcoin community continues to debate whether cryptographically relevant quantum computers are imminent or decades away.

After reporting more than $1.7 million to election officials, a crypto-aligned political action committee has reportedly backed out of advertising for a Texas Senate candidate.

Familiar players ramp up Bitcoin and Ether bets as markets hint at a rebound, while institutions test blockchain rails and US lawmakers stall on crypto rules this week.

Bitcoin and risk assets faced an uphill struggle after the S&P 500 hit new all-time highs as analysis warned that BTC price support was at risk.

A bullish signal from Solana’s MACD indicator hinted at a potential rally, though resistance at $90 could delay the recovery.

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Nakamoto launched a Bitcoin derivatives program with Bitwise and Kraken, aiming to generate options premiums and hedge part of its BTC treasury exposure.

South Africa’s draft capital flow rules would bring crypto under exchange controls, with declaration duties, transaction limits and tougher penalties.

Historically, MSTR’s outperformance signals traders are taking more risk, betting Bitcoin’s worst drawdown phase may be over.

China’s new online marketing rules tighten an already sweeping crypto ban and place fresh pressure on financial influencers, echoing parallel crackdowns in Europe, Australia and the UK.

The ECB signed deals with three standards bodies to reuse open payment standards for the digital euro and lower integration costs for banks and merchants.

Polish prosecutors are investigating Zondacrypto over alleged fraud and fund access issues, while local media report that CEO Przemysław Kral is in Israel.

Wisconsin’s lawsuit against Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket and Crypto.com deepens the battle between state gambling enforcers and federal regulators over sports prediction markets.

Spot XRP ETFs record net inflows for nine consecutive days, absorbing sell pressure and potentially supporting XRP price recovery over time.

Bitcoin price action has one more week to go until it potentially achieves its biggest month's gains since late 2024.

Cryptography company Succinct launched Zcam, an iPhone camera app that signs photos and videos at capture to help prove media authenticity in the AI era.

Metaplanet raises $50 million through zero-interest bonds from EVO FUND to expand its Bitcoin treasury, extending its capital markets-driven accumulation strategy.

US President Donald Trump will appear at an event for holders of the TRUMP memecoin after the White House previously said it wasn’t locked into his schedule.

Besides freezing crypto, the strike force also seized a Telegram channel used to recruit unsuspecting job seekers and took down 503 fake crypto investment websites.

Stablecoin issuers must invest a minimum of $10 million into Morgan Stanley’s money market fund, MSNXX, to access the stablecoin reserve offering.

The White House’s office of technology policy said that foreign entities are using proxy accounts and jailbreaking techniques to distill capabilities from American AI models.

Jane Street has filed to dismiss Terraform’s insider trading suit, arguing the reasons for Terra’s collapse have already been litigated.

Mantle, EtherFi Foundation, Golem Foundation, Lido DAO, Ethena, LayerZero, Ink Foundation and Tyrdo have all made pledges to the “DeFi United” recovery effort.

The Justice Department passed an investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell to the Fed's own inspector, which could clear a confirmation path for Kevin Warsh.

A filing Thursday said the lawsuit rehashes events already settled in court and seeks damages for losses caused by internal misconduct.

The transaction brings the firm’s holdings closer to its 5% of ETH target.

Independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli broke a 15-bit elliptic curve key on publicly accessible quantum hardware, 512 times larger than the previous public demonstration in September 2025.

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are set to raise more than $240 billion combined from June through year-end, a capital pull larger than every venture-backed US IPO since 2000 combined, and crypto sits in the same liquidity pool.

Aave (AAVE), up 3.2% from Thursday, was also a top performer.

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BTC holds a tight range as open interest drops, signaling cooling momentum, while altcoins show mixed performance and ZEC attracts fresh bullish interest.

Market analyst Mati Greenspan said bitcoin has not gone through a “winter,” rather a pullback within a broader bull market, adding the next leg up for bitcoin will be driven by nation-state adoption.

Farmers and food programs anchor 10 pilots aimed at boosting usage, while New Delhi eyes BRICS CBDC link ahead of 2026 summit

The surge in Intel shares, up more than 22% after earnings, has significantly boosted the value of the U.S. government’s position.

Metaplanet has issued 8 billion yen, or about $50 million, in zero-interest bonds to fund additional bitcoin purchases.

The Wall Street giant has announced a fund build specifically for stablecoin issuers. Here is what it does and means for the market.

Spot bitcoin ETFs logged their first 8-day inflow streak since October, but on-chain profit-taking is already running at 3x the rate that has marked every local top this year.

Crypto markets weaken amid rising Japan inflation, Iran war oil disruptions, and expectations of a hawkish Bank of Japan.

The state's complaint highlights language used by prediction market platforms as language for gambling, not investing.

Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly tried to conceal his bets about the raid on Venezuela that led to Nicolas Maduro's arrest.

Industry players are coordinating a recovery effort as the year's biggest crypto theft rattled Aave, with Lido and EtherFi being firsts to offer aid.

The emergency response prevented stolen funds from moving, but sparked debate over governance, control and the limits of decentralization on Layer 2s.

Di Bartolomeo argues that last weekend the market achieved – in real time – a notable feat that no regulator, auditor or commentator has ever done.

The Justice Department closed the Jerome Powell probe, removing a barrier to Senate action on Kevin Warsh's Federal Reserve nomination.

The Chinese lab that shook Wall Street just dropped its biggest, most efficient model yet, hours after OpenAI launched GPT-5.5.

Amazon’s Chainlink integration lets enterprises connect cloud infrastructure with blockchain networks through familiar AWS tools.

A U.S. soldier charged with using classified military intelligence to bet on Polymarket failed to pass Kalshi's KYC procedures.

Morgan Stanley debuted a money market fund intended for stablecoin issuers, billing the product as a way for companies to manage reserves.

Top Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies made its second ETH buy from the Ethereum Foundation.

The state alleges sports betting products on Kalshi, Polymarket and other financial platforms violate Wisconsin gambling laws.

Project Eleven awarded 1 BTC to an Italian researcher after a public quantum computer breaks a 15-bit elliptic curve key, the largest public demonstration of its kind to date.

Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to a multi-year deal to use Amazon’s AI chips in a deal that AWS says is worth billions of dollars.

Trump says the whole world's a casino. Tether made its biggest enforcement freeze ever. And SBF drops his new trial bid.

Aave's founder has pledged 5,000 ETH of his own money as a growing DeFi coalition races to contain the fallout from the KelpDAO exploit.

The U.S. president said that he “was never much in favor” of prediction markets, as the latest insider trading case highlighted risks.

Federal prosecutors say an Army soldier made over $400K betting on Venezuela-related outcomes on Polymarket using classified intelligence.

On Forge Global, Anthropic shares are hovering around $1 trillion while OpenAI trades at $880 billion — a reversal nobody saw coming three months ago.

Google unveiled a new AI tool in Maps that lets filmmakers preview scenes in real-world locations ahead (or instead) of scouting trips.

Social media giant Meta is redirecting resources toward AI as CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicts the tech will continue to revolutionize work.

The no-code platform aims to make building and deploying on-chain apps as simple as writing a prompt.

Some users pushed back via Aave’s governance forum, fearing the changes would fuel liquidations on the lending protocol.

OpenAI's newest model matches GPT-5.4's speed while outperforming it on nearly every benchmark. It's rolling out to paid ChatGPT users today.

Kok An, a Cambodian senator, is accused of running a massive crypto crime operation through his many resorts and casinos.

ChatGPT for Clinicians is designed to save doctors time, and OpenAI says it scored higher than human physicians—on the AI giant's own test.

Tencent just open-sourced Hy3 preview, a new model that punches above its weight on coding agents, reasoning, and search—built in under three months.

Publicly traded Bitcoin services firm Fold is rolling out a program to let companies grant employees bonuses in crypto.

Benjamin Pasternak faces criminal charges following an investor class action lawsuit and accusations of breaching an OTC token deal.

President Trump's administration says foreign actors are using jailbreaking techniques and fake accounts to extract American AI capabilities.

The disgraced FTX founder's parents have reportedly pushed for a pardon from President Donald Trump behind closed doors.

Long-shot bets on a market tied to the daily maximum temperature in Paris have raised eyebrows—and triggered a police complaint.

Stablecoin issuer Tether said it coordinated with U.S. authorities to implement one of its largest asset freezes on record.

Reps. Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act, targeting legal loopholes that allow warrantless access to Americans' data.

Google’s new processors target massive model training and the emerging AI agent economy, offering distinct builds for both needs.

With Bitcoin topping $79K Wednesday, a "cleared risk landscape" hints at a potential extension of its ongoing rally.

Justin Sun is suing Trump’s World Liberty Financial, and the U.S. government is now openly running a Bitcoin node.

A rebound is in play, but can PIPPIN hold on for now?

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Here's why a Hyperliquid rebound may be on the horizon.

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The hope is to increase usage by incorporating it into an already existing system.

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Analyst believes that wBTC's dominance as a collateral across DeFi ecosystem means a breach could be more widespread.

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Canton’s CIP-0114 drives institutional demand as Open Interest spikes and short liquidations surge.

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Unrealized losses among long-term holders as leveraged positions reset across Bitcoin's market.

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LUNC surged toward resistance as volume and leverage rose while inflows signaled emerging sell pressure.

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Despite the bounce from the $90-demand zone, selling pressure and momentum could send AAVE to new local lows.

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Global stablecoin adoption falls in Q1 2026 as liquidity shows early recovery.

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Wall Street is bullish on Figure (FIGR) stock right now.

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Assessing if DYDX can continue rallying higher.

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