Anchorage backs Treasury’s GENIUS AML rules, seeks secondary-market sanctions clarity
A public comment letter argues that regulated stablecoin issuers need clearer compliance standards to avoid sanctions risks tied to secondary-market activity.
Botanix Pulls Plug on Bitcoin L2 After 4 Years as Fee Income Falls Short
Bitcoin layer-two ( L2) network Botanix is winding down its operations after four years and has set a hard deadline of July 9, 2026, for users to withdraw their bitcoin and assets before remaining funds are permanently swept by the…
Wall Street Slides Hard and Bitcoin Tanks After Iran Shoots Down US Military Helicopter
Wall Street collapsed and bitcoin tumbled Tuesday after Iran shot down a U.S. military helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, torching an earlier ceasefire rally and sending markets into a sharp risk-off spiral. Markets Get Crushed The Nasdaq Composite shed…
Nobody Wants To Admit Google Gemini AI Might Be Right About XRP Price Prediction
Google Gemini AI just put XRP on the map again with a price prediction target of $5.00 to $7.00 by the end of 2026. With XRP changing hands near $1.16 right now, that is a 4x to 6x call on…
Ethena Scores $480B TradFi Partner as Janus Henderson Commits to USDe
Ethena has secured a strategic partnership with Janus Henderson, a global asset manager overseeing approximately $480 billion, to diversify USDe’s reserve portfolio with AAA-rated tokenized collateralized loan obligations and open regulated distribution of Ethena’s products to institutional investors. What the…
Checkonchain Analyst Says AI Rotation Creates Bitcoin’s Next Major Entry Point for Holders
Onchain analyst James Check says the conditions building across artificial intelligence (AI) stocks and upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) are creating a setup where bitcoin ends up the most underowned and least-forced-sale asset in the market when the cycle turns.…
UK financial regulator moves to allow mutual funds 10% exposure to crypto ETNs
The Financial Conduct Authority proposed allowing some investment schemes to add exposure to crypto exchange-traded notes.
$2 Billion and Counting: Polymarket and Kalshi See Record Inflows Ahead of FIFA World Cup Kickoff
The FIFA World Cup, expected to be one of the largest events in sports history, is already seeing huge trading volume in prediction markets as users seek to predict which team will win. Volumes for these contracts have reached nearly…
After Buying More Bitcoin Than It Sold, Strategy Wins Dividend Approval as Holdings Hit 845,256 BTC
Strategy secured approval to pay STRC dividends twice monthly as its bitcoin holdings climbed to 845,256 BTC. The move follows recent treasury activity and could reshape how income investors view the company’s preferred stock. Strategy’s STRC Shift Could Change How…
Sam Bankman-Fried officially asks Trump for a presidential pardon
The fallen crypto mogul serving a 25-year sentence filed a clemency petition, betting on Donald Trump’s history of crypto pardons even though the president had told him not to count on one.