HTX has been pulled into one of the most serious crypto sanctions stories of the year after the UK designated the exchange under Russia-related sanctions rules and TRM Labs linked the case to more than $1.5 billion in alleged flows involving sanctioned entities. TL;DR The UK designation targets correspondent banking and payment relationships. TRM Labs…

Bitcoin’s recovery has slowed after reaching a key resistance cluster, with the asset now consolidating beneath an important supply zone. The latest price action suggests that bulls are attempting to maintain momentum, but the market remains at a critical level where the next breakout or rejection could determine the short-term trend. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The…

XRP has seen a strong reaction from its major support zone, but the latest price action suggests the rally is now entering a critical phase. After a sharp breakout from short-term consolidation, buyers pushed the asset into a significant resistance area, where momentum has started to cool. Ripple Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the…

[PRESS RELEASE – New York, USA, June 17th, 2026] Nexchain has opened a limited-time $0.05 bonus entry window ahead of a major project update scheduled for next week. The AI-powered Layer 1 blockchain is preparing to share upcoming milestones and launch progress, while the current bonus pricing remains available for a short period before the…

Circle has launched cirBTC on Ethereum, giving the stablecoin issuer a direct entry into the wrapped Bitcoin market and setting up a new challenge to existing BTC-backed DeFi assets. TL;DR cirBTC is live on Ethereum and backed 1:1 by Bitcoin. Circle says the asset uses segregated custody and Chainlink Proof of Reserve. The product is…

Bitcoin Magazine Oman Launches Mandatory National Bitcoin Mining Pool in State-Backed Push for Regulatory Control Oman has taken one of the most direct steps by any government to bring bitcoin mining under formal state oversight, launching a mandatory national mining pool that licensed operators across the sultanate are required to join. The pool, Omanhash.com, was…

Bitcoin Magazine 79% of Bitcoin Supply Now Locked by Long-Term Holders. Analyst Sees Bear Market Nearing Exhaustion Bitcoin is showing signs of stabilization after a brutal stretch, and research firm K33 says the on-chain evidence is difficult to ignore. In its latest market report, K33 Head of Research Vetle Lunde pointed to a record share…

Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Industry Slams Illinois’ New Digital Asset Tax as ‘Most Punitive’ in U.S. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3019 into law yesterday, making Illinois the first state in the country to impose a transaction-based tax on crypto. This move drew swift condemnation from crypto industry groups who had urged him to…

In addition to frequent protocol upgrades and other initiatives aimed at advancing Pi Network’s ecosystem, the Core Team launches various campaigns to engage its vast community. The latest one, which primarily focuses on Artificial Intelligence, will conclude on a symbolic day for the Pioneers. Less Than 2 Weeks Left Earlier this month, Pi Network encouraged…

A bipartisan congressional compromise has put the digital dollar debate back in focus, with lawmakers moving forward on a package that would block the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency until December 31, 2030. TL;DR The CBDC ban is part of a broader legislative compromise. The measure would block Fed CBDC issuance…

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets on Wednesday, June 17, for what is new Chair Kevin Warsh’s first policy decision, and Bitget CEO Gracy Chen thinks it is one of the most important macro events for crypto. The setup, as she puts it, is genuinely difficult, with inflation sticky and the White House looking…

Illinois has opened a new front in state-level crypto regulation after Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a budget package containing the Digital Asset Tax Act, a measure industry groups are already attacking as one of the harshest crypto transaction taxes in the United States. TL;DR The law introduces a 0.2% privilege tax on digital asset broker…

The former CEO of BitMEX faced significant backlash over the past few weeks for dumping tokens he had previously praised. However, he has resumed accumulating Ethereum, according to data from Lookonchain. Hayes Buys ETH Data from the analytics resource reveals that a wallet linked to the Maelstrom Fund’s exec has acquired 1,400 ETH, worth around…

Uniswap has drawn a major long-term institutional forecast, with Standard Chartered reportedly initiating coverage on UNI and projecting that the token could reach $100 by the end of 2030 if real-world asset tokenization grows as expected. TL;DR The forecast is a long-term analyst projection, not a guarantee. The reported trajectory rises from $6.50 in 2026…

Citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters reported that the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange could be forced to stop service to European Union customers as early as next month after its application for a key regulatory license is set to be rejected. The threat comes from the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, which requires…

Bitcoin’s price recovery run was halted at $67,000 earlier this week, and the asset has shown an inability to sustain it, currently sitting below $65,000. Most larger-cap alts have followed suit, with BNB dipping toward $600, XRP slipping to $1.20, and ADA plunging by over 6%. BTC Slips Beneath $65K Bitcoin reacted well to the…

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, June 17th, 2026] Landmark transaction brings real operating company equity to Solana-based tokenised capital formation First Block deploys next-generation digital securities architecture for real- world operating business Onpharma’s medical device technology for dentistry brings recurring revenue, high gross margins and a significant market opportunity to a tokenised capital raise This offering…

The recent price uptick in the cryptocurrency market has given some traders, including Andrew Tate, wings. Despite his rather unsuccessful history with futures trading, the British-American social media personality and businessman has opened another major long, according to data shared by Lookonchain. The analysts at the monitoring resource have counted 107 times in which Tate…

The days of altcoins making money from token launches and hype alone are over. This is according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju, who says there are now only three categories that can survive into the future. The Era of Narrative-Only Tokens Is Over The analyst made his blunt assessment in an early Wednesday thread…

Coinbase plans to launch tokenized stock trading in August for customers outside the US, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Tokenized stocks will be backed 1:1 by the underlying asset and will represent “true equity ownership,” it stated. This includes dividend payouts and complete shareholder rights, alongside the “programmatic utility of the onchain economy.” Pre-IPO Perps…

Following a wave of selling pressure that pulled bitcoin (BTC) below $60,000 two weeks ago, analysts have highlighted on-chain data that signals possible seller exhaustion, which is further substantiated by a reprieve in macroeconomic conditions. According to analysts at crypto exchange Bitfinex, the market is witnessing a transition into late-stage capitulation rather than a broader…

TL;DR Sui reportedly handled around $65 billion in stablecoin transfers in a five-day stretch after its gasless stablecoin update. The update reduces friction by allowing supported stablecoin transfers without requiring users to hold SUI for gas. The headline number is large, but zero-fee systems can attract bots, arbitrage loops, and repeated high-velocity transfers. The market…

TL;DR SIREN reportedly fell more than 95% after a whale sold roughly 670 million tokens. Lookonchain tracked about $64.8 million USDT in proceeds from the selloff. The address reportedly controlled more than 90% of circulating supply before the liquidation. The story is a warning about meme coin liquidity and supply concentration, not a verdict on…

TL;DR A legacy Aztec Connect smart contract was reportedly drained of about 909 ETH, worth roughly $2.1 million. The affected product was deprecated in 2023 and is separate from Aztec’s current network work. The exploit reportedly targeted the immutable RollupProcessorV3 contract. The case shows why abandoned or discontinued DeFi contracts can remain risky long after…