The SEC said it proposed rescinding Regulation NMS Rules 611 and 610(e), reopening a debate over whether the US trade-through rule still helps markets or mainly adds complexity. TL;DR The SEC has proposed rescinding Rule 611, the trade-through rule, and Rule 610(e). The change could reduce legacy equity-market routing complexity if finalized. Tokenized equity and…

Bitcoin Magazine BlackRock Executive Calls Bitcoin “Too Big to Ignore”, Discusses New Bitcoin Premium Income ETF BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with more than $10 trillion under management, has launched a new Bitcoin exchange-traded product designed to generate monthly income for investors — a move the firm’s top ETF executive says is aimed at…

An Ethereum Magicians proposal for an asset-enforced spend mandate suggests token-level controls for delegated spending, including AI-agent wallet activity. TL;DR Ethereum developers are discussing an asset-level spend mandate for delegated wallets. The idea is to bound agent spending with caps, expirations, allowed tokens, and revocation rules. The proposal is aimed at safer AI-agent and delegated…

The Aster DEX unveiled a huge change to its tokenomics on June 17, allocating 99% of fees generated through its platform to an ASTER token buyback, with one-to-one burns from its reserves for each token purchase. The #48-ranked cryptocurrency witnessed a massive rebound shortly after the announcement but has since given back most of those…

Derivatives giant CME Group is preparing to take the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to court over the regulator’s approval of perpetual futures, setting up a sharp public clash over one of crypto trading’s most important product categories. TL;DR CME CEO Terry Duffy said on CNBC that the exchange plans to sue the CFTC over…

Bitcoin Magazine STRC Is Junk Credit in a Bitcoin Costume, and Retail Is Holding $8.8 Billion of It There is now $15 billion sitting in three securities being marketed to bitcoin holders as the safer, smarter way to access bitcoin exposure: Strategy’s preferred stack, STRC, and SATA. The pitch is identical across all three. Tax-favored.…

The OG meme coin has fared poorly over the past several months, dropping out of the elite top 10 crypto club. While some market observers remain optimistic that a recovery could be on the way, recent whale behavior suggests that a deeper collapse is also plausible. DOGE Whales ‘Paying Rent’ The popular analyst Ali Martinez…

Satori Finance, a decentralized derivatives platform backed by names including Coinbase Ventures and Polychain Capital, has said it will wind down operations by July 16, putting another spotlight on how difficult crypto perps infrastructure has become outside the largest venues. TL;DR Satori Finance said it will shut down operations and terminate services by July 16,…

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Falls to $62,000 as Hawkish Fed Shift Raises Risk of Deeper Pullback Bitcoin price slipped below key support near $64,000 after a hawkish shift from the Federal Reserve erased gains tied to easing geopolitical tensions, placing the market at risk of a deeper pullback toward the $60,000 range. The bitcoin price…

Uniswap saw a jump in network activity this week after new institutional price expectations for its UNI token hit the markets and social media. According to a report by Santiment, whale transactions on the network reached a 7-month high while active whale addresses climbed to a four-month peak. Whale Transactions Rise The uptick came as…

Bitcoin Magazine Federal Reserve Moves to Close Stablecoin Loopholes With New Customer ID Rules The Federal Reserve proposed Thursday that payment stablecoin issuers maintain written customer identification programs, a move that signals Washington’s determination to bring digital asset markets under the same anti-money laundering discipline long applied to traditional banks — even as regulators race…

Zama and Morpho are pushing a more privacy-aware version of DeFi with a confidential USDC yield vault design that uses fully homomorphic encryption, or FHE, to bring private deposit logic to a public Ethereum environment. TL;DR Zama published a design for private deposits into public DeFi using FHE. The vault is tied to Morpho and…

US President Donald Trump took it to his social media platform Truth Social to declare that oil has begun flowing, jobs are at record levels, and prices in the US are dropping, which will increase affordability. While there are some controversies about the last few statements, oil prices are indeed dropping now, with USOIL dipping…

Illinois has moved forward with a new digital asset tax, giving the crypto industry another state-level policy fight to watch as regulation increasingly shifts beyond Washington. TL;DR Illinois SB3019 has become law and includes a 0.2% tax tied to digital asset business activity. The measure is set to take effect on January 1, 2027. Industry…

Ripple continues to strengthen its ecosystem by inking strategic deals, participating in major investments, and announcing important news. Despite these positive developments and the solid institutional interest, XRP has dumped hard over the past several months and currently trades nearly 70% below its all-time high registered last summer. All the Latest Stuff Earlier this week,…

Bitcoin Magazine CME Group to Sue CFTC Over Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Approval in Clash Over Dodd-Frank Classification The CME Group said that it plans to file a lawsuit against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over the agency’s approval of crypto perpetual futures, setting up a direct legal confrontation between the world’s largest futures exchange…

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[PRESS RELEASE – Lodz, Poland, June 18th, 2026] BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency trading platform, today announced a series of zero-fee campaigns spanning deposits, spot trading, and TradFi futures. The launch represents a deliberate strategic effort to lower the barriers to entry that have historically kept retail traders on the sidelines, and to ensure that…

A federal judge has denied Michelle Bond’s attempt to dismiss campaign finance charges connected to alleged FTX-linked political contributions, keeping another piece of the exchange’s legal fallout alive. TL;DR Michelle Bond’s motion to dismiss campaign finance charges has been denied in federal court. The case is tied to alleged funding connected to former FTX executive…

Ethereum has been under pressure across higher and lower timeframes over the past few weeks. While the price has staged a relief bounce from recent lows near $1.5K, the broader structure continues to favor sellers as ETH trades beneath major moving averages and inside a long-term descending channel. At the same time, exchange reserve data…

After showing signs of recovery, Bitcoin (BTC) lost momentum and dipped below $64,000 earlier today before finding support there. While short-term sentiment weakened, the largest BTC holders appeared unfazed, using the decline as a buying opportunity. Whale Accumulation Returns Bitcoin whales holding at least 1,000 BTC have increased their combined holdings to 7.17 million BTC,…

HTX remains under the compliance microscope after UK sanctions records and blockchain-intelligence analysis pointed to Huobi Global S.A., operating as HTX, being designated under the UK’s Russia sanctions regime. TL;DR The UK OFSI consolidated sanctions list is the primary source for the designation trail. TRM Labs has published a compliance analysis explaining why the designation…

[PRESS RELEASE – Nicosia, Cyprus, June 18th, 2026] The new engine lets businesses configure and modify crypto, fiat, and crypto-to-fiat payment processes in days instead of weeks, with built-in compliance reporting for every transaction. FinHarbor, a provider of modular banking and crypto-acquiring infrastructure, has announced the launch of Money Flow, a payment orchestration module that…

The FOMC meeting and the subsequent Kevin Warsh press conference brought some volatility to the crypto market, with BTC sliding by over two grand from top to bottom before it found support. Most altcoins have mimicked BTC’s performance in the past 24 hours, with ETH sliding beneath $1,750 and XRP dropping below a key support…