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Bitcoin Price Falls to $62,000 as Hawkish Fed Shift Raises Risk of Deeper Pullback

Bitcoin price slipped 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.

Zama And Morpho Push Confidential DeFi With New USDC Yield Vault

and Morpho are pushing a more privacy-aware version of with a confidential USDC vault design that uses fully homomorphic encryption, or FHE, to bring private deposit logic to a public Ethereum environment.

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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

Illinois Crypto Tax Draws Industry Pushback After SB3019 Becomes Law

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.

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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

Judge Denies Michelle Bond Bid To Dismiss FTX-Linked Campaign Finance Case

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 ’s legal fallout alive.

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UK Sanctions List Keeps HTX In Compliance Spotlight After OFSI Designation

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.

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HyperFund Promoter Pleads Guilty In $1.8B Crypto Fraud Case

Rodney Burton, a Miami man known online as “Bitcoin Rodney,” has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge connected to the HyperFund cryptocurrency fraud scheme, according to the .

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Binance Targets EU Regulatory License As MiCA Deadline Puts Exchanges Under Pressure

The Binance European regulatory path is back in focus as the MiCA deadline approaches, with the exchange’s EU licensing strategy becoming a key test of how global crypto platforms adapt to the bloc’s new rulebook.

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Ethereum’s Underwater Supply Matches Post-FTX Capitulation Bottom

Ethereum’s latest drawdown has pushed a major share of ETH supply back underwater, with Glassnode data cited by market trackers showing supply held at an unrealized loss near levels last seen around the post-FTX capitulation period.

Ready USDC Card Halts Non-EEA Service Following Card Issuer Transition

Ready Card users outside the European Economic Area have been pushed into an abrupt service halt after a card issuer transition disrupted the USDC spending product, according to user notices shared on X.

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Oman Launches Mandatory National Bitcoin Mining Pool In Sovereign Regulatory Push

Oman has moved another step into state-managed Bitcoin Mining infrastructure after Enegix Global said it had been selected to power , described as the Sultanate’s national Bitcoin mining pool.

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Stablecoin Shakedown: Binance, Coinbase And Kraken Restrict USDT In Europe Ahead Of MiCA Deadline

Europe’s stablecoin market is moving into its next, stricter phase as major continue reshaping USDT access for users in the European Economic Area under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework.

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Ethereum Price Defends $1,800 As Traders Brace For Kevin Warsh’s Debut Fed Meeting

Ethereum is holding close to the $1,800 area as traders wait for the Federal Reserve’s June decision, with the market watching not only the rate call but also what Chair Kevin Warsh says about inflation, future guidance, and the path of into the second half

Fed Signals Possible Rate Hikes as Kevin Warsh Opens ‘New Chapter’ at Central Bank

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its June meeting, but signaled a shift toward tighter policy under , marking a decisive turn away from expectations of near-term easing.

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Japan’s Three Largest Megabanks Align To Launch Joint Yen-Backed Stablecoin By March 2027

Japan’s largest banking groups are moving toward a shared yen-backed stablecoin framework, a development that could bring one of the world’s most heavily regulated financial systems deeper into payments.

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Michael Saylor Maps Out Bitcoin-Backed ‘Digital Asset Stack’ With Yield Layer

Michael Saylor is expanding the familiar Bitcoin treasury argument into a broader model for tokenized finance, laying out a four-layer “Digital Asset Stack” that starts with BTC as pristine collateral and builds credit, yield and equity instruments above it.

Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Bets 70% of His Portfolio on Bitcoin, Eyes $1 Million Price

Long before bitcoin existed, was learning about hard money at the family dinner table.

Born in Mexico City in 1955, Salinas is the founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a corporate conglomerate with interests

Coinbase Targets Offshore Tokenized Stock Trading With 1:1 Backed Equities Push

Coinbase is preparing to push deeper into tokenized real-world assets, with Brian Armstrong pointing to an offshore rollout of 1:1 backed tokenized stocks and equity-linked products for non-US markets.

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U.S. Congressman Nick Begich Wants America to Stop Selling Its Bitcoin — And Start Treating It Like Gold

Congressman (R-AK) sat down with the at PubKey in New York for a wide-ranging conversation that touched on his path from startup founder to Capitol Hill, his landmark American Reserve Modernization Act, and the dual promise and peril of artifici