Month: June 2026
Mastercard expands on-chain settlement in bet on stablecoins and always-on finance
The company plans to offer stablecoin, weekend and holiday settlement as demand grows for real-time…
Bitcoin’s slide to $67,000 is accelerating a shift into digital dollars
The crypto market is seeing a capital flight into dollar-linked stablecoins even as stocks and…
Bitcoin’s compute power dwarfs top 100 supercomputers by 600k times, says Bittensor co-founder
Ala Shaabana explains how using Bitcoin network’s coordinate-and-reward playbook can bust open corporate monopolies on…
UK House of Lords committee calls on Bank of England to reconsider proposed stablecoin restrictions
The Bank of England proposed limits of 20,000 pounds per coin for individuals and 10…
U.S. sanctions Iranian crypto exchanges in ongoing war against the country
OFAC said it was blacklisting Nobitex and three other Iranian exchanges, as well as a…
Coinbase backs Ethena ahead of savings product launch for exchange’s 100 million users
Coinbase Ventures, the exchange’s venture arm, bought Ethena tokens on the open market as the…
Galaxy enters institutional prediction markets with $10 million Arca trade
The digital asset firm launched OTC prediction markets trading for institutions and completed a $10…
Tom Lee predicts ether will hit $250,000 as corporate validators take over network control
The Bitmine chairman said DeFi and AI could push the Ethereum network’s value into the…
Bitcoin set for ‘choppy summer’ as capital chases high-flying AI stocks, K33 says
The firm still views bitcoin as undervalued relative to equities, but says investors are rotating…
Debt-ridden graduates seen as ‘cash cows’ to fund older people’s lifestyles, MPs told
Student groups tell inquiry about ballooning debt and ‘sneaky changes’ to loan terms while likening…