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<p>Bitcoin slipped back toward the $74,000 area on Saturday as traders weighed renewed Middle East tensions and an uncertain U.S. regulatory backdrop. The world's largest cryptocurrency fell about 3.4% to roughly $74,654, extending a muted weekly performance after failing to clear a major resistance level earlier in the week. Broader risk appetite …
Foresight Ventures is leading a $30 million strategic seed round in PopDEX, a perpetual decentralized exchange designed around active traders. The capital will be deployed to deepen liquidity and trading depth initially, accelerate product development and security audits, and support team and market expansion. The move comes as perpetual trading vo…
NOXCAT, a Web3 infrastructure project based in Burnaby, Canada, is promoting a staking model that prioritizes long-term ecosystem engagement over temporary high-yield incentives. Built on Arbitrum, the protocol reports more than 108 million NOX staked and an APR of about 33.74%. The platform emphasizes on-chain emissions, no lock-up periods, and st…
Abu Dhabi-based Nexpace announced a program to repurchase up to $10 million of NXPC, the native token powering MapleStory Universe (MSU). The open market purchases - spread over three months and executed through multiple tranches by an external partner - are intended to reinforce a user-centered circulation model and support long-term ecosystem ope…
Bitcoin slipped below the $77,000 mark on the Gate exchange, with the BTC/USDT pair quoted at $76,998. The 24-hour change is a marginal decline of 0.03%, signaling consolidation rather than a sharp reversal. Elevated long-term Treasury yields and climbing rate-hike odds are cited as part of the broader macro backdrop that may weigh more heavily on …
Zama has acquired TokenOps, integrating the enterprise token-lifecycle platform into its confidentiality protocol to enable fully homomorphic encryption (FHE)-protected token distributions, vesting, and cap table management on public blockchains. TokenOps, which has processed more than $2 billion in distributions, will continue to operate as an ind…
Bybit has launched a SPCXUSDT perpetual contract providing 24/7, up to 10x leveraged exposure to SpaceX ahead of the company’s scheduled initial public offering on June 12, 2026. The listing uses SPCX settled in USDT, references an estimated total share count of 11.87 billion, and is presented as a way for traders to access pre-IPO exposure with in…
The predictable pattern that guided Bitcoin investors for a decade - a halving, then a roughly 12-18 month surge and a steep drawdown - has broken down since 2024. Large daily flows into and out of spot Bitcoin ETFs, growing corporate treasury exposure, and tighter correlation with macro asset classes have diluted the halving’s supply shock effect.…
<p>NOW Wallet has incorporated direct access to perpetual futures and prediction markets within its non-custodial mobile app, enabling connections to trading venues such as Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, GMX, dYdX, Polymarket, and PancakeSwap without leaving the wallet. The update allows users to fund trading balances, sign transactions, and manage p…
Bitcoin rose modestly to just over $77,000 as investors digested encouraging comments about U.S.-Iran diplomatic talks. Gains were restrained by higher Treasury yields and risk-averse positioning ahead of Nvidia’s quarterly results, leaving most major altcoins largely subdued for the session. By Caleb Monroe.
Byreal, a Solana-native decentralized exchange incubated by Bybit, has activated a time-limited USD1 ecosystem campaign featuring a combined 2 million WLFI reward pool. The program, running through June 18, 2026, splits rewards between a USD1 Trading Competition and liquidity provider incentives across three core pairs. The platform's Agent Skills …
Bitcoin steadied just under $77,000 following a four-day downturn as investors assessed developments in the Iran conflict and the implications of rising oil prices for inflation and U.S. interest-rate expectations. Broader risk sentiment remained fragile, keeping most altcoins rangebound and supporting elevated U.S. Treasury yields.
Quantography Labs has begun an early access program for Lock.com, a software wallet that separates offline private key signing from online transaction broadcasting to eliminate reliance on dedicated hardware devices. The platform incorporates post-quantum cryptographic standards and aims to let users operate securely with devices they already own. …
Bitcoin slipped below $77,000 on Monday as higher oil prices and a jump in global government bond yields reduced investors' appetite for riskier assets. The cryptocurrency last traded 1.5% lower at $76,946.6 by 00:54 ET (04:54 GMT), marking its lowest level since May 1. Broader market pressures included a surge in oil above $110 per barrel after re…
Bitcoin traded near $78,100 as investors weighed a surge in U.S. retail crypto ownership and a strategic shift from the largest corporate Bitcoin holder that could introduce sales of its holdings to fund corporate obligations. New survey data shows broadening demographic adoption, and Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) disclosed a $1.5 billion repurchase of co…
A concentrated liquidation event targeted long positions across crypto markets, sending Bitcoin toward $78,000 and erasing a week’s gains. Roughly $581 million of leveraged positions were liquidated during the 24-hour episode, with about $552 million coming from long bets. The move coincided with higher inflation prints, rising oil prices and a jum…
E-Estate Group Inc. will host a one-year anniversary summit on June 13, 2026, in Washington, D.C., to review its progress in real estate tokenization and present plans for further infrastructure, portfolio and access development. Company figures cited include a tokenized portfolio structured at more than $100 million in 2025 and over $32 million in…
An examination of April 2026 CoinGlass data across nine major derivatives platforms by crypto outlet ChainCatcher found Bybit ranked second in open interest and topped centralized exchanges on the open interest-to-trading volume metric. The findings point to deeper, longer-held positioning on the platform, alongside reserve growth that outpaced ope…
The Republican-led Senate Banking Committee convened Thursday for a mark-up session on the Clarity Act, legislation intended to define regulators' authority over cryptocurrencies and to classify crypto tokens. The session will test whether supporters can win the seven Democratic votes necessary to move the measure to the full Senate. Democrats voic…
MapleStory Universe (MSU), the blockchain adaptation of Nexon’s MapleStory franchise, is marking its first anniversary since the May 15, 2025 launch of MapleStory N. The platform reported more than 150 million cumulative on-chain transactions and over 3.82 million registered accounts. NEXPACE announced MSU 2.0 - a multi-year expansion introducing t…
BTSE Bhutan announced it has received an In-Principle Approval from the Gelephu Financial Services Office in Gelephu Mindfulness City to pursue a Financial Services License. If the firm satisfies outstanding pre-conditions, the eventual license would authorize a multilateral trading facility for virtual assets and institutional-grade custody servic…
Scandic Finance Group has introduced SNC Scandic Coin (SNC), a utility token intended for payments, access and loyalty across a range of real-world services inside the group’s ecosystem. Project representatives and documents describe a regulated framework with audited smart contracts, KYC/KYB and AML arrangements, a capped supply and a staged rollo…
Cantor8 has signed exclusive memoranda of understanding with Yiksi Limited to pilot bringing major African mobile money platforms, notably M-PESA and EVC Plus, onto the Canton Network. Working with Taran App and Yiksi’s exchange infrastructure, Cantor8 plans to enable direct conversion between mobile money services and crypto assets onchain. The in…
Fuse Network released a roadmap asserting that infrastructure, enabled by AI agents, is the missing element for last-mile payments. The plan centers on strengthening its Layer 1 chain to serve AI-native commerce, integrating emerging agentic payment standards, and expanding its Solid non-custodial neobanking stack into lending, insurance, index fun…
NEXST announced that its native token, $NXT, will begin trading globally on May 12, 2026 on OKX Boost, KuCoin, MEXC and LBank. The token is intended to serve as the utility asset for NEXST's AI Entertainment ecosystem, which combines VR experiences, Japanese idol IP-based social gaming, AI social platforms and real-world asset tokenization to creat…
