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Liquid Mercury has filed its MERC crypto-asset white paper with the Central Bank of Ireland and the document has been added to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) MiCA white paper register. The inclusion satisfies the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) disclosure requirement that applies before a non-exempt crypto-asset can be offered…
Valle Capital Token (VCT) has launched a blockchain-centered ecosystem built on BNB Smart Chain to connect international digital capital with Brazilian agricultural production and commodity exports. The project layers EVM smart contracts, digital dashboards, satellite and climate monitoring, logistics-tracking tools, AI-driven operational analysis …
A cryptocurrency taxpayer facing an IRS audit saw an estimated $1.55 million tax exposure trimmed to roughly $148,000 after Crypto Tax Made Easy reconstructed blockchain records and Securus Advisors provided IRS representation. The firms argued that contested withdrawals from Poloniex were transfers between wallets controlled by the taxpayer rather…
Utorg announced full authorization under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, effective July 1, 2026, allowing the company to serve users across all 29 EEA member states. The approval follows a comprehensive regulatory review and places Utorg among a limited set of platforms able to operate legally in the EEA after the MiCA transitiona…
Cryptocurrency companies have already contributed $189 million toward shaping the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, outpacing their 2024 cycle spending and representing more than one-third of corporate political expenditures linked to this year’s congressional contests and related primaries, according to a report from consumer advocacy group Public Citi…
Bitcoin traded below the psychologically important $60,000 mark on Monday and is headed for a second consecutive quarterly drop. Persistent outflows from U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, a stronger U.S. dollar and increased odds of tighter Federal Reserve policy have pressured the market. Geopolitical developments in the Middle East added t…
Bitcoin recovered above the $60,000 level after briefly dipping below it over the weekend. The rebound comes amid sustained U.S. spot ETF outflows, a firmer U.S. dollar tied to expectations of further Federal Reserve rate hikes, and mixed signals on investor behavior - with on-chain data showing large transactions consistent with accumulation while…
Bitcoin traded modestly higher near $60,240 as market participants monitored an upcoming ex-dividend date and monthly dividend reset for STRC perpetual preferred shares issued by Strategy Inc. Debate has intensified over Strategy’s practice of funding Bitcoin purchases through preferred-stock issuance after the decline in STRC’s market price pushed…
NOWPayments has partnered with KoinX to publish free, jurisdiction-specific Crypto Tax Educational Assets aimed at helping businesses that accept or are considering accepting cryptocurrency address tax, accounting and regulatory reporting obligations across regions including Spain, the EU, the UAE and LATAM.
Poseidon has integrated its contributor app, Numo, into Toss’s mobile finance platform to let roughly 30 million Toss users record and monetize first-person data for AI training. Contributions are registered on the DATA network with a public audit trail called Trace, and Poseidon says the move aims to provide verifiable provenance and direct paymen…
Solstice and TensorX have formed a partnership to finance up to $1 billion of AI infrastructure intended to satisfy growing European demand for sovereign compute. Solstice will provide onchain lending capacity and launch aiUSX, a liquid, yield-bearing asset that lets companies deploy capital earmarked for AI into the infrastructure financing that s…
Digital Currency X Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: DCX) has agreed to sell $700 million of units in a private placement, allowing subscribers to pay in U.S. dollars or selected digital assets including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Each unit pairs one Class A ordinary share with three warrants at a $2.11 unit price; the warrants become exercisable on June 24, 202…
Request Network Foundation has rolled out one-click mass payouts that let users disburse USDC and USDT from a single wallet to recipients across six major EVM chains and Tron, with automatic batching of bridge and swap quotes. The update also brings Merkle Science onto the platform as an additional wallet screening provider to help businesses reduc…
<p>Binance has signalled it will remain in the European Union and intends to file a new application for authorization after failing to secure a licence in Greece. The crypto platform's European operating permission faces a one-week deadline, and prior discussions with regulators in Ireland, Latvia and Greece reportedly met resistance tied to past c…
<p>Bitcoin eased on Monday, relinquishing gains from a brief weekend rebound as market participants weighed conflicting developments from US-Iran talks. Ongoing capital withdrawals from crypto funds and a rotation of risk appetite toward artificial intelligence equities added pressure across digital assets. Major altcoins broadly underperformed, wi…
Bitcoin climbed back above $64,000 on Sunday as markets tracked U.S.-Iran discussions in Switzerland and evidence of ongoing bullish leanings in crypto options. While broader derivatives open interest has moderated from last year’s peaks, call-heavy positioning and concentrated institutional accumulation are supporting price stability. Geopolitical…
Bitcoin recovered above $63,000 on Saturday after a period of volatility that forced leveraged traders to unwind positions. Market participants are weighing regulatory moves in Ireland, the United States and Argentina alongside signs of continued institutional interest. Options activity and futures positioning point to persistent caution among trad…
Stratosphere, together with Pudgy Penguins and Streamex, hosted an invite-only Founders Table VIP Dinner in New York City on June 9, 2026, timed with ETHConf 2026 and NYC Tech Week. The private gathering assembled founders, operators, C-level executives, funds and institutional leaders from across digital assets, technology, AI and traditional fina…
PremiumBlock has launched a non-custodial platform that combines user-created prediction markets, up to 2.5x leveraged positions on selected markets, crypto perpetual futures and Web3 poker in a wallet-native environment. The service emphasizes instant withdrawals, maximal liquidity, and user control of funds while allowing communities to create an…
The Federal Reserve unveiled a proposal that would require payment stablecoin issuers to implement customer identification programs similar to those used by banks and credit unions, aiming to reduce opportunities for illegal finance. The plan follows recent moves by banking agencies to fold cryptocurrency into regulated banking frameworks after the…
Zama has partnered with Morpho and Steakhouse Financial to launch a confidential USDC lending product on Ethereum. The integration layers Zama’s Fully Homomorphic Encryption-based privacy protocol on top of Morpho’s lending infrastructure and Steakhouse’s Prime USDC vault, allowing shielded USDC (cUSDC) holders to deposit and earn yield without exp…
Ledn, a crypto lending platform, has integrated Tether Gold (XAU₮) to permit borrowers to take loans against tokenized gold holdings. The move brings approximately $2.5 billion of Tether's tokenized gold to Ledn and allows loans to be paid and repaid in Tether's USD₮ or USA₮ stablecoins. The product launches today across most of Ledn's operating ju…
Singapore's financial regulator has added Bybit Fintech Ltd. to its Investor Alert List as part of a broader effort to increase scrutiny of unlicensed cryptocurrency platforms. The Monetary Authority of Singapore said inclusion on the list signals that an entity should not be viewed as licensed or authorized by the central bank, and the exchange sa…
Calais Digital Assets has become the first institutional allocator to place UBS Asset Management’s tokenised USD money market fund, uMINT, into active trading as off-exchange settlement (OES) collateral while the holdings remain in regulated custody. The transaction, routed through a three-party infrastructure comprising DigiFT, ByCustody and Bybit…
<p>Range announced an $8.3 million Series A round as part of $11 million in total funding to date, aiming to deliver a single platform that brings bank accounts, custodians, wallets and exchanges into one real-time ledger while providing pre-execution controls and compliance screening for both stablecoins and fiat. The round drew capital from tradi…
