Russia creates crypto sanctions loophole, but cash-out routes remain ringfenced

Russia has turned crypto foreign-trade settlement into a live test of how far sanctions pressure can reach beyond banks. The Bank of Russia says selected exporters and importers may use cryptocurrencies for... Read more »

Why viral public whale liquidations are becoming a real trading signal on Hyperliquid

A highly watched Hyperliquid ETH long has become a public stress point for traders tracking whale leverage in real time. On June 23, Lookonchain said the account it identified as Machi Big... Read more »

South Korean digital bank with 15M users turns to Solana stablecoins for overseas transfers

Toss Bank’s Solana proof of concept would put stablecoin remittance infrastructure beside a regulated bank app used by millions of customers. In a June 22 post, Solana said South Korea’s Toss Bank... Read more »

The oil scare is fading, but Bitcoin is still trapped by the gas-price hangover

Bitcoin is trading near $64,000, roughly mid-channel in the $57,000-$77,000 range that has defined the market since the Strait of Hormuz shock. Can-Luca Köymen, investment strategist at Sygnum, called the current setup... Read more »

Centralized Wall Street gatekeepers to control investors’ route into tokenized stocks through old pipes

24X National Exchange’s latest tokenized stock filing has put Wall Street’s core plumbing at the forefront of the equity-tokenization race. The exchange filed SR-24X-2026-20 on June 11, with the SEC issuing its... Read more »

Charles Schwab prediction market partnership with Cboe to take traders away from Polymarket, Kalshi

Schwab’s reported prediction markets effort with Cboe will put prediction markets on the same screen as stocks, ETFs, and options. When the plan reaches customer accounts, the simplest prediction-market trade may become... Read more »

Ethereum’s Jaredfromsubway MEV bot drained after approving its own $7.5M theft

The Jaredfromsubway MEV bot, linked to roughly 70% of Ethereum sandwich attacks, lost more than $7.5 million in an allowance drain after its automated system authorized attacker-controlled contracts to spend its tokens.... Read more »

Bitcoin miner Bitdeer mined 921 BTC, but its smaller stash raises a bigger question

Bitdeer’s latest operating update has revealed a concrete insight into the recent Bitcoin miner-AI pivot: the company produced far more Bitcoin but ended the month with far fewer coins than it held... Read more »

Bitcoin’s ‘digital credit’ yield trade breaks below par as margin calls hit $10 billion market

Bitcoin’s emerging digital-credit trade broke below its promise of calm this week. This week, Strategy’s STRC preferred shares fell as low as $82.50 before rebounding, while Strive’s SATA slid from around par... Read more »

Franklin Templeton new ETFs would convert US companies stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure

Franklin Templeton, the $1.78 trillion asset management firm, is attempting to push cryptocurrency deeper into conventional investment portfolios with a new proposal that would automatically redirect stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure. On... Read more »