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Bitcoin developers look to remove old fee signal that leaks wallet clues
A helpful feature of speeding up transactions has become redundant and a "fingerprint" for tracking. Developers now want to do away with it.

Ether news: Ethereum could fund soon projects with up to 10% of staking rewards
A new governance proposal would let validators redirect part of their staking income toward ecosystem funding, raising questions about coordination, incentives and who gets to decide where the money goes.

XRP price briefly loses $1.14 support before buyers drive sharp rebound
Heavy selling pushed XRP to its lowest level of the weekend session, but strong buying quickly erased most of the decline and returned the token to its recent trading range.

BTC, ETH, SOL price: What next as bitcoin drifts under $64,000
sian stocks and tech climbed as the US and Iran agreed a roadmap to a final peace deal, sending oil below $80. Crypto stayed soft, with bitcoin down 2% on the week and the memecoins leading the losses.

Are perps swaps? A quick look at that CME suit: State of Crypto
CME Group sued the CFTC on Thursday, alleging that the agency was wrong in how it approved Kalshi's first U.S. perpetual futures product.

Ethereum's biggest 'sandwich' bot drained of $7.5 million in ironic exploit
Blockaid said an attacker tricked Jaredfromsubway.eth into approving fake trading routes, then used those approvals to drain WETH, USDC and USDT.

Ethereum (ETH) developers are exploring new token standards as privacy returns to focus
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem

BlackRock and Fidelity are quietly turning bitcoin ETFs into a two-firm market
BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC are attracting the vast majority of new bitcoin ETF money, leaving smaller funds increasingly sidelined as institutional investors consolidate around the industry's largest players.

Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto calls on members to campaign against banks blocking digital asset transactions
Stand With Crypto UK is telling its members to file formal complaints with high-street banks over sector-wide transfer bans.

Netomi CEO says $5 trillion AI customer experience market could boost stablecoin demand
Puneet Mehta, a former high-level Wall Street engineer and data scientist, said the rapid expansion of AI enterprise software will increase demand for stablecoins and blockchain.

The quantum clock is ticking: it's Bitcoin's problem, not Ethereum's
A recent research note published by Citi analysts reached a conclusion about quantum risk that should give every institutional bitcoin holder pause, Tabar explains.

Mastercard prepares agentic commerce platform for a future where AI agents make payments
The company is working with Coinbase, Stripe and other companies to build trusted payment systems for AI-driven commerce.

Kalshi now requires users to reveal employers as it fights insider trading and market manipulation
The prediction markets platform introduced new measures on Tuesday that it said will apply to markets it considers are likely to face higher risks of insider trading and abuse.

Prediction markets get first U.S. rule proposal as CFTC pursues contract reviews
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened a proposed rule for public comment that sets an approach to determine contracts in the "public interest."

Strategy (MSTR) news: Michael Saylor gets into it with X critics
Strategy's BTC Yield fell from 13.0% to 12.8% following its latest bitcoin purchase, prompting a debate on X over whether the purchase was dilutive to shareholders.

Solana (SOL) news: World Series of Poker adds SOL payments for tournament buy-ins
The move marks an integration of blockchain-based payments into a major live sporting and gaming event.

U.S. inflation meets expectations, keeping Fed rate cuts on hold as bitcoin slips holds $61,000
Bitcoin was trading at $61,700 following the news, slightly down over the past 24 hours.

Botanix bet big on 'Bitcoin DeFi.' Its shutdown suggests users never cared
The project cited market conditions and a broader indifference among the cryptocurrency industry to establishing greater utility on the Bitcoin network.

The U.S. CPI scenario that could send the BTC price tumbling below $60,000: Crypto Daily
Your day-ahead look for June 10, 2026

Zcash (ZEC), Hyperliquid (HYPE) tokens lead losses as traders bet against a bitcoin (BTC) price bounce
Crypto markets are under pressure ahead of key U.S. inflation data due later Wednesday.

Japan's three largest banks eye joint stablecoin issue by March 2027
MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho will establish a council to explore operational frameworks and prepare for the issuance of stablecoins.

XRP market shows signs of capitulation as holders sell at loss
XRP holders are capitulating, according to data tracked by Glassnode. That suggests a bottom may be near.

SpaceX stock price: Elon Musk company's pre-IPO market has fallen 27% in three weeks
The SPCX perpetual still trades above SpaceX’s $135 offer price, but it has fallen sharply from its May highs as traders mark down the first-day premium.

Live bitcoin updates: What next for bitcoin as it faces headwinds from Fed rates to Claude's Mythos
Anthropic's IPO pipeline, not its new model, is what crypto traders should track.