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20 articlesBitcoin Holds Near $64K as $617M in Leverage Liquidates, CME Sues CFTC Over Perpetuals
Crypto News Over the past 24 hours roughly $616.72 million in leveraged crypto positions were forcibly closed across major exchanges, with long bets absorbing the brunt of the damage. Liquidated longs reached $489.3 million, or 79.39% of the total, while shorts accounted for $127.4 milli
Bitcoin Near $64K as MEV Bot Loses $7.5M, Saylor Defends Strategy, Peirce Exits SEC
Crypto News Strategy and Coinbase shares both absorbed heavy damage through the first half of 2026, reviving the debate over which crypto-linked equity offers better value. MSTR has slid roughly 27% since January, while COIN fell from around $230 to $163 over the same stretch. The pressu
Bitget CFD Volume Tops $10B, WhiteBIT Wins MiCA License, Strategy STRC Hits $88 Low
Crypto News Bitget has rolled out a Zero-Fee Mode for its contract-for-difference (CFD) products, letting users trade without commissions under standard spread pricing. The exchange now runs a dual-account structure, allowing traders to switch between an ECN model and the new zero-commis
CFTC Bars Mashinsky for Life, Andre Cronje Quits Sonic as S Token Crashes 91%, India Raids Crypto Firms
Crypto News Andre Cronje and two fellow founders have resigned from the Sonic Labs board, the company confirmed, leaving Matt Visser as the second chief executive in nine months. Michael Kong and David Richardson stepped down alongside Cronje, who retains his stake but exits all business
Japan Pension Fund Adds Crypto, CFTC Bans Celsius Founder, Australia Rules 7-0
Crypto News A national corporate pension fund based in Okayama, covering roughly 1,200 small and mid-sized enterprises, plans to begin allocating to digital assets within fiscal 2026, a rare step for a Japanese pension scheme. The fund intends to direct about 1% of total assets into a pa
Strategy STRC Slips Below $90 as CME Sues CFTC and Algorand Sets Q3 Quantum Roadmap
Crypto News The Algorand Foundation published a phased roadmap on June 18 for migrating to post-quantum cryptography, after Google Quantum AI cited the network as one of the few smart-contract platforms with real-world quantum resistance. A protocol upgrade slated for the third quarter o
CFTC Maps Path for Decentralized Perpetuals as Bitcoin Holds $63K, Russia Cuts Rates
Crypto News The chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission signaled that regulators are charting a route for decentralized perpetual futures venues such as Hyperliquid to operate legally inside US markets. Speaking on a podcast recorded on the 15th, Michael Selig argued that bl
Upbit Lists 9 Altcoins, CFTC Bans Mashinsky as Bitcoin Holds Near $63K
Crypto News South Korea’s largest exchange Upbit opened trading for nine new altcoins on June 19 across its Bitcoin and Tether markets in a staggered four-hour rollout from 3 PM to 7 PM KST. The lineup included Lido DAO, PAX Gold, Mo
CFTC Bans Mashinsky, SpaceX Plans $20B Bond, Strategy STRC Hits Record Low
Crypto News The Commodity Futures Trading Commission finalized a settlement with Alex Mashinsky, founder and former chief executive of collapsed lender Celsius Network, imposing a permanent trading and registration ban. The court-approved consent order bars him for life from trading comm
US Tightens Stablecoin ID Rules as CME Sues CFTC, HIVE Lands $220M AI Deal
Crypto News The Federal Reserve, Treasury, OCC, FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration and FinCEN jointly proposed a rule requiring stablecoin issuers to verify customer identities under the same Bank Secrecy Act standards applied to banks. Released Thursday as part of implementi
Bitcoin Slips Near $63K as Fed Turns Hawkish, CME Sues CFTC Over Perpetuals
Crypto News US Vice President J.D. Vance unveiled a 14-point peace memorandum between the Trump administration and Iran during a June 18 White House briefing, defending terms that include lifting sanctions, releasing frozen Iranian funds, a $300 billion reconstruction plan funded by regi
Bitcoin Steadies Near $64K as CME Sues CFTC, Algorand Sets 2027 Quantum Deadline
Crypto News Algorand has published a roadmap to make its network quantum-resistant by the end of 2027, escalating an industry-wide race to harden blockchains against future cryptographic threats. The phased plan begins in 2026 with user-level upgrades — post-quantum accounts, multisig wa
MiCA Cliff Threatens 83% of EU Platforms as Strategy STRC Hits Record $89 Low
Crypto News The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework enters its final fortnight, with the transition period ending on July 1, 2026. After that date, any platform serving EU users without a formal CASP licence operates illegally. Of more than 3,000 registered European crypt
Ark Invest Buys $18.4M Coinbase, CME to Sue CFTC, Bitcoin Holds Near $64K
Crypto News Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest added roughly $18.4 million of Coinbase Global stock across three exchange-traded funds on June 17, buying 111,799 shares even as the equity slid 2.57% to $164.92 and extended a 12.95% monthly drop. The purchase lifts Coinbase to the eighth-largest ho
CME Sues CFTC Over Perpetuals, Illinois Sets 0.2% Crypto Trading Tax
Crypto News CME Group is preparing to sue the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, with Chief Executive Terry Duffy confirming the derivatives giant will challenge the regulator's approval of bitcoin perpetual futures listed by Kalshi and Coinbase. Duffy argues that perpetual contr
SpaceX Vaults to $2.85T World No. 5 as Kraken Debuts CFTC-Regulated US Perpetuals
Crypto News SpaceX options trading opened this week and immediately set an all-time high for a newly listed stock, with roughly 927,000 contracts changing hands on the first day. That figure more than doubled the previous debut
Binance Faces EU Exit on MiCA Rejection as Tether Inks Dubai DMCC Deal
Crypto News Decentralized artificial intelligence took center stage after Grayscale research head Zach Pandl argued that Washington’s new restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced models are accelerating demand for permissionless alternatives. On June 12, the US government cited national
Coinbase Unveils 1:1 Tokenized Stocks as CFTC Defends US Perps, Robinhood Cuts 10%
Crypto News Robinhood is cutting 10% of its workforce, roughly 290 employees, as crypto trading revenue cools. CEO Vlad Tenev framed the move in an internal note as a push toward a leaner, flatter organization, notably avoiding the term AI that has dominated recent Silicon Valley layoff
Binance Risks EU Exit on MiCA Snag as SpaceX Buys Cursor for $60B
Crypto News Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, may lose its ability to serve European Union customers within weeks following reports that its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license application in Greece is set for rejection. Under the bloc’s harmonized rulebook, only
Bitcoin Holds Near $67K as BOJ Lifts Rate to 1%, MiCA Deadline Nears July 1
Crypto News Binance will remove five spot trading pairs — ADX/BTC, AEVO/USDC, DOT/BNB, KAVA/BTC and WBTC/ETH — effective June 19, 2026, citing low liquidity and weak volume identified in its periodic review. The exchange's official announcement stressed this is not a token delisting: ADX