Crypto markets have had plenty to digest today, and this development adds another layer to the picture. Solana Hits Record $3.4 Billion in Real-World Asset (RWA) Expansion gives NewsBTC readers a clean angle on Solana at a point where the market is trying to separate durable signals from short-lived noise. According to the source material […]

Bitcoin Magazine Wavespace Launches MiCA-Compliant Self-Custodial Bitcoin Debit Card Powered by Lightning and NWC Wavespace, a Bitcoin neobank serving the Eurozone, has announced MiCA compliance of its ‘self-custodial’ debit card. The young fintech company is at the cutting edge of Bitcoin payments technology in Europe, with support for the Lightning Network, and auto DCA to […]

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT is raising fresh alarms about AscendEX, the centralized exchange formerly known as Bitmax, warning that user withdrawals remain frozen while deposits continue to be accepted, a combination that has historically preceded some of the most damaging exchange collapses in the industry’s recent history. AscendEX has not posted publicly on X in nine […]

TL;DR: Strategic migration: Lora Finance moves the deployment of its v2 protocol from MegaETH to the Solana network. Rising metrics: Solana’s infrastructure records an average of 1,100 transactions per second (TPS) and is nearing 7 million active addresses. Trading levels: The network’s token trades around $77, maintaining critical support in the $73 range. The decentralized […]

TL;DR: Paul Atkins, SEC chair, announced that the Trump administration’s mandate is to make the U.S. the world’s “crypto capital.” The SEC is abandoning the strategy of labeling digital assets as inherently “evil” to distinguish between illicit actors and legitimate technology. Nexo’s return to the U.S. market in February 2026, after three years of regulatory […]

The Central Bank of Brazil recently sent a notification to several financial institutions about the possible misuse of purpose structures to import crypto into Brazil and act as intermediaries. This was enough to send stablecoin prices up by 2%, as actors worried about liquidity channels. Central Bank of Brazil’s Interpretation Gave Rise to a Temporary […]

XRP price surge triggers a massive market squeeze, leaving short sellers just 20% away from the ultimate max pain liquidation level just above $1.3.

Pi Network rarely stays out of the spotlight, as the Core Team consistently rolls out ecosystem upgrades and major announcements. Yet despite the steady stream of updates, the project’s native token has continued to slide, recently tumbling to a fresh all-time low. The Latest Developments Pi Network’s community has been desperately waiting for a potential […]

Bitcoin bulls may make a run on $70,000 after weak US jobs data eased rate hike fears and capital looks to rotate into BTC and gold.

SARS has published a draft guide for the taxation of crypto assets in South Africa for public comment.

The headline number is useful, but the real story is what it says about positioning. U.S. Public Firm K Wave Media Liquidates Entire 88 BTC Portfolio to Repay Debt gives NewsBTC readers a clean angle on Bitcoin at a point where the market is trying to separate durable signals from short-lived noise. According to the […]

July 2nd, 2026 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates class=”ql-align-justify”>Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has officially launched the Bybit Card in Peru, marking a significant step in bridging the country’s growing digital asset ecosystem with the practicalities of everyday spending. Over 3 million users globally use the Bybit Card to pay at […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Exchange Inflows Spike to 49,000 BTC in a Day, Signaling More Volatility is Coming: Report CryptoQuant’s weekly report, “Incoming Volatility?”, makes a clean, data-backed case that something is about to break. Bitcoin exchange inflows spiked to roughly 49,000 BTC on June 30 — an extreme reading seen only four other times in […]

Centralized crypto lending loan books fell 6% in Q1 2026 to $23.3 billion, marking the sector’s first quarterly contraction since Q3 2024. Tether remains dominant, but Maple, Nexo and Coinbase gained share as Galaxy and Ledn saw the steepest pullbacks. CeFi Crypto Lending Falls 6% as Maple, Nexo and Coinbase Gain Market Share Centralized finance […]

Securitize has issued tokenized versions of its shares on Solana and Avalanche, marking the first time a newly public company has done so on its debut.

Every few weeks there’s a new acronym making the rounds ie. CO-STAR, CRISP, CREATE, PREP, each one promising to be the missing piece that finally makes an LLM do what you actually meant. I got tired of guessing. Too much of my week was going into rewriting prompts, cleaning up hallucinated details, and going back […]

TL;DR: The Korea Exchange modified listing rules on July 2, 2026, to subject firms that change their main business within five years of their IPO to a formal delisting review process. Data from the Financial Supervisory Service indicate that 79.1% of the companies that used the tech-exception process between 2022 and 2024 failed to meet […]

Highly speculative “fast money” has abandoned both Bitcoin and precious metals in a massive capital rotation toward semiconductors.

Standard Chartered has become the first global systematically important bank (G-SIB) to let institutional clients mint and redeem USDC directly through its banking platform, the lender has said. The service removes the need for eligible clients to open separate accounts with Circle, the issuer of USDC, giving them a single onboarding process for both traditional […]

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This is not just another ticker-level move. It points to a deeper shift in how capital, infrastructure, or regulation is moving through crypto. XRP Price Faces Stubborn $1.07 Barrier After Repeated June Rejections gives NewsBTC readers a clean angle on XRP Price at a point where the market is trying to separate durable signals from […]

Bitcoin Magazine Preferred Stock Is Becoming Bitcoin Treasury Firms’ Financing Tool of Choice: Report A new class of Wall Street securities has grown from an experiment into a multibillion-dollar market in under two years, and a June 2026 research report from BitcoinTreasuries.net argues the expansion has just begun. The report, produced in partnership with the […]

Key Takeaways: Robinhood Chain public mainnet is now live, bringing an AI-native Layer 2 network for DeFi and tokenized assets. In addition to Robinhood Earn, which provides an estimated 7% APY, Stock Tokens have gone live in 120+ countries. Robinhood is also expanding globally, with plans to enter crypto trading in the UK and an […]

Standard Chartered and Circle launch bank-led USDC minting and redemption for institutions, starting in Dubai’s DIFC with planned global expansion.

Bitcoin climbed to $61,211 early Thursday, a rebound of more than 5% off its 24-hour low. The move puts price back near the top of its daily range as short-term momentum indicators turn bullish while longer-term averages keep sellers in control. Bitcoin Fights Back After the June Selloff The bounce follows a pullback that traders […]

Clients at a billion-dollar lender may have had their personal information exposed after a cybersecurity incident. River Bank & Trust says in a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that a hacker gained access to its network on June 16th and deployed ransomware in its server. River says it discovered the […]

A man from Shasta County, California has admitted to orchestrating a financial scam using stolen identities and fake documents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California says James Raymond Hanes obtained the personally identifiable information of certain individuals to produce at least 16 counterfeit driver’s licenses that bear his photo but use someone else’s […]

TL;DR The Kraken API Partner Program connects trading platforms directly to Kraken’s infrastructure for spot, futures, and xStocks tokenized equities trading Partners earn lifetime commissions through a tiered commission framework with no fixed term limitations on eligibility The program includes a real-time partner dashboard, joint marketing support, and a dedicated account manager with 24/7/365 support […]

Bitcoin (BTC) remains trapped in a multi-week downtrend that has consistently invalidated traditional bullish continuation signals.

Binance is set to enter the Philippine market through a regulatory sandbox after the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission granted final approval to BlockShoals Technologies Inc. to begin testing crypto-related financial products and services. Binance’s return follows regulatory action in the Philippines in 2024, when the Securities and Exchange Commission said the exchange was operating […]

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TL;DR: Centralized finance lending books decreased by 6% quarter-on-quarter, reaching a total value of $23.3 billion. Tether retained absolute dominance of the sector with a lending portfolio of $15.8 billion and 68% of the market share. Platforms Galaxy Digital and Ledn recorded the largest institutional pullbacks, contracting by 21% and 19% respectively. During the first […]