Bitcoin rallied above $60,000 despite Federal Reserve rate hike fears and steady outflows from the BTC spot ETFs. Is the rally a bull trap?

The cryptocurrency industry has spent $189 million influencing the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, making it the single largest source of corporate political money in the country. Crypto Outspends Its Entire 2024 War Chest The figure already exceeds the roughly $170 million the industry deployed across the entire 2024 election cycle, Public Citizen said. Crypto now […]

July 1st, 2026 – Dubai, UAE Utorg, a crypto wallet and card platform built on institutional-grade infrastructure, today announced it has received full authorization under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, effective July 1, 2026 – the date on which the industry’s transitional period ends and unauthorized providers can no longer legally serve European […]

Wall Street giant Citi has slashed its 12-month Bitcoin price target to $82,000 and its Ethereum target to $2,200.

Trump reported at least US$1.2 billion in 2025 crypto income in a 927-page filing released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The TRUMP memecoin generated about US$635 million in royalties, while World Liberty Financial added more than US$588 million in token-sale proceeds. His holdings include over US$50 million in Bitcoin and up to US$25 […]

Phantom hired Ventuals co-founders Alvin Hsia and Emily Hsia, plus engineer Aris Samad, folding them into its trading and data teams. Ventuals ran perpetual futures on private-company valuations, including OpenAI and Anthropic, logging more than US$650 million (AU$943 million) in lifetime volume before winding down in June. The acqui-hire advances Phantom’s bid to become the […]

As New Cryptocurrency Ecosystem Takes Shape in Europe, Regulators See Risk. July 1, 2026. Koos Couvée. Europe Editor – Moneylaundering.com.

Nearly 1,700 British investors allege Binance sold leveraged derivatives it was not authorised to offer under UK law, in a claim filed as the exchange continues to navigate regulatory challenges across multiple jurisdictions. Binance and co-founder Changpeng Zhao are facing a group legal claim filed at the UK High Court on Monday by 1,692 retail […]

Crypto exchange balances saw a notable withdrawal wave heading into July 1, with USDC and Bitcoin leading approximately $850 million in net outflows from centralized platforms. The move adds another layer to a market already watching liquidity, ETF flows, and investor positioning closely. TL;DR Centralized exchanges reportedly saw around $850 million in net withdrawals over […]

TL;DR Talos said Bitcoin and Ether long liquidations totaled $8.35B in Q2, leaving crypto with less leverage but thinner liquidity entering Q3. Bitcoin open interest fell 32% to $33.5B, Ether open interest dropped 40% to $16.2B, and Bitcoin 2% order-book depth slid. Demand softened as U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $4.5B in June outflows, while […]

Bitcoin Magazine One Year Later: How Coldcard Q’s Key Teleport Delivers Secure Remote Key Management for Bitcoin Treasuries Have you ever been travelling, had to make a big payment and realised you left your hardware wallet back home? Perhaps you are a key holder in a business’s Bitcoin treasury, or an emergency came up, and […]

Memecoin sales and royalties made the most money for Trump last year, more than all of his golf courses combined.

The UK’s top financial regulator has eased elements of its landmark cryptocurrency rules, providing relief to firms navigating the new compliance landscape. The Financial Conduct Authority announced adjustments to its cryptoasset regime, scaling back certain requirements that had drawn significant industry pushback, reports the Financial Times. The changes aim to balance investor protection with fostering […]

President Trump just reported huge earnings from cryptocurrency ventures, totaling some $1.4 billion. New financial disclosures detail $635 million in royalties from his memecoin business and more than $715 million from World Liberty Financial token sales, equity sales, and wallet income. The Trump family memecoins Trump Coin and Melania Coin have fallen sharply since their […]

The Tron network set fresh usage records in June, with Lookonchain reporting that the ecosystem recently surpassed 385 million total transactions and 26.9 million wallet addresses as its stablecoin-driven activity has accelerated. A Record Month for Network Activity Onchain data showed the network reaching new all-time highs in June 2026, with figures circulated by analytics […]

As Bitcoin fell to a 21-month low of $58,100, Santiment said on-chain data shows a widening gap between the behavior of large holders and retail investors. Wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC reduced their combined holdings by 0.37% since June 15, according to Santiment’s Supply Distribution metric. This indicates continued selling by whales and […]

The Winklevoss twins have made huge Bitcoin deposits into a major crypto exchange in a suspected attempt to sell and take profit while Bitcoin struggles to recover.

Europe’s MiCA transition period ended on July 1, cutting off unlicensed crypto exchanges from serving new EU clients. Finance Magnates tested what users with an EU IP address encounter when attempting to register on five platforms that remain without a CASP licence, and compared those sign-up experiences with each exchange’s public messaging. Binance: Restrictions Announced, […]

Here is what each release means for active traders, and how the sequence fits together. TL;DR June jobs report (NFP) releases Thursday, July 2 at 8:30 a.m. ET, about two weeks after the Fed’s hawkish June hold. May payrolls rose 172,000. FOMC minutes from Chair Kevin Warsh’s first meeting publish Wednesday, July 8, with detail […]

Prosecutors across New York City say they're fighting back against an increase in crimes involving cryptocurrency.

Australian crypto exchanges must now collect identity information for all transfers, introducing additional verification for customers regardless of transaction size. The new obligations cover a broad range of virtual asset services while maintaining the ability to transfer funds to self-hosted wallets under specific compliance requirements. The reforms align Australia more closely with international crypto regulation […]

The agreement expands Solana Company’s involvement in Kazakhstan by supporting blockchain infrastructure and the planned Alatau Crypto Cluster. Kazakhstan continues to deepen its engagement with the Solana ecosystem through initiatives including a Solana Economic Zone and a locally listed Solana ETF. While Alatau City is envisioned as a technology-driven smart city, regulatory hurdles and infrastructure […]

TL;DR Confirmed that the 25-delta put-call options skew has shifted positive for early July expiries, showing options traders are paying more for short-term downside protection. The key caveat: Avoid claiming options skew guarantees a price decline; portray it as a gauge of trader sentiment and hedging. For traders, the story matters because it affects how […]

Bitcoin Magazine Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD A coalition of more than 140 companies — among them Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Coinbase — announced today the formation of Open Standard and the launch of Open USD (OUSD), a new dollar-pegged stablecoin built to redistribute the economics of the $300 […]

A closely followed crypto analyst is suddenly turning bullish on one Ethereum (ETH) rival. Pseudonymous trader Cheds tells his 375,200 followers on X that Solana (SOL) is primed for a massive breakout as it rallies towards a key level. The analyst says if Solana increases more than 6% from its current value SOL would confirm […]

Claude Fable 5 will be redeployed with a new set of classifiers designed to identify and block a broader range of cybersecurity-related tasks.

TL;DR: Falcon closed June with $1.26 billion in USDf in circulation and a backing ratio of 103.32%, according to its transparency dashboard. The Falcon Staking Vaults allow tokenized assets like XAUt and SPYx to be converted into yield-generating positions within the blockchain. Tokenized assets from Ondo Global Markets and xStocks already operate as collateral to […]

Crédit Agricole S.A. has launched a euro-backed stablecoin called EURXT and used it to settle the first subscription into a tokenized money market fund in Europe. According to the announcement on Wednesday, the bank issued the token through CACEIS, its asset servicing arm, on the Ethereum blockchain. EURXT follows the ERC-20 standard and carries a […]

Peter Brandt predicts that Michael Saylor’s new framework could spark a massive Bitcoin supply cascade, not limited to $1.25 billion.

AP Photo/Alex Brandon. President Donald Trump brought in more than $1 billion from his family's cryptocurrency businesses last year, a new federal …

Goldman Sachs says that the market remains in a bullish phase and that corrections are buying opportunities. On a new episode of the bank’s The Markets podcast, John Flood, head of Americas Equities Execution Services in Goldman Sachs Global Banking and Markets, says to expect market volatility and to invest when stocks decline in value […]

Ripple has joined the OpenUSD (OUSD) consortium as a launch integration partner, placing itself inside a stablecoin initiative backed by more than 140 companies across payments, banking, fintech, and crypto. However, according to crypto analyst WrathofKahneman, there’s a catch: OpenUSD will be launching on Solana, Stellar, Base, and Polygon, but not on the XRP Ledger, […]