XRP has collapsed more than 20% in June and 43% year-to-date, putting it on track for its second straight monthly loss. The Institutional Disconnect On June 25, XRP plunged to a yearly low of $1.01 amid a broader cryptocurrency market sell-off that dragged bitcoin down to $58,000. While XRP pared minor losses to trade around […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara26 Jun
Elon Musk’s social platform X has begun rolling out its X Money payments service to select Premium+ subscribers, offering up to $10 million in federal deposit insurance through a new cash sweep program. A Tenfold-Plus Jump Over Standard Deposit Insurance The rollout extends X Money to higher-tier users and introduces what the company calls the […]
Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati26 Jun
London, United Arab Emirates, June 26th, 2026, Chainwire. Solstice to launch aiUSX, a yield-bearing asset that lets companies help finance the buildout with the capital they already hold for AI. TensorX and Solstice today announced a partnership to finance European sovereign AI infrastructure. TensorX and Solstice will work together to create a facility with up […]
Bitcoin.com News•Media26 Jun
Sushiswap has integrated a stop-loss and take-profit protocol powered by Orbs Layer-3 technology, allowing traders to automate their risk management and profit-taking directly onchain while maintaining full custody of their assets. Decentralized Automation Without Centralized Risks Decentralized exchange Sushiswap has integrated dSLTP, a stop‑loss and take‑profit protocol powered by Orbs’ Layer‑3 infrastructure, enabling users to […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara26 Jun
Cryptorank data shows active crypto investors fell to 651 in Q2 2026, the lowest quarterly level since 2020. At the same time, M&A funding jumped to $7.23 billion, suggesting capital is shifting from broad venture participation to consolidation and larger strategic deals. Crypto Venture Enters New Phase as Investor Count Falls to 6-Year Low of […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa26 Jun
The European Union is weighing a uniform 1% tax on online gambling across all 27 member states – a proposal that has gained momentum in the bloc’s long-term budget talks, and the latest sign that Europe’s gambling crackdown is moving from national capitals to Brussels. From national crackdowns to a Brussels levy The European Union […]
Bitcoin.com News•Luci Kelemen26 Jun
Speaking at VivaTech, Jeff Bezos argued that shifting heavy, polluting manufacturing off Earth and into space could free the planet to become a “garden planet.” The Blue Origin founder has tied the long-term idea to Gerard O’Neill’s 1970s space-colony concepts while also pointing to the $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund as his near-term climate bet, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author26 Jun
Digital mining firm Gomining said it mined the first live Bitcoin block using the Stratum V2 protocol via the DMND mining pool. A Milestone for Miner Autonomy Digital mining firm Gomining revealed Thursday, June 25, that it successfully mined the first known live Bitcoin block utilizing the Stratum V2 protocol. The block was produced in […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara26 Jun
On Thursday, Spark and Uniswap revealed the launch of a Stablecoin FX Layer, a shared liquidity infrastructure built on Uniswap v4 designed to enable low-slippage swaps between dollar-pegged stablecoins for institutions, banks, fintechs, and payment providers. $150 Million to Start The initial deployment seeds approximately $150 million in liquidity across two pools on Ethereum mainnet: […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman26 Jun
The payments company announced on Tuesday native integration with Brazil’s fast payment network Pix, allowing users to purchase and spend USDT with Oobit’s platform. The action targets a market of over 170 million users part of the Pix network. Oobit Expands USDT Rails to Brazil’s Pix Network, targets 170 Million Potential Users Oobit, a payments […]
Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko26 Jun
SBI Holdings is moving to buy Bitbank in a deal that could reshape Japan’s crypto exchange market. The planned takeover, involving regulatory review, would combine Bitbank with SBI VC Trade and potentially create the country’s largest crypto platform group by custody assets. SBI Drops $300M to Take Over Bitbank Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings is […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jun
IBM on Thursday unveiled the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, a research prototype at the 0.7 nanometer node that packs nearly 100 billion transistors onto a chip the size of a fingernail. A New Architecture, Not Just a Smaller Chip The announcement centers on what IBM calls the “nanostack,” an entirely new three-dimensional transistor […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman26 Jun
Ripple and SBI launched RLUSD in Japan after regulatory approval, giving institutions and retail users access through SBI’s crypto exchange platform. The U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin has reached a $1.7 billion market capitalization. Ripple and SBI Introduce RLUSD Launch Across Japan Ripple and SBI Holdings, a major Japanese financial services conglomerate, announced on June 24 the […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jun
Grayscale Investments said several leading revenue-generating crypto protocols are trading at relatively low valuation multiples. The firm added that a potential CLARITY Act vote in the coming weeks could support growth in on-chain finance and tokenized assets. Revenue Rankings Highlight Low Valuation Multiples Ahead of CLARITY Act Grayscale Investments said many revenue-generating crypto protocols are […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jun
Coinbase’s Base mainnet went down for nearly two hours Thursday after a faulty block froze the chain’s sequencer and halted all new block production. What Happened The incident began at 16:03 UTC on June 25, 2026, when Base engineers detected unhealthy block production on the network’s mainnet. By 16:52 UTC, the team had identified the […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman25 Jun
Brazil’s Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) explained that this prohibition stemmed from the pseudonymous trait of cryptocurrency, as each donation must be identified, and this requirement could be very difficult to complete with the use of these tools. Brazil’s Prosecutor’s Office Reiterates Ban on Crypto Political Donations Ahead of Presidential Election As the general elections get […]
Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko25 Jun
Vinny Lingham, co-founder of Praxos Capital, told Unchained’s Laura Shin that Strategy’s financial structure is now unraveling in a way he predicted 18 months ago, and that the company may be approaching the point where every available move makes its position worse. Lingham Called It Early The co-founder of Praxos Capital, Vinny Lingham, once known […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman25 Jun
Jeremy Grantham, the billionaire investor who predicted both the dot-com crash and the 2007 housing collapse, says the artificial intelligence (AI) market is the biggest investment bubble in American history and warns that a 70% decline in high-flying AI stocks would not be unexpected. Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of Boston-based institutional investment firm GMO, made the […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman25 Jun
Crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows weakened sharply on Wednesday, June 24, as bitcoin ETFs posted a fifth straight day of outflows with a $469.08 million exit, the largest since June 2. Ether ETFs also remained negative, while XRP was the only category to draw fresh capital. Blackrock’s IBIT Tops $593 Million in 3-Day Outflows as […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa25 Jun
Bitcoin briefly plunged to a new year-to-date low of $58,035 on Thursday morning before staging a relief rally to trade flat around $59,500. Despite recovering its 24-hour losses, the intra-day chart reveals severe volatility and erratic price swings. Volatility Grips Bitcoin After Fresh YTD Low After plummeting to a fresh year-to-date (YTD) low of $58,035 […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara25 Jun