DeFi & Markets
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Latest in DeFi & Markets
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BIP-110 faces miner rejection with only 0.31% hashrate support
BIP-110, a proposal to restrict data-heavy protocols like Ordinals on Bitcoin, has secured only 0.31% of hashrate support as of late June 2026, far below the 55% threshold needed for early lock-in before its August signaling phase begins.
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Bitcoin Falls Below $60K, Faces Rare Back-to-Back Quarterly Loss
Bitcoin dipped below $60,000 on Sunday and is on track to finish the second quarter down roughly 12%, extending a losing streak that's occurred only twice in the asset's history.
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Ethereum's oldest wallets dump $52.5M ETH at $1,560 demand line
Four dormant Ethereum wallets sold 33,623 ETH worth $52.5 million near $1,560, testing whether fresh demand can absorb supply from long-term holders exiting after eight years of silence.
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Tether unlocks $23B gold reserves for crypto lending via Ledn
Tether is expanding its tokenized gold strategy by allowing XAUT holders to borrow against their bullion through crypto lender Ledn, mirroring established bitcoin-backed lending models without forcing asset sales.
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Kevin Warsh Navigates Fed Chair Tenure Amid Inflation Surge
Kevin Warsh, who took office as Federal Reserve Chair on June 17, 2026, faces mounting pressures including three-year-high inflation and a Supreme Court case questioning presidential authority over Fed governors. He'll address these challenges at the ECB Forum in Portugal this week.
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Dogecoin and HYPE tumble as Wall Street rotation bypasses crypto
Dogecoin and Hyperliquid's HYPE token led weekly crypto losses as Wall Street rotated out of chipmakers into broader equities. Bitcoin ETF outflows, a hawkish Fed, and a strong dollar weighed on digital assets, leaving crypto behind the broader market rally.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum plunge amid tech selloff, hit 2025 lows
Bitcoin fell to $58,000 during a tech sector rout that saw the Nasdaq drop 2% and semiconductors crater 8%. Crypto's tight correlation with equities—driven by institutional adoption—left digital assets vulnerable to the same risk-off sentiment hammering growth stocks.
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U.S. IPO market rebounds to $120B in 2026, but lacks dot-com excess
U.S. IPO issuance has rebounded sharply in 2026, with roughly 50 companies going public and $120 billion in deal value by midyear, but Goldman Sachs says the current surge lacks the speculative excess of the dot-com era. Crypto companies including Kraken parent Payward and Consensys have paused listings.
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Solana Mobile dApp Store hits 1,561 listings with 96 apps added in one week
Solana Mobile's dApp Store added 96 new applications in a single week, reaching 1,561 total listings. The platform charges developers zero fees, undercutting Apple and Google's 30% and 15-30% commissions respectively.
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CFTC proposes futures-based reporting framework for event contracts
The CFTC published a proposed rule on June 25 that would shift fully collateralized event contracts from swap reporting to futures-based compliance, ending 9 years of temporary regulatory relief and signaling a comprehensive overhaul of the event contract space.
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Thailand issues arrest warrants for Chinese businessman in $300M crypto mining fraud
Thai authorities have issued arrest warrants for eight suspects, including Chinese businessman Wang Yicheng, tied to an illegal crypto mining network allegedly laundering approximately $300 million annually through online scams and gambling operations.
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Dangote Refinery seeks $40B valuation in Nigeria's largest IPO
Aliko Dangote is pursuing a public listing for his Lagos-based petroleum refinery at a $39 billion valuation, the largest in Nigerian history. The SEC halted IPO marketing in June due to a missing formal application, potentially delaying the September 2026 target date.
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Solana Foundation launches Frontier Traders with tiered rebates for pro traders
Solana Foundation introduced Frontier Traders on June 17, a program that aggregates trading activity across venues and offers tiered rebates and priority infrastructure to high-volume traders, targeting market makers and prop firms.
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Bitcoin drops below $60K on Fed hawkishness and ETF outflows
Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since late 2024 on June 5, pressured by hawkish Federal Reserve expectations, sustained outflows from U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs, and investor capital rotating into artificial intelligence infrastructure spending.
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Carstens Backs Stablecoin-Fiat Coexistence, Calls for Global Regulation
Agustín Carstens, the former general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, said stablecoins can enhance financial inclusion and innovation, reversing his earlier skepticism and calling for regulatory frameworks that enable them to coexist with traditional fiat money.
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Ripple wins MiCA approval from Luxembourg, eyes EU expansion
Ripple received preliminary approval for a Crypto Asset Service Provider license under the EU's MiCA regulation, clearing the path to offer stablecoin payment systems across Europe.
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Taiwan Margin Debt Hits 24-Year High on TSMC AI Rally
Margin borrowing in Taiwan has surpassed $13 billion and reached levels unseen since the dot-com era, driven by retail investors betting on TSMC and AI stocks. Brokerages are tightening lending standards as risks mount.
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Ethereum Co-Founder Joe Lubin Backs New Ethlabs R&D Nonprofit
Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin and ether treasury firms Bitmine and Sharplink have funded Ethlabs, a new nonprofit research organization led by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers tasked with readying the blockchain for institutional adoption through stablecoins and tokenization.
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Synthetix governance votes to retire sUSD, compensate holders with SNX
Synthetix governance proposed retiring sUSD stablecoin and compensating holders with newly minted SNX tokens at a 4:1 conversion rate, marking a strategic shift toward perpetual futures trading.
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TurboFlow raises $6M seed from Pantera for APAC trading platform
TurboFlow closed a $6 million seed round led by Pantera Capital to build a combined prediction markets and perpetual futures platform targeting the Asia-Pacific region, featuring up to 1,000x leverage and zero-fee trading on a custom Layer-1 blockchain.
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Russia sells Yuzhuralzoloto stake for $1.3B after three failed auctions
Russia sold a 67.2% controlling stake in Yuzhuralzoloto to Moscow-based BTS-Most Holding for 93 billion rubles ($1.3 billion) on June 19, after three prior auctions in May and June drew no qualified bidders. The final price was 43% below the initial asking price of $2.2 billion.
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Fidelity launches stablecoin reserve fund, joining BlackRock and JPMorgan
Fidelity Investments launched the Fidelity Reserves Digital Fund on June 18, a money market fund designed to hold stablecoin reserves in short-term Treasury bills and cash. The move follows similar offerings from BlackRock, State Street, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan, as the stablecoin reserve management market could expand to $4 trillion.
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Bitcoin Trading Below $78K Mining Cost, Squeezing Operators
Bitcoin has spent five consecutive months trading below its estimated production cost of $78,000, forcing about 20% of miners into unprofitability and prompting publicly traded operators to sell over 32,000 bitcoin in the first quarter alone.
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State AGs Challenge CFTC Authority Over Prediction Markets
State attorneys general argue prediction markets function as gambling, not commodities, and should fall under state gambling laws rather than federal CFTC oversight. Minnesota sued by CFTC after banning prediction market operations.