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MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Reshapes Corporate Reserves
Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has become one of the most important institutions in cryptocurrency by adopting Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset and pioneering a model other public companies now follow.
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J.P. Morgan Expands Kinexys to Eight Currencies Across Asia-Pacific
J.P. Morgan added five Asia-Pacific currencies to its Kinexys blockchain settlement network, enabling institutional clients to move funds and manage foreign exchange 24/7 without relying on traditional banking hours or cryptocurrency infrastructure.
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BNY Mellon adds USDC custody and minting for institutional clients
The world's largest custody bank is expanding stablecoin infrastructure, offering clients the ability to hold and mint Circle's USDC as digital assets move deeper into traditional finance.
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US IPOs hit record $251B at midyear, led by SpaceX's $86.2B listing
US IPO and share issuance activity reached $251 billion in the first half of 2026, with SpaceX's $86.2 billion listing accounting for more than a third of the total and shattering the previous record by over three times.
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DFDV severs UK entity ties, refocuses on Solana treasury strategy
DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) ended its relationship with UK subsidiary DeFi Development Corporation UK PLC, effective June 29, 2026, eliminating operational overlap and clarifying its focus on Solana accumulation. DFDV shares climbed 4.16% on the announcement.
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Meta restricts engineers from Claude Code and Codex to protect training data
Meta has restricted its engineers from using Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, citing concerns over exposure of proprietary AI training data and internal codebases to external servers.
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Strategy completes $1.5B convertible notes buyback, cuts debt
Strategy repurchased $1.5 billion of convertible notes at an 8% discount, paying $1.38 billion in cash and cutting total outstanding convertible debt from $8.2 billion to $6.7 billion without liquidating its Bitcoin holdings.
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AI Security Firm Sued for Hallucinated cURL Vulnerability Reports
A lawsuit highlights how AI-generated false security reports can damage companies financially and reputationally. The case underscores growing concerns about AI hallucinations in critical infrastructure vulnerability scanning.
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Vitalik Buterin: Crypto's Most Powerful Idea Remains "Nowhere Near Ready"
Ethereum's co-founder published a deep technical series on indistinguishability obfuscation, calling it the most powerful idea in cryptography but acknowledging current implementations run at "galactic" speeds—far too slow for production use.
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Bitcoin Positioned for Recovery as Dollar, Yield Crowding Peaks
Bitcoin remains pinned near $60,000 as ETF outflows hit record levels and the dollar strengthens, but extreme bullish positioning in currency and rate markets suggests a potential reversal that could benefit crypto.
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Germany leads EU MiCA crypto licensing with 57 providers ahead of July 1
Germany has secured 57 MiCA-authorized crypto-asset service providers—about 23% of 244 total licenses across the EU and EEA—ahead of the July 1 regulatory deadline, with France and the Netherlands also among top hubs despite fragmented national implementation.
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Soitec partners with ZenSemi to scale power chips for AI and EVs
French semiconductor materials company Soitec has partnered with Chinese specialty foundry ZenSemi to ramp production of BCD-on-SOI substrates for power management chips targeting AI datacenters, electric vehicles, and industrial systems.
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MiCA Deadline Forces 3,000+ European Crypto Firms to Shut Down or Comply
As Europe's transitional MiCA licensing period ends July 1, over 3,000 pre-licensed crypto firms must shut down or comply with new rules. Only 244 firms have secured MiCA authorization so far, with compliance costs reaching into millions.
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Kiwoom Securities pursues Bithumb stake as Korean brokerages race into crypto
South Korean brokerage Kiwoom Securities is in talks to acquire a stake in Bithumb as major financial firms rush to secure positions in crypto exchanges ahead of the FSC's July regulatory reforms.
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MiCA Transition Ends in Europe as Binance Exits, Robinhood Teases Products
Europe's crypto market enters a new era as the MiCA framework's transitional period expires in July, forcing Binance out and triggering a competitive scramble among exchanges. Meanwhile, Robinhood teases new products and U.S. economic data looms large for markets.
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PBOC's $44B reverse repo signals easing, but Bitcoin stays weak near $60K
China's central bank launched an overnight reverse repo operation worth $44.1 billion on June 29, giving traders a new liquidity signal. Bitcoin, down 18.25% over 30 days, sits near $60,000 as ETF demand stays weak and sentiment remains defensive despite the injection.
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CryptoBandits malware hijacks wallet addresses, crypto fraud hits $17B in 2025
Microsoft's threat intelligence team published analysis of CryptoBandits, a Windows malware that hijacks copied wallet addresses and steals seed phrases. Crypto fraud losses hit record highs in 2025, with individual holders increasingly targeted by scams that don't break cryptography but manipulate what your machine shows.
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Samsung, SK Hynix plan major chip fab expansion in South Korea
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are negotiating with the South Korean government to build two new semiconductor fabrication sites, targeting the Honam region as a second chip cluster to meet surging AI-driven demand for advanced chips and reduce capacity constraints.
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Bank of England: Brexit complicates UK inflation control
The Bank of England's Chief Economist identified Brexit as a lasting structural challenge to the central bank's ability to achieve its 2% inflation target, citing damage to labor markets, supply chains, and competitive pressures.
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Pendle reaches fifth-largest protocol on Monad with $51M TVL
Pendle's yield tokenization protocol accumulated $51 million in total value locked on Monad within its first ten days of launch, becoming the fifth-largest protocol on the chain and generating $22 million in trading volume.
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BitMEX removes CEO, CFO, head of growth amid buyer search
BitMEX has removed chief executive Stephan Lutz, CFO Ina Steiner, and chief growth officer Raphael Polansky from their roles. Peter Wilkinson, the firm's former general counsel and COO, takes over as CEO as the exchange seeks to streamline costs and attract buyers.
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South Korea's $518B AI chip push widens crypto's capital deficit
Samsung and SK Hynix are accelerating a $518 billion chip-plant buildout by a decade to meet AI memory demand, signaling that the AI capital cycle continues to draw investment away from crypto.
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Chinese investors flood domestic comms ETF as semiconductor stocks plunge
Chinese investors shifted capital into a domestic communications equipment ETF that returned roughly 298% over the past year, rotating away from battered global semiconductor stocks during an early June selloff.
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South Korea targets $380B AI infrastructure push led by Samsung, SK Group
South Korea's government expects roughly 550 trillion won ($380 billion) in private investment across AI data centers, chips, and batteries, with Samsung and SK Group driving a massive buildout. Power constraints and cyclical risk pose challenges.