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Bitcoin miner sell pressure ‘weakening’ as BTC withdrawals drop 85%

BTC withdrawals from miner-affiliated wallets have gone from above 50,000 per day to under 10,000 since the halving, data shows.

Bitcoin activity drops to lowest level since 2010

The lack of retail participation is suspected of dropping Bitcoin wallet activities as celebrity memecoins attract speculators away from more established cryptocurrencies.

Major crypto projects to unlock $755M in July

About $755 million in crypto assets from AltLayer, Arbitrum, Optimism and other projects will be released in July as their vesting period concludes.

History Associates joins Coinbase in FDIC legal battle

The History Associates suit aims to hold the FDIC and other regulatory agencies accountable for their actions and ensure transparency in their regulatory practices.

Bitfarms adds board member to deter Riot Platforms takeover

Despite initially planning to buy all Bitfarms’ shares at $2.30 per share, Riot withdrew the offer, stating that cooperating with Bitfarms’ current board was difficult.

Bitcoin social sentiment decline may signal market bottom

The BTC price has failed to hit a new all-time high in over three months, even after the Bitcoin halving in April.

Jesse Powell donates $1M in crypto to Trump's 2024 campaign

Jesse Powell, Kraken co-founder, backs Trump with $1 million in Ether, supporting pro-crypto policies against regulatory crackdowns.

Australia’s revamped data program to ‘catch out’ crypto tax cheats

The Australian Tax Office is collecting over a decade of crypto transaction data, and tax dodgers could be busted if they don’t properly file this tax season.

T-Rex files for ‘ghost pepper’ 2X leveraged MicroStrategy ETF

Financial services firm T-Rex Group has applied for what could be the “most volatile ETF” ever seen in the United States.

PolitiFi memecoins tank amid Trump vs Biden presidential debate

The Jeo Boden memecoin was hardest hit, falling over 53% from its 24-hour high during presidential debate night.

Spot Solana ETF might 9X the price of SOL: GSR Markets

The crypto market maker’s forecast for Solana was based on a “blue sky” scenario, while its “bear” scenario only predicted a 1.4x increase in Solana’s price.

Logan Paul sues Coffeezilla for defamation over CryptoZoo videos

Logan Paul claims YouTuber Stephen Findeisen, also known as Coffeezilla, “maliciously and repeatedly” made false statements about his NFT project CryptoZoo.

Biden-Trump debate: Crypto goes completely unmentioned

Joe Biden and Donald Trump didn’t discuss crypto in their first head-to-head debate even as the industry raised a multibillion-dollar war chest to influence the elections.

Bitcoin spikes as betting markets favor Trump during debate with Biden

The price of Bitcoin jumped as much as 1.1% after the presidential debate kicked off on Thursday evening, with Donald Trump extending his lead over Joe Biden in prediction markets.

Bitcoin 'wholecoiners' hold above 1 million mark for 13 months

The number of Bitcoin wholecoiners tends to rise and fall with the crypto market’s ebbs and flows, but it has stayed above 1 million for over a year now.

Solana ETF possible with a change in POTUS, SEC: Balchunas

Two industry pundits believe a change in SEC Chair is needed to even entertain the idea of a spot Solana ETF.

Coinbase and payment processor Stripe form partnership for onboarding

The partnership will bring USDC support to Stripe on Coinbase’s layer-2 network, Base, and several other integrations.

S&P Global joins Singapore's Project Guardian tokenization trials

The rating agency will provide its perspective on risk mitigation in tokenized fixed income transactions.

OpenAI inks deal with Time while facing added lawsuit from news nonprofit

The nonprofit suing OpenAI produces the Mother Jones and Reveal news websites.

The Asia-Pacific market is heating up for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs

Two Bitcoin ETFs launched in Australia in June — after six Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs launched in Hong Kong in April. We'll see soon if more enter the market.

Coinbase global adviser to join President Biden’s reelection campaign

It’s unclear whether Keisha Lance Bottoms will advise the campaign on crypto, but she spoke about digital assets in Atlanta the day before the presidential debate.

Paradigm calls on European markets regulator to show nuance regarding MEV

The venture capitalist firm said ESMA’s approach to crypto market abuse could be a disaster for the industry without suggesting any better ideas.

Tron network deposits drop to 6-month low as TRX price rallies — Trouble in paradise?

Tron’s total value locked plummeted to a six-month low of $7.6 billion as TRX price rallied. Cointelegraph investigates.

Coinbase ‘not aware’ of any customer data breach after Au10tix credential leak

Compliance platform Au10tix said that although a credential was leaked, there is no evidence that it was used to obtain customer data, and Coinbase said it is unaware of any breach.

Binance to remove prime brokerage loophole

The change came after some Binance Link clients reportedly took advantage of the program’s multi-tiered fee structure through arbitrage.

US Fed CIO says it’s ‘hard to justify’ hiring human coders over AI

The Federal Reserve’s leadership seemingly views generative AI as a “super analyst” capable of turbocharging the agency’s work process.

CleanSpark acquires GRIID for $155M stock transaction

CleanSpark has acquired GRIID in an all-stock transaction. The deal is expected to add more than 400 megawatts to the company’s power grid over two years.

Chainlink data streams go live on Avalanche Network

GMX, a perpetual futures trading platform, will be a launch partner and leverage Chainlink’s tech to fuel the decentralized futures exchange.

Solana is the fast, low-cost blockchain that simply never works

Solana has experienced more than 150 hours of downtime over the last three years — and meme coins are making the problem worse.

Voters weigh in on US presidential debate — Will Trump or Biden mention crypto?

Many crypto users are calling on CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash to ask the two candidates at least one question related to digital assets.

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