Raw News Items
88 itemsJune 4, 2026
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin tanks below $63,000 for the first time since February as price selloff deepens
The selloff has triggered demand for protective options plays, pushing the fear gauge higher.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Live Markets: Bitcoin crashes to $62,000 as billions of longs get liquidated
Analysts and market observers are saying bitcoin's crash is happening due to traders chasing momentum and rotating out of crypto and into high-flying IPOs and AI stocks.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
CFTC follows SEC in scrapping ‘no-deny’ policy for settlements
CFTC Chairman Mike Selig says the rescission of its “no-deny” policy means it now has more flexibility when settling enforcement actions.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Coinbase freezes $3M tied to Southeast Asia crypto fraud networks
Authorities around the world have been heavily targeting scam infrastructure this year, with joint actions involving the US, UAE, China, Austria and Albania.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Over $600M in Bitcoin longs liquidated as BTC dips toward $60K
Many traders expect Bitcoin to stage a short-term relief bounce toward $70,000, but the broader technical setup remains bearish for BTC.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
JPMorgan warns time is running short for crypto market structure bill
The Clarity Act still faces several legislative hurdles, and disputes over stablecoin yield have emerged as a key sticking point, the bank said.
- DecryptScore: 85
As BTC Tests $62,000, How Low Can Bitcoin Go?
Bitcoin has dropped 17% in four days, sparking $4.5 billion in liquidations, as analysts warn of a potential move below $60,000.
- The BlockScore: 85
White House crypto adviser Witt defends Clarity Act, calls it ‘pro-law enforcement’ as lawmakers race to pass bill
The White House's top cryptocurrency adviser, Patrick Witt, called the Clarity Act a "pro-enforcement bill," despite pushback.
- CryptoSlateScore: 80
Bitcoin’s selloff is creating the short-heavy setup that could reverse it fast
Bitcoin is enduring a multi-front assault on its spot market liquidity as exchange-traded funds, short-term speculators, and cryptocurrency miners simultaneously distribute assets. This coordinated selling pressure has drained market demand at the fastest pace since the 2022 collapse of the Terra/Lu...
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Bitcoin briefly drops below $62,000 as $1.5 billion in crypto longs get wiped out
Presto Research says bitcoin's drawdowns this year have coincided with rallies in AI stocks and gold as markets scale back expectations for Fed rate cuts.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Goldman Sachs teams with Apex, Archax for tokenized real estate fund
The fund combines blockchain native issuance with established fund structures.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Bitcoin steadies above $60,000 while derivatives send an unambiguous warning
BTC crashed to $61,300 before recovering to $62,500 with $3 billion in liquidations over two days. Traders loaded up on $60,000 puts in anticipation of further declines.
- The BlockScore: 80
‘The rally that wasn’t’: Bitcoin slides 14% in one week as ETF outflows, Strategy sale and oil prices hit sentiment
Bitcoin falls 13% to near $62K as Strategy's BTC sale, $4.2B in ETF outflows and macro headwinds pressure crypto markets.
- The BlockScore: 80
Senate Republicans urged financial regulators to rework bank capital rules for digital assets
A group of Senate Republicans is pressing key financial regulatory agencies to clarify capital standards for digital assets.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Crypto Clarity Act in spotlight for bad-actor provisions as Senate process grinds forward
The industry has been trying to make a case this week the Clarity Act provides law enforcement strong tools to combat illicit finance involving cryptocurrency.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP ETFs bleed $4.4 billion over 13 sessions, only HYPE in green
BlackRock's IBIT shed another $342 million on Wednesday as ether, solana and XRP funds joined the redemption wave, leaving Hyperliquid's HYPE products as the only major crypto ETF category still pulling in net new money.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
About 67% of banned Anthropic accounts used AI to prep for cyberattacks
AI firm Anthropic mapped a year’s worth of AI-enabled cyber threats, finding that malicious actors are quickly becoming more dangerous with AI.
- The BlockScore: 75
Coinbase, SpaceX, Meta join DOJ anti-scam operation that froze $3.8 million in crypto
Private-sector firms joined the DOJ's "Disruption Week," freezing $3.8 million in crypto and disrupting 1.4 million scam-linked accounts.
- The BlockScore: 75
Coinbase launches pre-IPO perpetual futures, starting with SpaceX
Coinbase has entered the pre-IPO perpetual futures market, starting with a SpaceX contract, offering up to 5x leverage.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin ETFs bleed $4.4B as outflow run extends to 13 trading days
US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $397 million in outflows on Wednesday, extending a 13-day red streak to $4.4 billion as Bitcoin has fallen about 21% since May 15.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Coinbase launches pre-IPO markets, starting with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Coinbase launches pre-IPO markets starting with SpaceX, offering non-US users perpetual futures tied to private company valuations amid rising competition.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Apex, Archax join Goldman Sachs tokenized real estate fund project
Apex Group is providing fund services for a tokenized real estate fund using Goldman Sachs’ GS DAP platform.
- DecryptScore: 75
Fannie Mae-Backed Bitcoin Home Mortgages Are Finally Here, Coinbase Says
Coinbase said a Michigan couple closed on the first-ever conventional, Fannie Mae-backed home mortgage by pledging Bitcoin as collateral.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin bulls' fate rests on $60K support as crypto erases $2T in market cap
Bitcoin continued "incredible" 2022 bear market repeat behavior as sellers kept control over BTC price rebound attempts.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Coinbase to launch token-backed mortgage down payments this summer
A Coinbase-Better Home & Finance initiative will allow qualified borrowers to use Bitcoin and USDC as collateral for home loan down payments.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Professional investors dumped 52K BTC worth of ETFs in Q1, filings show
US spot Bitcoin ETF ownership shifted during the market downturn as hedge funds exited positions, while banks and long-term allocators continued building exposure.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin fell 21% after Strategy’s debt buyback news— Is a Terra Luna-style doom loop next?
Bitcoin price collapsed as Strategy faced tighter liquidity conditions and paused its BTC buying. Is it time to jump ship, or buy the dip?
- DecryptScore: 70
Bitcoin Miners Emerge as 'Power Landlords' of AI Boom—And Revenue Will Surge: Bernstein
Bernstein is bullish on Bitcoin miners as they increasingly power the AI boom, assigning “Outperform” ratings to TeraWulf and Cipher Digital.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
US House Democrats call for FTC probe into prediction markets
The lawmakers are also asking the FTC for information on whether it has plans to take investigative or enforcement action against prediction markets for possible deceptive practices.
- The BlockScore: 70
‘The low is almost in’: Standard Chartered says bitcoin bottom near after tough week for crypto
Standard Chartered said bitcoin's low is "almost in," citing resilient ETF holdings and likely Strategy buybacks after a painful week for crypto.
- DecryptScore: 70
Coinbase Launches Pre-IPO Perps, Starting with Elon Musk's SpaceX
Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX is set to IPO, with current estimations making him the world's first trillionaire on its completion.
- The BlockScore: 70
Coinbase and Better fund first bitcoin-backed mortgage, plan nationwide rollout soon
Coinbase and Better have funded the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage using bitcoin as collateral, with a nationwide rollout planned soon.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin’s $63k slide shows ETF demand fighting AI equities for dollar liquidity
Bitcoin’s relationship with the S&P 500 has stopped behaving like a simple correlation trade at exactly the wrong time for bulls. For much of 2026, the logic was clean enough. When oil jumped during the Iran war, yields rose amid inflation fears, stocks sold off, and Bitcoin followed, as the market ...
- The BlockScore: 70
Ether.fi allocates $100 million to a Plume RWA vault, giving users access to yield
The allocation comes from a mix of ether.fi's liquidity provider base and managed capital from its existing liquid vaults.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Saylor downplays Bitcoin slide as Strategy faces $11B paper loss
Strategy’s Bitcoin paper loss tops $11 billion as Saylor pointed to ETF outflows and AI infrastructure spending as factors pressuring BTC.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
A 2011 physical Bitcoin loaded with 25 BTC was just unlocked during the $62k selloff
A Casascius coin tied to 25 BTC moved this week, converting a 2011 physical Bitcoin artifact into spendable BTC during a broader market selloff. Galaxy Research identified the item as an S1-COIN-25 Casascius physical Bitcoin, a large-denomination piece from the era when Bitcoin could still be handed...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Zcash was rumored to have stopped working – then it became crypto’s only winner
Zcash became the subject of a brief market scare after block explorers appeared to show that the privacy-focused blockchain had stopped producing blocks for several hours. By the time developers and infrastructure providers pushed back on the claim, the market had already moved in the opposite direc...
- CoinDeskScore: 65
This bitcoin metric has marked every bear market bottom, and it's just flashed again
More than half of the bitcoin in circulation is sitting on unrealized losses as the BTC price tests historically significant bear-market support levels.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Ethereum treasury giant offers 9.5% payout as BitMine paper losses top $8.5 billion
Thomas Lee's BitMine is turning to the preferred-stock market to raise fresh capital for its Ethereum strategy, offering investors a 9.5% annual payout. On June 3, the company revealed plans to sell 3 million shares of 9.50% Series A perpetual preferred stock with a $100 stated amount, creating a po...
- The BlockScore: 65
Visa, Brale test privacy-enabled SBC stablecoin settlement on Canton Network
Visa and Brale initiate a proof of concept testing SBC stablecoin settlement with privacy controls on the Canton Network.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Why tokenization is an ETF-style market structure revolution
The current tokenization dialogue and pattern resemble ETFs’ early days, which ultimately transformed into a $10+ trillion market, Lie argues.
- DecryptScore: 65
DOJ Task Force Freezes $3.8M in Illicit Crypto—With Help From Coinbase, SpaceX and Meta
Some of America's biggest companies helped squash crypto fraud stemming from organized crime in Southeast Asia.
- The BlockScore: 60
Chainalysis says ‘top-tier’ gray market peptide vendors turn to bitcoin and stablecoins
“To scale, the gray-market peptide trade adopted cryptocurrency as its backbone,” Chainalysis said in a report.
- The BlockScore: 60
Bitmine to launch STRC-style preferred stock offering amid $9.2 billion unrealized ETH losses
The company plans to use the net proceeds for general purposes, which may include purchasing additional ETH and expanding staking operations.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Apyx's STRC collateralized stablecoin suffers a brief depeg. Protocol says its a feature, not bug
Apyx’s apxUSD stablecoin briefly slipped to 93 cents Wednesday.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Cardano slumps under 20 cents as Hoskinson says he is 'taking a break' after warning of ecosystem failures
Hoskinson's remarks followed a string of setbacks for the ecosystem, including the cancellation of Cardano's flagship conference and the shutdown of a prominent analytics platform.
- DecryptScore: 60
Tom Lee’s BitMine Plans $300M Preferred Stock Sale for ETH Treasury Push
The offering would tie fixed cash dividends to a staking-heavy ETH treasury model as Strategy’s preferred stock remains under pressure.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Moomoo expands into prediction markets through Kalshi partnership
Retail trading platform moomoo has partnered with Kalshi to offer CFTC-regulated event contracts tied to economic data, elections and major sporting events directly within its app.
- The BlockScore: 60
Cosmos Labs acquires block explorer Mintscan, forms Korea subsidiary to expand ecosystem
Cosmos Labs has acquired Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and formed a new Korea-based subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea.
- The BlockScore: 60
Travala debuts agentic AI travel protocol with gasless USDC payments on Base
Travala launched an agentic AI travel protocol on Base supporting gasless USDC hotel bookings and AI-assisted payment execution.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Arthur Hayes dumps HYPE, NEAR as he warns of AI IPO wave
Arthur Hayes said he dumped his HYPE and NEAR holdings after warning markets may peak before September and AI IPOs could drain liquidity.
- The BlockScore: 60
JPMorgan says crypto bill may have only a narrow window for passage this year
JPMorgan analysts said the crypto market structure bill, or Clarity Act, may have only a narrow window for passage this year.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bybit joins Western Union’s new USDPT network as stablecoin expands distribution
The exchange integration gives Western Union’s dollar-pegged token access to crypto market liquidity as payment providers accelerate their adoption of stablecoins.
- DecryptScore: 60
'Looksmaxxing' Trend Spawns $100M Gray Market Fueled By Bitcoin, Stablecoins: Chainalysis
Demand for peptides fueled by the "looksmaxxing" trend has spawned a $100 million gray market paid for primarily with crypto.
- DecryptScore: 60
Republican Lawmaker Plans to Add Prediction Markets to Congressional Stock Ban Bill
Rep. Bryan Steil said he'll add language to the House congressional stock ban bill to cover prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Live markets: Saylor speaks as bitcoin plunges to $62,000
Amid the crypto price crash, a handful of tokens have been performing well, but they're tumbling now as Arthur Hayes exits.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
FG Nexus offloads additional $17.8M Ether as losses top $100M
FG Nexus offloads another 10,000 ETH, pushing realized and paper losses above $100 million as the Ethereum treasury firm continues cutting exposure.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Ripple-linked XRP sinks 7% to four-month lows
XRP fell another 7% after losing key support levels, with traders weighing growing institutional demand against one of the token's weakest technical setups in months.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
OCC chief says Democrats applying sole political pressure in World Liberty charter choice
The regulator rejected claims he's doing President Trump's bidding during a congressional hearing that also addressed the GENIUS Act stablecoin push.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Russia sanctions British teenager for alleging A7A5 use in funding Ukraine war
The A7A5 stablecoin was designed to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- DecryptScore: 50
Morning Minute: Crypto Crashes, New Lows In Sight
Bitcoin falls to $62k and Arthur Hayes selling his HYPE and NEAR position leads to double digit fallout for recent alt darlings.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Bitcoin price just tagged 200-week trend line that defined 2022 bear market
Bitcoin brought back the trend line that functioned as resistance in the 2022 bear market, with BTC price RSI approaching its lowest in six years.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to exist
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.
- DecryptScore: 50
British Teen Sanctioned By Russia After Alleging Crypto Use to Evade Sanctions
The teenager's research into Russia’s alleged illicit crypto flows appears to have prompted Moscow's retaliation.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Hyperliquid pulls back from record highs as Arthur Hayes exits position shy of $150 price target
The crypto veteran blamed macro risks and AI mania for taking profits, drawing backlash from traders for selling well below his recent bullish forecasts.
- DecryptScore: 50
Crypto Billionaires Donate $9.4M to Farage’s Reform UK in Q1
Tether investor Christopher Harborne and BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo’s outspent Britain's traditional political donors.
- DecryptScore: 50
Strategy's Michael Saylor Blames 'Capital Rotation' Into AI as Bitcoin Dives 13%
With Bitcoin falling hard this week and down nearly 50% from peak. Strategy's Michael Saylor is pointing the finger at the AI boom.
- The BlockScore: 45
Immunefi says DeFi is ‘getting safer’ as exploit losses fall 74% from 2022 peak amid AI-driven security arms race
DeFi exploit losses fell 74% from the 2022 peak to $680 million in 2025, according to Immunefi, amid structural security shifts.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
'Dr. Doom'-backed Atlas Capital CEO says bitcoin could crash 70% before reaching $500,000
Backed by economist Nouriel Roubini, a long-time anti-bitcoin advocate, and known as 'Dr. Doom,' the Atlas CEO, Reza Bundy, shot a short-term warning for bitcoin but stayed bullish in the long-term.
- The BlockScore: 40
Polymarket’s UMA vote upholds ‘No’ outcome on Strategy bitcoin sale market despite backlash
The dispute centers on Strategy's disclosure that it sold 32 BTC for roughly $2.5 million between May 26 and May 31.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitmine eyes dividend-paying preferred shares, echoing Strategy’s playbook
The move comes as Ether prices slumped to a 14-month low below $1,750 on Thursday.
- The BlockScore: 40
Arthur Hayes sells entire HYPE and NEAR positions, citing AI IPOs and US midterms
Hayes faced backlash from social media users after selling the tokens days after publicly touting them.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson takes “a break” – exposing who really controls ADA’s next move
Charles Hoskinson has announced that he is “taking a break” from the pressure around Cardano after an emotional plea to the community. His remarks, however, point to frustration rather than abandonment. It seems that the Cardano founder is openly questioning his remaining power over the ...
- The BlockScore: 40
‘When the market offers discounts, we lean in’: DDC Enterprise lifts bitcoin holdings to 2,804 BTC
DDC Enterprise added 90 bitcoin, raising its total holdings to 2,804 BTC and reaching 28th among public corporate holders.
- DecryptScore: 40
US Bitcoin Reserve Moving Ahead at ‘Deliberate Speed’: Bessent
The Treasury chief told senators the administration is using “best practices” in implementing Trump's Bitcoin reserve order.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 1.5%, is only gainer
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) declined 15.2% and Internet Computer (ICP) dropped 13.1%, leading the index lower.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Crypto for Advisors: The crypto due diligence questions you forgot to ask
As stablecoins, shifting regulation and AI-enabled infrastructure mature, advisors should revisit three questions their crypto due diligence may no longer fully cover.
- DecryptScore: 40
Google DeepMind CEO Says AGI Is Coming Fast: 'We Don't Have Long to Prepare'
The Nobel Prize-winning AI researcher says humanity is standing in the "foothills of the singularity."
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Russia targets British 17-year-old for alleging digital assets were skirting sanctions
Political activist Bill Browder, the teenager’s father, said his son was “the first high school student in the world to be sanctioned by an authoritarian regime” over a report on the ruble-pegged stablecoin A7A5.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Comptroller says only Democrats pressuring over crypto trust charter
US Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould and New York Representative Gregory Meeks sparred over Donald Trump’s influence on regulators he has nominated as president at a Thursday oversight hearing.
- CointelegraphScore: 35
Polymarket users cry foul after Strategy sale market resolves to ‘no’
A Polymarket contract on whether Strategy sold Bitcoin by May 31 resolved to no after traders disputed how the sale should count.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Polymarket says No for May, Yes for June after Strategy's recent bitcoin sale
UMA voters ruled that Strategy's June 1 disclosure counted for the June contract, even though the company said it sold bitcoin during the final week of May.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Worldcoin is an overlooked bet on the AI IPO wave: Maelstrom
Maelstrom predicts the WLD token will reach $5 by August, a gain of around 900% from current levels.
- The BlockScore: 30
‘The power landlords of AI’: Bernstein initiates coverage on bitcoin miners TeraWulf and Cipher Digital, sees ninefold AI revenue by 2030
Bernstein initiates TeraWulf and Cipher Digital at Outperform with $36 and $32 price targets, projecting AI revenue to grow ninefold by 2030.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Strategy's Saylor's explanation for bitcoin's slide isn't what bears think
Bitcoin's drop reflects capital rotation into AI, Saylor argues, but the bears have a darker reason.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Tom Lee’s $250,000 ether target: Here’s what math says about this crazy prediction
Bitmine's chairman told a Paris conference ether would 50x from here on AI and corporate validators. Here's how supply schedule, the ETH-to-bitcoin ratio history and the actual breakdown of staked ether look at those levels.
- DecryptScore: 30
AI Is Already Developing AI, Says Anthropic—And Humans May Be Slowing Things Down
Anthropic says AI now writes most of its code and runs increasingly complex research tasks, leaving people to decide which problems are worth solving.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Standard Chartered's three 'Ifs' that stand between bitcoin and a market low
Your day-ahead look for June 4, 2026