Raw News Items
25 itemsJune 6, 2026
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
A little-known 1,250% rule could lock US banks out of Bitcoin
A group of Republican senators is warning US bank regulators that a little-known capital rule could effectively keep banks out of Bitcoin, even as Congress moves to give traditional financial firms a larger role in digital asset markets. In a May 27 letter to Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervisi...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Satoshi-era bitcoin at center of $285 billion lawsuit moves after 14 years
The 1LwWt address received a legal notice from Salomon Brothers via Bitcoin's OP_RETURN field in July 2025 demanding the owner prove ownership by November 5, 2025.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin, ether eye worst weekly rout since FTX collapse as cryptos shed $390 billion
A week that began with Strategy's bitcoin sale ended with one of the largest crypto market drawdowns in years.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
America’s largest banks are building a new digital currency network to stop a massive deposit drain
America’s biggest banks are launching tokenized deposits to compete with stablecoins, opening a new front in the race to become the dominant form of cash on blockchain networks.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin back above $61,000 after rout leads to $1.6 billion liquidations
Bitcoin fell as low as $59,227 overnight before recovering, steadying after Friday's strong jobs report set off a selloff that sank the Nasdaq 100 about 5% and rattled stocks, bonds and crypto together.
- DecryptScore: 75
Claude Code Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Steal Credentials From GitHub, Says Microsoft
Researchers say prompt injection attacks could manipulate AI coding agents to access sensitive credentials stored in software development pipelines.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Hyperliquid’s UK warning reveals the regulatory test behind its Wall Street push
Hyperliquid’s rapid growth has drawn a warning from Britain’s financial regulator, adding a consumer-protection concern to a platform increasingly watched by Wall Street and traditional market operators. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) placed Hyperliquid and the Hyper Foundation on its warning...
- The BlockScore: 75
HTX to delist Trump-linked USD1 after saying World Liberty Financial froze exchange-linked addresses
The move follows World Liberty Financial's apparent freeze of HTX-linked on-chain addresses, citing UK sanctions compliance, per HTX.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
A crypto pioneer who turned a $20 million family stake into a billion-dollar fund doubles down on bitcoin
Sourcing initial capital from his mother to build a $1 billion crypto empire, DFG CEO James Wo says market metrics do not support Tom Lee’s $250,000 ether prediction.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
May jobs report explained: Why 172,000 jobs means higher rates, pricier loans, and a Bitcoin drop
The US economy added 172,000 jobs in May, more than double the 80,000 that Wall Street economists had expected, and the unemployment rate held at 4.3%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also revised March and April higher by a combined 93,000 positions, which left the spring looking much stronger...
- The BlockScore: 70
Wallet linked to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin moves 110,000 ETH to defend $259M DAI debt position
Onchain analysts described the move as defensive collateral management to reduce liquidation risk, not likely a sale.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Crypto exchanges are losing retail traders but are filling the gap with Wall Street-style bets
Crypto exchanges are seeing the weakest retail-driven activity in years, but some of the biggest platforms are finding a lucrative new source of volume in Wall Street-style bets on gold, silver, oil, stocks, and indexes. According to a CryptoQuant report shared with CryptoSlate, the shift is emergin...
- DecryptScore: 65
AI Is Helping Discover Tech Vulnerabilities—And Zcash Is Just the Latest Example
Frontier AI models have evolved into bug-finding tools, uncovering vulnerabilities across the tech world—and now in crypto too.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Researcher who found Zcash's bug with AI adds Monero to his audit queue
Taylor Hornby, who uncovered the Orchard flaw that sent Zcash down 38%, says other privacy coins are on his list too.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Meta is paying creators in Stablecoins. Spending them is someone else's problem
Meta’s decision to pay creators in USDC validates stablecoins as a mainstream disbursement tool, Joslyn suggests, but it also exposes the industry’s unresolved problem: moving seamlessly from digital dollars to usable local currency.
- DecryptScore: 60
Bitcoin Has Dumped All of Its Gains Since Trump Was Reelected—And Then Some
Bitcoin surged in the wake of President Trump's reelection, pushing to new highs deep into 2025. Now it's down more than 50% from that peak.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin most oversold since 2020 crash: Can BTC rebound to $70K next?
Bitcoin’s latest oversold RSI mirrors 2020 and February 2026 setups that preceded 50% and 30% rebounds, putting $70K back in focus.
- The BlockScore: 60
Hyperion DeFi to unwind $29 million in HYPE deals with Felix, Native Markets as USDH sunsets
Roughly 800,000 HYPE will return to the company's treasury for redeployment to "more profitable" strategies, per a Friday filing.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Cardano social activity surges as ADA falls under 20 cents to four-year lows
Santiment data show active addresses at a four-month high and social dominance near a 2026 peak after Charles Hoskinson warned of a "wave of failures" in the ecosystem.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
WLD plunges 20% as Hayes dumps token a day after saying he would keep holding it
The BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom CIO cited a falling chart of SpaceX stock, which does not begin trading until June 12, as Worldcoin slid about 10%.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
A massive hiring wave reveals trading firms are no longer viewing Polymarket as a niche betting tool
While rising volume on Polymarket and Kalshi is attracting quantitative firms to prediction markets, they aren't focusing on event outcomes; rather, they're exploiting market inefficiencies for profit.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
AI’s $800 billion spending boom is becoming Bitcoin’s Fed problem
For the better part of two years, Wall Street has treated AI as the most bullish trade on the board, a growth engine that turbocharges earnings, underwrites stretched valuations, and promises a productivity windfall somewhere down the road. However, the Fed has access to the same numbers and seems t...
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Michael Saylor’s rallying cry: Bitcoin needs four forces to win
The Strategy executive chairman argued that four distinct camps each play a vital role in bitcoin’s long-term success.
- DecryptScore: 30
Meet the Guys Still Clinging To the Terra Luna That Do Kwon Abandoned
Terra Luna Classic was left behind after an epic collapse almost four years ago. But there’s a community of believers who haven’t given up.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Are retail traders selling their bitcoin to buy the SpaceX IPO?
Exchange flows and stablecoin movements through this week's sell-off show no wall of money leaving crypto for cash. Exchanges such as Robinhood and Coinbase will not publicly reporting their figures until July.