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25 itemsJune 28, 2026
- Cointelegraph
Binance booted from EU, EthLabs rises up to save Ethereum: Hodler's Digest June 14-28
BitMine and Joe Lubin back a new non profit called Ethlabs that aims to spur adoption. Binance shutters services in Europe after failing to secure a license.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Congress blocks introduction of any CBDC in the next 4 years – but the fight over digital money is just starting
Congress just blocked the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC, and the companies benefiting most are private stablecoin issuers like Circle and Tether. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act passed the Senate 85-5 on June 22 and cleared the House 358-32 the next day, and folded inside that housing pac...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
EU Watchdog EBA Details Big Crypto Fines as Landmark Laws Bite
The European Banking Authority laid out a proposed penalty framework on Friday that can strip non-compliant significant token issuers of up to 12.5% of their annual revenue.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin just slipped below the bear-market line traders cannot ignore
Bitcoin's move below the 200-week moving-average area has turned a familiar cycle marker into a live demand test. On Sunday, June 28, BTC traded at $60,238, down 6.1% over the past 7 days and 18% over the past 30 days. That left the spot below the 200-week weighted moving average, tracked by Newhedg...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin’s biggest ETF is becoming the sell wall bulls have to break
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust has become the test Bitcoin bulls did not want. The ETF that helped turn regulated access into a simple institutional-demand story is now the main place where price-sensitive holders are showing up. Farside Investors' Bitcoin ETF flow data shows that US spot Bitcoin...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin falls below $60,000, on track for a rare back-to-back quarterly loss
The token is down nearly 7% on the week with the altcoins falling harder. Bitcoin and ether are both ending the second quarter in the red, a back-to-back losing first half that runs against the usual pattern.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Binance posts over $400M in weekly net outflows as MiCA deadline nears
Early exchange flow data show no clear signs of a mass migration from Binance ahead of the EU MiCA transition deadline, despite rivals' efforts to attract users.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
SBI's $289 million Bitbank deal is symptomatic of Japan's crypto consolidation: Architect Partners
The investment bank said the purchase of Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank is a bet on regulated scale as sweeping reforms reshape the country's digital asset market.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
BIS warns stablecoins risk fragmenting global financial system
The Basel-based institution said that private digital tokens fall short of the requirements for sound money and urged policymakers to accelerate work on tokenized forms of central bank and commercial bank money.
- The BlockScore: 75
BIS says stablecoins fall short as money, warns of emerging-market risks in annual report
The Bank for International Settlements argued in its annual report that stablecoins still fall short of money on singleness, elasticity and integrity.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Grayscale's Pandl hopes Strategy sells $3B in Bitcoin to restore confidence
Grayscale's research head Zach Pandl said Strategy should sell $3 billion in Bitcoin to cover its cash obligations, but CryptoQuant argued the company has other ways to support STRC.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Michael Saylor teases more bitcoin buying even as Strategy stock continues to fall
The crypto bull shrugged off market skepticism by sharing a chart of the company's $50 billion stash and teasing that they are going to need more data points.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Ripple’s MiCA win is not a full license yet – Here’s what it still has to prove
Ripple secured preliminary approval as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider from Luxembourg's financial regulator, the CSSF, on June 23. The approval was delivered as a “Green Light Letter,” which the company is pairing with the EMI license it finalized in the same jurisdiction in February. T...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Base post-mortem reveals sequencer bug behind back-to-back outages
A “race condition” after the system was reset prevented the sequencers from catching up, causing the second outage.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
XRP investors capitulate at fastest pace since the 2022 crypto crash amid slide to $1
XRP’s retreat toward $1 is testing whether one of the cryptocurrency market’s largest tokens can hold a level that has become increasingly important after months of declining prices. Data from CryptoSlate shows that the digital asset fell to $1.02 on Friday, its weakest price since February, as a ma...
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Stablecoin demand starts to fade as Visa and Stripe build for the next boom
Stablecoins have rarely had more policy attention than they do in 2026. Lawmakers, payment companies, and crypto firms are treating dollar tokens as infrastructure rather than a side market. However, the most visible demand signals now point the other way. Search volume for “stablecoins”...
- The BlockScore: 60
Michael Saylor signals another bitcoin buy as Strategy sits about $13 billion underwater
A Monday filing would mark Strategy's fourth straight week of buying, after a 520 BTC purchase on June 22 that was its smallest recent tranche.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Samson Mow says bitcoin bottom is in despite skepticism from analysts
The bitcoin advocate said his crypto bottom claim is based on the fact that the traditional four-year halving cycle has changed, although several analysts continue to expect further downside.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
CZ wants to make the U.S. the 'capital of crypto': State of Crypto
The Binance founder shared his views on a variety of topics in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk earlier this month.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Crypto's next frontier isn't crypto, it's financing AI and robotics, Framework's Anderson says
Blockchain is becoming the financial layer for capital-intensive industries rather than just crypto-native speculation, Michael Anderson, the crypto venture firm's cofounder, said.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Will Bitcoin price recover in July?
Bitcoin’s past July gains and heavy short bets point to a rally toward $75,000, but a break below key support keeps the risk of $55,000 in play.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin unspent transaction outputs signal capitulation underway: analyst
“These periods have always been profitable for long-term investors,” said CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
The next crypto recovery trade might be equities instead of tokens
The total crypto market cap is down more than 36% year over year, the altcoin complex sits roughly 45% below its October 2025 peak, and Bitcoin is on course for its worst annual start in more than a decade, with capital rotating into AI stocks and major IPOs. Three years of waiting for a broad altse...
- DecryptScore: 20
The Future Cyberpunk Imagined Is Here: How Much Did It Get Right?
From AI to brain implants, cyberpunk got more right than many people realize. Its biggest prediction, however, wasn't the technology.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
OpenAI’s Luna name turned Terra’s dead token into a YOLO leverage trade
OpenAI introduced GPT-5.6 on June 26 as a limited-preview family of frontier models with three tiers: Sol as the flagship, Terra as the balanced mid-range option, and Luna as the fast, low-cost tier. OpenAI says Sol performs competitively with Anthropic's Mythos Preview on ExploitBench using roughly...