👀 INTERESTING: More companies are embracing #stablecoins for cross-border payments.
Paybis found that nearly one in four surveyed businesses either already use stablecoins for international transactions or expect to do so within the next year.
👀 INTERESTING: The Russian ruble-backed #A7A5 stablecoin has processed more than $110 billion in onchain transactions, according to CertiK.
The security firm says the token now accounts for roughly 43% of the global non-US dollar #stablecoin market despite ongoing sanctions.
🚨LATEST: Grayscale has launched its #Hyperliquid Staking ETF (HYPG) on Nasdaq.
The fund carries a 0.29% sponsor fee, undercutting rival offerings from Bitwise and 21Shares.
🔥 BIG: The US Strategic #Bitcoin Reserve is moving closer to reality.
More than a year after President #Trump signed the executive order creating the reserve, policymakers are now debating legislation that could authorize Treasury Bitcoin purchases as soon as Q4 2026.
🚨NEW: #Binance is shutting down its centralized #NFT service.
Users have until July 3, 2026, to withdraw eligible NFTs to Binance Wallet or another compatible wallet.
⚠️ LATEST: #Trezor disclosed a vulnerability affecting one of the security components used in its Safe 7 hardware wallet.
The issue was discovered during an independent audit by #Ledger Donjon, but Trezor says user funds, PINs, and wallet access remain protected.
📣 NEW: #Mastercard is expanding its #stablecoin strategy.
The payments giant announced support for intraday, weekend, and holiday settlements using both fiat currencies and regulated stablecoins, including USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, RLUSD, and SoFiUSD.
🔴 NEW: #Bitcoin ETF outflows continue to mount.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $519.1 million in net withdrawals on Tuesday, their 12th straight day of negative flows.
👀 INTERESTING: Standard Chartered believes #Ethereum may be entering a period of outperformance against #Bitcoin.
Geoffrey Kendrick said #Strategy’s recent Bitcoin sale, although very small, could be the beginning of a shift in market leadership.
📣 NEW: #GalaxyDigital has launched an institutional prediction markets trading desk.
The new OTC offering gives hedge funds, family offices, and other large investors access to event-driven contracts in sizes not typically available through retail platforms.
🚨 NEW: HIVE Digital Technologies reduced its #Bitcoin holdings by 331 $BTC during the latest quarter, despite reporting strong growth in mining and high-performance computing revenue.
The company ended the period with 150 BTC.
🔴 BIG: Inflows into digital asset treasury companies collapsed in May.
According to DefiLlama, DAT firms attracted just $180 million last month, the lowest monthly total since October 2024 and a 95% drop from April.
👀 INTERESTING: #edgeX’s EDGE token crashed more than 40% in a single day...
While edgeX blamed “deliberate” market manipulation by an external party, ZachXBT argued the token’s structure made such a collapse predictable.
📣 NEW: Kalshi is reportedly looking to expand its crypto derivatives offerings beyond Bitcoin.
According to reports, the prediction market platform has filed to certify perpetual futures tied to #XRP, #Solana, #Dogecoin, and other major crypto assets.
🗣️ NEW: #Polymarket users are disputing an $80M prediction market after #Strategy revealed it sold #Bitcoin during the period covered by the bet.
The controversy centers on whether markets should be resolved based on when an event occurred or when it became publicly known.
👀 INTERESTING: Mt. Gox has moved approximately $739 million worth of #Bitcoin.
According to Arkham Intelligence, the defunct exchange transferred more than 10,300 $BTC from its cold wallets to a new, unidentified address.