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Bitcoin faces one of its biggest mining difficulty drops as miner margins collapse

The Bitcoin network is poised to execute one of the largest downward adjustments to its mining difficulty in its 17-year history this weekend, a stark reflection of the severe margin compression forcing operators to take hardware offline. The automated recalibration,……
Infrastructure

Morpho's $175M raise shows where crypto VC money is flowing

Morpho’s recent $175 million raise reflects growing investor bets on onchain credit infrastructure as stablecoin adoption expands. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
Infrastructure

Legacy sportsbooks are chasing prediction markets that already trade billions each month

DraftKings told investors on June 9 that its prediction markets business is scaling fast, and the market liked what it saw. The company’s Form 8-K…
Institutional

Are 24/7 CME Bitcoin futures a volatility cure — or a new leverage trap?

Wall Street got to trade Bitcoin around the clock just in time to watch the market fall apart. CME Group launched 24/7 trading for its…
Data

Ripple wants AI agents to pay in XRP and RLUSD. The market is still mostly USDC

The XRPL AI Starter Kit gives developers tools for agent payments, but early x402 activity has clustered on Base and Solana. Ripple’s bet is that…
Markets

ETH futures flash bearish signal, but stakers’ resilience points to underlying strength

Demand for ETH leverage remains low, but corporate accumulation and stakers’ dedication may prevent an Ether price crash to $1,500. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
Markets

CFTC Staff Give DCMs a Path to Convert Perpetual-Style Digital Commodity Futures Into True Perpetuals

CFTC staff issued release 9252-26 on Friday, giving designated contract markets a no-action path to convert existing perpetual-style digital commodity futures into true perpetuals, advancing…
Regulation

'Peirce Out': A Decade of Dissent

She arrived at the SEC in 2018 as a Republican commissioner with light crypto baggage and left this week as the regulator whose quotes had…
Markets

CFTC Sues New Mexico to Block State Gaming Laws From Reaching Federally Regulated Prediction Markets

The federal derivatives regulator filed suit Thursday in federal court seeking to bar New Mexico from enforcing state gaming laws against CFTC-registered prediction-market exchanges, making…