Lead Story

Bitcoin’s weekend test is whether the $58,000 drop was exhaustion or acceptance

Bitcoin enters the weekend near $60,000 after sticky inflation, heavy ETF outflows, and a failed defense of the $59,000-$62,000 zone. The May PCE print gave the market a reason to sell, but the real damage came from positioning. Core PCE……
DeFi

Aave Advances Automated AAVE Buyback Overhaul With Aavenomics 3.0

Aave founder Stani Kulechov previewed Aavenomics 3.0 on X Thursday, an automated on-chain buyback mechanism that would route all protocol and GHO revenue to AAVE…
Markets

Ripple CEO stays bullish on bitcoin but says Saylor's strategy has hurt crypto

Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse called Strategy’s preferred-stock funding model “financial engineering” that distracted the market, pointing to STRC’s slide to a record low as the evidence.…
AI

Dogecoin and Hyperliquid's HYPE led weekly crypto losses as AI stocks lure buyers

A rotation out of chipmakers lifted much of the stock market, with the equal-weight S&P 500 at a record. Crypto was not part of it.…
Institutional

Outdated bank rules may keep crypto outside the banks now allowed to hold it

Banks across the US, the UK, and Europe finally have a legal path to issue stablecoins, custody Bitcoin, and settle tokenized funds, yet the capital rulebook that…
DeFi

SOL reclaims $72, but onchain data flags weakening momentum

Solana found strength from tokenized stock trading on its network, but a declining TVL and DEX volumes point to fading momentum. Read Full Story at…
Infrastructure

MoneyGram CEO on rolling out MGUSD to its 60 million users, globally

MoneyGram has been quietly building on blockchain for over five years. Now, with its own stablecoin (MGUSD), a Kraken partnership, a validator seat on the…
Regulation

US senators urge CFTC probe Polymarket over ‘deceptive marketing’

Senators John Curtis and Adam Schiff are concerned about the CFTC’s enforcement ability after a “troubling” report on Polymarket’s advertising. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
Infrastructure

Kraken's xStocks Opens Bending Spoons IPO Registration to EEA Retail

Kraken’s xStocks platform is opening non-binding interest registration for the Bending Spoons IPO to eligible customers in the EEA and select global markets, the tokenized…