Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 8 hours ago
The 26 institutions are Chinese bank branches located in Brazil, Qatar, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Macau, plus China’s branch of Standard Chartered, and will join PBOC’s Cross-border e-CNY Transfer Services (CBETS). The move seeks to increase adoption...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 8 hours ago
Nearly three years after Celsius unraveled, the CFTC has closed its civil enforcement case against founder Alexander Mashinsky with a federal consent order imposing permanent trading and registration bans. The decision marks another chapter in the fa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 hours ago
Alchemy has launched Agentcard with Visa Intelligent Commerce, giving AI agents a way to make purchases using trusted payment and identity tools. The product adds spend controls, dedicated credentials, and support for both card-based and emerging age...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 hours ago
PRESS RELEASE. Toronto, Canada, June 18, 2026 – Blockchain Futurist Conference has partnered with Anvil, the decentralized protocol enabling digital asset-backed credit, to introduce an easier way for companies to secure sponsorships in advance. Spon...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 hours ago
Range, a Zug, Switzerland-based financial infrastructure company, closed an oversubscribed $8.3 million Series A on June 18, 2026, bringing its total funding to $11 million and positioning itself as a control layer for companies running stablecoin an...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 hours ago
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh used his debut press conference on June 17 to strip away decades of central bank communication habits, and markets spent the following day sorting out what that means for rates, risk, and bitcoin. Rates Hold, Stat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 hours ago
Bitcoin tumbled 5% to $62,000, hitting an intraday low of $62,236 and marking a 7.5% drop since June 15. Bitcoin Erases Gains Following U.S.-Iran Peace Accord On Thursday, bitcoin tumbled to $62,000, wiping out gains made initially on rumors of peace...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 12 hours ago
The U.S. Federal Reserve and four partner agencies moved Thursday to impose bank-grade customer identification requirements on payment stablecoin issuers, while a top Fed governor warned the broader legislative framework may not go far enough to stop...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 13 hours ago
Two artificial intelligence (AI) agents incorporated as legal entities negotiated, signed, and executed a binding contract that a court can read and a blockchain can run. [/key_takeaways] Key Takeaways: Clawbank and Shodai executed the first AI-to-AI...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 14 hours ago
CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy announced plans to sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over its decision to allow prediction-market operator Kalshi to offer bitcoin perpetual futures. Perps Should Be Classified as Swaps, Says CME Boss CME Group...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 16 hours ago
The IMF reports that Nigeria captured 60% of all stablecoin traffic in sub-Saharan Africa as users seek alternatives to traditional banking. IMF: Stablecoins Transform From Niche Market to Major Payment Route Nigerians are increasingly turning to U.S...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 17 hours ago
Crypto ETF flows turned negative again on Wednesday, June 17, as bitcoin and ether funds reversed the prior session’s broad gains. Still, HYPE and solana ETFs attracted fresh capital, showing that modest demand remains alive beneath the market’s chop...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 21 hours ago
Tether has started trimming its Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) stake after reloading on the bitcoin mining and AI data center operator’s stock during a February selloff, generating about $12.7 million in proceeds. This article first appeared in The Energy Ma...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 22 hours ago
Law enforcement agencies from Ghana and the United Kingdom recently collaborated to seize $15.1 million in cryptocurrency from a transnational investment scam. An E-Commerce Front for Organized Crime Law enforcement agencies in Ghana and the United K...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 23 hours ago
Inveniam Capital Partners has agreed to fully acquire the blockchain project MANTRA and its affiliated entities, with the deal expected to close by June 30, 2026. Strategic Roots and the NVNM Chain Inveniam Capital Partners announced June 16 that it...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Yield Basis says deposits into its new Hybrid Vaults rose more than 120% in under two weeks, signaling demand for strategies that let investors earn yield while keeping crypto exposure. The protocol is targeting one of DeFi’s long-running problems: l...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Zimbabwean central bank has mandated that all virtual asset service providers (VASPs) formally register with the regulatory body. New Legal Definitions The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
HyperFund drew $1.8 billion from investors worldwide through a crypto platform prosecutors described as a global wire-fraud scheme. Promoter “ Bitcoin Rodney” pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge after authorities said he received at least $...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Proposed crypto tax changes could limit loss-harvesting strategies by extending wash sale and constructive sale rules to many digital assets, while providing limited exemptions for certain categories of crypto activity. House Proposal Would Bring Cry...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz highlighted XRP use cases spanning payments, tokenization, decentralized finance, interoperability, and artificial intelligence ahead of Ripple Swell 2026. His message focused on real-world adoption and community-dr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
PRESS RELEASE. VENICE, FLORIDA – June 17, 2026 – Byte Federal, Inc. is excited to announce the integration of our payment and exchange services with BurraPay, the first cryptocurrency payments processor to operate inside Nevada’s regulate...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Bitcoin remains above a key support zone despite a Federal Reserve-driven pullback, while 21Shares sees a potential path to $100,000 by the end of Q3. The firm’s outlook depends on a decisive breakout above $70,000. 21Shares Says Bitcoin’s Upside Cas...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
A coding flaw in the DIP token, an essential utility asset of the Etherisc ecosystem, let an attacker siphon roughly $111,098 in USD Coin (USDC), blockchain security firm Slowmist revealed. A Transfer That Ran Twice Slowmist flagged the incident in a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Trace Finance, a regulated cross-border payments company, closed a $32 million Series A to extend its stablecoin settlement infrastructure beyond Latin America and into global markets. Coinfund Leads the Round According to the release shared with Bit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
A wallet tied to former Bitforex chief Garrett Jin has sold its entire 184,102 HYPE stake, worth about $13.55 million, for a $2.83 million profit, then rotated into a long position on Uniswap’s UNI. The Trade Lookonchain flagged the moves, reporting...
