June 18, 2026

Coinbase CEO ‘as Bullish as Ever’ on Bitcoin, Expects Much Higher Prices by 2030 1

Coinbase CEO ‘as Bullish as Ever’ on Bitcoin, Expects Much Higher Prices by 2030

Brian Armstrong Reaffirms Bullish Bitcoin Outlook and Long-Term Position Coinbase Global Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong reaffirmed his bitcoin

HIVE Lands $220 Million AI Cloud Deal With Bell Canada and Cohere 1

HIVE Lands $220 Million AI Cloud Deal With Bell Canada and Cohere

HIVE Secures $70 Million ARR Boost Through New AI Infrastructure Deal HIVE Digital Technologies is moving deeper into artificial intelligence

Tether Phases out aUSDT Stablecoin, Refocuses on XAUT Gold Token 1

Tether Phases out aUSDT Stablecoin, Refocuses on XAUT Gold Token

Tether Shuts Down Alloy Platform and Gives Users 3 Months to Recover Gold Collateral Tether will begin winding down Alloy

China Onboards 26 Global Institutions to Its New Digital Yuan Cross-Border Payment Network 1

China Onboards 26 Global Institutions to Its New Digital Yuan Cross-Border Payment Network

China Intensifies Global Digital Yuan Push With New Institutional Partners China is doubling down on its digital yuan internationalization push,

Range Raises $8.3M as Institutions Push for Pre-Execution Stablecoin Risk Controls 1

Range Raises $8.3M as Institutions Push for Pre-Execution Stablecoin Risk Controls

A Mixed Investor Base Signals Convergence The round drew traditional fintech capital alongside crypto-native funds. TX Ventures of Switzerland and

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Ditches Rate Signals, Bitcoin Slides as Nasdaq Bounces 1.5% 1

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Ditches Rate Signals, Bitcoin Slides as Nasdaq Bounces 1.5%

Rates Hold, Statement Shrinks The Fed held the federal funds rate at 3.50% to 3.75% on a unanimous 12-0 vote

Bitcoin Slides to $62k as Traders Dump Risk, Wiping out Iran Peace Rally Gains 1

Bitcoin Slides to $62k as Traders Dump Risk, Wiping out Iran Peace Rally Gains

Bitcoin Erases Gains Following U.S.-Iran Peace Accord On Thursday, bitcoin tumbled to $62,000, wiping out gains made initially on rumors

Fed Joins 4 Agencies to Demand ID Programs From Payment Stablecoin Operators 1

Fed Joins 4 Agencies to Demand ID Programs From Payment Stablecoin Operators

What the Fed Is Proposing The Fed’s Board of Governors published a proposal June 18, 2026, that would require certain

2 Incorporated AI Agents Sign First Legal Deal That Executes Itself on Ethereum 1

2 Incorporated AI Agents Sign First Legal Deal That Executes Itself on Ethereum

Key Takeaways: Clawbank and Shodai executed the first AI-to-AI Ricardian contract, binding legal prose to Ethereum code. Shodai’s smart contract

CME’s Terrence Duffy Targets CFTC Perpetual Approval as Kalshi Volume Tops $3B 1

CME’s Terrence Duffy Targets CFTC Perpetual Approval as Kalshi Volume Tops $3B

Perps Should Be Classified as Swaps, Says CME Boss CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy said June 17 he plans to

IMF Warns Nigeria’s Stablecoin Boom Could Weaken Local Currency Demand 1

IMF Warns Nigeria’s Stablecoin Boom Could Weaken Local Currency Demand

IMF: Stablecoins Transform From Niche Market to Major Payment Route Nigerians are increasingly turning to U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins to move

Bitcoin ETFs Lose $82M as Ark and Blackrock Reverse Prior Session Gains 1

Bitcoin ETFs Lose $82M as Ark and Blackrock Reverse Prior Session Gains

HYPE ETFs Add $2.1M as Bitcoin and Ether Funds Return to Outflows The crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) market cannot seem