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 $7.85 million.

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.

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-driven development as Ripple prepares for its largest Swell event.

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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.

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 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 Dutch gambling regulator (KSA) has moved to collect €420,000 (~$487,000) from the company behind Polymarket, the latest sign that Europe is treating prediction markets as unlicensed gambling even as the US embraces them as financial products.

Crypto ETF flows turned positive across the board on Tuesday, June 16, with bitcoin, ether, HYPE, XRP, and solana ETFs all recording inflows. The rare all-green session suggested investors are starting to rebuild exposure, even if demand remains measured.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday under Chair Kevin Warsh, pairing a historic leadership moment with a blunt reminder that inflation is still running the show.

Bitcoin spent much of the last 24 hours locked in a tight range ahead of the expected signing of the U.S.–Iran memorandum, oscillating mostly between $65,500–$65,750 despite a brief spike above $66,000.

In his liquid portfolio, Ricardo Salinas does not hold stocks. He does not hold bonds. The founder and president of Grupo Salinas told Coindesk’s Jennifer Sanasie and Ollie Acuna that his liquid investment portfolio is now 80% bitcoin after he bought aggressively during the recent price dip.

SpaceX could enter millions of investor portfolios quickly after its Nasdaq debut opened fast-entry paths into major indexes. Funds tracking those indexes could add exposure within weeks of the listing, widening passive investor access after the largest IPO on record.

Oman has launched a mandatory national bitcoin mining pool, requiring every licensed cryptocurrency miner in the Sultanate to route its hashrate through a single state-backed platform.

Bitgo Europe GmbH is opening a regulated infrastructure path for European crypto businesses that face losing their operating licenses as legacy virtual asset service provider registration regimes expire under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation.