A growing dispute in Washington over bank capital requirements could have major implications for institutional bitcoin adoption. Senators are challenging a 1,250% risk weight that they argue makes holding BTC prohibitively expensive for regulated banks.

Bitcoin’s sharp decline is fueling debate over whether investors are selling liquid crypto positions to chase the Spacex IPO and emerging AI opportunities. The theory points to liquidity pressure, ETF outflows, and Strategy’s small BTC sale as contributing factors.

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, the US targets Brazil’s Pix in a USTR report, Chile dismantles Tren de Aragua’s crypto laundering group, and a sugarcane-powered bitcoin mining project surges in Brazil.

BNB Chain’s first quarter showed a broader network mix, with real-world assets, stablecoins, and artificial intelligence (AI)-native applications gaining ground as trading cooled from Q4’s memecoin surge. The chain also delivered faster block times, lower fees, and stronger developer activity.

A New York attorney intervened to stop what could have been the largest courtroom judgment in bitcoin in history, filing an amicus brief that persuaded a judge to freeze proceedings targeting nearly 40,000 dormant wallets collectively holding an estimated 3.8 million BTC.

A wallet linked to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin transferred 80,001 ether, after more than three years of inactivity. The movement landed as ETH changed hands at a local low of $1,520 earlier this week.

The Royal Government of Bhutan has shifted another 738 bitcoin worth roughly $44.88 million on June 6, extending a months-long drawdown of the Himalayan kingdom’s state BTC reserves.

Onchain investigator ZachXBT accused BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes of turning his own audience into “exit liquidity,” saying Hayes most recently promoted Worldcoin token (WLD) and then sold it shortly afterward, capping a roughly 15-day stretch in which he exited four publicly hyped positions.

Bitcoin’s next chapter may be shaped by four competing visions for how the network should grow. Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor’s framework argues that decisions around adoption, innovation, and decentralization could influence BTC’s role in the global financial system.

Forward Industries moved $32 million in SOL to Coinbase Prime, reviving fears that the largest corporate Solana holder could add fresh sell pressure while sitting deep underwater. Zcash then faced a double blow as developers patched a critical counterfeit-minting bug and Arthur Hayes exited his position, deepening the selloff. Meanwhile, major U.S. banks explored tokenized deposits, and Binance argued crypto exchanges could channel trillions in new equity capital into global markets.

Bitcoin is testing a critical support area as investors assess whether the $60,000 level can hold. A strategist said a break lower could bring $55,000 into focus, while maintaining support could help preserve the case for a $100,000 year-end target.

After criticizing the Donald Trump Administration’s actions on social media, Biden stressed that it would use Hyperliquid as a tool to fight the Democrats’ anti- crypto army. He also stated that Andreas Antonopoulos’ book opened his eyes to crypto and that politicians underestimated crypto’s true value.

As bitcoin slipped to a 2026 low of $59,100, market data reveals that BTC priced against the South Korean won has been changing hands at a discount. In fact, the Kimchi premium has vanished, and bitcoin has been trading below global market prices in South Korea for nearly a month.

Goldman Sachs has launched a blockchain-native tokenized real estate fund on its GS DAP platform, partnering with Apex Group, Archax, LRC Group, and Ownera to bring regulated onchain share issuance to European real estate investors.

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $326 million in net outflows on June 5, while U.S. spot ether ETFs lost $5.97 million. The fresh redemptions resumed selling pressure barely a day after both products had snapped long outflow streaks.