The U.S. Treasury, in collaboration with Chainalisys, took action against Huione, one of the largest enablers of crypto-money laundering operations for the Prince Group, a transnational criminal organization that targeted Americans with romantic fraud scams, also known as pig butchering operations.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest scooped up shares of Coinbase, Circle, Bullish, and Robinhood on June 25 as all four crypto-linked stocks fell, according to the firm’s daily trade disclosures. The purchases clearly reflected Wood’s ongoing strategy of buying into weakness.

Bitcoin snapped a two-day, $4,500 slide on Friday, experiencing choppy trading between $58,500 and $60,500 before settling around $60,000.

Binance will halt crypto asset services in European Union markets from July 1 after notifying customers that it could not meet the bloc’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) licensing requirements before the regulatory deadline.

Mike Belshe, CEO of the company, stressed that these changes resulted from a pivot to security, trading, stablecoins, and AI-powered infrastructure. The move would affect nearly 90 employees, reducing Bitgo’s total headcount to nearly 520.

Crypto ETF flows deteriorated sharply on Thursday, June 25, as bitcoin ETFs posted a sixth straight day of outflows, with redemptions reaching $696 million. Ether funds also saw heavy exits, while HYPE and solana ETFs joined the selloff.

Republican lawmakers are feeling a renewed sense of urgency to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act before the U.S. Senate breaks for its August recess. The market-structure bill still needs at least seven Democratic votes to clear a 60-vote threshold.

XRP has collapsed more than 20% in June and 43% year-to-date, putting it on track for its second straight monthly loss.

Elon Musk’s social platform X has begun rolling out its X Money payments service to select Premium+ subscribers, offering up to $10 million in federal deposit insurance through a new cash sweep program.

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Sushiswap has integrated a stop-loss and take-profit protocol powered by Orbs Layer-3 technology, allowing traders to automate their risk management and profit-taking directly onchain while maintaining full custody of their assets.

Cryptorank data shows active crypto investors fell to 651 in Q2 2026, the lowest quarterly level since 2020. At the same time, M&A funding jumped to $7.23 billion, suggesting capital is shifting from broad venture participation to consolidation and larger strategic deals.

The European Union is weighing a uniform 1% tax on online gambling across all 27 member states – a proposal that has gained momentum in the bloc’s long-term budget talks, and the latest sign that Europe’s gambling crackdown is moving from national capitals to Brussels.

Speaking at VivaTech, Jeff Bezos argued that shifting heavy, polluting manufacturing off Earth and into space could free the planet to become a “garden planet.” The Blue Origin founder has tied the long-term idea to Gerard O’Neill’s 1970s space-colony concepts while also pointing to the $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund as his near-term climate bet, even as critics call the plan sci-fi.

Digital mining firm Gomining said it mined the first live Bitcoin block using the Stratum V2 protocol via the DMND mining pool.