Crypto markets faced tighter liquidity conditions after the Federal Reserve held rates steady and signaled stronger inflation concerns. Wintermute said tighter policy could reduce the flow of liquidity entering crypto through ETFs, stablecoins, and DATs, while Fed projections showed the median 2026 rate outlook moving higher.

XRP withdrawal transactions on Binance overtook deposits for several days, while similar shifts were observed across other crypto exchanges, including Coinbase and Bybit. The shift occurred as XRP traded near recent lows, pointing to a change in exchange behavior amid price pressure.

An analysis revealed several altcoins recorded stronger outflows than inflows, a pattern often associated with accumulation. At the same time, a group of larger cryptocurrencies saw higher inflows, reflecting contrasting positioning strategies across the digital asset market.

Ripple has obtained preliminary approval under the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework for a Crypto Asset Service Provider license, positioning it to expand regulated services across all 30 countries in the European Economic Area.

Enso, an onchain finance platform, has launched its real-world assets (RWA) app and announced major integrations to solve the fragmentation of tokenized real-world assets.

Ethereum’s first-quarter data showed a clear split: user activity reached record highs while fees and market value fell. The report points to a network scaling aggressively as tokenized assets, stablecoins, and institutional finance continue to build on its base layer.

Chainlink, a coalition of Korean commercial banks, and a 37-member European bank consortium announced Project Pangea on June 23, a working group focused on replacing the global foreign exchange market’s existing T+2 settlement cycle with real-time, stablecoin-based T+0 settlement.

Bitcoin dropped roughly 3.6% in 24 hours, hitting an intraday low of $61,860 before finding support just above $62,000.This slide dragged its market capitalization down to $1.25 trillion and wiped nearly 3% off the total crypto market cap.

Fortitude Mining Holdings and Heartsciences have agreed to an all-stock business combination that would bring a DCG-owned zcash (ZEC) mining platform to the Nasdaq Capital Market under the proposed ticker TUDE.

Mark Zuckerberg has directed a small team at Meta to build a standalone prediction markets app internally codenamed “Arena,” the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing two employees with knowledge of the plans.

XRP clung to $1.10 after a sharp drop, with bearish signals and broader market pressure weighing on sentiment as long liquidations amplified losses despite positive Ripple regulatory news.

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Bank of America now expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates three times in 2026, reversing its earlier call for the central bank to stay on hold. The shift follows a warning that the Fed’s inflation problem has become “unambiguously worse.”

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest bought roughly $32.5 million of SpaceX stock on the dip, deepening a position it has aggressively built since the company’s record initial public offering (IPO).

U.S. markets turned lower Tuesday as a semiconductor-led selloff, hawkish Federal Reserve signals, and softer digital assets overwhelmed earlier relief from Middle East diplomacy.