Bitcoin tumbled 5% to $62,000, hitting an intraday low of $62,236 and marking a 7.5% drop since June 15.

Two artificial intelligence (AI) agents incorporated as legal entities negotiated, signed, and executed a binding contract that a court can read and a blockchain can run.

CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy announced plans to sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over its decision to allow prediction-market operator Kalshi to offer bitcoin perpetual futures.

Crypto ETF flows turned negative again on Wednesday, June 17, as bitcoin and ether funds reversed the prior session’s broad gains. Still, HYPE and solana ETFs attracted fresh capital, showing that modest demand remains alive beneath the market’s choppy headline flows.

Tether has started trimming its Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) stake after reloading on the bitcoin mining and AI data center operator’s stock during a February selloff, generating about $12.7 million in proceeds.

Law enforcement agencies from Ghana and the United Kingdom recently collaborated to seize $15.1 million in cryptocurrency from a transnational investment scam.

Inveniam Capital Partners has agreed to fully acquire the blockchain project MANTRA and its affiliated entities, with the deal expected to close by June 30, 2026.

Yield Basis says deposits into its new Hybrid Vaults rose more than 120% in under two weeks, signaling demand for strategies that let investors earn yield while keeping crypto exposure. The protocol is targeting one of DeFi’s long-running problems: liquidity providers falling behind simple holders during sharp price moves.

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Zimbabwean central bank has mandate

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.