Jun 15, 20264m 50s
Hoskinson Says Cardano's Disputed 1,096 BTC Paid for a 2016 Audit
Charles Hoskinson says Cardano's disputed 1,096 BTC funded a 2016 crowdsale audit. The coins cost about $454,000 then and are worth roughly $72M now.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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Jun 15, 20264m 34s
Bitcoin Climbs to $65.7K as a US-Iran Deal Reopens the Strait of Hormuz
Bitcoin rose to $65,740 and oil fell nearly 5% after the US and Iran reached an interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with signing set for Switzerland Friday.
Jun 14, 20265m 10s
Illinois Approves a 0.2% Tax on Every Crypto Trade, With Felony Penalties
Illinois passed the first U.S. state tax on digital asset trading: 0.2% per covered transaction, registration rules, and Class 3 felony charges for unregistered brokers.
Jun 14, 20264m 22s
US Spot HYPE ETFs Pull $161M in Their First Month
Three US-listed spot HYPE ETFs gathered $161M in net inflows a month after launch, with only one outflow day, even as broad crypto sentiment stayed in fear.
Jun 14, 20264m 35s
North Korea Tied to $32M Humanity Protocol Hack via Fake Bithumb Email
A Quantstamp investigation links the $32M Humanity Protocol hack to North Korean actors who used a fake Bithumb email to get in, per a June 14 report.
Jun 14, 20264m 18s
EU Crypto Users Face Exchange Cutoff as MiCA Deadline Nears
MiCA's transitional permission ends July 1, 2026. With only 194 firms licensed, ~75% of registered EU crypto companies may lose the right to operate.
Jun 14, 20265m 39s
Philippine Central Bank Bars VASPs From Listing Privacy Coins
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas told licensed crypto firms to stop listing privacy-enhancing coins like Monero, citing travel-rule and AML compliance gaps.
Jun 14, 20264m 10s
SEC Approves T. Rowe Price's Multi-Asset Crypto ETF
The SEC has cleared a T. Rowe Price multi-asset crypto ETF that could hold BTC, ETH, and SOL in one wrapper, per Cointelegraph. Here is what it signals.
Jun 14, 20264m 40s
Hyperliquid's HIP-3 Pushes Stocks and S&P 500 Perps Onchain
Hyperliquid's HIP-3 framework let builders list equity and S&P 500 index perpetuals fully onchain, which Cointelegraph says helped drive $200B in volume.
Jun 14, 20264m 54s
The CLARITY Act Can No Longer Pass by July 4th, Reporter Says
Eleanor Terrett says the CLARITY Act crypto market-structure bill cannot logistically clear Congress by July 4th. What the slipped timeline means for US crypto.