Jun 12, 20264m 35s
Sam Bankman-Fried Loses His Appeal to Overturn the FTX Conviction
A US appeals court has rejected Sam Bankman-Fried's bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year sentence, leaving the FTX verdict intact as of June 12, 2026.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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Jun 12, 20264m 24s
Circle Sends a Record $4B in USDC to Coinbase on HyperEVM
Circle moved $4B in USDC to Coinbase on HyperEVM, the largest single USDC transfer on record per Arkham. Here is what the flow signals for stablecoin liquidity.
Jun 12, 20264m 53s
Poland's President Vetoes the Crypto Market Bill a Third Time, Weeks From the EU Deadline
Poland's president has vetoed the country's MiCA implementation bill for a third time, leaving Poland the EU's only member without a domestic crypto licensing path with the July 1 deadline near.
Jun 12, 20264m 24s
SEC Moves to Scrap a 20-Year-Old Rule That Blocks AMMs From Tokenized Stocks
The SEC has proposed scrapping its 20-year-old order protection rule, a change that would remove a structural barrier keeping AMMs out of tokenized US securities.
Jun 12, 20264m 58s
Japan's 20% Flat Crypto Tax Bill Clears the Lower House
Japan's Lower House passed a crypto tax bill that would cut gains to a 20% flat rate from 2028 and open the door to Tokyo Stock Exchange crypto ETFs by 2027.
Jun 12, 20264m 16s
Tether Freezes $72M in USDT Tied to a $120M Tron Transfer
Tether blacklisted a Tron wallet linked to a 120.2M USDT transfer and froze 72M USDT, the latest in a run of large on-chain freezes that keep reviving the centralization debate.
Jun 12, 20264m 39s
Binance Wallet's SpaceX Pre-IPO Subscription Draws About $557M
Binance Wallet's SpaceX pre-IPO subscription drew roughly $557M from 27,689 addresses, per Dune data shared by WuBlockchain on June 12, 2026.
Jun 12, 20263m 30s
Coinbase Opens Accounts for AI Agents With x402 Payment Rails
Coinbase for Agents gives AI agents their own accounts to trade, manage portfolios, and pay for tools via x402, with autonomous spending kept inside set guardrails.
Jun 12, 20264m 11s
Saylor Says Strategy May Sell Bitcoin 'When Necessary'
Michael Saylor says he never claimed Strategy could not sell Bitcoin and may do so when necessary, days after JPMorgan flagged the firm's thin cash runway.
Jun 12, 20264m 59s
Ripple and Bitso Bring the MXNB Peso Stablecoin to the XRP Ledger
Ripple and Bitso are expanding their partnership to put Bitso's MXN-backed stablecoin MXNB on the XRP Ledger for enterprise settlement across Latin America.