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Bitcoin network activity has a dramatic rebound - hits highest since 2024 even as price struggles
Bitcoin’s blockchain is showing its strongest activity since late 2024, creating a rare split between rising network use and a weakening market price. CryptoQuant said in a note shared with CryptoSlate that its Bitcoin Network Activity Index has moved above its long-term trend fo...
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STRC’s plunge puts Saylor’s Bitcoin dividend machine under pressure
STRC, Strategy's perpetual preferred stock, traded as low as $82.61 on June 18 before recovering to $88.59, putting the ...
Pump Fun revenue slows as Collector Crypt’s $5.1M card-pack week reshapes Solana’s consumer loop
DefiLlama shows Pump.fun generated $108.3 million in gross revenue during the first quarter and $69.2 million in the sec...
Why Bitcoin fell below $63K after the oil shock finally eased
Bitcoin traded at $63,030 on June 18, down about 2% on the day, after whipsawing from an intraday high of $64,731 to a l...
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CME lawsuit challenges whether Kalshi’s Bitcoin leverage push can become an everything-exchange
The CFTC approved KalshiEX's BTCPERP contract on May 29, one day after Kalshi submitted it under Regulation 40.3. The contract references spot Bitcoin, carries no expiry date, and ...
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Europe’s MiCA July deadline puts Binance access and USDT liquidity on the line
Europe’s crypto rulebook is squeezing much of the industry before it has even fully taken effect, with Binance and Tether as the most visible examples of a wider scramble to remain...
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Bitcoin ETF outflows expose split demand after Warsh’s Fed debut
US spot Bitcoin ETFs turned negative on June 17, yet fund-level flows revealed a split market, with some products still attracting fresh capital. Farside Investors recorded $82.2 m...
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Global $2.75B payments deal shows stablecoins moving into the rails they were meant to bypass
Nuvei agreed to buy Payoneer for $2.75 billion in cash in a deal centered on money movement through merchant acquiring, payouts, FX, cards, risk controls, and licenses. The compani...
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Illinois’ new crypto tax puts users under a burden stocks do not face
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a $55.9 billion state budget that includes a first-of-its-kind 0.2% tax on crypto assets. The Digital Asset Tax Act, nested deeply within the...
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DeFi’s next institutional wave may come from users who never see "behind the scenes" - CEO of Katana
For years, DeFi's growth strategy was to pull users on-chain, and the next institutional wave is testing where users may never know they're touching DeFi at all. Matt Fisher, CEO o...
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