US Senate passes housing bill with CBDC ban until 2030
The Senate voted 85-5 to pass a major housing affordability bill that includes a ban on the Federal Reserve making...
Month: June 2026
Crypto lobby urges Congress pass staking and mining tax bill as is
A trio of crypto lobby groups says a bill allowing staking and mining rewards to be taxed when they’re sold...
Trump signs orders for quantum computer, cryptography upgrades
“We’re going to be investing in American quantum leadership like never before to stay ahead of the pack,” says US...
Google Earth’s Hidden Flight Simulator Is Now Playable in Web Browsers
Google has brought Google Earth’s long-hidden flight simulator to the web, making it playable at earth.google.com with no installation required....
Safaricom Teams With Chainalysis as AI Hunts Payments Linked to Illegal Wildlife Trade
Safaricom, along with major technology and cryptocurrency companies, including Chainalysis, has joined Prince William’s United for Wildlife taskforce to combat...
Alleged ‘Pig Butchering’ Prince Group Kingpin Hu Shi Arrested in Japan
Hu Shi, linked to the Prince Group activities in Japan, was arrested on June 14 after being suspected of falsifying...
IMF, JPMorgan, Central Banks Contribute to Global Tokenized Asset Compliance Effort
Leading central banks, financial institutions, and blockchain firms contributed to the Global Layer One (GL1) white paper on programmable compliance,...
Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin back Ethereum R&D nonprofit
Sharplink says the new nonprofit, Ethlabs, “exists to ensure the network is ready to absorb” the demand that institutions will...
Bitcoin funding rate hits 2-week high: Is $70K next?
Bitcoin’s funding rate and orderbook setup signal investor optimism, but ETF outflows and macro red flags could limit BTC’s short-term...
Bitcoin rotations into altcoins collapse: Have altseasons ‘disappeared’?
BTC's crypto market dominance is holding above a key support, signaling Bitcoin may keep absorbing capital from altcoins and delay...
Ethlabs Launches with Former Ethereum Foundation Researchers and Institutional Backing
TLDR: Ethlabs was founded by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers focused on core protocol work. The nonprofit will research scalability,...
Thailand Expands $307M Crypto Mining Probe as Chinese Financiers Face Arrests
Thailand has expanded a probe into a transnational Chinese criminal network that used illegal crypto-mining to launder over $300 million...
Allunity Launches SEKAU as First MiCA-Compliant Swedish Krona Stablecoin
Allunity has launched SEKAU, a Swedish krona-backed stablecoin issued as a regulated e-money token under MiCA. The token is backed...
Finland Convicts a Streamer of a Gambling Crime for Casino Promos
A Finnish court fined streamer “Pottukoira” about $2,700 for promoting offshore casinos to local viewers, and ruled that prosecutors did...
Leading South Korean Bank Toss Taps Solana to Test Cross-Border Remittances for 15 Million Customers
South Korea’s Toss Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation to test blockchain-based remittance and settlement...