Stablecoin Rule Focus Turns to Secondary Markets The Federal Reserve said on Friday that stablecoin policy is increasingly centered on secondary markets, a shift that matters because those venues are where most stablecoins change hands and where settlement activity is most visible to…
Bitcoin ETF Outflows Hit $2.1B as Miner Capitulation Signals Diverge Toward Liquidity U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have shed $2.1 billion in outflows through the first half of June 2026, a pace that closely mirrors May’s $2.4 billion retreat, as a broad market selloff…
Onchain gambling hits $14B as DeFi sentiment cools Onchain gambling generated $14 billion in volume in the first quarter of 2026, according to TRM Labs, extending a run of elevated activity even as broader crypto sentiment weakened.[1][4] The print matters because it shows…
Digital Asset Raises $355M Led by a16z Crypto for Canton Network Digital Asset, the developer behind the privacy-focused Canton Network, has secured $355 million in a new funding round led by a16z crypto, signaling deep institutional confidence in the network’s role as on-chain…
Monero surge tied to $120M laundering probe Monero (XMR) jumped as much as 33% after onchain investigator ZachXBT traced roughly $120 million in USDT through a fast-moving series of swaps that included purchases of the privacy coin, a flow that immediately put thin…
Ethereum developers propose pERC-20 for private transfers Ethereum developers have proposed pERC-20, a draft token standard designed to make token transfers private by default, according to multiple project discussions and writeups circulated on Thursday. The proposal, tracked as ERC-7605 in one report and…
Inflation Tops 4% as Bitcoin-Gold Correlation Breaks US inflation running above 4% has not pulled Bitcoin back into lockstep with gold, even as higher rates and real-yield pressure continue to shape macro trading. The split matters because it shows Bitcoin is still trading…
Japan ETF Path Highlights Asia’s Liquidity Shift Japan’s ETF market is expanding as access to U.S.-listed funds widens, even as Japan’s own exchange-traded fund ecosystem shows signs of recovery after a weak stretch. That matters because the trend points to deeper retail participation…
Metaplanet’s $13M Bitcoin yield move signals broader shift Metaplanet’s latest $13 million move landed in early March and matters because it shows the Tokyo-listed company is pushing beyond simple Bitcoin accumulation into yield-linked products and a broader financial business in Japan.[1][5] The company…
