Miners Absorb 18% Hashprice Crash as Bitcoin Difficulty Jumps 7.15%
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s difficulty rose 7.15% at block 955,584 on June 26, marking the year’s second-largest increase.Hashprice dropped 18.34% in 30...
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Kevin Warsh’s Fed Holds Firm as Energy Prices Lift Inflation
Key TakeawaysKevin Warsh’s Fed held rates at 3.5%-3.75% in a unanimous 12-0 vote.CPI hit 4.2% in May as energy prices...
Gomining Mines First Live Stratum V2 Bitcoin Block, Shifting Control to Miners
Key TakeawaysGomining mined the first live Bitcoin block via DMND pool, letting miners pick transactions.Gomining bypassed centralized pool operators for...
CME’s Terrence Duffy Targets CFTC Perps Approval as Kalshi Volume Tops $3B
Key TakeawaysOn June 18, CME CEO Terrence Duffy plans to sue the CFTC over its landmark approval of crypto perpetual...
GoMining mines first Stratum V2 Bitcoin block using DMND pool
GoMining mines first Stratum V2 Bitcoin block with DMND pool. Stratum V2 enables miners to choose block transactions directly. New...
Mining Profits Dry Up Across Bitcoin, DOGE, LTC, and BCH
Dogecoin and Litecoin miners face mounting pressure as mining profitability remains low across major proof-of-work assets. Cryptocurrency mining profitability...
House Democrats Probe SEC On AI Agent Advisors
A group of Democratic US House lawmakers is questioning the US securities regulator over how it is overseeing investment advice...
Japan’s SBI Group Flips the Stablecoin Script With $63M-Backed JPYSC Launch
Key TakeawaysSBI Shinsei Trust Bank issued JPYSC on June 24, 2026, as Japan’s first Type III trust-backed yen stablecoin.JPYSC carries...
Hut 8 Investors Reach $2.35 Million Settlement Over US Bitcoin Merger Claims
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The...
OpenPayd Secures MiCA License for Crypto Services in Europe
Financial infrastructure provider OpenPayd said Wednesday that it has secured authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA),...
Visa and BCG Build on Allium as Startup Closes $40M Series B
Key TakeawaysAllium closed a $40M Series B led by Amplify Partners, bringing total funding to roughly $61.5 million.Visa and BCG...
Zcash Mining Exposure Comes to Wall Street as Fortitude Targets Nasdaq Listing
Key TakeawaysFortitude plans a Nasdaq listing through Heartsciences, with closing targeted for H2 2026.Digital Currency Group (DCG) is expected to...
Bitcoin holds above key support as momentum indicators hint at stabilization
Key takeaways Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP are starting the week on a more stable footing after last week’s...
US Senate Bans Federal Reserve CBDC in Housing Bill
The US Senate has passed housing legislation that includes a ban on the Federal Reserve creating or working on a...
Fed Joins 4 Agencies to Demand ID Programs From Payment Stablecoin Operators
Key TakeawaysThe Federal Reserve and 4 agencies proposed KYC requirements for payment stablecoin issuers on June 18, 2026.Gov. Michael Barr...
Paraguay Convicts Two Bitcoin Miners to Jail Sentences for Large-Scale Energy Theft
Key TakeawaysANDE won a case on June 19 against two bitcoin miners, hardening the posture against illegal theft.The court suspended...
Two Gold Bugs Stand Firm on Gold’s Rally, Lawrence Lepard Targets $1 Million Bitcoin
Key TakeawaysGold fell to $4,156 on June 19, its third straight weekly loss amid Fed rate hike bets.Goldman Sachs cut...
Bitcoin, Altcoins Held In Tight Grip By Bears: Will Dip Buyers Arrive?
Key points:Bitcoin remains under pressure, but select analysts believe the downside may be limited.Most major altcoins have continued to skid...
Charles Schwab Targets Kalshi and Polymarket Territory With New Cboe Deal
Key TakeawaysSchwab will offer binary S&P 500 options through a Cboe Global Markets partnership in the coming months.Schwab manages $11.8...
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Ditches Rate Signals, Bitcoin Slides as Nasdaq Bounces 1.5%
Key TakeawaysFed Chair Kevin Warsh and the rest of the board held rates at 3.50%-3.75% and eliminated forward guidance at...
Bitcoin and ETH scraped new lows following the news that Strategy sold 32 BTC. Will bulls buy the dip?
Key points:Bitcoin dropped to a crucial support level where buyers are expected to step in; if they fail, the next...
How STRC’s Drop Tests Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Credit Machine
Key TakeawaysSTRC hit $82.53 on June 18 before Strategy’s preferred stock closed at $88.59.Strategy’s $10.5B STRC stack showed bitcoin-linked credit...
