Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin crashes below $65,000 amid $1.86B liquidations and Saylor sell‑off
Bitcoin slipped under the $65,000 psychological barrier on June 3, sparking a 12% weekly decline. The drop triggered roughly $1.86 billion in leveraged futures liquidations and a $2.97 billion outflow from spot Bitcoin ETFs over ten sessions. Michael Saylor added pressure by selling 32 BTC, valued at about $2.5 million.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
Chainlink Expands Data Streams to Cover Multitrillion-Dollar U.S. Stock Market
Chainlink has upgraded its Data Streams product to deliver 24/5 coverage of U.S. stocks and ETFs, using a pull‑based model that provides sub‑second updates only when trades occur. The new feed includes market‑status flags and bid‑ask spreads, reducing gas costs while supporting high‑frequency on‑chain trading. By covering pre‑market, regular, and post‑market sessions, the upgrade closes a liquidity gap that previously forced decentralized platforms to pause or assume higher risk. Major derivatives exchanges such as BitMEX and Lighter are already leveraging the streams for perpetual futures contracts.
Post‑Quantum Crypto: Blockchains’ Biggest Upgrade Yet
Implementing post-quantum cryptography will be the largest undertaking blockchains have ever embarked on, Alex Pruden says Here's why 👇 #quantumcomputing #cryptography #blockchain
ME Token Slumps After Magic Eden Announces Buybacks, Staking Rewards
Magic Eden announced it will allocate 15% of its platform revenue to the ME token ecosystem, dividing the funds equally between token buybacks and monthly USDC payouts to stakers. The marketplace reported $24 million revenue in 2025, meaning roughly $3.6 million could...
Tom Lee's Bitmine Immersion Wins Investor Backing to Expand Share Limit
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) secured 81% shareholder approval to raise its authorized share count, giving the firm greater leeway to issue equity in the future. The company now controls 4.203 million ETH—about 3.5% of the cryptocurrency’s circulating supply—alongside 193 BTC, a $22 million...
TenX Adds Tezos to Its Crypto Treasury, Targets Staking Revenue After Buying 5.5M XTZ
TenX Protocols announced the purchase of roughly 5.5 million Tezos (XTZ) tokens at an average price of $0.5868, funded by cash from its August 2025 financing round. The tokens will be staked through TenX‑operated validators, targeting an 8‑10% annual yield before costs....
How Crypto Criminals Stole $700 Million From People – Often Using Age-Old Tricks
Crypto criminals are increasingly buying stolen consumer databases to pinpoint high‑net‑worth individuals and siphon cryptocurrency. A breach at luxury conglomerate Kering exposed millions of shopper records, which a hacker purchased for $300,000 and cross‑referenced with other leaks. Using the combined...
From Consumers to Owners: What the Best Crypto Token of 2026 Looks Like
Healthy Cola’s $HEALTH token launched on LBank and Raydium, jumping 220% from its $0.15 listing price. The Solana‑based utility token is anchored to a real‑world beverage business that generated roughly $8 million in 2025 across 16 countries. Tokenomics feature a fixed...
Gromen Predicts Bitcoin Hold, Highlights Gold, Silver, Bonds
Recorded less than 24 hours ago with Luke Gromen. This show is extremely relevant to what's happening with #gold , #silver , #Bitcoin and bonds, including JGB in Japan. Luke shares why he's likely not buying back bitcoin any time...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Internet Computer Drops 8.3% as All Assets Decline
The CoinDesk 20 index slipped 3.5% to 2,785.62 on Thursday, marking a broad‑based decline across its constituents. Internet Computer (ICP) led the losses, tumbling 8.3%, while Solana (SOL) added to the downside with a 4.5% drop. No asset in the index...
Mask Network Takes Helm of Lens SocialFi Infrastructure
Over the years, we have built some of the most important onchain financial primitives. We later expanded that ambition to social primitives that users truly own. We built the Lens Protocol and its underlying onchain rails, including state-of-the-art decentralized data storage...
Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Looms, Timeline Still Unclear
When would quantum computers be able to break Bitcoin? 🤔 Alex Pruden says “it's hard to project” but warns that things are moving fast 👇 #quantumcomputing #cryptography #blockchain
RedStone Acquires Security Token Market (STM.co) and TokenizeThis Conference
RedStone announced the acquisition of Security Token Market (STM.co) and its flagship TokenizeThis conference, aiming to accelerate growth in the United States. STM.co operates a data, media, and research platform focused on tokenized real‑world assets, complementing RedStone’s enterprise‑grade oracle and...
Tokenization Can Democratize Global Markets for All
There’s a fundamental problem with global wealth creation: - Capital markets overwhelming benefit the rich - Working income growth is massively outpaced by capital income - Most people are unable to or priced out from participating in the best financial markets Everyone should have...
Privacy, Security, and Scale: Non‑Negotiable Blockchain Essentials
3 things that will become non-negotiable for any chain that plans to operate in the long-term: Privacy, security, scale. - Privacy (by now it's obvious, and still) - because if we're to migrate our digital life -- financial and non-financial --...
Most Crypto Holders Want to Pay with Bitcoin but Rarely Do, Survey Show
A GoMining survey of 5,700 crypto holders reveals that over half rarely spend Bitcoin, despite 80% supporting broader adoption. Limited merchant acceptance (49.6%) and high transaction fees (44.7%) are the top barriers, followed closely by price volatility. Users who do...
Noble Shifts Toward Tempo‑style IBC for Stablecoin Synergy
Everyone has been asking “What does Noble leaving Cosmos mean?” It just means that Noble is becoming more like Tempo with an IBC flavor than the Cosmos SDK chain. This is a path towards improved CCTP support , better commonality with other...
Japan Bond Market Panic Spills Into Crypto; 'Yields Will Keep Rising Until Something Breaks'
Japan’s 30‑year government bond yield surged 31 basis points to 3.91%, the highest in 27 years, ending a decades‑long era of falling yields. The spike triggered a broad risk‑off, pulling the Nikkei down 2.5%, US equity futures lower, and Bitcoin...
Coinbase Says Capital Access Beats Income in Wealth Creation
Coinbase Institute’s new report reframes wealth creation as a divide between the "brokered"—those with direct capital‑market access—and the "unbrokered," an estimated four billion people worldwide. Over the past four decades U.S. capital income surged 136 % while labor income rose only 57 %,...
MSX Announced as Platinum Sponsor for Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026
MSX has been named a Platinum Sponsor for the Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026, scheduled for 20‑23 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The four‑day event, now in its third year, draws over 100,000 visitors, 350 exhibitors...
As Investors Look Beyond Established Cryptos, VALYGO ($VYO) Is Emerging as One to Watch
Investors are turning attention to emerging crypto platforms as large‑cap assets like XRP and Dogecoin show slower growth. VALYGO ($VYO) positions itself as a real‑world financial ecosystem, offering crypto‑fiat integration, card payments, and cross‑border transfers. Currently in early‑access, the project...
Former FTX EU Trading Specialists Unveil Perpetuals.com, an AI-Powered Derivatives Platform
Former FTX EU co‑founders Patrick Gruhn and Robin Matzke have launched Perpetuals.com, an AI‑powered derivatives exchange that will begin trading on Nasdaq this week. The platform leverages a proprietary AI model trained on more than 10 million retail cryptocurrency trading histories...
Why Digital Asset Treasuries that only Hodl May Fall Short
Mike Maloney argues that digital asset treasuries (DATs) that merely hold Bitcoin—now exceeding $80 billion in market value—are exposing companies to market volatility and regulatory risk. He proposes a DAT 2.0 model that actively invests in Bitcoin‑related infrastructure such as mining, custody,...
WLFI Faces Backlash After ‘Team Wallets’ Push Through USD1 Growth Proposal
World Liberty Financial (WLFI) approved a USD 1 growth proposal despite community objections over voting access for locked token holders. On‑chain data shows nine top wallets, many linked to the team, controlled roughly 59% of voting power, with the largest single...
Quantum Fear Should Spur Bitcoin Fixes, Not Complacency
Bitcoin and the Quantum Threat: Think about the Year 2000 bug. Remember Y2K? It was a great example of the positive effects of over-worrying. I'm old enough to remember how everyone was talking about how the world is going to end...
South Korea Weighs Ending One Bank Rule for Crypto Exchanges: Report
South Korean regulators are re‑examining the long‑standing “one exchange‑one bank” rule that forces cryptocurrency platforms to partner exclusively with a single domestic bank. A joint study by the Financial Services Commission and the Fair Trade Commission suggests the model fuels...
Big Round Numbers Serve as Natural Support and Resistance
Trading Alpha Key Psychological levels This one is simple but criminally underused. Big round numbers are natural points where people set limit orders, take profits, and place stops. This creates supply and demand at these levels, making them act as natural S/R. If you're ever...
Buy 500 Days Pre‑Halving, Sell 500 Days Post‑Halving
#BTC You’d outperform 99% of Bitcoin investors by Buying ~500 days before the Halving and Selling ~500 days after the Halving It’s easy to say in hindsight It was also easy to say with foresight $BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin
Bitcoin Is at Risk of Slide to $58,000 as 'Restrictive' Fed Policy and Trade Tensions Weigh on Crypto
Veteran futures trader Peter Brandt predicts Bitcoin could fall to $58,000‑$62,000 within two weeks, citing a bearish downtrend. Analysts Jason Fernandes and Mati Greenspan agree that macro‑economic pressures—particularly restrictive Federal Reserve policy and escalating U.S.–EU tariff disputes—are more decisive than...
Letting Bitcoin Price Expectations Cause Emotional Suffering
A major source of unnecessary emotional pain stems from holding certain expectations towards the price of #BTC and insisting those expectations must get met $BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin
Don't Turn My Jokes Into Meme Coin Projects
Who needs a punch bag? 🤣 (If you create or buy meme coins based on my tweets, know that I probably won't mention the same terms for a very long time, if ever. I do not advise it. 🙏)
Makina Loses $4.1 Million in Exploit Tied to Price-Feed Manipulation
Makina, a DeFi execution platform, suffered a $4.13 million exploit after an attacker used a flash loan to manipulate the price‑feed of its DUSD/USDC Curve pool. By inflating the MachineShareOracle’s reported prices, the hacker swapped roughly 110 million USDC against a pool holding...
NYSE Builds Own Blockchain, Seizes Tokenized Securities Lead
NYSE tokenised securities platform New York Stock Exchange building native blockchain infrastructure for tokenized securities. Not partnering with crypto platforms - owning the stack. Traditional finance claiming on-chain territory before crypto-native players dominate. Infrastructure land grab accelerating https://t.co/UnfYczgDRl
Bitcoin's Blockchain: Immutable History for the Winners
Winners write history. So: if you do not write the history, you will not win. Fortunately, the Bitcoin blockchain is the most unfalsifiable form of history ever invented. A cryptohistory.
BlackRock’s PFF ETF Has $380 Million Worth of Exposure to MSTR's Preferred Equities
BlackRock’s iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (PFF) now holds roughly $380 million of MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) preferred equity products, making the crypto‑linked securities a material portion of the fund. The largest of these holdings is Stretch (STRC) with a $210 million allocation,...
Klarna’s Stablecoin Bet: The First Real Test of Crypto-as-Infrastructure
Klarna announced the launch of its own stablecoin, KlaraUSD, on the Tempo blockchain, a payment‑focused network backed by Stripe and Paradigm. The initiative targets internal treasury and cross‑border settlements, aiming to cut transaction times from days to seconds and reduce...
Portugal Joins Growing List of Countries Cracking Down on Polymarket
Portugal’s gambling regulator ordered blockchain prediction market Polymarket to cease operations within 48 hours after the platform recorded over €103 million in bets on the Jan 18 presidential election. The country’s 2015 online gambling law bans political betting, allowing only sports, casino...
Hong Kong Group Warns Crypto Licensing Rollout Risks Forced Shutdowns
The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association warned that the city’s upcoming crypto licensing regime could force compliant managers to shut down operations if regulators launch without a transition period. The proposed "hard start" would require firms to be...
Trouble Mounts for Bitcoin and Stocks as Global Benchmark for Borrowing Costs Surges
The U.S. 10‑year Treasury yield rose to 4.27%, its highest level since early September, pushing borrowing costs higher worldwide. As the benchmark for risk‑free rates, the spike raises the floor for corporate loans, mortgages and other credit products, tightening financial...
'White Whale' Memecoin Slides 60% After Top Holder Dumps $1.3 Million
White Whale, a Solana‑based memecoin, plunged up to 60% on Monday after its largest private holder dumped roughly $1.3 million worth of tokens. The sell‑off thinned liquidity to just above $900,000 and briefly erased a large portion of the token’s market...
Crypto.com, EmCoin Partner to Enhance Digital Assets Trading Capabilities for UAE Clients
Crypto.com has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with EmCoin, a UAE‑licensed digital‑asset platform, to give EmCoin’s clients access to Crypto.com’s global liquidity and infrastructure. The partnership promises tighter spreads, broader cryptocurrency offerings, and the potential to tokenize real‑world assets on...
Discord Exploited to Spread Clipboard Hijacker Stealing Cryptocurrency Funds
Security firm CloudSEK’s STRIKE team uncovered a new cryptocurrency‑theft campaign that leverages Discord communities to distribute a clipboard‑hijacking trojan dubbed Pro.exe. The malware, attributed to the RedLineCyber group, monitors Windows clipboard for wallet addresses and silently replaces them with attacker‑controlled...
DeFi Protocol Pendle Revamps Governance Token, Citing Low Adoption
Pendle is swapping its locked‑vote escrow token vePENDLE for a new liquid staking token called sPENDLE. The change aims to remove the long lock‑up periods and non‑transferability that hampered user participation. sPENDLE will feature a 14‑day unwind window, optional instant...
Things Worth Reading: 20th January 2026
Chris Skinner’s daily roundup spotlights a wave of fintech and crypto headlines, from a $713 million crypto theft to AI‑driven stocks eclipsing digital currencies. It flags quantum‑computing anxieties that led a global investment firm to drop Bitcoin from its coverage, while...
MPE 2026 – Europe’s Home for Merchant Payments
MPE 2026 is set to be Europe’s premier merchant payments conference, drawing more than 1,600 attendees, including 500 global merchants, 170 speakers and over 90 sponsors. The agenda spans AI‑driven payment solutions, fraud mitigation, stablecoins, account‑to‑account transfers and the upcoming...
Bitcoin Whale Wakes up After 12 Years to Move $84 Million Fortune
A Bitcoin wallet that has been idle since 2013 transferred 909 BTC—now worth over $84 million—to a new address, marking a 13,000 % unrealized gain. The move, tracked by Whale Alert and Lookonchain, follows a wave of dormant‑address activity after Bitcoin breached $100,000...
UK’s FCA Aims to Support Integration of Stablecoins Into Payments Landscape
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is launching a two‑day "Stablecoin Sprint" on March 4‑5, 2026 in London, inviting fintechs, banks, issuers and regulators to shape stablecoin payment standards. The event targets retail, remittance and B2B use cases, aiming to create faster, cheaper...
Magic Eden Co-Founder Sees ‘Speculation Supercycle’ Ahead
Magic Eden co‑founder Jack Lu announced that the firm is gearing up for a "speculation supercycle" where finance merges with entertainment. Prediction‑market trading volumes hit a record $814.2 million, underscoring mainstream interest in betting and forecasting. The company will launch its...
Memecoin Trading Spikes Briefly as Traders Cash in, Say Analysts
Memecoin trading volume surged to $5.62 billion on Monday, a 106% jump from the previous day, before retreating to $3.6 billion later in the session. At the same time, the sector’s market capitalization slipped 6%, indicating that the volume spike reflected profit‑taking...
New Book - The Intelligent Crypto Investor
In this episode, John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower and author of *The Intelligent Crypto Investor*, outlines a Buffett‑style, disciplined approach to crypto investing that blends a traditional 60/30 stock‑bond mix with up to 10% high‑quality crypto assets such as...
Ethereum L2 MegaETH Peaks at 47K TPS Ahead of ‘Global Stress Test’
Ethereum layer‑2 MegaETH demonstrated a peak of 47,000 transactions per second in recent testing, positioning it among the fastest EVM chains. The project announced a global stress test slated for Jan 22, targeting sustained 15‑35k TPS and a total of 11 billion...