Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin crashes below $65K, sparking $1.86B liquidations
On June 3, Bitcoin slipped under the $65,000 psychological level, triggering a 12% weekly decline. The drop wiped out $1.86 billion in leveraged futures positions and coincided with Michael Saylor’s sale of 32 BTC worth about $2.5 million. Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $2.97 billion of outflows over ten sessions, deepening market pressure.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
U.S. FDIC Proposes First U.S. Stablecoin Rule to Emerge From GENIUS Act
The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has issued its first rule proposal under the GENIUS Act, opening a 60‑day public comment period for a new application process that lets depository institutions launch stablecoin subsidiaries. The rule outlines a 120‑day review window and an appeal mechanism for rejected applications. Acting FDIC Chairman Travis Hill, a Trump nominee, led the vote, and a more comprehensive rule on capital, liquidity, and risk‑management is slated for later this year. The proposal marks the initial regulatory framework for U.S. banks to enter the stablecoin market.
SEC Closes Aave Probe, Paving Way for DeFi Growth
After four years, we are finally ready to share that the SEC has concluded its investigation into the Aave Protocol. This process demanded significant effort and resources from our team, and from me personally as the founder, to protect Aave, its...
Bitcoin Inheritance Redefines Wealth: Trusts, Whales, and Legacy
I think you’ll enjoy this timely conversation with Matt McClintock, founder of Bespoke Group. We discuss Bitcoin price drivers, why whales have been selling, how much BTC will mean generational wealth, estate planning, wealth strategies, purpose and a new wealth hierarchy. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00...
CoreWeave Collapse Sparks Fears of Cracks in AI Infrastructure Boom
CoreWeave’s stock has tumbled more than 60% since its June high as investors confront mounting doubts about the AI infrastructure surge. The company’s growth strategy hinges on high‑interest debt to buy NVIDIA GPUs and on a handful of marquee clients...
Brazil to Test Blockchain in State Real Estate Auction to Reduce Fraud, Disputes
Brazil’s Court of Auditors in São Paulo will conduct its first public auction entirely recorded on a blockchain, selling ten warehouses. Every document, from titles to bids, will be timestamped and cryptographically sealed on an undisclosed ledger. The pilot, run by...
Privacy‑First Web3: $WAL Leads 2026 Secrets‑as‑Service
This year, 2025, one of the core topics was privacy. How do we get more privacy on-chain? We've seen multiple interpretations of this, however, it's quite clear that decentralized is the future for many implications on this. That's why I'm bullish on...
Most Influential: Oleg Ogienko
A7A5, a ruble‑pegged stablecoin launched in 2025, emerged from Russia’s sanctions‑tightened financial system and aggressive capital controls. The ruble’s 40% rally against the dollar, driven by policy rather than fundamentals, created demand for a blockchain‑based payment rail that bypasses traditional...
Most Influential: Guy Young
Ethena Labs CEO Guy Young created a new class of digital assets called yieldcoins, merging DeFi infrastructure with traditional finance basis trades. Within two years, Ethena grew to a $15 billion protocol, deploying synthetic dollar USDe and yield‑bearing sUSDe across exchanges...
Bulls Beware — BofA Fund Manager Survey Flashing Contrarian Sell Signal
The Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey shows professional investors at peak optimism, with cash reserves falling to a record‑low 3.3% and 42% of managers overweighting equities—the highest level since December 2024. Commodities also enjoy strong backing, posting an...
Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Says Bitcoin Will Break Its Four-Year Cycle in 2026
Bitwise’s chief investment officer Matt Hougan predicts bitcoin will break its historic four‑year halving cycle and reach new all‑time highs in 2026. He argues that the halving’s supply shock, falling interest rates and tighter leverage will be outweighed by institutional...
Number of Crypto Users in the UK Drops Even as Amount Held Increases
The UK Financial Conduct Authority reports that crypto ownership fell from roughly 7 million adults in 2024 to about 4.5 million in 2025, dropping the adult participation rate from 12 % to 8 %. Despite the contraction, the average portfolio value rose to just...
Crypto’s ‘Super App’ Race Is on as Industry Enters Aggregation Era: Report
Crypto platforms are entering an aggregation era where the primary value lies in owning the user relationship rather than the underlying protocol. Exchanges such as Binance, Kraken, Coinbase and OKX are racing to become the default gateway for trading, payments,...
Bitcoin’s Bear Flag Rhymes with Last Cycle
Bitcoin has slipped below its 50‑week simple moving average, echoing the 2021 cycle and now displaying a classic bear‑flag formation. The chart suggests a 12‑week consolidation similar to last cycle, with a potential retest of the 50‑week SMA around $101,000...
DTCC Puts US Securities On Chain
The episode explains how the Depository Trust Company (DTCC) secured a SEC no‑action letter to begin tokenizing U.S. public market securities, highlighting the significance of DTCC’s clearing role for enabling 24/7 settlement and programmable assets across stocks, ETFs, and Treasuries....
Visa Enables All US Card Issuers to Settle with USDC
A powerful milestone in the mainstream adoption and acceptance of USDC, with Visa announcing that all US card issuers (banks, fintechs, crypto firms) can now settle directly with Visa using USDC. Visa also working with Circle to prepare for launching...
Rising Unemployment Spurs Fed Action, Boosts Bitcoin
Headline of the day: Unemployment rate. Yes, it has hit the highest level since November '21. It has gone up from 4.0% in February '25 to 4.6% now. That's not great, and that's why the FED is entirely focused on...
Solana Under ‘Industrial Scale’ DDoS Attack: Co-Founder Says It’s ‘Bullish’
Solana co‑founder Anatoly Yakovenko announced the network is under a six‑terabit‑per‑second DDoS attack, one of the largest ever recorded for a blockchain. Despite the massive traffic, the network showed little visible latency or slot‑misses, leading Yakovenko to label the assault...
Bitcoin Likely to Trade Sideways Amid Low Volume
#Bitcoin No significant price action atm Everyone swears there's a bear flag breakdown straight to 70k but as I mentioned lack of volume, for me, means it's not a valid pattern Doesn't mean we can't go lower but I think more sideways...
Filecoin Falls on Above-Average Volume, Drops Below $1.30 Support Amid Wider Slide
Filecoin (FIL) dropped 4.2% to $1.28, briefly sinking to $1.23 before stabilizing. The decline occurred alongside a 185% volume surge, far exceeding its seven‑day average and confirming strong institutional activity. Technical analysis places immediate support between $1.278 and $1.285, with...
STBL Needs 20‑MA Break for Upward Momentum
Yuck, the higher low was erased on $STBL as the entire market has corrected. Still not too bad, but the trend remains down and the crucial indicator to break through is the 20-MA. If that breaks, I'm sure we'll start to...
Crypto Bank Custodia Files Petition for a Rehearing by All Appellate Judges
Wyoming‑based crypto bank Custodia has filed a petition for an en banc rehearing before the full Tenth Circuit, challenging the October decision that upheld the Federal Reserve’s refusal to grant it a master account. The bank argues the panel gave the...
Spain’s Regulator Sets Out MiCA Transition Rules for Crypto Platforms
Spain’s securities regulator CNMV has published a detailed Q&A that explains how the EU’s Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation (MiCA) will be applied locally. The guidance clarifies authorization procedures, notification duties and day‑to‑day conduct for crypto‑asset service providers. Crucially, Spain shortens...
PayPal Launches PYUSD Savings Vault on Spark
PayPal has introduced the PYUSD Savings Vault on the Spark DeFi lending protocol, directly linking its dollar‑pegged stablecoin to SparkLend. The vault routes 90% of deposits into yield‑generating strategies while retaining 10% for instant withdrawals, and issues spPYUSD tokens to...
Visa Brings Circle's USDC Settlement to U.S. Banks Following $3.5 Billion Stablecoin Pilot
Visa is rolling out USDC settlement for U.S. banks, letting issuers and acquirers settle VisaNet obligations with Circle’s dollar‑pegged stablecoin on the Solana blockchain. The pilot program has reached a $3.5 billion annualized run rate, with Cross River Bank and Lead...
U.S. Bitcoin, Ether ETFs See Largest Outflows Since Nov. 20 as BTC Declines
U.S. spot bitcoin and ether ETFs recorded a combined $582 million net outflow on Monday, the largest since November 20, as Bitcoin fell to $85,100. The outflows were led by Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund ($230.1 million) and the iShares Ethereum Trust ($139.1 million)....
Alexander Ray, Our Partner Within the CTDG Initiative and a Web3 Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Albus Protocol and JPool, Has Passed...
Alexander Ray, a veteran enterprise engineer turned Web3 entrepreneur, co‑founded Albus Protocol, JPool, and the PointGroup venture studio. He helped build Solana’s liquid‑staking infrastructure, managing over 1.3 million SOL across 170 validators, and created a privacy‑preserving compliance layer for regulated DeFi....
Gold's Surge Signals Risk‑Off, Bitcoin Set to Outshine
To me, Gold is getting into a crucial area. I think that it has seen a massive bullish run on the markets, and that's great for everyone in that position. However, the fact that Gold has shown this amount of strength...
KindlyMD Faces Nasdaq Delisting Risk After Failing to Meet Minimum Share Price Levels
KindlyMD, a health‑care and bitcoin‑treasury firm, has been notified by Nasdaq that its share price has stayed below $1 for 30 consecutive trading days, triggering a delisting warning. The company must close above the $1 threshold for ten straight days...
Bitcoin Needs $88K Breakout to Reverse Downtrend
#Bitcoin consolidates here, and is undecided. Trend remains to be down, and in order to adjust the trend, a breakout above $88K is required. Could be happening in the coming days, again, big macroeconomic week. If not, then I think...
Tokenized Gold Challenges Traditional Gold Narrative
Peter Schiff vs Peter Schiff🚨Gold vs Tokenized Gold...😆 #Gold #Silver #Ethereum @cz_binance @PeterSchiff @ethereum @DenarioSwiss @orogoldapp https://t.co/3PXWQOLuuj
Bitcoin Sharks Stack at the Fastest Pace in 13 Years, with BTC Down 30%
Mid‑size Bitcoin holders, known as sharks, added roughly 54,000 BTC over the past week, pushing their total to about 3.575 million coins. This represents the fastest accumulation rate for this group since 2012, even as Bitcoin trades around $85,000, down 30%...
Peter Schiff Declares Premature Bitcoin Victory
Peter Schiff takes a (possibly) premature victory lap over Bitcoin🔥 FULL INTERVIEW 👉 https://t.co/UCB5TMk21N @PeterSchiff #Gold #Silver @cz_binance https://t.co/3m6yh3NyT2
Private Digital Cash: An Urgent Humanitarian Necessity
Private digital cash is an urgent and humanitarian need, by @AlexBornstein3: https://t.co/DqTs8TsT2H https://t.co/wkpYYs98Gx
AI and Blockchain Unite for Privacy‑First Web3 Governance
Great week in Abu Dhabi at Breakpoint and ADFW, talking to founders about @NEARProtocol Intents and private AI. Here's Finance Middle East on how we see AI and blockchain working together to enable privacy-first Web3 governance and the agentic economy. https://t.co/Eca2JhKr9f
MG Chart Shows Modest Improvement
$MG This chart looks halfway decent. https://t.co/J2UXN2kgF6
PrimeXBT Wins Best Crypto CFD Broker, Offers Discount
I use @PrimeXBT for trading CFDs The platform just won Best Crypto CFD Broker at the BeInCrypto 100 Awards 2025! They currently have a fee discount available here 👇 https://t.co/MHoQFVfAw8
M Stock Shows Potential Local Top on Daily
$M Looks like a nasty local top here on daily. https://t.co/Vx5saLMEO9
DECK Chart Looks Decent, but Wait for Monthly Close
$DECK Wish I'd have seen this chart sooner. Looks halfway okay down here but prefer to wait for a monthly close. https://t.co/SO8egbTdRx
FDIC to Guide Banks on Issuing Stablecoins
The U.S. FDIC will unveil plans for banks to issue stablecoins 🇺🇸 https://t.co/IM5mGnXZtx
Billionaire Predicts Bitcoin Hitting $750k Within Five Years
Billionaire Dan Morehead says Bitcoin will reach $750,000 in the next four to five years 🚀 https://t.co/dTpOK2TBcW
Starknet Becomes Attractive Hub for BTC-Backed USDC Loans
*not an investment advice, DYOR*, but... Starknet aims to be one of the chains with the most attractive conditions for borrowing USDC with BTC. I think it's succeeding. https://t.co/f375omJmsd
NBIS Exemplifies a Classic Fake Breakout
$NBIS is a really good example of a fake breakout https://t.co/jRRUzWMCKQ
Execution Layer Offers Free Settlement Distribution
Execution layer will give away settlement for free
Hashgraph Group Debuts EcoGuard to Tokenize Carbon Credits
JUST IN: Hashgraph Group launches EcoGuard platform to tokenize and track carbon credits on Hedera
From Korean Teacher to Bitcoin Privacy Pioneer
Before being funded by @MaelstromFund to work on @payjoindevkit (to enhance privacy in Bitcoin), Ben Allen worked as a teacher in Korea Ben got his start in open source programming with the @ChaincodeLabs’s BOSS program https://t.co/oIwCVHAye1
Study Bitcoin Miners Before Buying GPU Farms
Everyone buying GPU farms should study Bitcoin miners vs Bitcoin returns
Arthur Hayes Shares Fresh Insights on Markets, Digital Assets
NEW interviews from Maelstroms Chief Arthur Hayes Access the latest insights on the markets digital assets and Web3 IssueWire https://t.co/rmpg38a8AY
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Aave V4 Unifies Liquidity, Eliminates Risk Fragmentation
One of the key points of Aave V4 is that it removes the fragmentation that comes with risk isolation. New pools can be bootstrapped with the same liquidity that already exists in the liquidity hubs. Risk isolation without liquidity fragmentation. $AAVE will...
Aave V4 Scales to Trillions with Unified Lending Infrastructure
Aave V4 expands the Aave protocol from pure pooled money market pools to full fledged lending infrastructure. One balance sheet, many markets approach will scale Aave to trillions, all powered by $AAVE.