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EthLabs launches as Ethereum undergoes its biggest leadership transition in years
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re diving into the creation of EthLabs, and why it was launch…
Ethereum gets a new nonprofit focused on institutional adoption
The launch comes as the Ethereum Foundation narrows its focus to stewarding the core protocol, with independent organ…
Tokenized Google stock inflated 7,700% in rare DeFi lending exploit
An attacker inflated the value of a tokenized Google share used as collateral to about 78 times its real price, then …
MiCA’s July 1 deadline is Europe’s first crypto user-migration test – OKX interview
Europe's crypto market resets on July 1, when MiCA's transitional period ends and unauthorized exchanges lose the leg…
Bitcoin BIP-110 Proposal Reopens Fight Over Ordinals And On-Chain Spam
A Bitcoin developer proposal has reignited debate over whether the network should filter inscription-heavy activity s…
Australia’s new crypto transfer rules to make exchange withdrawals pass through identity checks
From July 1, AUSTRAC’s virtual-asset transfer rules change what exchanges ask before crypto moves. The post Austral…
Bitcoin’s $57K slide puts my $49K cycle-low thesis in play unless bulls reclaim $60K
Bitcoin is close enough to my lower channel levels that the old $49K framework is back in play, but confirmation stil…
Ripple, Coinbase among top donors in crypto’s $189 million election spending: report
Crypto firms contributed $189 million to the 2026 midterms, with Ripple, Crypto.com and Coinbase leading corporate do…
Nearly 1,700 UK investors sue Binance, founder CZ over alleged unauthorized derivatives sales
Almost 1,700 investors are suing Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao in a London High Court over unauthorized crypto d…
Bitcoin can still fall to $53,000 if the ETF-era floor disappears
Bitcoin is close to losing $58,000, and the test below that level is whether the buyer stack that defined the post-ET…
Visa Mastercard and Coinbase join Open USD as partner-led stablecoin increases DeFi yield war
Crypto users spent years making USDC the default dollar of institutional DeFi trading, lending, and settlement, but O…
Trump’s financial disclosure puts $1B crypto payday at center of CLARITY Act vote
President Donald Trump's 2025 annual financial disclosure was filed with the Office of Government Ethics on June 29 a…
Live markets: U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs had their worst month ever in June, shedding $4.5 billion
The record outflow beat the previous worst month by 29% and came on nine consecutive days of redemptions to close the…
Anthropic restores AI models Fable, Mythos after the U.S. lifts export controls
The government cleared Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 30, weeks after a cybersecurity finding triggered an export order…
DeFi hacks are turning high yields into a hidden liquidity tax
DeFiLlama data shows $780.3 million in Q2 known losses as bridges, keys and protocol logic turn security into a live …
Crypto YouTube views collapse in 2026 as viewers turn off crypto channels
Large channels still look big by audience size, but recent view velocity shows a thinner and more selective market. T…
OKX AI unveils marketplace for agents to find work and get paid in stablecoins
“Think Upwork for Agents with our fintech infrastructure and 150M scale in the background," an OKX rep said.
US starts clock to bring in ID checks for converting dollars to stablecoins but DeFi stays outside the rules
US agencies are formalizing identity checks at the issuer gate while leaving the transfer layer politically exposed. …
MetaMask launches Money Account with stablecoin yield and spending in one wallet
The launch reflects a broader push to make stablecoins more useful beyond trading and transfers.
JPMorgan warns rushed US crypto rules could create market loopholes as Senate races toward July CLARITY Act vote
JPMorgan has warned that Congress could create new gaps in financial oversight if it moves too quickly to write new r…
Ripple bets XRPL lending can give XRP a future beyond payments as price struggles
Ripple is trying to move the XRP Ledger (XRPL) deeper into institutional credit, a push that could expand the network…
Will UK traders lose crypto exchange access after MiCA’s July 1 deadline?
The EU deadline is not a direct UK cutoff, but account entity and platform notices still matter. The post Will UK tra…
Trump’s Bitcoin made in America push runs into a power problem the tax bill cannot fix
Congress is moving to fix how the US tax code treats crypto mining and staking rewards, and for validators and their …
Bitcoin’s $60,000 test is not over after Strategy’s $2.5B STRC backstop
Strategy's preferred stack and Bitcoin's price are facing two separate tests this week, and only one of them has been…
Live updates: BlackRock's IBIT sheds $300 million as bitcoin demand dwindles
IBIT alone shed $300 million while smaller funds absorbed some of the outflow. The selloff lands as the same AI trade…
Bitcoin’s $60K breakdown sets up a volatility shock as traders load up on downside hedges
Bitcoin’s break below the $60,000 area has pushed digital asset markets into a more defensive phase, ending months …
MSTR jumps after Strategy says it may sell more Bitcoin to fund dividends and buybacks
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) shares rose Monday after the Bitcoin holder moved to reassure investors that it can…
What states can still do to crypto after GENIUS and CLARITY
Illinois just became the first state to tax crypto by the transaction. The new 0.2% levy hits nearly every trade, tra…
Aave rally makes DeFi lending look more like a bank to investors
Aave's latest market move is becoming a referendum on how investors value DeFi lending as its economics begin to rese…
Private keys, not smart contracts, caused 40% of crypto's $16 billion hack losses. Here's whats being done.
The industry is moving toward fixing the private key vulnerability issue, just not evenly, Wish Wu, co-founder and CE…