By Ann Cuisia, June 15, 2026 (Republished from the author. Originally posted on the author’s blog.) Technologist Ann Cuisia urged COMELEC to disclose whether its scrapped ₱6-billion blockchain election proposal involved a serious audit layer or costly technology theater A recent BitPinas report said the Commission on Elections removed blockchain technology components and voter verification…
Key Takeaways Standard Chartered forecasts UNI soaring 40x from $2.50 to $100 by 2030. Tokenized assets could expand from $340 billion to $4 trillion on-chain. DeFi activity may reach $2.7 trillion as tokenized assets grow 37x. Standard Chartered Initiates Coverage With $100 UNI Target Standard Chartered Bank’s Global Head of Digital Assets Research, Geoff Kendrick,…
Key Takeaways Strategy’s new BTC purchase helped satisfy a key condition cited by Standard Chartered. Fresh ETF inflows and falling oil prices strengthened the case for improved crypto sentiment. Traders may now watch the $83,000 region as bitcoin’s next major confirmation level. Bitcoin Draws Fresh Support From 3 Bullish Signals Standard Chartered Global Head of…
Key Takeaways Blackrock lists bitcoin income ETF BITA on Nasdaq June 16, targeting 15–25% annual yield. BITA targets 70% of bitcoin’s upside while writing covered calls at a 0.65% expense ratio. Blackrock files Form 8-A on June 11, beating Goldman Sachs’ similar product expected in July. BITA Joins IBIT on Nasdaq The Ishares Bitcoin Premium…
Key Takeaways IREN completed its Nostrum Group deal on June 15, adding 490MW in Spain. IREN stock gained about 4% as crypto-AI infrastructure demand stayed in focus. Nostrum CEO Gabriel Nebreda says IREN can scale Europe’s AI pipeline faster. The deal marks IREN’s entry into Europe and gives the Nasdaq-listed company a Spanish platform for…
Key Takeaways Elon Musk projected SpaceX could reach about $1 trillion in revenue by 2030, versus Morgan Stanley’s $330 billion estimate. SpaceX raised roughly $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation in its June 12 Nasdaq debut. SpaceX holds 18,712 BTC, putting a bitcoin treasury worth about $1.29 billion on Wall Street’s radar. A Trillion-Dollar…
Key Takeaways Ethereum’s staked supply grew by 4,049,669 ETH from Jan. 1 to June 15, 2026, reaching 39.6M total ETH locked. Lido Finance controls 61.66% of the $25.6B liquid staking market with 8.89M ETH under management. Ethereum issued 94,525 ETH in validator rewards over 7 days while burning only 324 ETH, pushing annualized inflation to…
Key Takeaways A single whale sold about 670 million SIREN, or 92% of supply, for 64.8 million USDT, crashing the asset’s price by over 95%. SIREN’s market cap fell from roughly $1.7 billion to about $102 million, down nearly 96% from its all-time high. Lookonchain says 25.7 million USDT moved to exchanges, signaling possible further…
Key Takeaways About $150 million in crypto shorts were liquidated as bitcoin reclaimed $65,000 behind yesterday’s U.S.-Iran peace deal. Spot bitcoin ETFs logged $316 million in outflows over the week gone by, a fifth straight weekly drop. An official of the truce is set for Friday, a catalyst many analysts believe could decide whether the…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has issued new guidelines requiring all Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to establish rigorous due diligence and accreditation processes for listing and trading virtual assets on their platforms. The regulatory expectations, detailed in Memorandum No. M-2026-023, aim to promote financial stability and protect consumer welfare by ensuring virtual asset…
