Coinbase has unveiled what may be the most ambitious single-day product announcement in its history. Dubbed the “System Update,” the June 16 release covered every major segment of finance, with Coinbase framing the rollout around three pillars: more assets to trade, smarter trading tools, and a broader financial services suite. In total, the company announced…
The memecoin boom that once defined Solana’s identity as a high-throughput speculation machine is unraveling in real time, and Pump.fun is bearing the brunt of it. The seven-day average of Pump.fun‘s token graduation rate — the share of newly created tokens that accumulate enough market cap to list on decentralized exchanges — has fallen to…
Ask around about the leading crypto to buy now and you’ll get a familiar pattern of answers: a coin that just had a big move, a narrative about why it could go further, and an implicit promise that the trend continues. Zcash news today and Near Protocol price news both fit that pattern this week,…
Pudgy Penguins has pulled the plug on Pudgy Party, its mobile battle royale game co-developed with Mythical Games, less than a year after its global debut. The official shutdown was announced on June 12 via the game’s X account, @PlayPudgyParty, triggering an immediate wave of community backlash as hundreds of replies and quote tweets flooded…
Kraken has switched on perpetual futures trading for eligible U.S. customers, delivering one of crypto’s most widely used derivatives products through a domestically regulated venue for the first time at meaningful scale. The launch, announced Monday via the Kraken blog, marks a turning point in a years-long effort to bring the offshore perps market back…
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF began trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker BITA, marking the world’s largest asset manager’s boldest step yet into structuring Bitcoin as an income-generating asset rather than a pure speculative play. The launch was confirmed by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, who noted the listing had been verified directly…
The Bangko Sentral ng Ngipinas (BSP) is tightening oversight of licensed virtual asset service providers that support privacy coins under a new set of crypto regulations, aiming to mitigate the risks of money laundering, terrorist financing, and untraceable transactions. The move applies to Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) supervised by the BSP, marking the next…
Wall Street has quietly placed a $161 million bet on a decentralized derivatives exchange most Americans have never heard of — and the money keeps coming in. One month after 21Shares’ THYP launched on Nasdaq, the three US-traded spot HYPE ETFs have pulled in $161 million in net inflows. June 5 was the only session…
Europe’s crypto industry is heading into one of its most disruptive weeks in years. With just 16 days left before the European Union’s MiCA grace period officially closes, as many as three-quarters of the continent’s crypto firms are set to lose their legal right to operate — a regulatory reckoning that could reshape the market…
It wasn’t long ago that crypto gaming was considered a tiny offshoot of the gaming world, but now it represents one of the most thrilling segments of digital entertainment by far. Players these days are no longer satisfied with receiving tokens as rewards for merely playing games. They desire deep gaming experiences, quick transactions, vibrant…
