Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Ukraine’s long-stalled path toward European Union membership just cleared its biggest roadblock. Hungary lifted its veto on EU accession talks with Ukraine, ending a blockade that lasted roughly two years under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.Formal negotiations are set to begin around June 15, 2

Goldman Sachs flagged a $2.7 billion sell imbalance on June 5, marking the largest such imbalance in 17 months. For anyone tracking institutional money flows, that number is hard to ignore.Market-on-close imbalances occur when buy and sell orders queued for the closing auction don’t match up. A $2.7

CoinDesk reports:BitMine’s latest disclosure shows that the Ethereum treasury company continued to expand its holdings last week, adding 76,881 ETH, valued at over $139 million according to the report. Meanwhile, the company noted that its Series A preferred shares, BMNP, raised approximately $274 m

CoinDesk reports:Wallet V has launched a set of public performance benchmarks for AI trading agents, covering the Hyperliquid and Aster platforms. At its core, it continuously discloses the performance of agents in live trading environments, enabling users to directly compare the returns, drawdowns,

Cape Verde, one of the smallest nations ever to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, is doing something nobody predicted: frustrating Spain. The Group H match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta sat at 0-0 at halftime on June 15, with Cape Verde’s defense putting on a masterclass against the reigning Europ

Taiwan just took its most concrete step yet toward treating Bitcoin as more than a speculative curiosity. On April 29, Legislator Dr. Ko Ju-Chun presented a report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute to both Premier Cho Jung-tai and Central Bank of China (CBC) Governor Yang Chin-long during a legislat

According to a research report by investment bank Benchmark, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposes to rescind Rule 611 and Rule 610(e) of Regulation NMS, a proposal announced on June 11. Benchmark believes that removing these rules will reduce compliance barriers for tokenized s

The man who turned “never sell your Bitcoin” into a personal brand just sold some Bitcoin. Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy), defended the company’s sale of 32 BTC during his appearance at the BTC Prague conference, telling critics that his famous advice wa

The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund, better known by its ticker XLK, just pulled off something it has never done before. Over a nine-week stretch, the fund outperformed the S&P 500 by 28 percentage points, marking the largest gap between the tech-heavy ETF and the broader index in the fund’s ...

Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Chairman of the Federal Reserve on May 22, 2026, taking the reins from Jerome Powell. President Trump, who nominated Warsh back in January, has signaled he’s giving the new chair room to operate independently.The Senate confirmed Warsh on a 54-45 vote in mid-May.A Fed cha

Nvidia is returning to the debt market in a big way. The company plans to raise at least $20B through a US investment-grade bond issuance, its first such move since June 2021, with the proceeds earmarked for general corporate purposes including potential debt refinancing.The offering will be structu

Bitcoin’s 24/7 trading structure often reacts to liquidity changes before traditional financial markets respond.Weakness across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP suggests capital is moving toward defensive positioning.Institutional exposure through ETFs has strengthened Bitcoin’s connection to macroeconomi

BlockBeats news: On June 16, Amazon announced it will invest billions of dollars to build an advanced data center campus in Montgomery County, Missouri, expected to create over 400 full-time data center jobs and thousands of construction positions, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in tax r

The 2026 FIFA World Cup opens its Group G slate on June 15 with Belgium facing Egypt at Lumen Field in Seattle. But the real story for crypto isn’t on the pitch. It’s in the infrastructure surrounding the tournament, where blockchain technology has quietly secured a level of integration that would h

Xi Lai Gaming pulled level with EDward Gaming at 1-1 in their upper semifinal series at VCT Masters London 2026, taking the second map on Breeze after EDG claimed the opener on Lotus. The two teams headed to Split for the decider, with a spot deeper in the tournament bracket on the line.For crypto o