Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Searches for cryptocurrency on Google have surged through June, according to data from Alphractal, with interest in tokens including Bitcoin, XRP, Litecoin, Hyperliquid, Solana, and others climbing sharply after a subdued stretch of weaker search activity in the prior weeks.Historically, a surge in

FIFA has added a second yellow-card amnesty to the 2026 World Cup rulebook, resetting accumulated bookings twice during the tournament instead of once. The goal is straightforward: stop the sport’s biggest stars from watching the final from the locker room because of a tactical foul in the Round of

BetBoom Team and Team Falcons are set to square off in round 2 of the IEM Cologne Major 2026 Swiss stage on June 12, with both squads riding momentum from opening-round victories.Here’s the thing that makes this interesting for the crypto world: one of the biggest esports events of the year, with a

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on June 12, SpaceX President Shotwell stated that this IPO has generated significant wealth for many employees, with some earning substantial profits and others becoming very wealthy. Long before the IPO price was set at $135 per share, employees already held large amo

The race to dominate the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market is heating up as Securitize announces the expansion of its Tokenized AAA CLO Fund (STAC) to the Solana blockchain, alongside a planned $250 million allocation from Ethena Labs.The move represents one of the largest commitments to token

A U.S. appeals court has upheld Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction. It rejected his argument that FTX customers may ultimately have recovered their funds if Alameda Research’s investments had continued appreciating.In a ruling issued June 12, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Bankman-Fr

Velvet Capital has moved all of its protocol-owned liquidity to Aerodrome, the largest decentralized exchange on the Base network. The migration is designed to deepen trading liquidity and sharpen execution efficiency for Velvet’s users across the Base ecosystem.What Velvet Capital is actually doing

SpaceX officially went public on June 12, trading under the ticker SPCX on the Nasdaq after raising $75 billion in an initial public offering. Elon Musk rang the opening bell remotely from Starbase, Texas, while President and COO Gwynne Shotwell and CFO Bret Johnsen handled the in-person festivities

Hoskinson shifts Cardano discussions to Discord while retaining X broadcasts.Treasury debates, project setbacks, and ADA weakness influence migration.Community splits over moderation concerns, transparency, and decentralization principles.Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has announced plans to move

Exodus Movement just turned its crypto wallet into something closer to a brokerage. The company launched Exodus Markets on June 12, giving users the ability to trade over 200 tokenized US stocks, ETFs, and real-world assets directly on the Solana blockchain.The feature was built in partnership with

Bitcoin ranked 15th globally, with its market cap hovering near $1.275 trillion.Tech giants and SpaceX’s valuation kept pressure on Bitcoin’s global asset rank.ETF outflows and tightening price action kept Bitcoin near a breakout point.Bitcoin fell to 15th place among global assets as technology sto

BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) purchased $38.89 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) on June 11, 2026.BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) closed Thursday with a net cash inflow of $30.26 million, according to data from SoSoValue, analyzed by Finbold on June 12. As of press time, IBIT had abo

One of esports’ most decorated organizations is heading into a best-of-three rematch with something to prove. Natus Vincere, the Ukrainian powerhouse better known as NaVi, faces Brazilian squad Legacy on June 12, 2026, during Stage 3 of the IEM Cologne Major, a premier Counter-Strike 2 tournament wi

SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 per share on June 11, raising approximately $75 billion by selling 555.6 million shares. The stock is expected to open on June 12 somewhere between $170 and $175, which would value the company at roughly $1.77 trillion before most retail investors even place their first

You can now trade synthetic SpaceX exposure on a decentralized exchange.PancakeSwap has listed $CSPX, a tokenized certificate that gives holders proportional economic exposure to pre-IPO SpaceX equity. The token, created by Colb Finance, joins a growing roster of real-world asset (RWA) products find