Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Thunes’ U.S. Real-Time Payments Push Signals Bigger Role for Ripple and XRP in Institutional Finance As highlighted by crypto observer SMQKE, global payments firm Thunes has expanded its real-time payments infrastructure into the United States, signaling a deeper shift in how institutional cross-bor...

Real Finance, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anchorage Digital, the operator of the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States and a qualified institutional custodian.The collaboration...

Julian Sawyer, CEO of Zodia Custody, described Standard Chartered's ongoing acquisition of the firm as a "major validation" that highlights a growing reality in mainstream finance: legacy banks cannot build institutional-grade digital asset custody safely or efficiently without proper software.Inste...

Mastercard is rolling out native stablecoin settlement across multiple blockchains, enabling card transactions to be settled in regulated dollar tokens around the clock. What’s new - Mastercard will support settlement using six regulated dollar-backed tokens: Circle’s USDC; Paxos-issued PYUSD, USDG...

Trezor says funds safe after Ledger Donjon finds flaw in TROPIC01 chip used in Safe 7 Trezor and chip-maker Tropic Square have publicly disclosed a hardware-level vulnerability in the TROPIC01 secure element after an independent audit by Ledger Donjon — Ledger’s white-hat security research team. De...

According to ME News, on June 3 (UTC+8), WLFI officially announced that USD1 will be deployed on the MOVA Chain with an initial scale of $100 million. This deployment is not merely a single stablecoin issuance or liquidity integration, but a strategic ecosystem initiative centered on stablecoin asse...

The private credit market, a behemoth worth between $1.8 trillion and $3 trillion, now finds itself under the magnifying glass of the Southern District of New York (SDNY). Wall Street’s top cop, Jay Clayton, is on a mission to sniff out potential misconduct in how asset valuations are determined, su...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently met with leaders at large language model (LLM) labs in San Francisco. The weekend meet-up lays it bare: AI isn’t just for fun anymore; it’s a serious player on the world stage.Diving into the digital futureIn a series of meetings between April 7-10, 2026,...

Defend Developers PAC (DDPAC) entered the political scene on June 3, 2026, with a clear mission: protect software developers within the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors from regulatory uncertainties. The timing isn’t mere coincidence. With midterm elections on the horizon, the PAC aims to steer...

BlackRock and the Winklevoss twins moved more than 7,000 BTC into exchange wallets within hours on June 2. The large Bitcoin (BTC) transfers fueled speculation about institutional selling.Blockchain analytics firm Arkham flagged both moves. They landed as spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds extended ...

Bitmine is down $8.9 billion on 5,416,901 ETH after a reported $3,500 cost basis.Strategy is down $7.6 billion on 843,706 BTC with a $75,699 reported cost basis.Julian said the crypto pullback likely reflects multiple market pressures, not a single cause.Two of crypto’s biggest balance-sheet bets ar...

TL;DR:TapTools, an analytics and infrastructure platform for Cardano, announced it will cease operations within the next two weeks following the departure of two co-founders.Charles Hoskinson warned that the shutdown could foreshadow a “wave of failures” in the ecosystem, leading to more closures an...

According to Huoxing Finance, the edgeX official released a report on the abnormal price volatility of the EDGE token, stating that the price of EDGE dropped from approximately $1.12 to around $0.32 within about one hour due to a flash crash triggered by concentrated selling from multiple addresses ...

New research released by Paybis at Money20/20 Europe suggests that stablecoins are rapidly evolving from a crypto-native tool into a core component of business payment infrastructure, with B2B transactions now accounting for the overwhelming majority of stablecoin payment volume.According to the com...

BlockBeats report: On June 3, edgeX released a post-incident report regarding the abnormal price volatility of the EDGE token. The flash crash was triggered by an attacker exploiting a period of low trading activity, combined with the thin liquidity of approximately $1.25 million on PancakeSwap, whi...