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Strategy buys 520 Bitcoin for $35M, raises dollar reserve to $1.4B in single week
On Monday, Bitcoin whale Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) announced that it raised its USD reserve to $1.4 billion and bought 520 Bitcoin for $35 million, bringing its total BTC reserve to 847,363 coins. The company’s update covers capital market activity from June 15 through June 21. Michael Saylor, the Bitcoin-loving executive chairman of Strategy, said: “Strategy...
Mon, Jun 22
Tencent rolls out AI helper on China's largest social media platform, WeChat
Tencent Holdings (HKEX: 0700) has started putting an AI helper inside WeChat, China’s largest social media platform. The company said on Monday that it is testing Xiaowei inside Weixin, the China-facing version of WeChat, as it tries to keep pace with Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA, HKEX: 9988), DeepSeek, Zhipu, and other AI players fighting for...
Mon, Jun 22
BTC ETF lost nearly $227 million in net outflows over the past week
Bitcoin and major altcoins have continued to bleed as some of the biggest buyers pull capital from ETFs. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $227 million in outflows in the past week, according to market data from SoSovalue. The latest record extends the outflow streak to six straight weeks, although it’s the least amount for that...
Mon, Jun 22
Solana rides SpaceX IPO activity to new tokenized equities weekly record
Solana still absorbs 95% of spot trading for tokenized equities. Recently, the chain reached $1.29B in weekly trading volumes, after a boos from the on-chain launch of SPCX.
Mon, Jun 22
Japan's Nikkei hits record above 72,000 as government unveils $65 billion physical AI investment plan
Japan’s Nikkei 225 crossed the 72,000 level for the first time ever today, June 22, riding the high from the 10.5 trillion yen ($65.1 billion) that the Japanese government committed to in a public—private physical AI spending plan expected to spread across 17 strategic sectors by fiscal 2040. The benchmark index closed at 72,353.96, up...
Mon, Jun 22
Bank of England backs down from 'overly conservative' regime for stablecoin issuers
The BoE published its draft Code of Practice for systemic stablecoins on June 22, replacing proposed individual holding caps with a £40 billion per-coin issuance guardrail and raising the permitted share of interest-bearing backing assets from 60% to 70%.
Mon, Jun 22
Ethereum's funding gap spurs proposal to redirect up to 10% of validator rewards
Kleros founder Clément Lesaege has shared a governance proposal on the Ethereum Research forum to fill the funding gap that the Ethereum Foundation’s austerity era has opened, proposing that validators send between 0% and 10% of their staking income toward shared infrastructure projects. Cryptopolitan previously reported on the scale of the cashflow problem facing the...
Mon, Jun 22
After a $7.5 Million Loss, Can Ethereum Finally Fix MEV?
The operator behind Jaredfromsubway.eth, one of Ethereum’s most prolific automated trading bots, offered a 50% white hat bounty on June 22 after a hacker drained more than $7.5 million from the bot’s wallet using a carefully constructed on-chain honeypot. It proves that bots that exploit regular traders can also be a target for cyber criminals....
Mon, Jun 22
Taiko urges users to exit bridges after a verification flaw was exposed in a $1.7M exploit
Taiko told users to withdraw from all network bridges immediately and asked all centralized exchanges to suspend TAIKO deposits.
Mon, Jun 22
Cyrus Finance Review: A Multi-Pool DeFi Protocol Built on AMM V3 Liquidity Optimization
Cyrus Finance is a next-generation multi-platform DeFi ecosystem built on an advanced curve trading model, using AMM V3 optimization.
Mon, Jun 22
South Korea urges FATF to scrap Crypto travel rule threshold
South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) informed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) about the increasing gaps in regulation regarding crypto transfers across national borders and called on all FATF member states to eliminate any minimum transaction threshold required by the Travel Rule. This move would reshape compliance costs for exchanges and trading firms worldwide....
Mon, Jun 22
Kalshi Posts Record Spot Week as Non-Sports Volume Crosses $2 Billion
Kalshi has set yet another all-time high when it comes to weekly spot volume, going past $7 billion for the first time, landing at $7.52 billion. The majority of that volume came through the sports contracts, which set a weekly high of $5.44 billion, and as we reported last week, the World Cup remains the...
Mon, Jun 22
Thailand cracks down on crypto mining, uncovers $1.2M electricity theft
Thai authorities seized 315 Bitcoin mining rigs across 14 locations in five northeastern provinces on June 21, after finding tampered electricity meters powering the machines.
Mon, Jun 22
China blocks rare Earth exports to US firms tied to AI supply chain
The Chinese government has blocked dual-use exports to ten US corporations on Monday (June 22). Two companies are producing rare earth elements, which are part of the US semiconductor and AI hardware production chain. This move could disrupt supply chains for chips, magnets, and advanced computing components. According to the official statement released by China’s...
Mon, Jun 22
South Korea’s 60% export surge is pulling billions from crypto
Preliminary data released Monday showed South Korea’s exports climbed 60.4% from a year earlier for the first 20 days of June. So far, adjusted exports surged nearly 50%, almost matching May’s hot pace of 52.6%. The surge, driven largely by artificial intelligence (AI) demand, has not only elevated the country’s trade surplus but is also...
Mon, Jun 22
Republicans now use crypto more than Democrats
Crypto ownership in the U.S. now leans Republican, and the numbers are no longer subtle. A Pew Research Center poll published on June 8 found that 22% of Republicans said they had invested in, traded, or used crypto, including assets like Bitcoin and Ether. Democrats came in lower at 17%. Pew surveyed 8,512 U.S. adults...
Sun, Jun 21
Trump backs the U.S. taking ownership stakes in major AI firms
Vice President JD Vance said that Trump wants the U.S. government to have a stake in the country’s successful AI giants. He backs the idea as a sovereign wealth fund, making him “a very unconventional person” Vance shared Trump’s plan on The Diary Of A CEO episode on Thursday. Vance added that it was an...
Sun, Jun 21
WSJ probe turns scrutiny on Polymarket as prediction markets open interest hits $1.48B
Even though one of the biggest brands in the industry is facing difficult issues about how it presents itself, prediction markets are making record profits. Prediction market open interest reached a record $1.48 billion in the week ending June 15, a second consecutive all-time high, according to a16z Crypto. Unlike trading volume, which only monitors...
Sun, Jun 21
WhiteBit secures rare MiCAR license from Austria's strict FMA
WhiteBit secured a MiCAR license form the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), just ahead of the July 1 deadline that may force other crypto service providers out of the Euro Area.
Sun, Jun 21
Japan pension fund to allocate 1% of assets to crypto
The National Business Enterprise Pension Fund, a Japan-based fund covering 1,200 small- and mid-sized companies, plans to allocate about 1% of its assets to crypto starting in FY2026.
Sun, Jun 21
