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Founded in 2018, Cryptopolitan has grown from a popular blog into a trusted source of news and analysis for millions of readers worldwide. Over the years, we have expanded our coverage to include a wide range of topics, from market trends and technological innovations to regulatory changes and industry events.
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Bitcoin Standard Treasury postpones merger vote with Cantor Equity to July 10
Instead of a shareholder vote on July 2, Adam Back will now have to wait until at least July 10 before his Bitcoin Standard Treasury (BSTR) can decide to advance its merger with Cantor Equity Partners. The third postponement in just a couple of weeks is the latest fork in the road for Back, whose...
Wed, Jul 1
Where does everyone fit as the EU crypto market enters a new regulatory era?
The transitional period for proper licensing under MiCA, the pan-European regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, expires on the first day of July. The window which allowed companies to continue to operate while applying for authorization is now closing with consequences for businesses and their clients. Europe’s transition to MiCA regulation ends now Crypto service providers (CASPs)...
Wed, Jul 1
NEAR Intents and SimpleSwap lead push to replace high-risk, legacy bridges with intent-based execution as losses climb to $2.8B
In April 2026, a single forged message drained about $292 million from one cross-chain protocol. It took no exotic exploit and no novel cryptography. An attacker convinced the bridge that a transfer was authorized, and the bridge paid out. That incident is unremarkable in context. Cross-chain bridges have lost more than $2.8 billion to date,...
Wed, Jul 1
CryptoQuant CEO: Bitcoin needs deeper institutional allocation as retail influence declines
Bitcoin will need over $1 trillion in fresh institutional capital to recover to a place where price stays in the green for a sustained period, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. Ju published on-chain data on July 1 showing how much more capital each Bitcoin cycle needs to produce meaningful returns. While $2.7 billion...
Wed, Jul 1
Cryptopolitan Newsletter Poll: Nearly 70% of Crypto Investors Would Let an AI Agent Control Their Wallet — With Conditions
The single most common answer was still “no” (~30%), but the Cryptopolitan Newsletter Poll, June 18, 2026, found that resistance is to trust and execution and not the technology itself. Nearly 70% of engaged crypto holders said they would let an AI agent control their wallet, according to a Cryptopolitan Newsletter poll published June 18,...
Wed, Jul 1
South Korea's FSC refers two crypto price manipulation cases to prosecutors
Two whale investors, one who exploited price gaps between domestic and overseas exchanges, and another who was involved in rapid-fire bot trading on locally issued tokens known as “kimchi coins” are being targeted by South Korea’s Financial Services Commission. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) sent the two cryptocurrency price manipulation cases to prosecutors on...
Wed, Jul 1
Venga lands rare MiCA license as EU moves ahead with leaner crypto space
Venga has received authorization from Spain’s Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) to operate as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), joining a limited group of firms approved under the bloc’s new regulatory framework. The authorization comes just weeks before the end of MiCA’s transitional period on...
Wed, Jul 1
Will Bitcoin have another hard fork summer with BIP-110?
Bitcoin is headed toward the activation date of BIP-110, a proposal aimed at removing spam from the network, and only allowing usage for payments and P2P transfers. Ahead of the proposal activation, over 67% of BTC traffic comes from ordinals and runes, a type of on-chain inscription.
Wed, Jul 1
Bank of England concerned about AI agents, proposes regulatory reform
Sarah Breeden, the Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability, has warned that autonomous AI systems pose a growing threat to financial markets, cybersecurity, and payment infrastructure, urging central banks worldwide to look into better regulations for the sector. Speaking at the European Central Bank’s annual forum in Sintra, Portugal, Breeden explained that agentic...
Wed, Jul 1
Supreme Court to hear Apple's appeal in Epic Games lawsuit battle
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to listen to Apple’s appeal to a contempt ruling in its years-long antitrust battle with Epic Games, which could set the stage for a landmark decision on how courts judge suits against tech platforms. The case revolves around the validity of a civil contempt ruling against a company...
Wed, Jul 1
Anthropic launches Claude science for research purposes
Anthropic has announced the release of Claude Science, a research environment that consolidates multiple scientific databases, tools, and visualization capabilities into a single platform for scientists and researchers. Anthropic announced the product at its “The Briefing: AI for Science” event on June 30, where the company explained Claude Science was not a new AI model....
Wed, Jul 1
Meituan drops 1.6-trillion-parameter LongCat-2.0 trained on Chinese chips
Meituan claims it trained the 1.6 trillion parameter model on domestic Chinese hardware, avoiding Nvidia GPUs altogether.
Tue, Jun 30
Schneider Electric buys Cognite for $3.1 billion
The Norwegian industrial AI software company Cognite will be purchased by Schneider Electric. The $3.1B deal is Norway's biggest software and AI exit to date.
Tue, Jun 30
Dubai set to take in crypto firms from EU after MiCA deadline
The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation decree will hit its set deadline on July 1, and crypto firms and exchanges without authorization will lose their capacity to serve EU clients. This change is causing a major migration of crypto companies toward the United Arab Emirates, with Dubai’s less stringent licensing regime offering a...
Tue, Jun 30
Pump.fun finally removes the Tokenized Agent launch option
Solana memecoin trading platform Pump.fun has removed agent mode for new token launches, following community requests. Pump.fun announced the decision on Tuesday, saying the Tokenized Agent launch option is deprecated, effective immediately. Co-founder Alon Cohen said it’s the first step to “removing launch options that don’t add enough value to users.” Last month I promised...
Tue, Jun 30
Empery Digital enters $65M data center arrangement as AI replaces BTC strategy
Empery Digital (NASDAQ: EMPD), the former electric vehicle maker turned Bitcoin treasury firm, is betting $65 million on AI infrastructure after months of shareholder revolt and forced BTC liquidations gutted its original crypto strategy. It was seen in an SEC filing and confirmed in a press release by the Austin-based company that it will acquire...
Tue, Jun 30
ENS DAO Security Council renewal blocked as founder wields 50% voting power
Nick Johnson, the founder and lead developer of ENS, just used about half of the protocol’s active voting power to stop an on-chain proposal to renew the ENS DAO Security Council, adding a new chapter to several weeks of a governance crisis that no one wants to see go any further. The on-chain vote ended...
Tue, Jun 30
AWS bets $1 billion on engineers who build AI systems inside client teams
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pouring $1 billion into a new unit that drops thousands of AI engineers straight into enterprise teams.
Tue, Jun 30
Binance expands triparty banking network with Anchorage Digital
Binance has integrated Anchorage Digital’s Atlas platform into its triparty banking program in a move aiming to give its clients another option to trade on the exchange, while assets are kept in separately. The arrangement lets eligible institutional and professional traders pledge collateral with Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank supervised by the Office...
Tue, Jun 30
Strike wins MiCA license for all 27 EU states as Binance faces July 1 shutdown
Strike now has permanent access to all 27 member states under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, according to a statement by the firm earlier today, one day before the cutoff for firms that have not cleared the licensing hurdle. Binance, on the other hand, is one of many exchanges that must now restrict...
Tue, Jun 30
