Bitcoin Price Crash to $65K Sparks $1.8B Crypto Liquidation Bloodbath

Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 8% to a nine-week low of $65,360 from Tuesday’s high of $71,300 amid increasing geopolitical risks surrounding the US-Iran war. Key takeaways: Bitcoin slipped to $65,000 on Wednesday in a market-wide correction, liquidating $774 million in longs. Traders say Bitcoin needs to hold $60,000 as support to avoid a deeper correction…

Mastercard Adds Stablecoin Settlement for Card Transactions

Mastercard announced its plans to expand its settlement capabilities to let issuers and acquirers settle some card transactions using regulated stablecoins.  On Wednesday, Mastercard said the new capabilities will include intraday, weekend and holiday card settlement, supporting both fiat currencies and onchain settlement through regulated stablecoins. The company said the new options are designed to…

Coinbase said to be looking into participating new stablecoin platform backed by Stripe, Visa, Mastercard

Global payment networks Stripe, Visa and Mastercard are close to introducing a new stablecoin platform, according to three people familiar with the plans. U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is also looking into the possibility of participating in the stablecoin platform, one of the people said. Coinbase, Stripe and Visa declined to comment. Mastercard had not…

US Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Nobitex Crypto Exchange

The US Treasury has sanctioned four Iranian crypto exchanges, including the country’s largest, Nobitex, marking the latest effort in its campaign called “Economic Fury” that aims to cut Iran off from the financial system. The Treasury said on Tuesday that it added crypto exchanges Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex to the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s…

New York and EU Regulators Unite to Oversee Stablecoins

​The European Banking Authority and the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to police cross-border stablecoin activities.  The EBA said on Tuesday that the deal is part of its duties under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation and sets out principles and procedures for exchanging information and…

Bitcoin Drops 7% to Nine-Week Low Amid US-Iran Strikes

Bitcoin prices have dropped 7% on the day, breaking key support to a nine-week low after the US and Iran launched fresh strikes as talks over a possible ceasefire have stalled.  Bitcoin (BTC) fell to $65,385 on Coinbase in early trading on Wednesday, its lowest level since late March, according to TradingView. The slump follows…

Cardano’s TapTools Winds Down After Losing 5 Execs

TapTools, a Cardano-focused real-time analytics platform, has begun winding down after its fifth top-level executive departure, compounding leadership instability and making continued operations unsustainable.  TapTools said in a post to X on Tuesday that it would begin winding down over the next two weeks, and noted the departure of its two co-founders, chief operating officer…

UK Lords Warn BoE on Strict GBP Stablecoin Rules

The United Kingdom should press ahead with stablecoin regulation but avoid rules that make a pound sterling stablecoin market commercially unworkable, a House of Lords committee warned in a report released Wednesday. The cross-party Financial Services Regulation Committee said the UK was “lagging behind” the United States and the European Union and that the absence…

Bitcoin’s slide to $67,000 is accelerating a shift into digital dollars

A week ago, CoinDesk informed readers of the renewed rotation of funds into dollar equivalents such as tether USDT$0.9987 and USD Coin (USDC) stablecoins as bitcoin BTC$66 725,29 pulled back from the early May highs above $80,000. That combination was an early warning sign of potential full-blown risk aversion in the crypto market. Those early warning…

XRP Analysis Sees ‘Bear Trap’ as Price Faces June Test

XRP (XRP) dropped to $1.25 on Tuesday after a market-wide sell-off, erasing all the gains made since early February.  Key takeaways: XRP fell to $1.25 after a broader market sell-off, testing a long-term trend line and the 50-month exponential moving average support area. Support weakness has traders looking at $1 and under next, while optimists…