Spain Regulator Rules out Extension for Non-MiCA Compliant Crypto Companies

The chair of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission reportedly said that there would be no extensions or waivers for crypto companies that did not receive approval to operate in European Union member states under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework by July 1.  According to a Friday Reuters report, Chair Carlos San Basilio said…

Bitcoin Risks A $60,000 Resistance Flip As Asia Stocks Weakness Returns

Bitcoin (BTC) struggled to reclaim $60,000 on Friday amid continued global market volatility. Key points: Bitcoin closes below $60,000 on daily time frames for the first time since September 2024. Asian stock markets see another day of major losses on tech-stock concerns. BTC price analysis hopes for a reclaim of the 200-week trend line as…

SBI Expands Digital Asset Push With Bitbank Acquisition

Japan’s SBI Holdings has signed agreements to acquire full control of crypto exchange Bitbank through a 46.7 billion Japanese yen ($289 million) transaction, advancing a deal first disclosed in May that would create the country’s biggest crypto exchange. On Thursday, SBI said that its wholly owned subsidiary SBICAH will acquire shares from Bitbank CEO Noriyuki…

Sharplink Buys ETH for First Time in 8 Months

Ether treasury company Sharplink has bought Ether for the first time in eight months as the token sank to its lowest price this year on Thursday. On-chain data from Arkham shows a wallet associated with Sharplink received 5,000 Ether (ETH), worth $7.85 million, from crypto prime brokerage FalconX on Thursday. The last time it received…

Hyperliquid Added to Singapore’s MAS Investor Alert List

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city-state’s central bank and financial regulator, has added decentralized perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid to its Investor Alert List. The entry, added on Friday, includes the Hyper Foundation website and the Hyperliquid trading app. The Investor Alert List is a consumer protection measure that identifies entities that may be wrongly…

Surging U.S. IPO market still falls short of bubble territory: Goldman Sachs

The pullback marks a sharp reversal from expectations at the start of 2026, when many industry executives anticipated a wave of crypto listings following successful IPOs by Circle (CRCL) and CoinDesk’s owner Bullish (BLSH). Crypto investors also worry that this year’s blockbuster AI-related IPOs are siphoning capital away from digital assets. The successful listing of…

Bitcoin ETFs Log $696M Outflows as Bitcoin Drops Below 60K

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their largest daily net outflows of June on Thursday as Bitcoin fell below $60,000. Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $696.3 million, surpassing the previous monthly high of $519.2 million logged on June 2, according to SoSoValue data. The latest withdrawals pushed June’s total outflows to $3.61 billion, bringing year-to-date…

Base Resumes Block Production After 2-Hour Outage

Base, the blockchain backed by crypto exchange Coinbase, has returned online after the network suffered nearly a two-hour outage due to a consensus issue that halted block production. Base posted to X on Thursday after the outage that the network’s blocks “are being produced normally, and we have verified widespread recovery in the ecosystem.” Base’s…

Tether Flips Ether as USDt Becomes Second Largest Crypto

Tether stablecoin USDt has become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization as Ether fell to its lowest price of the year on Friday Ether’s market capitalization dropped below $185 billion following a 5.2% price crash over 24 hours, sending the asset tumbling to $1,510 on Coinbase, according to TradingView. This allowed USDt, with a $186…

House Democrats Probe SEC On AI Agent Advisors

A group of Democratic US House lawmakers is questioning the US securities regulator over how it is overseeing investment advice and trading powered by artificial intelligence. In a letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins dated Tuesday, the lawmakers said that platforms offering AI trading agents to retail traders “raises serious questions for investor protection, broker-dealer…