Cryptocurrencies

The price of bitcoin on Wednesday broke through the $66,000 mark when US President Donald Trump made a statement on the Iran deal at a press conference at the G7 summit. Against this backdrop the cost of oil declined — Trump's words brought clarity to the details of the arrangements between the US and Iran ahead of

A wallet linked to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes received 4,400 ether worth about $7.9 million over two days. The funds came in through the Flowdesk and FalconX platforms, Onchain Lens analysts reported. On June 15 the address received 3,000 ether worth about $5.42 million from the market maker Flowdesk. Two days

Over the past year Ukrainian officials filed 2,861 declarations containing cryptocurrency — 16% more than in 2024. The record holder declared assets worth 278.8 million hryvnias (about 500 million rubles) in bitcoin alone. This is shown by data from the Opendatabot service. In total over the year declarants filed

In June the volume of perpetual contracts on shares of companies before they go public (pre-IPO perpetual futures) on crypto exchanges reached roughly $12 billion — that is 6,000 times more than in March. The reason for the spike is traders' desire to gain access to the largest technology companies. The share of

The basis of the long-term value of altcoins is now determined not by narrative but by real business, revenue and a link to global financial trends. This conclusion was reached by CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju. He published a thread reconsidering his view of this market segment. Which altcoins Ki Young Ju considers

Senators Ruben Gallego and Cynthia Lummis came forward with a resolution to ban a pardon, amnesty and any other reduction of sentence for former FTX exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. They stated that he did not deserve release and pointed to the absence of any signs of remorse. As a reminder, Bankman-Fried filed an

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has allowed for the launch of his own coin after he gets out of prison. New York Magazine writes about this, citing the entrepreneur's cellmates and acquaintances. When former inmate David Bunevacz asked SBF about his plans after release, he replied that "making serious money

Investment company VanEck has published an analysis of the transformation of bitcoin miners into infrastructure providers for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC). Analysts concluded that the market increasingly values mining companies not as a cryptocurrency business but as operators of data

Propr is the first full-fledged on-chain prop firm built on Hyperliquid. The project lets experienced traders get up to $100,000 in trading capital under management without risking their own funds (apart from the cost of entering the challenge). The main feature is full transparency. All trades are executed on the

Snap Inc. has unveiled SPECS — a portable computer in the form of augmented reality glasses. The device is already available for pre-order at a price of $2,195.