Cryptocurrency News

North Carolina has broken with the wave of states fighting prediction markets in court, using its new budget to tax platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket at 6% while explicitly declining to regulate them – a posture that effectively recognizes federal authority over the sector even as other states sue to assert their own. Sportsbooks in…Read More

Robinhood Chain is seeing a sharp rise in speculative trading, with daily DEX volume topping $560 million and nearly 16,000 new tokens created in one day. Pumpfun has added support for Robinhood tokens, widening access for Solana-based traders without requiring bridging. Arbitrum Stands to Gain as Robinhood Chain Reaches 200,000 Active Addresses Robinhood Chain is…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine JPMorgan Says the Real Threat to Bitcoin Isn’t Strategy (MSTR) — It’s Private Blockchains JPMorgan says Strategy’s Bitcoin sales are a short-term concern, but the bigger long-term risk is that banks and institutions adopt private blockchains over public networks, reducing activity and capital flows across the broader crypto ecosystem. This post JPMorgan Says…Read More

Investors utilizing the newly launched Robinhood Chain are facing a swathe of scammy “honeypot” tokens that result in the total loss of funds traded for those specific assets. Relay Protocol, a major cross-chain interoperability platform, confirmed it is aware of user reports regarding tokens disappearing from wallets immediately following purchase. Relay Protocol Warns: There’s Been…Read More

Strategy raised the dividend on its flagship preferred stock to 12% in late June, but the security is still changing hands well below the $100 price the company says it wants investors to see. STRC, Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, traded in the mid-to-high $80s this week, with some sessions dipping…Read More

Bitcoin rebounded to test the $63,000 threshold, recovering from a 3% drop to under $61,500. Recovery came despite growing military tensions and exchanges of fire between U.S. and Iranian forces. Bitcoin Reclaims Key Support After Sharp Drop On Thursday, bitcoin recovered slightly from its more than 3% tumble over the previous 24 hours as it…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s New Debt Machine is Facing Its First Major Test BitcoinTreasuries.net says June marked the first major stress test for Bitcoin-backed preferred shares, with Strategy’s STRC and Strive’s SATA rebounding after a sharp sell-off, reinforcing confidence in the growing corporate Bitcoin financing model. This post Bitcoin’s New Debt Machine is Facing Its First…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine New Hampshire Council Rejects $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed Bond New Hampshire’s Executive Council voted 3-2 to reject a proposed $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond, shelving what supporters said would have been the world’s first such issuance despite arguments that it posed no risk to taxpayers. This post New Hampshire Council Rejects $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine BitGo Adds Quantum-Risk Controls to Bitcoin Custody BitGo launched new quantum-risk tools that help institutional Bitcoin holders identify and reduce potential future quantum-computing exposure in their custody wallets. This post BitGo Adds Quantum-Risk Controls to Bitcoin Custody first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Largest Private Bank Alfa-Bank To Test Bitcoin and Crypto Trading Russia’s largest private lender, Alfa-Bank, plans to launch Bitcoin and crypto trading, custody, and a digital depository once new regulations take effect, joining a broader push by major Russian banks to enter the country’s emerging crypto market by late 2026 or 2027.…Read More