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Schwartz proposes XRPL reservation fix for DEX front-running
Ethereum spent years outsourcing its front-running problem to off-chain relays like Flashbots; the XRP Ledger is now proposing to fix the same problem in the protocol itself. On June 29, 2026, XRP Ledger co-founder and…
Bitcoin ETFs shed $9bn from peak as June 23 flows flip positive
Spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds have shed roughly $9 billion since their recent peak, a six-week redemption run that ranks among the largest since the funds launched — yet the more telling signal sits two…
Coinbase and OKX poach Binance EU users with 5-8% bonuses
Binance is pulling back from the European Union after failing to land a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) licence before the July 1, 2026 deadline — and the scramble for its users shows that, in post-MiCA…
Tokenized RWAs top $31.76bn but the holder base stays thin
The on-chain market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) reached about $31.76 billion in mid-June 2026, up roughly 300% year-over-year and excluding stablecoins, according to RWA.xyz. Yet the same dataset exposes the catch institutional desks keep…
Invesco files onchain fund for the stablecoin reserve market
The race to own the plumbing behind stablecoins now has another Wall Street name. Invesco, which manages roughly $2 trillion in assets, has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a tokenised…
HYPE falls 20% from its high as Hyperliquid usage climbs
Hyperliquid's HYPE token has fallen roughly 20% from its June 16, 2026 all-time high of $76.67 to around $62 — but the slide is a market-beta move, not a fundamentals story. While Bitcoin (BTC) slid…
Bitcoin holds $62.7k as treasuries buy the ETF-outflow dip
Bitcoin (BTC) is holding near $62,700 after a six-week run of spot-ETF outflows, but the more revealing signal is who is on the other side of the trade: corporate treasuries are buying the dip that…
Bitcoin transactions top 820,000 as Runes drive a fee revival
Bitcoin (BTC) just printed its busiest day in more than two years even as its price languishes near a two-week low — a divergence that cuts against the usual cycle script, where on-chain activity fades…
MoneyGram joins Mastercard, Western Union as Solana validators
The payments incumbents that spent a decade treating public blockchains as a threat are now lining up to secure them. MoneyGram became an active validator on the Solana network on June 22, 2026, joining card…
Uniswap’s UNI jumps 23% on Standard Chartered’s $100 call
Uniswap's UNI token jumped about 23% on June 20, 2026 after Standard Chartered set a $100 price target by 2030 — a roughly 40x call that landed while Bitcoin (BTC) sits down close to 30%…