Why Has USDT Been Removed From Regulated EU Exchanges? Tether’s USDT has lost access to regulated crypto exchange order books in the European Union after the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework completed its transition period on 1 July 2026. The change removes the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalisation from licensed trading platforms across the bloc
Binance has begun restricting trading services for users in France and other European markets after failing to secure a Markets in Crypto-Assets license before the European Union’s July 1 deadline, marking one of the most significant compliance setbacks for the world’s largest crypto exchange. The company told customers in France that its local entity could
The Miner Cycle Stress Composite, an on-chain indicator cited by CryptoQuant contributor gaah_im, has fallen to a new 2026 low and entered its “undervalued” range. The gauge combines the Puell Multiple, which compares current miner revenue with historical revenue trends, and an inverse miner capitulation measure designed to capture operational stress across the mining network.
Crypto ETF flow reporting paused on Friday, July 3, because U.S. equity markets were closed for the Independence Day holiday, leaving Thursday’s session as the latest available fund-flow snapshot for U.S.-listed Bitcoin, Ether and Solana exchange-traded products. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq were closed on July 3, 2026, because Independence Day fell on
Why Did Strategy Sell Bitcoin? Strategy sold 3,588 BTC for approximately $216 million last week, marking a notable shift for the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder as it used part of its crypto reserve to fund preferred stock distributions and rebuild its dollar liquidity buffer. The company said in an SEC filing that it sold
How Was Summer Finance Exploited? Summer Finance, a DeFi yield-optimization protocol also known as Summer.fi, has been exploited for $6 million, according to onchain analysts. The breach was first flagged early Monday by blockchain security firm Blockaid, with other security analysts later outlining how the attacker appeared to manipulate smart contract accounting inside Summer.fi’s Lazy
Why Is Congress Revisiting Crypto Ethics Now? Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has proposed barring elected officials and their spouses from issuing or sponsoring their own digital assets, placing ethics rules at the center of the Senate’s digital asset market structure negotiations. The New York lawmaker said Congress should support a restriction covering members of Congress, the
Why Did Aave’s Monad Market Grow So Quickly? Deposits on Aave’s newly launched Monad market crossed $100 million on Saturday, roughly two days after the decentralized lending protocol deployed V3 on the network. The launch brought lending, borrowing, and Aave’s GHO stablecoin to Monad for the first time. The market opened with support for 12
Why Are Trump Token Losses Back In Focus? Roughly two-thirds of the wallets that bought President Donald Trump’s official memecoin had recorded losses by the end of June, according to data from analytics firm Nansen. The figures show that 988,905 of about 1.48 million wallets that bought the Official Trump token were in the red,
Why Are Binance Outflows Rising? Binance recorded a sharp increase in weekly net outflows as Ethereum withdrawal activity on the exchange climbed to its highest level in more than 3 years. The exchange saw $1.23 billion in net outflows during the week beginning June 29, up 207% from about $400 million in the previous week,