Why Did The Reported Aave Valuation Trigger Pushback? Aave founder Stani Kulechov pushed back against a report that Kraken parent firm Payward is in talks to buy a 15% stake in the protocol at a $385 million valuation, a figure that would place the deal at a steep discount to the AAVE token’s fully diluted
Why Did USDt Move Ahead of Ether? Tether’s USDt has become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after Ether fell to its lowest price of the year on Friday, marking a symbolic shift in a market increasingly favoring liquidity and stability over volatile network tokens. Ether’s market capitalization dropped below $185 billion after a 5.2%
U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded funds recorded nearly $500 million in combined net outflows on June 24, as Bitcoin ETFs faced their heaviest pressure in days and Ether funds extended a negative flow streak. Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $469.0 million in net outflows, led by redemptions across several of the largest issuers. BlackRock’s IBIT lost $239.3
Galaxy Digital has made a strategic investment in Digital Prime Technologies, deepening its relationship with the company behind Tokenet, an institutional digital asset lending platform developed with EquiLend. The investment follows Galaxy’s role as a launch participant on Tokenet, which went live in May 2026 and applies securities lending workflows, risk controls and lifecycle management
Key Facts CertiK announced on 25 June 2026 that it has joined the XDC Network as an institutional masternode validator. Under an agreement between the two organisations, CertiK will deploy and operate validator nodes via its enterprise node solution, CertiK SkyNode. The deployment uses a multi-region sentry node architecture with redundant failover, 24/7 vulnerability scanning,
Why Is SBI Buying Bitbank? SBI Holdings has agreed to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank for 46.7 billion yen, or about $288.6 million, in a deal that would deepen the financial group’s position in Japan’s regulated digital asset market. The transaction will be carried out through SBI’s wholly owned subsidiary, SBICAH LLC. Once completed, Bitbank
Chainlink has joined a multinational banking initiative involving 47 European and South Korean banks to develop near real-time cross-border foreign exchange settlement, marking one of the largest institutional experiments yet in stablecoin-based payment infrastructure. The initiative, called Project Pangea, brings together Chainlink, Qivalis and UniKA to test atomic payment-versus-payment settlement between euro- and Korean won-denominated
The U.S. Senate could release dedicated crypto tax legislation as early as fall 2026, potentially giving the digital asset industry a long-awaited framework for how tokens, stablecoins, staking rewards and decentralized finance activity should be treated under federal tax law. The expected timeline comes as lawmakers continue to separate crypto tax policy from broader market-structure
Key Facts KuCoin Pay announced on 24 June 2026 the expansion of its transfer-based payment capabilities across Bangladesh, Mexico and Zambia. The rollout connects digital assets with local rails: bKash and Nagad in Bangladesh, SPEI-compatible bank transfer routes in Mexico, and MTN and Airtel mobile money in Zambia. KuCoin Pay routes payments through local transfer
Why Is CEA Industries Changing Its Board? BNB treasury company CEA Industries has entered a cooperation agreement with YZi Labs, ending a governance dispute that had placed the company’s strategy, board oversight, and execution under pressure. Under the agreement, CEA appointed YZi Labs head Ella Zhang, YZi investment partner Alex Odagiu, and Bloq co-founder Matthew