The European Parliament is set to vote on a technology sovereignty proposal submitted by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) under the leadership of pro-Bitcoin lawmaker Sarah Knafo. ITRE, one of 24 standing committees in the European Parliament, on June 3 adopted a non-binding report on tech sovereignty and digital infrastructure, calling for…
Leverage across the crypto economy is evolving, not evaporating. Total crypto-collateralized lending fell 4.9% quarter-over-quarter to $39.07 billion, the first decline since late 2023, Galaxy Research’s Q1 2025 report shows. But while the headline figure contracted, underlying dynamics suggest leverage is shifting form, not fading. Lending in decentralized finance (DeFi) lending took a hit early…
The Ethereum network is staging a comeback in 2025 as bot-driven activity and stablecoin growth push the mainnet back into the center of decentralized finance (DeFi). On June 4, crypto trading platform CEX.io reported that automated bots facilitated 4.84 million stablecoin transfers on Ethereum’s layer-1 blockchain in May. The volume reached $480 billion, its highest…
There is a strong institutional presence in U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with investment advisors taking a commanding lead, according to the recent SEC filings. Investment advisors now hold over $10.28 billion in spot bitcoin ETF assets, representing 124,753 BTC. Investment advisors hold nearly half of the total crypto assets declared by the various…
The tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) surged in the first half of 2025 as increased regulatory clarity fueled broader adoption of blockchain-based financial products. Real-world asset tokenization refers to financial and other tangible assets minted on the immutable blockchain ledger, increasing investor accessibility and trading opportunities for these assets. The RWA market surged more than…
The widely tracked 50-day simple moving average of bitcoin’s price is giving off mixed signals. The measure hit a record high, climbing into six figures for the first time in a sign of the broader bullish outlook for the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization. At the same time, however, the spread between the price and…
The ongoing loop of tariff uncertainty from US President Donald Trump is the most significant risk for those betting big on Bitcoin over the next two months, a crypto analyst warns. “The biggest threat to bulls right now is that nothing changes over the next two months, and we just stay trapped in this cycle…
The world’s richest man took aim at President Donald Trump’s proposed spending package, calling the One Big Beautiful Bill Act a fiscal disaster. Teslo CEO Elon Musk, the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, left the department as the legislation moved through Congress, warning it marks the largest increase in the debt ceiling…
US authorities seized 145 domains and an undisclosed amount of cryptocurrency tied to BidenCash, a dark web marketplace accused of trafficking millions of stolen credit cards and personal data. The action, announced on June 5 by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, followed a court-authorized operation targeting the platform’s infrastructure and…
Crypto traders holding XRP and dogecoin can now tap into yield-generating decentralized finance (DeFi) opportunities on Base, the layer-2 blockchain from digital assets exchange Coinbase (COIN). On Wednesday, the Nasdaq-listed exchange said the wrapped versions of the two tokens, called cbXRP and cbDOGE, were live on Base. These wrapped tokens are backed 1:1 by native…