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June 18, 2026

Coinbase CEO 'as Bullish as Ever' on Bitcoin, Expects Much Higher Prices by 2030 1

Coinbase CEO Optimistic on Bitcoin Prices by 2030

Brian Armstrong Reaffirms Bullish Bitcoin Outlook and Long-Term Position Coinbase Global Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong reaffirmed his bitcoin

HIVE Lands $220 Million AI Cloud Deal With Bell Canada and Cohere 1

HIVE’s AI Infrastructure Deal with Bell Canada

HIVE Secures $70 Million ARR Boost Through New AI Infrastructure Deal HIVE Digital Technologies is moving deeper into artificial intelligence

Tether Phases out aUSDT Stablecoin, Refocuses on XAUT Gold Token 1

Tether Winds Down aUSDT to Refocus on XAUT

Tether Shuts Down Alloy Platform and Gives Users 3 Months to Recover Gold Collateral Tether will begin winding down Alloy

China Onboards 26 Global Institutions to Its New Digital Yuan Cross-Border Payment Network 1

Digital Yuan Expands with 26 Global Institutions

China Intensifies Global Digital Yuan Push With New Institutional Partners China is doubling down on its digital yuan internationalization push,

Range Raises $8.3M as Institutions Push for Pre-Execution Stablecoin Risk Controls 1

Stablecoin Risk Controls: Range Raises $8.3M Funding

A Mixed Investor Base Signals Convergence The round drew traditional fintech capital alongside crypto-native funds. TX Ventures of Switzerland and

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Ditches Rate Signals, Bitcoin Slides as Nasdaq Bounces 1.5% 1

Fed Rate Signals Update: Warsh’s Impact on Bitcoin

Rates Hold, Statement Shrinks The Fed held the federal funds rate at 3.50% to 3.75% on a unanimous 12-0 vote

Bitcoin Slides to $62k as Traders Dump Risk, Wiping out Iran Peace Rally Gains 1

Bitcoin Slides to $62k Amid U.S.-Iran Accord

Bitcoin Erases Gains Following U.S.-Iran Peace Accord On Thursday, bitcoin tumbled to $62,000, wiping out gains made initially on rumors

Fed Joins 4 Agencies to Demand ID Programs From Payment Stablecoin Operators 1

Fed Proposes KYC for Payment Stablecoin Issuers

What the Fed Is Proposing The Fed’s Board of Governors published a proposal June 18, 2026, that would require certain

2 Incorporated AI Agents Sign First Legal Deal That Executes Itself on Ethereum 1

Milestone AI-to-AI Ricardian Contract Executed

Key Takeaways: Clawbank and Shodai executed the first AI-to-AI Ricardian contract, binding legal prose to Ethereum code. Shodai’s smart contract

CME’s Terrence Duffy Targets CFTC Perpetual Approval as Kalshi Volume Tops $3B 1

CME’s Duffy Takes Aim at CFTC Over Perpetual Futures

Perps Should Be Classified as Swaps, Says CME Boss CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy said June 17 he plans to

IMF Warns Nigeria’s Stablecoin Boom Could Weaken Local Currency Demand 1

Stablecoins Risk to Nigeria’s Currency – IMF Warns

IMF: Stablecoins Transform From Niche Market to Major Payment Route Nigerians are increasingly turning to U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins to move

Bitcoin ETFs Lose $82M as Ark and BlackRock Reverse Prior Session Gains 1

Bitcoin ETFs See $82M Outflow Amid Market Shifts

HYPE ETFs Add $2.1M as Bitcoin and Ether Funds Return to Outflows The crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) market cannot seem