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Bitcoin traded near $66,989 on June 3 after an eight-week decline pushed the asset more than 10% lower over the past week. Santiment data shows whales and sharks holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC dumped 24,602 coins during the past week, marking an 18% drop in their collective holdings, while

The Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have opened investigations into trades that pardoned former congressman George Santos allegedly placed on prediction market Kalshi, according to NPR. Santos allegedly wagered he would skip President Donald Trump's State of the

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly endorsed Marvell as a future trillion-dollar company on June 2 at COMPUTEX 2026, triggering a massive rally in U.S. optical communication stocks. Huang praised the American semiconductor design firm's high-speed optical connectivity technology and network chips as

The US Senate resumed negotiations on the Crypto Clarity Act on June 3, 2026, according to a social media post by crypto commentator John Squire. The legislative discussions focus on establishing regulatory frameworks for digital assets including XRP. Lawmakers are working to define classification s

Grayscale launched its Hyperliquid Staking exchange-traded fund (ETF) on June 3, trading under ticker HYPG with a 0.29% sponsor fee. The fee undercuts competitors 21Shares' THYP at 0.30% and Bitwise's BHYP, which charges 0.34% after a one-month fee waiver. The launch positions HYPG as the third US-l

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has sent warning letters to Premier League football clubs regarding sponsorship deals with unauthorized cryptocurrency businesses and trading platforms. The regulator stated these firms may be breaching UK financial services laws by operating without proper autho

Alphabet announced an $80 billion share sale after Monday's close, sending its stock down roughly 4% as investors reacted to the dilution. The move follows similar plans from AI lab Anthropic, which confidentially filed for an IPO after being valued at nearly $1 trillion, and SpaceX, which

Solana (SOL) has broken below the $75-$77 support zone after on-chain data revealed thin demand beneath that level. The breakdown occurred as UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD) analysis showed relatively little realized supply between $77 and lower price levels, according to analyst Ali

US and NATO officials are discussing the expansion of nuclear weapons operational infrastructure to additional European countries beyond the current six participants in the Nuclear Sharing Program, according to reports on June 3 (local time) by Euro News and other European media. The discussions

Strive Asset Management acquired an additional 2,500 Bitcoin over a ten-day window, deploying approximately $185.2 million at an average cost of $74,092 per token, according to an SEC 8-K filing. The purchase was timed to capitalize on market weakness as Bitcoin's spot price retreated toward

Franklin Templeton and MoonPay announced a strategic partnership connecting Franklin Templeton's Benji Technology Platform with MoonPay Trade's institutional trading infrastructure. The integration allows eligible institutional users to move between stablecoins and tokenized money market fund

Microsoft Threat Intelligence discovered two compromised npm packages distributing remote access trojan malware targeting developers and cryptocurrency users. The malicious packages, identified as utils-terminal@3.2.1 and logger-active@3.2.1, steal keystrokes, screenshots, and cryptocurrency

Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee predicts Ethereum could eventually reach $250,000 per coin, citing the convergence of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology as key drivers. Lee argues Ethereum's value extends beyond its cryptocurrency role, positioning the network as critical

From May 15 to June 2, 2026, the BTC spot ETF market saw its longest consecutive net outflow period since its debut in January 2024. Within 12 trading days, total outflows amounted to $3.97 billion, shrinking total net assets from $104.29 billion to $85 billion—an approximately 18.5% drop. The scale and duration of this capital exodus have never been seen in prior market periods. Previously, the longest consecutive outflow record was 8 trading days, occurring in late August to early September 20

Bitcoin fell more than eleven percent over seven days to drop below sixty-seven thousand dollars, its lowest level since early April. The decline was driven by institutional capital rotation, with three point four five billion dollars exiting United States spot Bitcoin ETFs over an eleven-session st