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Oracle Corp. received price target increases from multiple Wall Street analysts ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings results due Wednesday. Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne raised the price target to $245 from $220 with an Outperform rating, TD Cowen analyst Derrick Wood raised the target to $300 f

Senator Cynthia Lummis warned on June 8, 2026 that foreign jurisdictions could establish digital asset regulations if the U.S. Senate fails to advance the CLARITY Act, posting on X that she did not spend years on the issue to watch another country write rules governing assets Americans invented.

Bitcoin reclaimed the $63,000 level after losing the $60,000 mark last Friday in a breakdown that forced market reassessment since the February lows. XWIN Research Japan published analysis addressing whether institutions have abandoned Bitcoin, as ETF outflows persisted and altcoins fell more

IC3 researchers warned that autonomous AI agents with access to cryptocurrency could escape human control and become unstoppable. The researchers stated that such scenarios could have far-reaching consequences for users and the financial system. No specific incidents, timelines, or technical

The tokenized stocks sector within the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization market recorded a market capitalization of $5.33 billion as of the 6th, according to RWA data platform rwa.xyz. This represents a 139% increase from $2.23 billion on January 1 this year. The growth stems from global

White House officials will meet with law enforcement agencies Wednesday to discuss concerns surrounding the Clarity Act, according to reports. The discussion centers on ensuring new legislation does not weaken efforts to track illicit financial activity across digital asset networks. The meeting

According to CoinTelegraph on June 9, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposed in a quarterly consultation paper to allow certain authorised investment funds—including transferable securities collective investment schemes (UCITS) funds and some non-UCITS funds—to hold up to 10% of cryptocurrency exchange-traded notes (ETNs). The public consultation will run for 5 weeks, with a deadline of July 13. Confirmed Terms of the FCA Proposal: Scope, Exclusion Mechanisms, and Policy Background Ba

A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a statement on June 6, saying Mainland clients can still normally apply to open bank accounts in Hong Kong, and overall, the account-opening process is running smoothly. According to the HKMA regulatory circular published on May 22, when Mainland residents open new bank investment accounts in Hong Kong, they must make a written declaration confirming that all funds used for investment and settlement are from legitimate sources out

Miasma worm infected more than 70 Microsoft GitHub open-source repositories within two minutes on June 6. GitHub’s automated defense system shut down 73 infected repositories within 105 seconds after the malicious code was submitted. The affected repositories mainly cover Azure Functions host processes and the open-source versions of the Durable Task task orchestration framework across multiple languages. Attack chain: confirmed technical mechanism and affected scope Based on confirmed reporting

According to a report by Korean media outlet News1 on June 8, Korean police have launched a search and seizure operation targeting Bithumb, one of the country’s major cryptocurrency exchanges, investigating a case involving nonpartisan National Assembly member Kim Byung-ki, who is suspected of using political influence to secure jobs for his son at multiple cryptocurrency companies. Kim Byung-ki’s son began working at Bithumb in January 2025 and served for about six months. Allegations Involving

Pi Network announced that all mainnet node operators must complete the upgrade to Protocol 25 by June 18 or risk losing connection to the network. The Pi Core Team issued the directive as part of the project's ongoing mainnet development roadmap, which is gradually transitioning nodes from Protocol

A study by the team of adolescent psychiatrist Ran Barzilay at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, cited by BlockTempo on June 9, shows that for children who get their first smartphone at age 13, there is "no association" between depression and obesity. The study also found that teenagers who use smartphones for more than 5 hours per day have more than double the risk of developing depression, obesity, and insufficient sleep within one year after getting a phone. Research Design and Data Ra

BitMine Immersion Technologies, chaired by market strategist Thomas "Tom" Lee, purchased exactly 126,971 Ether (ETH) valued at approximately $213 million to $214 million. The acquisition represents the firm's largest weekly digital asset purchase and was executed during an aggressive market-wide

Strategy purchased 1,550 Bitcoin for approximately $101.3 million between June 1 and June 7, 2026, according to a Form 8-K regulatory filing. The acquisition occurred during a market correction that briefly pushed Bitcoin below $60,000. The purchase follows a prior disclosure that Strategy had

Circle launched cirBTC on Ethereum, a new asset backed 1:1 by Bitcoin reserves designed for institutional decentralized finance participation. The product allows institutions to deploy Bitcoin liquidity across DeFi applications without selling their holdings. Circle created cirBTC to address

An X account @justicechibueze posted on June 8, saying that Pi Network has successfully completed the Protocol 24 upgrade, and that Protocol 25 is the next confirmed milestone on its development roadmap. Pi Network’s global community has launched extensive discussions on this; the focus of the debate has clearly shifted from the technical protocol upgrade itself to questions about real-world ecosystem applications. Protocol 24 Completion and Protocol 25’s Roadmap Status Pi Network has confirmed

The 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico will be the first football tournament in history jointly hosted by three countries. The participating teams will expand from 32 to 48, with 104 matches spread across 16 cities, and the tournament will last for 39 days. As the June 12 Beijing-time opening match approaches, discussions about who will win the trophy have reached a peak. Unlike traditional tournament analysis firms, blockchain-based prediction markets are offering a brand-new lens to

The top 100 institutional bitcoin holders control 1,258,090 BTC as of June 8, 2026, according to a chart published on X by HODL15Capital. Strategy alone accounts for 845,256 BTC of that total, representing more than two-thirds of the combined holdings. Mining firms, technology companies, private ent

Applied Digital Corporation stock jumped nearly 9% in after-hours trading on Monday following the company's announcement of a 210 megawatt, 15-year lease agreement with a U.S.-based investment-grade hyperscaler at its Delta Forge 2 AI campus. The deal adds approximately $5.2 billion in base-term