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Fed Chair Walsh announced the formation of five specialized working groups focused on monetary policy reform during a post-meeting press conference on June 18 (Beijing time early morning). Walsh, who positions himself as a reformer, unveiled the initiative at his first press conference as the new Fe

Ethereum remains a central blockchain network due to its dominant role in smart contracts, decentralized finance, and application development. Jupiter and Arbitrum continue attracting attention through decentralized finance growth and blockchain scaling solutions. Aptos and Sei are

Monterey Park, California residents voted June 2 to permanently ban data center construction, passing a referendum 10,321 to 1,362. The vote followed a January 21 city council meeting where 95 residents requested to speak against a proposed 50-megawatt AI data center planned by Australian company

The Ethereum community reflects on the 10-year anniversary of The DAO attack, which occurred on June 17, 2016, resulting in the loss of 3.6 million ETH, valued at approximately $6.26 billion. The exploit targeted a vulnerability that had been flagged weeks earlier but remained unaddressed due to

Société Générale commodity analysts predict gold prices will face limited medium-term upside despite declining real yields and a weaker dollar, as strong equity markets continue to attract investors to risk assets. The French banking giant attributes this outlook to persistent inflation,

Virtuals Protocol announced the development of new memory infrastructure designed to address long-horizon memory challenges for working agents. The company made the announcement via tweet, which received considerable attention. Virtuals Protocol operates at the intersection of artificial

Bitcoin miners pursuing AI hosting face a $50 billion near-term funding gap, according to VanEck research. The investment firm estimates the sector requires $221 billion in long-term capital to execute the pivot from cryptocurrency mining to artificial intelligence data center operations. The

Trace Finance closed a $32 million Series A funding round led by Coinfund to expand its regulated stablecoin infrastructure into the U.S., APAC, and additional markets. The round included participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, Jump Capital, Valor Capital, Paxos, HOF Capital,

The National Association of Realtors announced on Wednesday that the U.S. pending home sales index rose 3.8% in May, surpassing the 0.8% forecast. Year-over-year pending home sales increased 4.8%, exceeding the 3.0% expectation, with gains across all regions including the Northeast, Midwest,

SpaceX appointed Roelof Botha as an independent director and audit committee member, according to a Wednesday filing with the SEC. The appointment came less than a week after CEO Elon Musk led the rocket maker through a record IPO. Botha, a longtime Musk ally who worked with him at PayPal in 2000, w

Trader Garrett Jin sold 184,102 HYPE tokens worth approximately $13.55 million at roughly $73.6 each, securing a $2.83 million profit, according to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain. He subsequently opened a long position on UNI, the governance token of decentralized exchange Uniswap,

Bitcoin pushed toward $67,000 early-week before cooling back toward the mid-$65,000s, as traders weighed market reaction to a preliminary US-Iran memorandum of understanding announced around the G7 Summit regarding the Strait of Hormuz. The preliminary agreement, with formal signing still pending, c

FTX creditors are monitoring SpaceX's post-IPO performance after the rocket-maker's market cap surged past $2.52 trillion on Wednesday, driven by an initial public offering that occurred last week. The defunct crypto exchange held a stake in SpaceX through venture firm K5 Global before FTX's

The Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) published a collection decision on 16 June against Adventure One QSS Inc., the operator of prediction market platform Polymarket, for €420,000 (approximately $487,000). The penalty stems from the platform halting its service to Dutch users one

Stand With Crypto is advocating for the Clarity Act, which is now poised for a Senate floor vote. The organization conducted 18 meetings with Senate offices to deliver one message: protections for developers must remain intact as the legislation advances. The Clarity Act aims to provide clearer

XRP withdrawal transactions on Binance reached 53.2% on June 15 and 53.1% on June 16, while deposits fell to 46.7% on June 15, according to CryptoQuant data. The shift in transaction flow coincided with the Binance Estimated Leverage Ratio hitting 0.1899 on June 16, marking a 2026 high. The data

Investors pulled back from geopolitical risks across Asian markets, pushing the region’s total over $770 billion.  Traders switched to growth-oriented and export-inflated stocks as South Korea and Japan rallied. Risk appetite returned as Hong Kong and Shanghai showed steady progress. Asi

NVIDIA GEAR lab researchers alongside collaborators from Carnegie Mellon University and UC Berkeley developed ENPIRE, an agent harness framework that enables AI coding agents to autonomously direct robot