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U.S. President Donald Trump said it was "critically important" that the CFTC keep "exclusive authority" over prediction markets, echoing CFTC Chair Michael Selig.

Five unknown addresses removed 107 Bitcoin worth $8.2 million from circulation today, sparking intrigue on social media.

OpenBMB's 1B-parameter model brings MCP support and agentic tool use to on-device AI—but it has trouble with logic traps.

Crypto treasury firms Sharplink and Forward Industries will both be included in the Russell 2000 and 3000 indexes at the end of June.

Cybercriminals are weaponizing the hype surrounding Grand Theft Auto 6, flooding the internet with GTA phishing traps and malware.

Hyperliquid launched a prediction market this week tied directly to the May US CPI year-over-year reading. Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a partnership with OKX to roll out oil futures contracts that never expire, putting ICE's Brent and WTI benchmarks in a crypto product with 24/7 trading. Polymarket, whose […] The post What happens when crypto traders can bet on CPI, Fed cuts, and oil 24/7? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Spain is the latest country to clamp down on the rising use of prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.

The inclusion could attract fresh passive inflows from index-tracking funds, while the firm's stock tanked 95% from its peak over the past year.

Researchers find AI models steer users toward Catholicism and away from other religions, like Jehovah’s Witnesses.

XRP is trading sideways, with no price prediction deciding on what its next move is, but tomorrow's upgrade could unlock the $10 path. The post XRP Price Prediction: Tomorrow’s XRP Ledger Update Could Send XRP Toward $10 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Formerly Huobi Global, the exchange is the latest entity to be named as part of a crackdown on companies “exploited by Russia to circumvent UK sanctions.” The UK government has added cryptocurrency exchange HTX to its list of sanctioned entities over its support of Russia. On Tuesday, UK authorities said that there were “reasonable grounds to suspect” HTX, formerly Huobi Global, has been supporting Russia’s government through financial services and funds facilitated by the A7 Limited Liability Company and Garantex, other sanctioned entities. The crypto exchange, headquartered in Panama, was the latest to be named as part of a crackdown on entities “exploited by Russia to circumvent UK sanctions.” “If the Kremlin thinks it can evade our sanctions by hiding behind crypto networks and shadow financial systems, it is gravely mistaken,” said UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. Read more

Bitcoin miner TeraWulf’s latest deal adds more than a gigawatt of potential data center capacity in a region eager for economic investment.

Researchers were able to embed hidden signals in audio clips that silently commandeer AI model behavior.

British financial institutions are now barred from doing business with the exchanges—and may face penalties for interacting with crypto transactions that pass through them.

WULF shares surged on Tuesday after the Bitcoin miner announced its latest move to expand into AI and HPC through a multi-phase buildout through 2030. Bitcoin miner TeraWulf has acquired a large data center development site in the US state of Kentucky, adding significant capacity to its artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) business as miners continue diversifying beyond Bitcoin. TeraWulf said Tuesday the site could eventually support more than 1 gigawatt of AI and HPC capacity. The company expects the first 500 megawatts to come online in 2028, with another 500 megawatts targeted by 2030. The site includes planned grid infrastructure and long-term power agreements, underscoring TeraWulf’s ongoing shift toward AI and HPC hosting alongside its traditional Bitcoin mining operations. Read more

CryptoQuant data shows XRP's 30-day liquidity index on Binance has fallen to about 0.043, its lowest level since January 2020, while futures open interest on the exchange sits near $488.3 million. Liquidity is draining from the order book while leverage stays active, leaving the market compressed beneath a surface that reads as quiet. XRP's consolidation […] The post XRP is sitting on a volatility trap as liquidity dries up and leverage builds appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Every other AI in this series swung for the fences on Bitcoin price. Grok AI went the other direction and gave the most grounded near-term predicts yet.$82,000 to $88,000 by end of June. A modest 8 to 15% recovery. No fireworks, just structure.Grok’s reasoning is deliberately conservative and that is actually what makes it interesting. […] The post Elon Musk Grok AI Predicts Bitcoin Price by End of JUNE 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Britain applied banking-style sanctions to crypto exchanges for the first time, requiring U.K. financial firms to freeze funds and trace transactions.

According to analysts, Bitcoin's relationship with equities has started shifting compared with past market cycles.

Spain joined a growing list of national authorities restricting or banning prediction market platforms amid concerns over unlicensed gambling activities. Spain’s gambling regulator blocked local users from Polymarket and Kalshi “as a precautionary measure” as authorities there address allegations the prediction markets platforms were in violation of gambling laws.  On Tuesday, Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) said the country’s Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption, and Agenda 2030 had opened legal proceedings against the two companies, as they appeared to be operating without necessary licensing. The DGOJ issued an order blocking Spanish users from Kalshi and Polymarket until the proceedings were resolved, expected in three to four months. “The DGOJ wishes to remind the public that, in Spain — in line with other European jurisdictions — prediction markets are deemed to constitute games of chance when bets are placed on uncertain future outcomes,” according to a Tuesday notic...