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The decision, announced by Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse on Friday, comes shortly after a New York judge blocked the company’s second attempt to settle the case for $50 million.

President Trump unloaded on the issue of crypto debanking Friday, but stopped short of committing to issuing an executive order on the subject.

Ripple will drop its cross-appeal in its prolonged legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling an end to one of the crypto industry’s most consequential court cases. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced the move on social media on June 27 and also revealed that the SEC is expected to drop its appeal […] The post Ripple, SEC agree to mutually abandon appeals, ending 5-year legal battle appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The company joins Kraken, Coinbase and Bybit who have also received MiCA licenses to operate in Europe.

Hackers and threat actors continue to infiltrate companies, blockchain projects and Web3 firms by exploiting remote work arrangements. Hackers posing as legitimate information technology (IT) workers who have infiltrated Web3 projects have stolen roughly $1 million in crypto during the past week, according to onchain investigator and cybersecurity analyst ZackXBT. Several entities were impacted including Favrr, a Web3 fan-token marketplace, non-fungible token (NFT) projects Replicandy and ChainSaw, along with other teams the onchain sleuth did not name in his Friday X post. The hackers exploited the minting mechanism for the NFT projects, minting mass quantities of NFTs, selling them, and causing the price floor to drop to zero while they extracted profit, ZackXBT said. Read more

SOL Strategies has announced the launch of a new initiative to support critical infrastructure within the Solana ecosystem. The Canada-based public company revealed on June 26 that it has established a Strategic Ecosystem Reserve (SER), starting with a purchase of over 52,000 Jito (JTO) tokens, valued at more than $100,000.SOL Strategies Doubles Down on Solana, […] The post SOL Strategies Deploys $100K+ Jito Tokens in Solana Strategic Ecosystem Reserve—What’s Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Chris Ryan said that police may be breaking the law in some instances and that the provider of the machines is entitled to the funds.

The crypto exchange has teamed up with tokenization specialist Dinari to offer tokenized U.S. stocks to users in European Union.

Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for New York City’s mayoral election, but he’ll be competing in a field where digital assets could be an issue. Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party candidate for New York City mayor, will be facing a field of candidates in November, including those who have previously taken firm positions on crypto and blockchain. On Tuesday, Mamdani defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with 43.5% of the vote in New York City’s Democratic primary. The victory will put the New York State Assembly member in competition with Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, current NYC Mayor Eric Adams, and Cuomo, who reportedly will be running as an independent candidate following the primary loss. With the exception of Mamdani, all major candidates have previously held positions favoring the cryptocurrency industry.  Read more

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) says U.S. lawmakers are looking to have crypto market structure legislation completed by September of this year.Tim Scott Sets September 30 Crypto Market Structure Deadline Appearing in a fireside chat on Capitol Hill alongside fellow Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and the head of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets […] The post Sen. Tim Scott Sets Sept. 30 Deadline For Crypto Market Structure Legislation appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ripple says it'll drop its appeal in the long-running SEC case over XRP sales, finally putting the legal battle to bed.

A similar technical setup to that which preceded TRUMP’s surge from the mid-April market bottom may be about to repeat itself—but this time it's bigger and more bullish. The post Trump Coin Price Prediction: Chart Shows 100% Move Coming Up – Time to Buy? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Solana increased its DEX market share and moved ahead of Ethereum, but will SOL price follow anytime soon? Key takeaways: Solana's DEX volume surpassed Ethereum’s, but overall activity remains far below the levels seen in January. Hyperliquid's dominance in perpetual futures trading weakens investors’ confidence in Solana’s long-term lead. Read more

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said in a report released this week that global efforts to regulate virtual assets and service providers have improved but remain incomplete, with illicit use of stablecoins accelerating sharply in 2025. The intergovernmental watchdog’s sixth targeted update on the implementation of its standards found that although 73% of jurisdictions […] The post FATF sounds alarm over rising stablecoin misuse as global crypto rules lag appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The crypto custodian rated USDC and AUSD poorly for regulatory oversight and reserve management, while executives from VanEck, Coinbase and others questioned the ranking.

Aptos’ tokenized economy is being fueled by issuers such as Berkeley Square, Franklin Templeton and BlackRock. Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization on the Aptos blockchain has gained significant momentum in recent months, with the total value of onchain assets surpassing $540 million, driven by multiple deployments from traditional asset managers. The value of RWA deployments on the Aptos network has grown by 57.1% over the past 30 days, reaching $542.3 million, according to RWA.xyz data. This surge places Aptos among the top three blockchains for RWA deployment, behind Ethereum and ZKsync Era. The largest RWA issuers on Aptos are Berkeley Square of the PACT Consortium, BlackRock’s BUIDL, which expanded to Aptos last November, and Franklin Templeton’s BENJI token. Read more

Whale wallets holding 10+ BTC hit 152,280, the highest since March, signaling deep-pocketed confidence despite BTC trading below $108K.

Several Democratic lawmakers have said that they will not vote to pass crypto regulations if potential conflicts of interest are not addressed. US President Donald Trump didn’t answer a reporter’s question on whether he would divest from his family’s crypto ventures in order to ensure passage of key cryptocurrency legislation, saying only that if the US didn’t have crypto, China or other countries would. "Many Democrats have said that they are not going to support crypto bills in Congress only because of you and your family's personal crypto ventures," a reporter said to Trump during press briefing at the White House on Friday. Asked whether he would consider divesting from his crypto ventures to ease political pressure on digital asset bills on Congress, Trump responded: Read more

Why Bitcoin treasury giant Strategy is facing down multiple identical lawsuits, plus Coinbase hits a record closing price as perps near.

Moonshot added Apple Pay support for launching new memecoins on June 27, expanding its iOS application beyond buying and trading tokens to include a creation workflow that requires only a photo upload and a tap on the “Create” tab.  Branded Moonshot Create, the product allows any user to mint a Solana-based coin by submitting an […] The post Moonshot unveils memecoin creation with just a photo and Apple Pay appeared first on CryptoSlate.