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Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jun 19, 2025
Crypto isn’t just about technology or speculation. It’s about restoring dignity and agency to those left behind by traditional finance. Crypto offers a path to financial dignity through education and inclusion. Opinion by: Badi Sudhakaran, co-founder, VALR Finance, as we know it, leaves far too many behind. This exclusion isn’t just about access to banking or financial services — it’s about dignity. When people can’t preserve their wealth or understand why their money loses value, they lose more than just purchasing power. They lose agency over their lives. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:45 Jun 19, 2025
A similar OBV divergence in March–April 2025 triggered a 57% Bitcoin rally, reinforcing strong accumulation signals for the current setup. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s OBV is rising despite price consolidation, signaling hidden accumulation. A similar OBV divergence in March–April preceded a 57% BTC price rally. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Jun 19, 2025
PubKey has cemented itself as a cultural hub for NYC’s Bitcoin community, offering craft beers, cocktails and orange pills. Tucked away on a not-so-busy street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan is a bar that has grown to become a dominant cultural force among New York Citys Bitcoin community. PubKey, a Bitcoin-centric dive bar, offers craft beers, cocktails, a food menu prepared by a world-renowned chef and the chance to be orange-pilled by some of Bitcoins most vocal proponents. At first glance, its not entirely obvious to outsiders that it is a Bitcoin bar. Thomas Pacchia, one of PubKeys owners, estimates that roughly 80% of PubKeys patrons dont even know its a Bitcoin bar. They just see it as a cool neighborhood tavern. We try to bury a lot of the Bitcoin elements to a certain extent because, I would say, for most people, Bitcoin is off-putting, he explains. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:01 Jun 19, 2025
Bitcoin may be boring this Juneteenth holiday, but market commentators are already preparing for BTC price conditions to get volatile again. Key points: Bitcoin lacks volatility catalysts thanks to a US public holiday and a Federal Reserve “nothingburger,” crypto market participants say. US trade war deadlines begin to take center stage for risk assets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Jun 19, 2025
Crypto crime isn’t all FTX and fraud. Jennie Levin helps unpack the deeper, more technical threats facing blockchain today, including why regulators are still catching up. From headlines about multimillion-dollar losses to courtroom dramas involving disgraced crypto executives, the public perception of blockchain can often seem like a reel of never-ending scandals. In the latest episode of The Clear Crypto Podcast, hosts Nathan Jeffay and Gareth Jenkinson cut through the noise with guest Jennie Levin, chief legal and operations officer at the Algorand Foundation, to explore what’s really going on and why it’s often less about crypto and more about human misconduct. While mainstream coverage often fixates on collapsed exchanges like FTX, Levin points out that the underlying misconduct usually isn’t unique to crypto; it just features new, sometimes confusing names. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:47 Jun 19, 2025
Kraken has launched a Bitcoin staking service in partnership with Babylon, allowing users to earn BABY tokens. Crypto exchange Kraken has launched a new Bitcoin staking product through a protocol integration with Babylon Labs. In a Thursday announcement, Kraken said it has partnered with the Bitcoin (BTC) staking protocol Babylon. The integration allows the exchange’s users to earn interest on their Bitcoin holdings without the need for bridging, wrapping or lending. Kraken customers can use the service starting today by staking their Bitcoin without interacting with off-exchange wallets. The Bitcoin is locked in a vault on the Bitcoin blockchain and delegated to secure proof-of-stake (PoS) networks through the Babylon protocol. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Jun 19, 2025
A leak of 16 billion passwords from services including Apple, Google and Facebook poses serious risks for crypto holders. A massive trove of more than 16 billion login credentials from leading online service providers, including Apple, Google and Facebook, was leaked, with potential consequences for crypto holders. According to a Friday report, the Cybernews research team reviewed “30 exposed data sets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each.” All together, that came around to “a humongous 16 billion exposed login credentials.” “None of the exposed data sets were reported previously, bar one […] a ‘mysterious database’ with 184 million records,” the report reads. Most of the databases contained an average of 550 million entries, while the smallest held over 16 million. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:50 Jun 19, 2025
Hypersphere investment partner Mehdi Farooq said he lost six wallets and years of savings after falling victim to a fake Zoom call phishing attack. Mehdi Farooq, an investment partner at crypto venture capital firm Hypersphere, revealed on Thursday that he lost a significant portion of his life savings in a targeted phishing attack orchestrated through a fake Zoom call. In a post on X, Farooq explained that the attack began with a message on Telegram from Alex Lin, someone he knew. “He wanted to catch up,” Farooq recounted. The two had previously interacted, making the outreach seem routine. Farooq then shared his Calendly link with Lin, who scheduled a meeting for the next day. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:45 Jun 19, 2025
Quantum computing-focused Project Eleven raised $6 million to develop tools like Yellowpages that aim to secure Bitcoin against quantum attacks. Project Eleven, a development firm focused on post-quantum cryptography, raised $6 million to help secure Bitcoin and other digital assets against future quantum computing threats. According to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the funding round was co-led by leading Web3 investor Variant Fund and quantum tech investor Quantonation, among others. It marks Quantonation’s first investment in the crypto space. Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden said the funding will allow the company to build “the tools, standards and ecosystem required to ensure digital assets remain secure in a post-quantum world.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:44 Jun 19, 2025
The $600 million treasury announcement came on the same day Nasdaq-listed ophthalmic technologies firm Eyenovia shared plans for a Hyperliquid token treasury. Update June 19, 1:58 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include comments from Bitget Wallet’s CMO. Nasdaq-listed Lion Group Holding (LGHL) is establishing a $600 million cryptocurrency treasury reserve, with the Hyperliquid (HYPE) token as its main asset, signaling a growing institutional interest in altcoins beyond Bitcoin. The Singapore-based trading platform said it secured a $600 million facility from ATW Partners to fund the launch of its Hyperliquid (HYPE) token treasury and other blockchain initiatives. According to the company, $10.6 million of the capital will be deployed by Friday. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:30 Jun 19, 2025
OKX partners with Consensys to integrate its DEX aggregator into MetaMask, giving users access to more than 500 DEXs and new MEV protection via SERVO. OKX has partnered with Ethereum software firm Consensys to launch its decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator on MetaMask, offering users faster trade execution and reduced slippage. The collaboration integrates OKX’s DEX API with MetaMask, giving the wallet’s user base access to liquidity from over 500 DEXs across 25 blockchains, the exchange said in a news release shared with Cointelegraph. “MetaMask’s ambitious multichain strategy toward becoming a universal wallet for the Web3 ecosystem aligns with the connected blockchain ecosystem we’re helping to build,” said Jeff Ren, founder of OKX Ventures. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:15 Jun 19, 2025
Russia will continue taking measures to encourage crypto mining businesses to register with the tax authority, including imposing bigger penalties for violations. Russia’s cryptocurrency laws have not convinced most mining businesses to register with authorities, as only 30% of the miners have entered the Federal Tax Service Register since late 2024. The Russian government began enforcing two crypto mining-related bills in October and November 2024, introducing legal definitions and registration requirements for mining businesses. Still, 70% of the miners remain underground, Finance Ministry official Ivan Chebeskov said, according to a report by local news agency TASS on Thursday. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:50 Jun 19, 2025
Bitget picks Georgia for the next step of its expansion in Eastern Europe, attracted by clear regulations, tax benefits and a growing crypto user base. Bitget has received regulatory approval from Georgia to operate as a digital asset exchange and custodial wallet provider within the Tbilisi Free Zone (TFZ). In a Thursday announcement, the company said its users in Georgia can now access Bitget’s full range of services, including spot trading, futures and copy trading, all within a fully compliant, locally regulated environment. Bitget has been expanding in Europe since the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) began taking effect in 2024. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:16 Jun 19, 2025
RBF lets you resend unconfirmed transactions with higher fees, but it requires a clear understanding of fee units, wallet behavior and transaction structure. A misunderstanding of fee units led to an accidental overpayment worth more than $60,000 during a replace-by-fee transaction. The user confused sat/vB (fee per byte) with total satoshis, leading to an extreme overpayment. RBF replaces a transaction with a higher-fee version, while CPFP adds a new transaction to boost the original; each has different use cases and risks. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:10 Jun 19, 2025
Australia now taxes crypto as property, with capital gains on swaps, DeFi and wrapped tokens, plus new ATO data sweeps targeting 1.2 million users. Australia is one of the world’s most crypto-aware nations, with over 31% of citizens owning digital assets and nearly 1,800 crypto ATMs across the country. Crypto is currently taxed as property in Australia, triggering capital gains tax (CGT) on disposal and income tax on mining, staking or payments. A May 2025 court ruling may challenge the status quo, suggesting that Bitcoin could be classified as “Australian currency,” potentially exempting it from CGT. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:21 Jun 19, 2025
Bitcoin price trajectory is primed to benefit from both macroeconomic and crypto derivatives trends, said new research from CryptoQuant. Key points: Bitcoin bulls could gain from the Fed’s decision to hold interest rates, given historical tendencies, new analysis says. Falling Binance open interest with BTC/USD making higher lows could add to potential upside momentum. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 08:49 Jun 19, 2025
South Korea’s newly elected president Lee Jae-myung reportedly promised to reduce crypto trading transaction costs as part of his presidential campaign. South Korea’s financial regulator plans to investigate transaction fees charged by domestic cryptocurrency exchanges, aiming to reduce trading costs for users, according to local media. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) will launch a probe into transaction fees imposed by local trading platforms and review potential intervening measures, the Herald Economy reported on Thursday. The move is part of South Korea’s newly elected president Lee Jae-myung’s broader pro-crypto agenda. Lee reportedly promised to reduce crypto trading transaction costs to support young traders as part of his presidential campaign. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:19 Jun 19, 2025
The Czech Republic’s Civic Democratic Party survived another no-confidence vote, triggered by opposition party concerns over a $45 million Bitcoin donation linked to a convicted criminal. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s Civic Democratic Party withstood a fourth attempt to topple their government in three years — this time with opposition parties uniting against them over a $45 million Bitcoin scandal. The scandal centers around a 1 billion Czech koruna ($45 million) Bitcoin (BTC) donation made to the Ministry of Justice on May 27 by Tomáš Jiřikovský, a man previously convicted of drug trafficking, weapons offenses, and embezzlement. The no-confidence motion brought by Czech opposition parties ANO, SPD and the Pirates received only 94 votes, seven shy of the 101 needed to pass. The vote came after more than 24 hours of debate in Parliament, according to a report from České Noviny on Monday. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:11 Jun 19, 2025
US President Donald Trump wants House members to pass the key stablecoin bill “LIGHTNING FAST” so that he can sign it into law. US President Donald Trump has urged the House to pass the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act as soon as possible so he can officially sign it into law. ”The Senate just passed an incredible Bill that is going to make America the UNDISPUTED Leader in Digital Assets,” Trump said before calling on the House of Representatives to pass the bill “LIGHTNING FAST” in a Truth Social post on Thursday. ”Get it to my desk, ASAP — NO DELAYS, NO ADD ONS,” the US president said of the GENIUS Act. His post came after the US Senate passed the GENIUS Act in a 68-30 vote on Tuesday. A vote in the House is next, where Republicans also hold a slim majority over Democrats. Many proponents of the GENIUS Act believe it would play a crucial role in maintaining US dollar dominance in global finance. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:42 Jun 19, 2025
SOL price dips amid stagnant DApp growth and fading memecoin hype, but tokenized RWAs and a spot ETF approval could turn the tide. Key takeaways: Solana DApp activity stalls as interest in memecoins fades. Tokenized TradFi and RWA assets could reignite SOL's long-term growth potential. Read more
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