Crypto for Thursday, June 12, 2025

• Donald Trump Warns Fed: Slash Rates or I’ll “Force Something” – Powell’s Job Still Safe
• Ethereum Treasury Firm SharpLink Gaming Plunges 70% – But There May Be a Twist
• Solana DePIN GRASS Slips 15%, Volume Jumps 55% on Whale Accumulation
• Neo Pepe Coin Ultimate Guide – Community DAO Token Highlights
• South Korean Appeals Court Upholds Kimchi Premium Traders’ Jail Sentences
• 'Attack of the Clones': Coinbase Raises Alarm on Risks With Bitcoin Treasury Model
• SEC, Ripple seek to end multi-year legal dispute with amended filing
• Ethereum Treasury Company SharpLink Gaming Plunges 70% Amid SEC Filing Confusion
• Outgoing FSB Chair: Crypto May Have Hit ‘Tipping Point’ – Here’s Why
• Dogecoin Price Prediction: Ripple’s CEO Admits He Was Wrong About Dogecoin – New Partnership Coming?
• Bitcoin Hashrate Breaks a New All-Time High – Is a Massive $BTC Price Rally Next?
• Ethereum Price Prediction: A Break Above “$2,793” is the Launchpad to $4,000 ETH
• Tron ($TRX) Primed for Lift-Off After Range Breakout—Bullish Channel Points to $0.30
• Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley Press Binance, UAE Firm Over $2B Deal Involving Trump Family Stablecoin
• Shaquille O’Neal Shells Out $1.8M in First Celebrity FTX Settlement
• China threatened by US stablecoins, G7 urged to tackle Lazarus Group: Asia Express
• Tencent explores purchase of Nexon gaming company
• Shopify to enable USDC payments via Base across its Checkout ecosystem
• Binance Unveils Customizable, AI-Powered User Interface – Next Big Trend?
• Shopify to Roll Out USDC Stablecoin Payments on Base in Coinbase Team-Up
• ChatGPT’s 42-Signal AI XRP Price Forecast Flags Violent Swing Pre-SEC Ruling
• Another Public Company Goes Hard on XRP With $500 Million Treasury Plan
• BlackRock’s BUIDL nears $3B, registers 3x increase in less than 90 days
• China-ECB Alliance Heralds Bold Yuan Push – Is Dollar Dominance at Risk?
• Senators Slam Meta’s Stablecoin Push, Cite Privacy Risks and Regulatory Loopholes
• Solana futures open interest hits $7.4B amid ETF speculation: Is $200 SOL next?
• Crypto Longs Get Rekt as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin Dive
• Crypto Cracks Late in Day, Bitcoin Slumps Below $106K
• Andreessen Horowitz champions blockchain integration for AI ownership and innovation
• Shift to digital asset technology won't be 'slow' — Franklin Templeton CEO
• Coinbase to Launch Bitcoin Rewards Card With Amex, While Eyeing U.S. Futures Expansion
• World’s largest financial clearinghouse DTCC eyeing stablecoin launch
• 'FIFA Rivals' Launches—Why Mythical Games Thinks It'll Hit Bigger Than 'NFL Rivals'
• Ex-Kamala Harris campaign adviser joins Coinbase advisory council
• Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could trigger a US debt crisis and Bitcoin boom
• Coinbase to launch CFTC-cleared perpetual futures trading, Bitcoin-backed credit card for US customers
• Ethereum Foundation’s New Leadership Structure Causes Confusion
• Myriad Moves: Will Strategy Boost Its Bitcoin Buys? Also Predictions on Fartcoin’s Rise and FIFA Club World Cup
• Publicly Traded Solana Treasury Company Wants to Stack Another $5 Billion in SOL
• Pepe Price Prediction: After a 30% Run, Is a Healthy Pullback or Bigger Rally Coming?
• Vitalik proposes ‘Lean Ethereum’ to achieve quantum security, simpler validator operations
• Ethereum Price Prediction: “You Haven’t Seen What ETH Can Do Yet” – Analyst Warns of Massive Incoming Bull Market 
• Ethereum Token Platform Zora Sues Deloitte Over AI Trademark Dispute
• Shopify to Enable USDC Payments on Coinbase's Base for Merchants Worldwide
• XRP Price Prediction: Ripple CEO Garlinghouse Says XRP Could Power $21 Trillion in SWIFT Transfers – $1,000 XRP Possible?
• Bitcoin price fractal points to bull trap that could send BTC below $100K
• USDC stablecoin launches on XRP Ledger
• Mercurity Fintech to Raise $800M for Strategic Bitcoin Treasury Reserve
• Pi Coin Price Prediction: MACD Indicator Finally Flashing Green – $10 Incoming? 
• Bitcoin and Gold: Tether's Latest Investment Boosts 'Dual Pillar Strategy'
• Trident Digital to create XRP treasury of up to $500M
• Trump addresses Coinbase summit to discuss crypto plans
• Bitcoin Will Rally as U.S. Growth Improves, Crypto Bills Progress: Coinbase Research
• Will GameStop Buy More Bitcoin? Shares Plunge Amid 'Black Box' Criticism Over Strategy
• Deutsche Telekom, Alibaba Cloud, Vodafone are running nodes on Nillion
• DeFi Adding $5B of Solana Buying Power With New Line of Credit
• These Altcoins to Go Live on Coinbase Today: How Will Prices React?
• This Browser Extension Converts Everything Into Bitcoin—Here's Why
• Crypto rally fails, Israel-Iran tensions grow, BTC treasuries soar
• Donald Trump: Administration Will Work Toward 'Clear and Simple' Crypto Frameworks
• The Protocol: Polygon, Once a Scaling Leader, Eyes a Revamp
• USDT issuer Tether buys 32% stake in Canadian gold royalty firm
• AVAX Rebounds From Key Support After 6% Plunge
• Why South Africa May Leapfrog the World in Bitcoin Adoption: Interview With VALR CMO Ben Caselin
• NEAR Protocol Plunges 9% as Volatility Spikes Despite User Growth
• Bitcoin Price Rebounds as Trump Promises More Pro-Crypto Policies
• AI can’t do it alone: Blockchain is the missing piece in next-gen gaming
• Crypto for Advisors: The Relationship Between Bitcoin and Altcoins
• TON Slips as Selling Pressure Mounts Despite Recovery Attempts
• Bitcoin bulls halt $4K BTC price dip as US dollar hits new 3-year lows
• Singapore's Trident Digital Targets Mammoth $500M Raise to Establish XRP Treasury
• Bitcoin, Ethereum Slip After CPI Shock—But Charts Still Say 'Not Bearish': Analysis
• Jack Butcher’s no fan of NFT royalties: ‘You’re getting paid on churn’ — NFT Creator  
• What Japan’s fiscal debt crisis means for global crypto markets
• Dremes to Give Away a Lamborghini in Wild New Crypto Game Campaign
• Polemos Announces TGE And A Game-Changing Strategic Partnership With BUFF Accelerating Web3 Adoption
• Analyst: 31% CAGR Could Push Bitcoin to $168K by Fall 2025
• Crypto ownership isn’t just lambos and bros anymore
• Bitcoin adoption fueled by ‘deglobalization,’ Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
• Crypto Lending Platform Morpho V2 Brings DeFi Closer to Traditional Finance
• Hong Kong to develop crypto tracking tool for money laundering
• Bittrue Hacker Funnels $30M Through Tornado Cash, Made $9.3M by Trading Ether
• Interpol Infostealer Malware Crackdown Leads to 32 Arrests
• Ripple’s XRP Ledger Welcomes the World’s Second-Biggest Stablecoin
• Crypto Lender Maple Partners with Liquid Staking Specialist Lido Finance
• CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Chainlink (LINK) Drops 6.2%, Leading Index Lower
• Chainlink, JPMorgan, Ondo Finance complete crosschain treasury settlement
• Conduit, Braza Group Debut Stablecoin Forex Swaps for Cross-Border Payments in Brazil
• Tether Buys $82M Stake in Gold-Focused Investment Company Elemental Altus
• Dogecoin, Solana Stumble as Altcoins Hit by Market Correction
• Tried automating crypto trades with Grok 3? Here’s what happens
• FBI Crypto Veteran Chris Wong Joins TRM Labs to Bolster Fight Against Illicit Finance
• Nasdaq-listed Mercurity Fintech to raise $800M for Bitcoin treasury
• Ether futures open interest hits $20B all-time high: Will ETH price follow?
• Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Drops as Mideast Tensions Rise, but $200K Still In Play
• Dollar Index Falls Below 98 for First Time in Three Years, Gives Room for Crypto Run
• FSB warns crypto nearing ‘tipping point’ as ties to TradFi deepen
• Strategy Launches STRD, Its Third 'Bitcoin-Backed' Preferred Stock on Nasdaq
• Crypto exchange Binance launches in Syria after Trump lifts sanctions
• ETH Bulls Tighten Grip as $393M Exits Exchanges and ETF Inflows Outpace Bitcoin
• 'A Business Necessity': India's AI Market Set to Triple, Hit $17 Billion by 2027, Says BCG
• Jack Ma’s Ant International eyes stablecoin licenses in Singapore, Hong Kong
• Can Bitcoin fix Pakistan’s energy problem? The 2,000 megawatt mining strategy explained
• Crypto has killed the weekend: Hedge funds quietly scramble to adapt
• Bitcoin must avoid sub-$100K wick as traders digest 55% China tariffs
• Philippines Enacts Sweeping Crypto Rules, Mandates Licensing and Capital Requirements
• US Senators Probe Stablecoin Plans by Facebook Parent Meta
• Australian Woman Hit With Ten-Year Ban Over $9.6 Million Crypto Scheme
• Startup DIMO Launches DePIN Venture in Japan to Help Automakers Monetize Vehicle Data
• Disney, Universal, DreamWorks Sue Midjourney, Call It a 'Bottomless Pit of Plagiarism'
• Asia Morning Briefing: Institutional Buying Makes $3K ETH Likely, While AI Agents Seek Crypto Rails
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Eyes $110K as Evertz, Trump Fuel Momentum
• GameStop plunges 12% after proposing new $1.75B debt offering
• Bitwise CIO calls Bitcoin ‘best horse in the race’ to explain accelerated corporate buys