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Solana hit a quarterly all-time high of $5.77B in tokenized asset spot volume in Q2 2026, with Raydium leading and a 95% global weekly market share. The post Solana News: Solana Hits $5.77B Tokenized Asset Volume in Q2 2026 All-Time High appeared first on Cryptonews.

Tom Lee also weighed in on the potential impact of the CLARITY Act on the crypto market, and ETH in particular.

Bringing Strategy's preferred shares back to $100 is key to restarting Strategy's capital engine, the bank said, with repeated management actions expected to support both preferred and common shareholders.

Crypto exploits rose 59% quarter-on-quarter to $807.5 million in Q2, due partly to the KelpDAO and Drift Protocol exploits, which came at the hands of North Korean hackers. Crypto losses fell 46.8% year-on-year to $1.32 billion in the first half of 2026, but crypto security firm CertiK says the drop is misleading, warning that attackers are becoming more sophisticated and destructive.  Phishing drove the bulk of losses in the first quarter, totaling $508.2 million. Wallet compromises were the biggest attack vector in the second quarter, contributing to $807.5 million in losses, CertiK said in a report.  More than 70% of the losses in Q2 came from the KelpDAO and Drift Protocol hacks, which are believed to have been carried out by North Korean state-sponsored hackers.  Read more

Strategy sold $216 million in Bitcoin to fund its dividend payments, as wealth manager Bernstein maintained its year-end Bitcoin price target of $150,000. Michael Saylor's Strategy sold 3,588 Bitcoin (BTC) to fund preferred stock dividend payments and replenish its cash reserves. Strategy sold the Bitcoin for $216 million, reducing its total holdings to 843,775 Bitcoin, according to a Monday 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This included 1,363 Bitcoin sold at an average price of $59,256 between last Monday and Tuesday, and 2,225 Bitcoin sold at an average price of $60,773 between Wednesday and Sunday. Read more

The second-largest digital asset treasury increased its buying pace, while Strategy sold a chunk of its bitcoin holdings.

Nearly every core piece of the protocol will be rebuilt over three to four years, with quantum safety and privacy moved front and center.

The Bitcoin treasury giant sold $216 million worth of Bitcoin to cover preferred payouts, as an $8.3 billion quarterly loss piled up.

The company sold 3,588 bitcoin last week to replenish its dollar reserves for dividends on its preferred stock.

Belgium’s FSMA warned consumers about six crypto-asset service providers it added to a fraudulent CASP list days after the EU’s MiCA transitional period expired. Belgium’s financial markets regulator warned consumers against six crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) it said were operating in the country without authorization, days after the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) licensing deadline took effect.  On Monday, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) identified several CASPs active in Belgium without authorization under MiCA regulation. FSMA named Aurum Foundation, Bank Bit, Bithf Pro, Dxago, Global Dynamic Trade and ZeriaFunding. The regulator said it had added these entities to its list of fraudulent CASPs.  The warning indicates that national regulators are beginning to apply the MiCA licensing perimeter following the EU’s transitional period, which ended on July 1.  Read more

The ETF flows finally flip. Trump defends his billion-dollar crypto payday. And a rare set of signals says a bottom may be forming.

Saylor hinted at another BTC move yesterday on X. However, it wasn't what many anticipated.

BlackRock's 1% to 2% Bitcoin allocation range reads as a bullish nod to advisor adoption, but it also works as a boundary. Once Bitcoin is included in a model portfolio, its upside runs through rebalancing bands, tax location, and sometimes a loan that keeps the position intact. BlackRock Investment Institute frames 1% to 2% as […] The post BlackRock’s 2% Bitcoin cap has a hidden impact – advisors may have to sell during rallies appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Services will integrate into "Sberbank Online" and "SberInvestments" once the "On Digital Currency and Digital Rights" bill takes effect in September.

The largest IPO ever enters the Nasdaq 100. Previous additions like Palantir and Strategy saw volatility after the index inclusion rather than the start of new rallies.

Your day-ahead look for July 6, 2026

Dogecoin active addresses hit nearly 50,000 as analyst Ali Martinez flags a buy signal. DOGE trades at $0.077 — here's what the key levels and on-chain data suggest next. The post Dogecoin Price Prediction: Analyst Flags DOGE Exploding Network Activity appeared first on Cryptonews.

Peter Brandt is eyeing a BTC-to-gold rotation as Bitcoin drops 28% YTD. Here's what the charts say about key support, the $50K bear case, and where early-stage BTC infrastructure fits in. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Peter Brandt Might Dump BTC for Gold appeared first on Cryptonews.

BTC holds at $62,800 after last week's brush with $58,000, while LIT surges 50% and the Altcoin Season indicator hits its highest reading in three months.

Bitcoin saw its highest levels in nearly two weeks at the weekly close, but bulls needed a push beyond $65,000 for real trend inflection, said the latest BTC price analysis. Bitcoin (BTC) starts the second week of June near two-week highs with traders keen to see bullish continuation. Key points: Bitcoin kept up pressure on short positions into the weekly close, hitting $63,960 — its highest levels since June 23, per data from TradingView. Read more