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DOGE gains nearly 2% as trading volume accelerates and momentum builds despite global uncertainty.

With a $151 million market cap, A7A5 has reportedly been involved in $9.3 billion of transactions with Grinex, the supposed successor to the sanctioned Garantex exchange. A7A5, a new Russian ruble-backed stablecoin, has reportedly emerged as a major transaction tool on Grinex, a crypto exchange widely seen as the successor to Russia’s sanctioned Garantex platform. Following the stablecoin’s launch in Kyrgyzstan in February, at least $9.3 billion worth of A7A5 (A7A5) has moved through Grinex, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Although Grinex has repeatedly denied links to Garantex, the exchange was allegedly crediting balances by users of the sanctioned Garantex, which was hit with a $27 million USDT freeze by Tether in March. Read more

Eight major banks in South Korea are working on a stablecoin backed by the won, aiming to protect the currency from the growing US dollar dominance. Eight major South Korean banks will team up to launch a stablecoin pegged to the country’s won currency, marking a significant step toward digital asset adoption.  According to an Econovill report, the project involves institutions including KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori, Nonghyup, Corporate, Suhyup, Citi Korea and SC First Bank. The collaboration aims to combat increased dollar dominance due to the rise of dollar-pegged stablecoins.  Data from the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization tracker RWA.xyz shows that stablecoins have a market capitalization of over $239 billion. The data also shows that 99% of the stablecoins issued are pegged to the US dollar.  Read more

Blockchain-based prediction markets correctly forecast Zohran Mamdani's Democratic NYC mayoral primary victory.

The AI firm downloaded over seven million pirated books to assemble its research library, internal emails revealed.

The San Antonio Spurs, a basketball team, debuted their Ledger-branded jerseys at the NBA draft on Tuesday.

The bill directs the first $300,000 from seized crypto to the Attorney General, with the remaining funds split between the state and reserve.

The Bank of Korea deputy governor said the move would create a "safety net” and reduce risks as the nation advances its crypto policies.

A trojan known as SparkKitty embeds itself in TikTok mods and crypto apps, targeting users in China and Southeast Asia.

Athena has filed to register shares previously issued through debt conversions, enabling early investors to exit without raising new capital.

The principles aim to define digital asset oversight as debates over Trump-linked crypto profits and federal legislation intensify.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders warned that AI will uproot workers unless reforms shift power from CEOs to the American people.

PLUS: Tim Draper sees parallels between the flight to BTC and Microsoft's early days.

NYSE applied for a rule change enabling the listing of a BTC-ETH ETF proposed by President Donald Trump’s media and tech company.

Green Minerals has adopted the Bitcoin treasury strategy as a step towards broader blockchain implementation.

New research tracking 1.7 million diabetics shows the weight-loss drug slashes dementia risk by up to 70%.

Tron's USDT supply continues to grow even during the quiet market periods in 2022 and 2023.

Representatives from multiple universities met with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force on June 23 to discuss a staking rulebook. The meeting included representatives from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, the University of Chicago Law School, and venture firm Placeholder. According to the logs, […] The post US academic institutions urge SEC to implement stringent crypto staking rules, oversight appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A Russian crypto mining firm executive has claimed Bitcoin (BTC) prices could climb to the $130k mark in the second half of summer 2025. The post Russian Crypto Mining Chief: Bitcoin Could Hit $130k Before Summer Is Out appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ohio Rep. Steve Demetriou, a Bitcoin advocate, said lawmakers should follow the lead of nearly 2 million Ohioans who own digital assets.