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Proprietary trading grew up around forex and futures. The funded-account model that most traders know today – a one-time evaluation fee, a profit target, strict drawdown limits, and a majority share of profits – was originally built for currency pairs, indices, and futures contracts traded with familiar market structures. Crypto arrived later, and for years, […]

“The crypto industry shouldn’t need wake-up calls from the White House or anyone else,” said StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson. Zero-knowledge scaling company StarkWare has released a quantum-resistant roadmap for Starknet, arguing that other chains will remain exposed if the industry is “too stubborn or stupid” to act. In an announcement on Tuesday, Starknet framed its three-phased quantum-resistant roadmap as evidence that the crypto industry has no excuse for remaining vulnerable to future quantum computing attacks.  “The tried-and-tested cryptography exists to secure every crypto key in the world, if necessary changes are made, and the only reason anyone will remain vulnerable is if heads remain buried in the sand,” said Eli Ben-Sasson, CEO at StarkWare.  Read more

Here's what users should expect on July 1.

Spiko integrated Coinbase Payments into two EU regulated UCITS Treasury funds, enabling USDC and EURC subscriptions and redemption payments through Base. Investment firm Spiko has integrated Coinbase’s stablecoin payment infrastructure into two regulated EU Treasury-bill funds, allowing eligible investors to fund subscriptions and receive redemption proceeds using USDC and EURC.  Coinbase said Tuesday the integration covers Spiko’s EU T-Bills Money Market Fund and US T-Bills Money Market Fund. Both are structured as Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities, or UCITS. Coinbase Payments will provide the payment, wallet and application programming interface (API) infrastructure, with the transactions settling on Base, Coinbase’s layer-2 network.  The exchange said the products are the first UCITS funds in Europe to accept direct stablecoin payments. Read more

Michael Saylor's Strategy is rolling out some major changes to how it handles Bitcoin going forward. And so far, the market likes it.

A surprise currency intervention could spark liquidations across crypto markets even if the longer-term outlook remains intact.

Ripple is trying to move the XRP Ledger (XRPL) deeper into institutional credit, a push that could expand the network’s role beyond cross-border payments and give XRP a broader claim on the next phase of onchain finance. The company is backing a proposed lending upgrade that would allow institutions to borrow against assets they hold […] The post Ripple bets XRPL lending can give XRP a future beyond payments as price struggles appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The token has traded in a tight band near $59,000 to $60,000 all week. The pattern echoes a calm stretch from 2024, but this one is forming below support in a falling market, and a break could open the way toward $40,000.

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Michael Saylor's Strategy filed to sell up to $1.25B in Bitcoin after mNAV fell below 1, stalling the equity-issuance flywheel that funded BTC accumulation. The post A Look Inside Saylor’s Bitcoin Monetization Program: Strategy Files to Sell $1.25B in BTC appeared first on Cryptonews.

The $807 billion asset manager is bringing a high-yield corporate bond strategy onto blockchain with Centrifuge as Wall Street expands beyond tokenized Treasury funds.

Your day-ahead look for June 30, 2026

Nasdaq-listed Solana Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan's Alatau City, which seeks to become a key crypto hub in Central Asia. Nasdaq-listed crypto treasury firm Solana Company signed an agreement to support the development of Alatau City, Kazakhstan’s planned digital-first megacity. The company signed a memorandum of understanding to advise and help build Alatau City’s blockchain and crypto infrastructure during the Alatau City Roadshow in Shenzhen and Hong Kong in June, which reportedly secured 30 cooperation agreements with a combined investment potential of over $6 billion. “We look forward to deepening this partnership and expanding the Solana ecosystem's footprint across the region,” said Solana Company chair and CEO Joseph Chee. Read more

The UK regulator has published its final rulebook for crypto firms ahead of a mandatory regime coming into force in late 2027.

Spot bitcoin ETFs shed $1.79B in their third-worst week on record. Here's what the fund flows and BTC price action at $59,300 signal for the week ahead. The post Bitcoin ETFs Just Posted Their Third-Worst Week Ever And BTC Can’t Hold $60,000 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin and ether slid toward key support price levels. DeFi tokens were hit hardest, even as XLM and LIT bucked the broader market weakness.

The EU deadline is not a direct UK cutoff, but account entity and platform notices still matter. The post Will UK traders lose crypto exchange access after MiCA’s July 1 deadline? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Strategy (MSTR) shares have lost around 41% of their value in June.

XRP holds $1.04–$1.06 while XLM gains 3.91% to $0.18. Here's the bull, base, and bear case for both assets as they test critical resistance zones. The post XRP and XLM Are Both Testing Breakouts at the Same Time: Which One Actually Holds? appeared first on Cryptonews.

ESMA said EU crypto clients must be served through a MiCA-authorized entity as Binance faces questions over its servicing model in the region after the MiCA deadline. European Union crypto clients should be served through a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)-authorized legal entity after the bloc’s July 1 transitional deadline, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) told Cointelegraph, adding to questions over how global exchanges can keep servicing users in the region. Crypto asset service providers (CASPs) must hold MiCA authorization to serve clients across the EU and European Economic Area, an ESMA spokesperson told Cointelegraph on Monday. “EU clients should be serviced through a MiCA-authorized entity,” the ESMA representative said, adding that MiCA protections apply only to the legal entity that is licensed in the EU. Read more