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Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has applied for a pardon from President Trump, which is now his one remaining path out of prison.

The retailer rolled its Coinbase options deal forward in late May, keeping nearly all its Bitcoin tied up for upfront cash.

Declining social activity is occurring despite continued development across the XRP Ledger and broader ecosystem initiatives.

Google blocked or removed 8.3 billion ads in 2025 and suspended 24.9 million advertiser accounts, with 602 million of those ads tied directly to scams. Those numbers show that the volume of fraudulent material attempting to reach users has grown large enough to require an AI system operating at an industrial scale to contain it. […] The post Firms are turning to blockchain to fight an ad fraud problem AI is making worse appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The onetime FTX CEO did not persuade a panel of judges that his trial was unfair, the appeals court panel ruled Friday.

Santiment's weighted sentiment gauge for XRP just hit its weakest reading since October 2025. The firm notes the token's strongest rebounds have tended to start when the crowd was this checked out.

Ethereum remains under significant pressure across higher and lower timeframes after losing several major technical levels in quick succession. While the recent rebound from the local bottom around $1.5K has provided some short-term relief, the broader structure still favors sellers unless ETH can reclaim a series of key resistance zones overhead. Moreover, the rising put/call […]

SpaceX SPCX Token Lands on Solana: Retail's Bottom? The post Solana News: SpaceX Will Have the Biggest IPO in History, And Its Stock Will Be Trading on Solana the Same Day appeared first on Cryptonews.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill to implement MiCA for the third time, just weeks before the end of the EU crypto framework's transitional period. Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a cryptocurrency regulatory bill for the third time, which sought to implement Europe's Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) in the country. Nawrocki said Thursday he supports regulating the cryptocurrency market but argued that the government incorporated only one of 16 key amendments proposed by his office. He said that the text was nearly identical to the previous two drafts he refused. The third veto of the bill delays Poland's alignment with the EU-wide regulatory framework just weeks before the end of MiCA's transitional period on July 1. Following the end of the grace period, crypto asset service providers will be required to hold a MiCA license or stop servicing EU clients. Read more

AVAX Treasury Stock (AVAT) Crashes 38% on Nasdaq Debut The post AVAX Price Prediction: Treasury Stock Tumbles 38% on Nasdaq Debut as Crypto Proxy Trade Unravels appeared first on Cryptonews.

Cronos (CRO), down 1.4% from Thursday, was also an underperformer.

Binance, Kraken, Bybit, and Gemini are moving to add US stocks and ETFs to their crypto trading apps, making a direct play for the retail brokerage relationship that Wall Street has owned for a century. Binance launched direct access to more than 7,000 US stocks and ETFs alongside bStocks, a tokenized product offering 1:1 economic […] The post Crypto exchanges are opening a two-front war for the stock market appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A Seychelles court said KuCoin can’t treat unwithdrawn tokens as “abandoned,” and awarded a Swiss investor over $2 million. He says the exchange still hasn’t paid and plans to sue again. A Swiss investor said KuCoin has yet to pay a Seychelles Supreme Court award of more than $2 million after the exchange declared his tokens “abandoned.” In a Dec. 11, 2025, ruling, the Supreme Court of Seychelles declared that Didier Rabl is the “sole proprietor and owner” of approximately 21 million CoinPoker (CHP) tokens previously held for him on KuCoin. The court also ordered three Seychelles-incorporated KuCoin entities to pay him over 2 million USDt (USDT) plus $10,000 in moral damages, according to documents reviewed by Cointelegraph. The ruling could have implications for how cryptocurrency exchanges handle delisted assets, with the court finding that KuCoin did not become the beneficial owner of Rabl's tokens and remained obligated to safeguard the assets and honor lawful withdrawal requests. Read more

The Siiibo Securities deal positions Metaplanet to tap $7.4 trillion in household savings as the country shifts from deflation to inflation.

Hyperliquid has SpaceX trading at $177 a share. Will we see a 30% pop on open this morning?

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, June 12th, 2026] LBank, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has announced a major upgrade to LBank Pay, its integrated crypto payment solution. Effective June 11, 2026, LBank Pay now supports direct payments in over 20 major crypto assets, including BTC, ETH, SOL, DOGE, TON, and PEPE — removing the need […]

SpaceX’s $75 billion IPO has already drained crypto liquidity, but a strong first-day pop could help rotate profits back, analysts argue.

This Friday, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) This week, Ethereum remained flat as it hovered above the key support at $1,500. Sellers seem to be taking a break after the price crashed by 37% since early May. Buyers are likely to be quite active at this […]

A closer look at the price action and recent forecasts involving three of the most popular altcoins.

Metaplanet will acquire Siiibo Securities and rename it Metaplanet Securities as it builds out Project Nova, its Bitcoin-centric finance strategy in Japan. Metaplanet announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire Siiibo Securities in a 2.1 billion yen ($13.1 million) deal to form a securities arm. The Tokyo-listed Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company said it entered into a share transfer agreement to acquire 100% of the Japanese securities company, a licensed financial instruments business operator. After closing, expected in July, Siiibo Securities will become a wholly owned subsidiary and be renamed Metaplanet Securities. Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said the acquisition is the first step in Project Nova, the company's strategy to build a Bitcoin-centric financial ecosystem in Japan. Read more