Crypto

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, June 12th, 2025] Nearing the token generation event coming up on June 23rd, Polemos has announced a strategic partnership with BUFF focused on accelerating the integration of Web3 technologies within the gaming sector and facilitating broader user adoption. This collaboration unites two industry leaders with a shared vision to bridge […]

Adler says that, even though the CAGR is still below historical levels, it supports a Q4 2025 price target of $168,000.

The National Cryptocurrency Association’s 2025 report reveals a surprising normalcy to crypto ownership, spanning construction sites to art studios and challenging long-held stereotypes. Crypto is getting more normal, from the number of people who use it to the type of people who use it, according to a new report. While Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto news have concentrated on politics and institutions as of late, showing governmental policy becoming more accepting and traditional finance avenues like ETFs being the tail that wags the “crypto dog,” a new report concentrates on the other side of the digital coin.  The National Cryptocurrency Association’s (NCA) “2025 State of Crypto” report released in May 2025 reveals that the face of crypto in America is no longer a hoodie-wearing tech bro or suit-clad Wall Street savant; it is a construction worker in Oklahoma, an artist in Chicago, a grandmother in Kansas and 55 million everyday Americans using crypto to shop, save and send money home. The Harris Poll conducted t...

Bitcoin adoption may benefit from continued global uncertainty until a trade agreement between the world’s two largest economies is finalized. Bitcoin’s institutional adoption is seeing a new wave of corporate investments, which stand to benefit from more global uncertainty before a trade agreement is finalized or a controversial US spending bill is passed. US President Donald Trump is pushing forward the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which he says would cut as much as $1.6 trillion in federal spending. “The great, big, beautiful bill will grow the economy like it has never grown before,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday. “It puts put our country on the right track, plus!” Read more

Morpho V2 delivers market-driven fixed-rate, fixed-term loans with customizable terms to meet the demands of institutions and enterprises.

Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department teams up with the University of Hong Kong to build a crypto tracking tool amid a rise in money laundering cases involving digital assets. Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department is partnering with the University of Hong Kong to develop a digital tool to track cryptocurrency transactions in suspected money laundering schemes. On Thursday, Assistant Commissioner Mario Wong Ho-yin said customs officials would expand collaboration with academics, regional finance professionals and law enforcement to counteract increasingly complex and borderless financial crimes. “These money laundering threats are characterized by a transnational and borderless nature, and no single agency can tackle this problem alone,” Wong said during a media briefing, according to a report by the South China Morning Post. Read more

The hacker laundered the ETH after the asset nearly doubled in the past two months.

More than 20,000 IPs and domains were taken down and 41 servers seized as part of the coordinated operation.

USDC is now live on the XRP Ledger.

Maple will offer stablecoin credit lines backed by Lido’s staking token stETH.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) was also among the underperformers, declining 5.9% from Wednesday.

Chainlink, JPMorgan’s Kinexys, and Ondo Finance completed a crosschain DvP settlement between a permissioned payment network and a public RWA blockchain. Chainlink, JPMorgan’s Kinexys and Ondo Finance completed a “first-of-its-kind” crosschain delivery versus payment (DvP) settlement between a permissioned payment network and a public testnet. The test involved Kinexys Digital Payments, a permissioned network operated by JPMorgan and Ondo Chain’s testnet, which is focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, Chainlink said in a Thursday announcement. The settlement was coordinated using Chainlink’s Runtime Environment (CRE), an offchain compute layer designed for interoperable financial systems. At the center of the transaction was OUSG, Ondo’s tokenized US Treasurys fund, which was exchanged for payment via Kinexys’ platform. Read more

Stablecoin rails cut payment processing time to minutes from a few days on traditional SWIFT rails, the companies said.

Tether referred to increasing its exposure to gold as a "dual pillar strategy", alongside its holdings of over 100,000 BTC

Altcoins including DOGE, SOL and ADA outpaced Bitcoin’s losses Thursday morning, in what experts called a “routine” pullback.

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An ex-FBI agent who led landmark crypto investigations is joining TRM Labs’ team.

Mercurity’s $800 million Bitcoin treasury financing plan would make the firm the 11th-largest corporate Bitcoin holder after Galaxy Digital. Mercurity Fintech Holding, a Nasdaq-listed digital fintech group building blockchain-based payment infrastructure, plans to raise $800 million to establish a Bitcoin treasury reserve as more companies adopt the cryptocurrency for strategic purposes. Mercurity plans to raise $800 million to establish a “long-term” Bitcoin (BTC) treasury reserve, which will be integrated in its digital reserve framework through blockchain-native custody, staking integrations and tokenized treasury management services, the company said in a Wednesday announcement. Mercurity said it will transition a portion of its treasury into a “yield-generating, blockchain-aligned reserve structure that reinforces long-duration asset exposure and balance sheet resilience.” Read more

Ether futures data shows momentum, with ETH price more than doubling since April lows, increasing the chance of a rally to $4,000 in the coming weeks. Key takeaways: Ether’s price has rallied 108% to $2,880 since April 9.  ETH futures open interest hit all-time highs of $20 billion, signaling bullish sentiment. Read more

Your day-ahead look for June 12, 2025