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  • WhiteBIT secures MiCA license in Austria ahead of July 1 EU deadline
    Cointelegraph.com - 20:07 Jun 19, 2026
    The Austrian authorization gives WhiteBIT access to the EU's unified crypto framework, which will require exchanges to hold MiCA licenses or stop serving clients after July 1. Crypto exchange WhiteBIT has obtained authorization under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) from Austria's Financial Market Authority, allowing the company to offer regulated crypto services across the European Economic Area through a single license. Under MiCA, crypto companies authorized in one European Union member state can passport their services across the European Economic Area without obtaining separate licenses in each jurisdiction. WhiteBIT said the authorization will support the launch of a dedicated European platform, whitebit.eu. WhiteBIT said W Group, its parent company, serves more than 35 million customers globally. Founded in 2018, the exchange has partnerships with Visa, FACEIT, FC Barcelona, Juventus and Ukraine's national football team. Read more
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  • Republican lawmaker proposes prediction markets insider trading ban, not including White House officials
    Cointelegraph.com - 18:30 Jun 19, 2026
    The bill did not specifically bar members of the US Congress from using the platforms or making sports bets, but prohibited policy wagers. Wisconsin Representative Bryan Steil, who chairs the House subcommittee on digital assets, introduced a law to prevent certain public officials from “wagering on public policy issues and political outcomes,” notably without mentioning lawmakers in the White House. In a Thursday notice, Steil said he had introduced the Stop Lawmakers from Predicting Act, which could bar "members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children” from using policy-aligned event contracts on prediction markets platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. The bill proposed that elected officials in violation pay a $2,000 fee or 10% of the value of the prohibited bets on the platforms. Source: Committee on House Administration Read more
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  • Bitcoin traders expect new lows but data cautions against overly bearish bias
    Cointelegraph.com - 17:38 Jun 19, 2026
    A concentrated liquidity pocket below $59,000 raises the chance of a Bitcoin price sell-off to new 2026 lows, but data suggests bulls will absorb the dip. Bitcoin (BTC) is once again approaching its yearly low near $59,000 after a failed recovery attempt left bulls unable to reclaim key resistance levels. BTC traders are now anticipating new lows for 2026 as the price drifts back toward a major support zone. However, exchange inflows from mid-sized investors across Binance and Coinbase recently dropped to their lowest levels since April 4, easing further selling pressure. Liquidation data also shows more than $4 billion in leveraged positions concentrated near the $59,000 level, a setup that may lead to a downside liquidity sweep before a recovery rally towards the $68,000 range. Read more
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  • Crypto Biz: Is AI the exit strategy for miners?
    Cointelegraph.com - 17:03 Jun 19, 2026
    Bitcoin miners double down on AI, tokenized RWAs top $43 billion, Ripple strengthens its African payments network and Sam Bankman-Fried loses his appeal. For years, Bitcoin miners were little more than leveraged bets on BTC prices. That’s changing fast. As mining margins tighten and demand for AI computing accelerates, the industry’s biggest players are discovering that access to power and data center infrastructure may be more valuable than hash rate. That shift gained further validation this week as Nvidia reportedly prepared a $20 billion bond sale to finance the next phase of its AI expansion, reinforcing the multi-year investment cycle that Bitcoin miners are increasingly positioning themselves to serve. Elsewhere, the tokenized real-world asset market continued to defy the broader crypto downturn, Ripple expanded its African payments push with an investment in Flutterwave and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried failed to overturn his fraud conviction. Read more
  • Andrew Tate loses nearly $86,000 longing and shorting Bitcoin
    Cointelegraph.com - 15:05 Jun 19, 2026
    Andrew Tate’s Hyperliquid wallet shows over $803,800 in all-time perps losses after repeated crypto WLFI liquidations. Andrew Tate, founder of the Real World, a company that sells online education courses on trading, lost nearly $100,000 while betting on Bitcoin (BTC) between Wednesday and Thursday. Key takeaways: Tate's wallet balance drops to $14,000 from $100,000 in a day. Read more
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  • Aave survived $8.45B in withdrawals, but risk questions remain
    Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jun 19, 2026
    Aave handled $8.45 billion in withdrawals without freezing funds, but the episode raised fresh questions about hidden risks in DeFi lending. A stress test that showed both strengths and weaknesses When large sums leave a financial system quickly, hidden weaknesses often become visible. In traditional finance, such situations often lead to emergency lending programs, withdrawal limits or government-backed bailouts. Decentralized finance (DeFi) works differently. Read more
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  • Bitcoin taps $63K on Juneteenth as July Fed rate-hike odds near 40%
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:31 Jun 19, 2026
    Bitcoin price action avoided volatility but failed to bounce from local lows after a hawkish Fed meeting and posturing over Strait of Hormuz control from Iran. Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $63,000 on Friday as markets adjusted to geopolitical and macro changes. Key points: Bitcoin takes a time-out near week-to-date lows after a broadly hawkish Fed interest-rate meeting. Read more
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  • Kalshi in early IPO talks with investment banks: Report
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:44 Jun 19, 2026
    The prediction market platform is reportedly exploring a public listing after surpassing $2 billion in annualized revenue as sports contracts face mounting legal scrutiny. Prediction market Kalshi is reportedly in early, informal talks with investment banks about an initial public offering (IPO), despite increasing regulatory scrutiny over sports betting contracts on these platforms. Kalshi is in early-stage talks to go public via an IPO after the platform surpassed $2 billion in annualized revenue, unidentified sources familiar with the matter told The Information, according to a Friday report. A spokesperson for Kalshi declined to comment on the matter. Read more
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  • Binance’s MiCA fight raises questions over ECB influence
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:38 Jun 19, 2026
    Lawyers say MiCA rules do not bar the European Central Bank from communicating with national regulators during the application process, though crypto licensing decisions remain with member states. Binance’s faltering European Union Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license application in Greece has raised questions about whether the bloc's central bank may have played an informal role in the process, despite not having formal authority over licensing decisions. Even though MiCA assigns approval of crypto-asset service provider (CASP) licenses to national competent authorities (NCAs), lawyers told Cointelegraph that its wording does not prevent other EU institutions, including the European Central Bank (ECB), from communicating with those regulators during the review process. “Nothing in the MiCA framework would prevent a third party like the ECB from offering its opinion to that national authority on Binance's application,” David Lesperance, founder at Lesperance & Associates, told Cointelegraph. Rea...
    Tags: Binance Mica
  • Ethereum faces core development funding crisis, former contributor warns
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:16 Jun 19, 2026
    The warning comes as the Ethereum Foundation reduces spending, adjusts its treasury strategy and undergoes a wave of leadership departures. Former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trenton Van Epps warned that Ethereum is facing a core development funding crisis that will highlight the need for new funding sources in the next three to nine months. The former contributor wrote in a blog post on Thursday that the Ethereum Foundation's spending reduction and the expiration of the Client Incentive Program in April left the network's core development ecosystem requiring about $30 million in annual funding. Citing recent conversations with core development contributors, Epps said Ethereum risks entering a “slow-burning funding crisis." Read more
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  • BlockShoals lawyer clarifies Binance’s regulatory status in the Philippines
    Cointelegraph.com - 12:15 Jun 19, 2026
    BlockShoals’ head of legal said Binance can provide trading access under the Philippine SEC’s crypto framework, while peso transfers and other central bank-regulated services require a licensed VASP. Binance is allowed to provide crypto trading access to users in the Philippines through its arrangement with BlockShoals Technologies, but neither company is authorized to handle peso transfers or perform other activities regulated by the country's central bank, according to legal adviser Marie Antonette Quiogue. Quiogue, head of legal at BlockShoals, told Cointelegraph in an interview on Friday at Philippine Blockchain Week 2026 that Binance’s local operations fall under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crypto asset service provider (CASP) framework. She said BlockShoals serves as a crypto asset intermediary, introducing Philippine users to Binance’s global trading platform. The arrangement forms part of Binance's effort to reestablish a presence in the Philippines after regulators moved to restric...
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  • Bitcoin tipped for Q3 'macro bottom' near $50K as major liquidity grab looms
    Cointelegraph.com - 10:44 Jun 19, 2026
    Bitcoin market participants may be left in "complete disbelief" as the market reverses from a liquidity grab without another major leg lower, a trader predicted. Bitcoin (BTC) could reach its new “macro bottom” by September, as price action continues to surprise traders. Key points: Bitcoin may "front run" exchange order-book liquidity to produce a bear-market low between $50,000 and $60,000. Read more
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  • Bitcoin activity nears record highs on microtransaction surge
    Cointelegraph.com - 09:16 Jun 19, 2026
    Near-record OP_RETURN usage is driving a surge in low-value Bitcoin transactions, pushing Bitcoin network activity close to all-time highs despite muted price action. Microtransactions below 0.01 Bitcoin (BTC) now account for roughly 80% of all daily transactions on the network, pushing transaction activity close to record highs despite weak price performance. The surge has pushed CryptoQuant’s Bitcoin “Network Activity Index” into positive territory for the first time since 2024, according to a Thursday report by the blockchain data company. Transactions below 0.01 BTC represented about 44% of all daily Bitcoin transactions in 2023, but their share has nearly doubled since then, fueled largely by Ordinals, Runes and other data-inscription protocols. Read more
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  • Goldman Sachs cuts year-end gold target by $500, doubting rate cuts
    Cointelegraph.com - 08:05 Jun 19, 2026
    Goldman Sachs revised its year-end forecast for gold to $4,900, indicating an increase from current levels, but less than previously expected. Goldman Sachs lowered its year-end gold forecast by $500 an ounce, citing expectations that the US Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates this year. The revised target places gold at $4,900, down from earlier estimates of $5,400. It comes on the assumption that the next Fed cuts could be pushed to March 2027 and December 2027. “Our gold price views remain structurally constructive but tactically cautious, with near-term downside risk and medium-term upside risk,” Goldman Sachs commodity analysts Lina Thomas and Daan Struyven said, according to Bloomberg. Read more
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  • AllUnity debuts SEKAU, a fully reserved Swedish krona stablecoin
    Cointelegraph.com - 07:00 Jun 19, 2026
    AllUnity launches Swedish krona-backed stablecoin SEKAU with multi-chain support, expanding its stablecoin portfolio regulated under the EU’s MiCA framework. Digital asset company AllUnity is launching SEKAU, a Swedish krona-backed stablecoin issued under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The new token operates as an e-money token under MiCA, according to a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Friday. It is backed by segregated Swedish krona reserves and targets institutional settlement and cross-border payments. The launch follows AllUnity’s Swiss franc stablecoin rollout, extending its multi-currency stablecoin strategy under the EU’s MiCA framework. Read more
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  • Franklin Templeton files ETFs that turn stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure
    Cointelegraph.com - 06:00 Jun 19, 2026
    The proposed funds would allocate stock dividends to Bitcoin-linked investments, using a dividend reinvestment strategy to build crypto exposure over time. Global asset manager Franklin Templeton has filed for two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to convert dividend income from US stocks into Bitcoin exposure, according to a June 18 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The proposed Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF and Franklin US Innovation Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF would track indexes that systematically reinvest stock dividends into a Bitcoin allocation, creating a rules-based Bitcoin exposure alongside traditional equity holdings. According to the filing, the funds would launch with a 5% allocation to Bitcoin exposure and a 95% allocation to US equities. Under the index methodology, regular and special dividends from the stock holdings would be reinvested into the index's Bitcoin allocation, while quarterly rebalances would maintain the Bitcoin allocation within predefine...
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  • Algorand plans ‘broad quantum resilience’ by 2027
    Cointelegraph.com - 05:51 Jun 19, 2026
    Algorand is planning new accounts and consensus mechanisms designed to be resistant to the cryptography-breaking threat of quantum computers. The layer-1 blockchain Algorand has released its plan to tackle the potential threat of quantum computing, with a roadmap to update the network’s infrastructure by the end of 2027. Algorand Foundation technology chief Bruno Martins said Thursday that the updates will aim to give the network broad quantum resilience, a threat it has been researching and preparing for several years. “Governments, standards bodies, and security experts around the world are already preparing for a future where quantum computers may break many of the cryptographic systems that protect today's digital infrastructure,” Martins said. Read more
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  • Microsoft warns users of 'Crypto Clipper' malware spread via USB drives
    Cointelegraph.com - 05:33 Jun 19, 2026
    The malware blends data theft with remote code execution, “turning a financially motivated stealer into a lightweight backdoor,” Microsoft said. Microsoft Threat Intelligence is warning Windows users about a cryptocurrency clipper strain of malware transmitted via USB drives. The malware, which has been affecting users since February, steals clipboard data to extract wallet credentials using “high-frequency clipboard theft, screenshot exfiltration, and wallet-address substitution,” Microsoft said Wednesday. The crypto clipper also hides legitimate files and replaces them with lookalike shortcuts, so victims unknowingly execute malware while a worm component propagates automatically to USB storage devices. Read more
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  • US crypto ETFs are pulling Bitcoiners into TradFi: BlackRock's Jay Jacobs
    Cointelegraph.com - 04:16 Jun 19, 2026
    The merger of crypto, decentralized finance and traditional finance is being referred to as the “Great Convergence” at BlackRock. BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has been a gateway for new investors to enter the wider ETF market, according to Jay Jacobs, US head of equity ETFs at BlackRock. Around three-quarters of investors in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF have never owned an ETF before, Jacobs told Cointelegraph on the Chain Reaction podcast Thursday. “IBIT was a way for traditional investors to now get into digital assets. But we have seen a lot of people really kind of enter into IBIT, starting with digital asset ETPs,” he said. Read more
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  • Celsius’ Mashinsky gets permanent trading ban in CFTC settlement
    Cointelegraph.com - 02:33 Jun 19, 2026
    The US commodities watchdog has settled with Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, ending the agency’s first-ever case against a crypto lending platform. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has resolved its action against Celsius Network founder Alex Mashinsky, permanently banning him from trading in markets the commodities regulator oversees. The CFTC said Thursday that a court consent order also bars Mashinsky from ever registering with the regulator and ends the enforcement action it first filed in 2023. “Mashinsky and Celsius engaged in a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of customers by mispresenting the safety, profitability, and regulatory compliance of Celsius’ digital asset-based finance platform,” the regulator said. Read more
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