Why a collapse in $1 trillion AI spending boom could hit Bitcoin traders first

Over the past year, the artificial intelligence trade has become one of the main pillars supporting global risk appetite. However, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is now warning that the same spending boom could become a source of financial stress if expected returns fail to arrive. The Basel-based organization, which advises central banks, said … Read more

Aave rally makes DeFi lending look more like a bank to investors

Aave’s latest market move is becoming a referendum on how investors value DeFi lending as its economics begin to resemble those of financial infrastructure. The token rallied as AAVE traded around $94.32 on June 27, up 13.16% over 24 hours. At the same time, a reported Standard Chartered bull case described Aave in automated-bank terms, … Read more

Bitcoin just slipped below the bear-market line traders cannot ignore

Bitcoin’s move below the 200-week moving-average area has turned a familiar cycle marker into a live demand test. On Sunday, June 28, BTC traded at $60,238, down 6.1% over the past 7 days and 18% over the past 30 days. That left the spot below the 200-week weighted moving average, tracked by Newhedge at $62,383, after three … Read more

XRP investors capitulate at fastest pace since the 2022 crypto crash amid slide to $1

XRP’s retreat toward $1 is testing whether one of the cryptocurrency market’s largest tokens can hold a level that has become increasingly important after months of declining prices. Data from CryptoSlate shows that the digital asset fell to $1.02 on Friday, its weakest price since February, as a market-wide selloff prompted traders to reduce exposure … Read more

Ripple’s MiCA win is not a full license yet – Here’s what it still has to prove

Ripple secured preliminary approval as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider from Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the CSSF, on June 23. The approval was delivered as a “Green Light Letter,” which the company is pairing with the EMI license it finalized in the same jurisdiction in February. Together, the two approvals put Ripple inside MiCA’s perimeter, where one … Read more

Congress blocks introduction of any CBDC in the next 4 years – but the fight over digital money is just starting

Congress just blocked the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC, and the companies benefiting most are private stablecoin issuers like Circle and Tether. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act passed the Senate 85-5 on June 22 and cleared the House 358-32 the next day, and folded inside that housing package is a four-year ban … Read more

A $223M DAO vote could turn governance into a cash-out button

GnosisDAO’s GIP-151 passed with 215% of the required quorum, 49 votes representing a voting weight roughly 2.15 times the 75,000 GNO minimum threshold. The proposal authorized a one-time pro rata treasury redemption, allowing GNO holders to surrender tokens in exchange for a proportional share of liquid treasury assets. A passed governance vote on a treasury … Read more

European crypto users are being paid to move before MiCA closes the door

The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) has triggered a fight among licensed crypto exchanges to capture users and deposits from platforms that may no longer be allowed to serve the bloc. The new regulation, which is set to take full effect on July 1, hardens the line between firms with bloc-wide authorization and those still … Read more