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Bitcoin price rebounds to $65K as oil falls, but US market data still blocks the all-clear

2026-06-23, 7:25 AM by befla

The Bitcoin price rebound above $65,000 has improved the setup, but the dollar and rates market are still denying the move a full macro all-clear. The largest digital asset reclaimed the mid-$65,000 area on June 22 after bouncing from the low-$63,000 zone. Live data on CryptoSlate’s Bitcoin price page had BTC at $65,500, up around … Read more

Charles Schwab prediction market partnership with Cboe to take traders away from Polymarket, Kalshi

2026-06-23, 7:25 AM by befla

Schwab’s reported prediction markets effort with Cboe will put prediction markets on the same screen as stocks, ETFs, and options. When the plan reaches customer accounts, the simplest prediction-market trade may become a brokerage-account action before crypto platforms can own the category. A June 20 Wall Street Journal report said Schwab is collaborating with Cboe … Read more

$8.5M DeFi vault pulled overnight: The wake-up call for traders chasing high yields

2026-06-23, 5:25 AM by befla

A verification dispute at MainStreet triggered a broader confidence scare across yield-bearing stablecoin products, sending more than 8.5 million USDT out of Altura in 24 hours and prompting the team to initiate an orderly vault wind-down. CEO Ranveer Arora said users redeemed more than $8.5 million before the wind-down began. Altura also said it had … Read more

British pound stablecoins capped to $53B ceiling as Bank of England sets out stablecoin rules

2026-06-23, 4:25 AM by befla

The Bank of England has removed the biggest usability objection from its sterling stablecoin plan, but it has kept a ceiling on how large any single systemic pound token can become. In a June 22 policy statement and draft Code of Practice, the central bank removed proposed holding limits for individuals and businesses, raised the … Read more

Centralized Wall Street gatekeepers to control investors’ route into tokenized stocks through old pipes

2026-06-23, 2:25 AM by befla

24X National Exchange’s latest tokenized stock filing has put Wall Street’s core plumbing at the forefront of the equity-tokenization race. The exchange filed SR-24X-2026-20 on June 11, with the SEC issuing its notice on June 16 and the June 22 notice placing the filing in the Federal Register. The rule change would let eligible 24X … Read more

Tokenized stocks as DeFi collateral arrive before the borrowing risk is settled

2026-06-22, 4:25 PM by befla

Venus Protocol has turned the use of tokenized stocks as DeFi collateral into a 2026 BNB Chain test by adding bStocks markets to its Core Pool, creating a way to assess lending risk controls before active borrowing becomes the main story. The June 20 rollout covers bStocks tied to Tesla, Nvidia, and SpaceX exposure: TSLAB, … Read more

ETH stakers could see rewards cut as Ethereum fights to fund its future

2026-06-22, 1:25 PM by befla

Ethereum core contributors are debating a structural overhaul that could redirect Ethereum staking rewards toward ecosystem development. The protocol-level proposal seeks to solve a persistent coordination failure of funding public goods within the broader Ethereum ecosystem. Open-source security tools, client upgrades, and network maintenance benefit all users, but financial support often falls short because participants … Read more

Kraken adds 2,500 unapproved Solana tokens to its app – says risk stays on-chain

2026-06-22, 11:25 AM by befla

Kraken’s new Solana token flow adds more assets to the app and changes what users may think the app is signaling. In a June 18 launch post, Kraken said eligible users in the US and more than 100 countries can trade more than 2,500 Solana-based tokens directly from the main Kraken app. The feature is … Read more

Europe’s Swedish krona stablecoin arrives with a warning: dollar liquidity may already be too far ahead

2026-06-22, 8:24 AM by befla

AllUnity launched SEKAU on June 19, giving Europe a Swedish krona stablecoin under MiCA while dollar tokens still define most on-chain payments. The SEKAU stablecoin is live on Ethereum, Solana, Base, Tempo, and Polygon. The launch raises the question of usage. SEKAU can be compliant, fully reserved, and multi-chain, while still needing banks, market makers, … Read more

Wall Street’s UBS uMINT yield-bearing collateral has reached Bybit – but there’s a catch

2026-06-22, 7:25 AM by befla

Calais Digital Assets has turned UBS uMINT collateral into a live trading workflow on Bybit, giving tokenized money-market funds a concrete margin use case rather than another issuance milestone. The setup runs across Bybit, ByCustody, and DigiFT, with the uMINT position remaining in custody while it is recognized as exchange collateral. The June 18 deployment … Read more