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Tron has announced plans to go public in the United States through a reverse merger with SRM Entertainment. This strategic move, which involves a significant corporate name change to Tron Inc., comes as the company seeks to enhance its market presence and leverage new opportunities in the crypto space. Eric Trump is set to play a pivotal role in this venture, further linking the cryptocurrency with notable figures in finance. The Latest The crypto market is currently navigating mixed signals, with various assets showing fluctuating momentum. Earlier today, Tron revealed its plans for a public listing, which aims to solidify…
Pi Network lets tens of millions of people “mine” crypto by tapping a button on their phone once a day, with no hardware, no electricity bill, and no drained battery. That sounds too easy to be real mining, and in a sense it is not. Here is what Pi mining actually does, how the Stellar Consensus Protocol underneath it works, and what your daily tap really secures. Pi mining is the process by which Pi Network distributes its PI tokens to users who confirm their participation through a mobile app and contribute trust relationships to the network, rather than by…
Developers in the Crosshairs Lummis made her case via a statement shared on June 22, singling out the legal exposure faced by the people who write code for decentralized finance ( DeFi) tools, wallets and other onchain services. She has repeatedly argued that the absence of clear rules leaves engineers guessing whether routine work could later be treated as a crime, a fear that has lingered over the industry since a wave of enforcement actions in prior years. She added: “Software developers should not need an army of lawyers to know if their code is legal. The Clarity Act ends…
Bithumb Lists Canton (CC) in Korean Won Market as Institutional Blockchain Eyes Retail Liquidity
Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange, has listed Canton (CC) in its Korean won market, bringing a blockchain used by Goldman Sachs, DTCC, and Citadel Securities as Canton Network participants into one of Asia’s most active retail trading venues. Bithumb announced the CC/KRW pair early Tuesday, with deposits opening within two hours of the notice and trading scheduled to begin at 14:00 KST. WuBlockchain reported the listing shortly after. Canton Coin (CC) trades at $0.1544 with a $6.0 billion market cap, up 1.2% in the 24 hours following the announcement. Canton’s Institutional Pedigree Canton Network is a privacy-preserving blockchain developed…
Bitcoin [$BTC] has significantly struggled to hold $60k. In fact, $BTC has breached this key level daily for the past five days, with $59k acting as support. At press time, Bitcoin traded at $60,352 after dropping slightly by 0.19% on the daily charts. With $BTC barely holding at $60k, whales have taken the opportunity to accumulate. Bitcoin whale scoops up $81M in $BTC Bitcoin whale activity has surged significantly over the past week, coinciding with extended market weakness. In fact, CryptoQuant’s Spot Average Order Size data showed large whale orders over the past week. This implied that whales have been…
Kuvi Labs Partners with AI-Pay with Crypto, Strengthening DeFi with Decentralized Agentic Infrastructure
Kuvi Labs, an AI-powered crypto platform, today entered into a new strategic partnership with AI-Pay with Crypto, an AI decentralized infrastructure for agentic economies, highlighting its focus on strengthening the scalability of its AI-driven DeFi network, which is built to streamline crypto transactions and digital asset management. Kuvi’s cryptocurrency platform allows users to manage DeFi assets and move tokens across chains efficiently through the use of AI assistants. Its platform combines different DeFi protocols with AI agents, allowing customers to execute cross-chain operations, such as automated strategies, token swaps, and many others, using natural language commands. AI Pay With Crypto…
In a move that continues to garner interest in both traditional and cryptocurrency markets, SharpLink Gaming has once again increased the size of its Ethereum treasury by acquiring roughly $46.7 million worth of $ETH. Becoming a top-tier investor Recent on-chain data indicates that the company received 29,195.83 $ETH at an average acquisition price of $1,599.50 per coin from Galaxy Digital approximately ten hours ago. After the most recent acquisition, SharpLink’s on-chain holdings now total more than 202,000 $ETH, or roughly $342 million at current market prices. $ETH/USDT Chart by TradingView The approach clearly resembles Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin-focused strategy at Strategy.…
The total crypto market cap is down more than 36% year over year, the altcoin complex sits roughly 45% below its October 2025 peak, and Bitcoin is on course for its worst annual start in more than a decade, with capital rotating into AI stocks and major IPOs. Three years of waiting for a broad altseason that never arrived have left altcoin traders with fast-decaying narratives, unlock-driven selling, memecoin rotations that rewarded a handful of early buyers, and rallies that faded before most participants could size in. Some investors are now asking whether owning the companies that profit from crypto…
A Large Number of Token Unlocks Are Scheduled for 14 Altcoins This Week—Here’s the Day-by-Day, Hour-by-Hour List
The cryptocurrency market faced another heavy sell-off this week, led by Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s price has fallen by approximately 7% in the last week, currently trading at $59,543 at the time of writing. The situation was even worse for altcoins. Ethereum, the world’s largest altcoin, has fallen by approximately 9% in the last week. On the other hand, the index measuring the performance of the top 20 altcoins saw losses of 6.94%. This week, there will be a large number of token unlocks across numerous altcoins. Here is the weekly cryptocurrency token unlock schedule we have specially prepared for you at…
South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) informed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) about the increasing gaps in regulation regarding crypto transfers across national borders and called on all FATF member states to eliminate any minimum transaction threshold required by the Travel Rule. This move would reshape compliance costs for exchanges and trading firms worldwide. FIU Director Lee Hyung-joo made the case at the 34th FATF plenary session in Paris from June 15 to 19, where more than 200 member jurisdictions reviewed how well countries have implemented anti-money-laundering (AML) standards for virtual assets. The result is clear – compliance is…