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As is known, there was a change in leadership at the FED, with Kevin Warsh replacing Jerome Powell. The first FED meeting under Kevin Warsh’s leadership was held, and interest rates were left unchanged in June, as expected. At this point, while there is curiosity about how the Fed, under Kevin Warsh’s leadership, will act for the remainder of 2026, the latest survey has revealed current expectations. A Reuters poll indicates that most economists do not expect an interest rate increase or decrease in the remaining six months of the year. According to the survey, the Fed is expected to…

Cardano Foundation and SENAI São Paulo signed a multi-year strategic alliance to integrate blockchain into Brazilian industry. The first phase included two weeks of intensive technical training in São Paulo, with 130 R&D and education professionals onboarded. The roadmap includes certifications, industrial traceability pilots and Digital Product Passports for the manufacturing sector. The Cardano Foundation, a non-profit organization, announced a multi-year strategic alliance with SENAI São Paulo, one of the largest technical training and industrial innovation networks in Brazil. The agreement combines Cardano’s blockchain infrastructure with SENAI’s educational and applied research capacity to develop concrete solutions in real industrial environments.…

Only 8% of surveyed U.S. voters said prediction market platforms should be illegal, according to polling commissioned by the Coalition for Prediction Markets. Republican and Democratic voter surveys both showed more support for a uniform federal framework than for state-by-state regulation. The polling lands as the CFTC, Kalshi, Polymarket and state authorities clash over event contracts, particularly sports-related markets and gambling-law questions that could define national oversight for years ahead. Prediction markets are gaining an unexpectedly mainstream defense as new polling suggests U.S. voters prefer regulation over prohibition. A pair of surveys commissioned by the Coalition for Prediction Markets found…

According to the Financial Times, Binance announced it will cease providing services to EU customers starting next week due to its inability to obtain a license under the European Union’s new cryptocurrency regulation, MiCA. As of July 1st, cryptocurrency companies operating in the European Union will be required to hold a MiCA license. Companies that fail to meet this licensing requirement risk facing penalties. According to the news, Binance’s application for an EU license via Greece was rejected last week. The company is now reportedly planning to apply for a new license via France. It has been reported that withdrawal…

Aptos is becoming the verification backbone for a sovereign nation’s entry into global climate markets. The Republic of Chad, a country in Central Africa, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Luxembourg-based environmental technology company Xange.com, to deploy digital climate monitoring and verification infrastructure across the country. Verified climate data will be anchored on the Aptos blockchain, making it the trust layer that gives Chad’s environmental assets credibility on the international stage. Why Aptos is at the center of this deal When Chad generates a carbon credit, the data behind it needs to be verifiable by international buyers and climate…

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their largest daily net outflows of June on Thursday as Bitcoin fell below $60,000. Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $696.3 million, surpassing the previous monthly high of $519.2 million logged on June 2, according to SoSoValue data. The latest withdrawals pushed June’s total outflows to $3.61 billion, bringing year-to-date net outflows to $4.6 billion. Monthly flows in US spot Bitcoin ETFs as of Friday. Source: SoSoValue The ETF outflows coincide with signs that other large sources of institutional Bitcoin demand are also slowing. Strategy, the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, has reduced its accumulation…

Notable on-chain data in the cryptocurrency market has revealed that some early-stage Ethereum investors, who have been inactive for many years, have begun selling. According to information shared by the blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, four Ethereum wallets that had been inactive for approximately eight years have recently sold a significant amount of $ETH. According to the data, these investors purchased a total of 37,602 $ETH in 2018, when Ethereum was trading at approximately $830. The total value of these purchases at that time was estimated at approximately $31.16 million. It is reported that during Ethereum’s strong bull markets in 2021…

Latest developments: Teng says Virtuals has expanded beyond gaming-focused AI agents and is now building infrastructure for what it calls an “agent society.” The company began by creating autonomous agents for gaming before expanding into crypto influencers, trading agents and other autonomous software systems. Virtuals now focuses on five pillars: creating digital agents, creating physical agents and robots, enabling agent coordination, supporting capital formation and building governance systems for agents. Teng described the long-term vision as a “parallel society” where agents participate in a permissionless economy and collaborate with each other at scale. What this means: The company believes AI…

Cardano is generating more on-chain noise than it has in years, even as its native token $ADA trades at levels last seen in the aftermath of the 2020 crypto meltdown. According to the Santiment update from June 25, daily active addresses on the network have spiked sharply alongside a pronounced rise in social dominance. The activity jump arrives while $ADA languishes near its lowest valuation since December 2020, creating a conspicuous divergence between network usage and price. Fear-Driven Conversation Takes Over The current wave of social activity isn’t organic enthusiasm. Much of it is fear-driven. Recent remarks by Cardano founder…

Crypto firms operating in Spain will receive no extensions or exemptions if they fail to secure licenses under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework by the end of June. Speaking on Friday, Carlos San Basilio, chairman of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), said firms that remain unlicensed must cease operations across the bloc as Spain’s market watchdog will not grant any waivers or deadline extensions. He added that regulators are coordinating with affected companies to ensure a smooth transition. Binance, which is still seeking regulatory approval after an unsuccessful licensing attempt in Greece, was highlighted as one…