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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has confirmed that an appearance on the massively popular “Joe Rogan Experience” is part of his media strategy, but he has fallen short of clarifying how much $ADA fans will have to wait for it to happen. Before taking the stage on the world’s largest podcast, he wants Cardano and its broader ecosystem to make more progress. Interestingly, Hoskinson described his recent in-depth conversation with Shawn Ryan as a “trial run” for Rogan. A Joe Rogan appearance, which could potentially attract millions of views, could give $ADA, which is currently down 95% from its record high,…

Bitbank, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, warned users that transactions linked to prediction market platforms such as Polymarket could result in account suspensions due to potential conflicts with the country’s gambling laws. In a notice published on Monday, Bitbank said it may restrict accounts making deposits or withdrawals connected to prediction market services. The warning highlights the regulatory uncertainty surrounding prediction markets in Japan, where local gambling laws may complicate Polymarket’s previously stated interest in expanding into the country. Bitbank warns of sweeping account restrictions Bitbank said users whose accounts are suspended would lose access to a wide range…

Bitcoin briefly dipped before surging over $82,000 on Sunday as US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s counteroffer to a peace deal, which could prolong tension in the Middle East. “I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Sunday after reading Iran’s proposal to end the war. Iran has previously requested that the US pay for war reparations and unfreeze blocked Iranian financial assets. Bitcoin (BTC) fell from $81,430 to $80,520 within 45 minutes of Trump’s post before whipsawing nearly 2.3% to $82,347 less than three hours later, according to CoinGecko data. Bitcoin’s…

To defend against a CRQC, we need post-quantum cryptography. The defense side has no comparable backer. By all public accounts, quantum computing capabilities are developing quickly. Google’s quantum researchers have spent the last twelve months publishing increasingly aggressive resource estimates for breaking elliptic curve cryptography. This public research raised alarms; going forward, it is likely that only a small fraction of the field’s research will be public. The conclusion and the recommendation of experts is that migration to post-quantum cryptography should begin immediately. The gap is not a funding gap The obvious response to the U.S. government’s announcement is that…

Bernstein has projected Robinhood’s prediction market revenue to reach $586 million in 2026, up from $150 million in 2025, as World Cup trading activity has pushed daily market volumes as high as $4.8 billion. According to a Monday client note from research and brokerage firm Bernstein, prediction markets have become Robinhood’s fastest-growing revenue-generating product since launch, supported by a surge in trading tied to the FIFA World Cup. The firm said daily prediction market volume climbed from $2.2 billion on June 11 to $4.8 billion on June 12, when the U.S. faced Paraguay. Bernstein noted that those figures already exceed…

Bitcoin price started a fresh increase and cleared the $81,500 zone. $BTC is consolidating and might aim for more gains above the $82,450 level. Bitcoin managed to stay above $79,200 and started a fresh increase. The price is trading above $80,750 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $80,800 on the hourly chart of the $BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might extend gains if it stays above the $80,800 and $80,000 levels. Bitcoin Price Turns Positive Bitcoin price found support near $79,200 and started a fresh increase.…

SharonAI Holdings shares rose as much as 10% in premarket trading after the company announced a six-year AI infrastructure compute collaboration agreement with NVIDIA, expanding its AI cloud and data center footprint in Australia. The agreement will add 72 megawatts of new data center capacity and support the deployment of NVIDIA’s DSX AI factory design, with the potential to scale to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs. The expanded infrastructure is intended to meet growing demand for AI computing resources from startups, enterprises, universities, and research institutions. The companies have structured their collaboration around a revenue-sharing and credit-support framework. Sharon AI…

Blockchain data platform Onchain Lens reported that 18.37 million $LINK tokens, valued at approximately $144 million, have been unlocked from a non-circulating supply address and transferred to the Binance exchange over the past four hours. This event is part of Chainlink’s regular quarterly token release schedule. Quarterly Unlock Schedule The Chainlink non-circulating supply address is known to unlock between 10 million and 20 million $LINK each quarter. These scheduled releases are a standard mechanism designed to gradually introduce tokens into the circulating supply, often to fund ecosystem development, partnerships, and operational expenses. The latest transfer of 18.37 million $LINK falls…

Japan has advanced legislation that would cut crypto taxes to 20%, introduce ETF pathways, and place digital assets under the same regulatory framework as stocks. According to Bloomberg, Japan’s lower house approved a bill on Thursday that would classify cryptocurrencies as financial instruments under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, bringing the sector closer to traditional securities markets. The proposal is expected to move through the upper house before taking effect next year. Once implemented, the legislation would reduce the tax treatment of crypto gains from the current maximum rate of 55% to a flat 20%, matching stocks and bonds.…

Traditional financial institutions are increasingly recognizing the advantages of digital assets, but they continue to face significant hurdles in implementation. According to Cassie Craddock, an executive responsible for Ripple’s European expansion, banks and other financial entities are seeking more straightforward methods to access. A perfect fit? During a recent podcast appearance, Craddock noted that such traditional institutions want to work with experienced firms from the nascent crypto industry, and Ripple seems to be a perfect fit. “Ripple has been in the market for over a decade now, which blends itself really nicely to that kind of trust…” she noted. She…