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Latest developments: Kalshi’s launch of CFTC-regulated crypto perpetuals has reignited a long-running debate over financial market definitions. John Lothian and Kalshi’s Udesh Jha joined The Policy Protocol to debate this topic. John Lothian, publisher of John Lothian News, argued that perpetual contracts resemble swaps because they involve recurring bilateral cash-flow payments through funding-rate mechanisms. Udesh Jha, Kalshi’s head of exchange analytics, countered that perpetuals function like futures because they are exchange-traded, centrally cleared and designed to track underlying spot markets. The debate follows the recent approval and launch of crypto perpetuals on Kalshi under CFTC oversight. The disagreement: Both sides…

On Tuesday, MoonPay revealed that its MoonPay Trade is now live via Ledger Wallet. The integration will allow users to provide access to cross-chain trading while leveraging the security of the Ledger ecosystem. The announcement comes during a growth in the demand for trading among institutional traders, and MoonPay Trade will provide a secure way to trade digital assets without revealing their private keys. On June 16, MoonPay, a leading financial technology platform for digital assets, announced that MoonPay Trade is now available directly through Ledger Wallet. The official announcement stated that the integration will allow users of Ledger Wallet…

Bitcoin price hovered in a tight range around 82,000 today, extending a week of steady but cautious gains as structural forces, not retail hype, set the tone for the market. At time of writing, Bitcoin price trades near 82,000, up about 0.65% from Sunday morning but still roughly 22% below its level a year ago and far off the October 2025 peak above 126,000. Over the past week the coin has held mostly between 80,000 and 82,000. The latest leg higher came late last week after the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled reduced risk of further military escalation…

Solstice Finance, a Solana-native DeFi protocol designed to deliver institutional-quality, delta-neutral yield strategies to both retail users and institutions, has launched $SLX, the utility and governance token powering its ecosystem. The token went live on Monday across multiple exchanges simultaneously, with claims opening through the Legion platform and trading starting on Binance Alpha, Gate.io, Bitget, OKX, and MEXC within hours of each other. Solstice structured $SLX to look nothing like the typical token launch playbook. There is no venture capital allocation. The supply is fixed. Vesting is tied to protocol adoption and TVL growth rather than calendar dates. In other…

Dragonfly General Partner Rob Hadick believes stablecoins are entering a new phase. While $USDT and $USDC remain dominant today, he argues that growing competition from banks, fintechs, and new issuers will eventually break the stablecoin duopoly and create a more diverse market built around specific use cases. Key Takeaways: Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick says $USDT and $USDC won’t remain a stablecoin duopoly for years. Paxos, Agora, and fintechs could gain share via payments, remittances, and compliance rails. Hadick says stablecoins are only about 5% developed, with major growth still ahead. Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick Says the $USDT-$USDC Duopoly Won’t Survive the Next…

Today, crypto market analyst CoinMarketCap highlighted top cryptocurrencies that experienced the highest price gains in the last seven days. The third week of June 2026 brought new waves of capital rotations into some digital assets driven by unique qualities and development around their respective projects, as per the data from the analyst. Bitcoin and Ethereum ended the week from June 14 to June 20 with a continued lack of strength, as most crypto markets struggle to find direction amid cautious investor sentiment, partly due to inflation concerns announced by the Federal Reserve last week on Wednesday, June 17. Despite the…

In brief A Tennessee man was indicted on 11 federal counts for running an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme through his firm Star Credit Holdings from 2020–2024. He allegedly lured investors with false promises of guaranteed returns, paid old investors with new investor funds, and diverted over $1.9 million to himself and family. Charges include wire fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns; he faces potentially decades in federal prison if convicted. A Tennessee man has been indicted on federal charges stemming from an alleged cryptocurrency investment fraud that bilked investors across the country out of millions of dollars, the…

Binance has launched tokenized SpaceX shares as trading demand pushes the company’s valuation above $3 trillion and drives a surge in SpaceX-linked crypto products. According to a June 12 announcement from Binance, the exchange has listed $SPCXB, a tokenized version of SpaceX stock, on its spot market, with trading for the $SPCXB/USDT pair going live at 17:00 UTC. Binance also enabled automated trading tools for the new pair from launch and introduced a zero maker fee promotion that will remain in effect through the end of August 2026. A few days after trading opened, deposits and withdrawals for the token…

After hitting a peak of $82,458 late Sunday, bitcoin spent the afternoon of Monday testing resistance near $82,000. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin peaked at $82,458 on Sunday before retreating and consolidating under $82,000. Nearly $135 million in bitcoin positions were liquidated as Trump’s rejection of Iran’s deal flattened markets. Aramco CEO Amin Nasser warns that a blocked Strait of Hormuz could delay oil normalization until 2027. Bitcoin Battles Resistance Above $81,000 Bitcoin carried the momentum that saw it reclaim the $80,000 threshold and reach a peak of $82,458 late Sunday into the new working week, holding above $80,500 for much of…

The cryptocurrency projects that generated the most revenue in the last 30 days have been revealed. According to the data, stablecoin issuer Tether topped the list with $438.7 million in revenue. Tether was followed by Tron with $242.8 million and Circle with $194.7 million. While stablecoin issuers dominate the top of the list, projects from diverse sectors such as Hyperliquid, Polymarket, pump.fun, Aave, Base, and Phantom also stand out with their revenue performance. In particular, Hyperliquid saw a 45.3% increase in revenue over the last 30 days, while Base’s revenue trend showed a remarkable 104.5% rise. However, some projects experienced…