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Memecoins are known for their sudden rises and falls, with some investors making millions of dollars during these surges. Recently, there have been two examples of this. According to a post by the cryptocurrency platform Lookonchain, a lucky investor turned $575 into $1.7 million in a memecoin. Accordingly, this investor made headlines in the market by multiplying his fortune thanks to Asteroid ($ASTEROID), one of the most popular memecoins of recent days. According to Lookonchain’s report, this investor acquired 2.79 billion $ASTEROID tokens and then sold them for 503 Ethereum (worth $1.17 million $ETH), making a profit of $1.17 million.…

Zimbabwe has taken its first definitive step toward regulating the cryptocurrency industry, introducing rules that require all crypto-related businesses to register annually with the country’s financial watchdog. The new framework, reported by Reuters, marks the end of a long period of legal uncertainty for digital asset firms operating in the southern African nation. Annual Registration and a $500 Fee Under the freshly published regulations, any company engaged in cryptocurrency trading, transfers, or custody services must register with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) each year. The annual registration fee is set at $500. Operating without a valid license will now be…

Humanity Protocol’s new H airdrop has moved into the exchange execution phase, with major platforms posting support plans for eligible holders after the June exploit. The project said users who held H on Binance Alpha, Bybit, Bitget, KuCoin, MEXC, or Gate during the snapshot should follow each exchange’s process. The update comes after Humanity Protocol said it would replace old H tokens with a new ERC-20 token. If you were holding $H on Binance Alpha, Bybit, Bitget, KuCoin, MEXC, or Gate during the snapshot, here’s how the new H airdrop will work on each exchange 👇 — Humanity (@Humanityprot) June…

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, known for making bold predictions about Bitcoin ($BTC) and altcoins, says the rise in $BTC began in February and will gain further momentum once it surpasses $90,000. In a recent blog post, Arthur Hayes argues that the Bitcoin bull market has already begun since the end of February. Hayes notes that $BTC is clearly in a bull market at this point, and a break above $90,000 could lead to the liquidation of short positions and accelerate the rise. Hayes, drawing attention to the structure of the options market, argues that if Bitcoin surpasses $90,000, those selling…

1alt HD: Traders Eye Sub-$1,300 Ethereum Targets if Bitcoin Slumps Below $60,000 Sidelined Stablecoins Wait on Binance While Ethereum Reserves Plunge to New Lows Ethereum Braced for Explosive Volatility as OnChain and Technical Signals Clash The Glamsterdam Ethereum [$ETH] is set to be rolled out in Q3 of 2026, reported AMBCrypto. The upgrade’s focus will be on processing transactions, allowing handling multiple transactions simultaneously while also updating the fee rules to support higher network capacity. Improved speed, capacity, and efficiency will be a great outcome for one of the largest Layer 1 networks in crypto, but it might have little…

President Donald Trump said over the weekend that the U.S and Iran had reached a peace deal and will sign it on June 19. Among other conditions, the agreement sees the removal of the U.S. naval blockade and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Crude oil fell 5% to around $80 per barrel. It is now down roughly 33% from its early March high of $120. Equity markets rose on the news. Indexes advanced worldwide, except in Tel Aviv, and U.S. stocks rallied in pre-market trading. The Invesco QQQ ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq 100 index, added 2% in…

Bitwise says Avalanche deserves a place alongside larger blockchain networks, arguing that its model offers differentiated exposure to the long term growth of tokenized assets, stablecoins, and onchain finance just after launching its Avalanche fund on April 15. In his latest CIO memo, Matt Hougan said Avalanche is attractive not because it already dominates the Layer 1 market, but because it approaches blockchain design differently from Ethereum and Solana. Rather than operating as a single shared chain, Avalanche lets firms and institutions launch their own customizable blockchains with their own rules, validators, and access controls. Hougan framed that model as…

Crypto’s market structure bill cleared committee with votes to spare and a calendar working against it. Eleven months after the House passed it and one year after the $GENIUS Act proved Congress could legislate on crypto at all, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act stands closer to law than any market structure bill in American history, and closer to a familiar death. On May 14, 2026, the Senate Banking Committee advanced the bill by a vote of 15 to 9, with all thirteen Republicans joined by two Democrats. The crypto industry celebrated for roughly a day before the second half…

Crypto exchange CoinMENA has entered a banking agreement with Standard Chartered to strengthen fiat payment infrastructure for customers in the United Arab Emirates. Under the agreement, CoinMENA will use Standard Chartered to support fiat on- and off-ramps, client money accounts and virtual account-based transaction management, according to a press release shared to Cointelegraph. The exchange said the arrangement would improve transparency and liquidity settlement with approved global counterparties. In the announcement, Standard Chartered UAE, Middle East and Pakistan CEO Rola Abu Manneh said the UAE had established itself as a leading regulatory environment for digital assets, creating opportunities for financial…

Ethereum [$ETH] whale participation weakened sharply as large transaction activity dropped across the network. An X post from a prominent market analyst showed that whale transactions fell by 86.6%, declining from 2,194 transactions recorded on the 5th of June to just 294 at the latest reading. The drop highlighted a significant reduction in high-value transfers and suggested that major holders had stepped away from active network participation. The decline emerged while Ethereum traded near an important recovery zone, making the slowdown particularly notable. Large transaction counts often reflect increased engagement from institutions and high-net-worth investors. However, recent readings showed that…