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Bitcoin has reclaimed $65,000 after oil prices plunged to a two-month low following a reported US-Iran peace agreement that eased concerns over disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin ($BTC) climbed to an intraday high of roughly $65,995 on June 15, extending its rebound from the June 6 low near $60,000. The move represents a gain of about 10%, though Bitcoin remains roughly 21% below the local peak near $82,800 reached in May before the early-June selloff. Bitcoin’s rebound today came as risk assets rallied across global markets after reports that Washington and Tehran had…

$XRP holders can now access Ripple USD ($RLUSD) liquidity on Ethereum without selling their $XRP. The option became available after Flare integrated FXRP as collateral in Sentora’s institutional $RLUSD vault on Morpho. The launch creates an isolated FXRP/$RLUSD lending market on Morpho Blue. Users can mint FXRP on Flare, bridge it to Ethereum, and borrow $RLUSD against their holdings in a permissionless and non-custodial way. FXRP Becomes First $XRP Collateral Asset in Institutional Ethereum Vault According to Flare, FXRP is the first $XRP representation approved as collateral in an institutionally curated lending vault on Ethereum mainnet. The integration gives $XRP…

Bitcoin traded near $62,800 on Monday as investors prepared for a packed week of economic releases and geopolitical news. The largest cryptocurrency stayed above the $60,000 support area, even as Asian shares fell and oil prices rose. Bitcoin was down about 1.4% over 24 hours, while its seven-day change remained close to flat. That kept short-term momentum weak before the data releases. Ether held near $1,780, while the wider crypto market remained cautious. Four factors now stand out: the U.S.-Iran conflict, inflation data, consumer activity reports, and major corporate earnings. Renewed attacks between the United States and Iran pushed Brent…

In a new advisory, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight called on designated contract markets to comply with the required self-certification procedures for event contract series. The guidance cautions against the growing practice of submitting broad, generic filings that cover multiple unrelated event contracts. According to the DMO, such “boilerplate” submissions make it difficult for regulators to determine whether each individual contract complies with the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. The commission noted that lately, companies have been lumping totally different types of bets into a single application. According to the agency, this practice prevents it…

The payout went to a bitcoin address tied to CKPool, a solo mining service that lets people point their equipment at shared infrastructure without running their own Bitcoin node. It was the 317th solo block CKPool has found, according to the pool operator’s X thread. What Made This Block Different The reward combined the fixed 3.125 $BTC subsidy with about 0.032 $BTC in transaction fees pulled from 4,243 transactions packed into the block. Bitcoin blockchain explorers, including mempool.space, Blockchain.com and Blockchair.com, all confirmed the payout and attributed it to Solo CKPool. Solo block found at 960804. Screenshot via mempool.space. CKPool…

Sentora is curating a Morpho lending vault that accepts as collateral a token backed by an actively managed credit portfolio run by Wellington Management, the Boston asset manager with more than $1.3 trillion under management as of December 2025. The token, mWIN, was issued by Midas on Aug. 5. Midas says it is “the first time an institutional investment manager of this scale has brought a diversified credit strategy to market through native onchain issuance,” meaning the strategy was built as a token rather than wrapped after the fact from an existing fund. Wellington acts as strategy manager; Northern Trust…

Dogecoin cofounder Billy Markus, who goes by Shibetoshi Nakamoto on X, shared what he says was “the most crypto thing” he had done in a recent X reply. Markus’ comment came in response to ITrustCapital’s question to its followers about the ‘most crypto thing’ they did over the weekend. The Dogecoin cofounder replied that using Dogecoin to pay for a ride on the Las Vegas Loop was the ‘most crypto thing’ he did; however, it was not that weekend. “I bought a ride in the Vegas Loop with Dogecoin (tho that was not this weekend but still it was the…

In a recent tweet, a16z’s Miles Jennings articulated the critical nature of the CLARITY Act, emphasizing the ongoing uncertainty surrounding digital asset regulations. He pointed out that compliance requirements have remained vague, which has stifled innovation in the sector. Jennings argues that this bill aims to create a structured framework that delineates responsibilities between the SEC and CFTC, thus offering clarity to entrepreneurs and developers alike. The Story So Far The current landscape for digital assets is rife with uncertainty, as the broader crypto market is showing mixed signals and varying momentum across major assets. Jennings’ remarks come at a…

Institutional crypto trading platform LMAX Group is working with Morgan Stanley (MS) and investment bank KBW, part of Stifel (SF), to evaluate strategic options, according to three people familiar with the matter. The company is exploring a sale or public listing that could value the business at up to $5 billion, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the discussions are private. While all options remain on the table, including a sale, SPAC merger and IPOs in the U.S. or Europe, a Nasdaq listing is currently the preferred route, one of the people said. The company is in…

ether.fi has removed all restaking exposure from weETH, making its flagship asset a plain liquid staking token and confining restaking to weETHs, a separate token built on Symbiotic. The protocol announced the split on X on Thursday. The change ends the arrangement that made ether.fi the largest business built on EigenLayer’s restaking model. ether.fi bundled Ethereum staking yield with EigenLayer restaking exposure inside a single token, grew fast on that pitch through 2024, and has now separated the two. Holders who want restaking have to opt into a second token. ether.fi’s staking arm holds $3.3 billion, according to DefiLlama, making…