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South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, have announced a new decision regarding the KernelDAO (KERNEL) token, which they previously placed on a trading alert list to protect investors. According to the announcements, both platforms have lifted the “trading alert” status applied to KERNEL following the conducted reviews, and the asset will return to normal trading conditions. Upbit announced that KERNEL has been placed under a trading alert on April 20, 2026. The exchange stated that this decision was influenced by security incidents reported in the wallets or digital asset infrastructure associated with the project, as well as uncertainties…

Bitcoin mined an empty block at height 954,352, according to Mempool data. The block contained only the coinbase transaction, meaning it carried the miner reward but no regular user transactions. The block was mined by SpiderPool. Mempool data showed a timestamp of 2026-06-19 04:27 and a block weight of 1.16 kWU. Source: Mempool Short block gap draws attention The empty block came about 62 seconds after the previous Bitcoin block. That short gap is the main reason traders and network watchers flagged the event. A fast block gap can leave miners working with a coinbase-only template before a fuller transaction…

Bitcoin’s path through 2026 now runs through global economic policy. The disruption around the Strait of Hormuz has moved beyond a commodity-price event and into the machinery of governments. The International Energy Agency said crude and refined-product exports through the strait had fallen to less than 10% of pre-conflict levels after about 20 million barrels per day moved through the route in 2025, equal to roughly a quarter of global seaborne oil trade. That is the scale of shock that stops being only a Brent chart. The U.S. Energy Information Administration now expects Middle East production shut-ins to average 7.5…

Aave has announced a partnership with Sky Ecosystem to launch the Sky Aave Force, an initiative designed to accelerate blockchain development. This collaboration comes amid growing interest in innovative crypto projects, as highlighted in a recent tweet from MakerDAO. The announcement has sparked significant engagement within the community, reflecting traders’ optimism about the potential impact of this initiative. Market Snapshot The broader crypto market currently shows mixed signals, with various assets experiencing fluctuations that influence market sentiment. Aave’s collaboration with Sky Ecosystem is timely, as it aligns with the ongoing evolution in decentralized finance (DeFi). Traders are particularly attentive to…

Most people holding Strategy’s 11.5% dividend-paying STRC, are making a strange bargain with the company; that on monthly snapshot days, the stock will trade near the company’s intended $100 share price. In between those dates, however, STRC invariably wanders downhill. Indeed, it closed yesterday at $91.79, 8.2% below its target. Strategy persuades buyers to take the bargain of downside possibility on their investment with an above-market yield of 11.5%. Strategy, the bitcoin ($BTC) treasury company built by Michael Saylor, markets STRC as a near-$100 instrument that strips away $BTC’s volatility, providing ostensibly predictable payouts and a USD-stable target. Chart of…

Jumper integrated TRON, allowing users to bridge assets to and from the network in a single transaction across 14 blockchains at launch. The routing engine compares 29 bridge protocols, while users can move $USDT, $USDC, and complete stablecoin swaps inside TRON without leaving the interface. The move opens access to TRON’s stablecoin liquidity, JustLend, SunSwap, and a network that settled $7.9 trillion in $USDT volume in 2025. TRON has opened a new front in the cross-chain race by integrating with Jumper, a move designed to make asset transfers into and out of its network feel less like infrastructure work and…

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3019 into law yesterday, making Illinois the first state in the country to impose a transaction-based tax on crypto. This move drew swift condemnation from crypto industry groups who had urged him to strike the provision before his pen hit the paper. The Digital Asset Privilege Tax Act, tucked inside a 1,624-page revenue bill that forms part of Illinois’ $55.9 billion fiscal year 2027 budget, levies a 0.2% charge on the value of any digital asset involved in an exchange, transfer, custody, or wallet service conducted on behalf of an Illinois customer. The…

Binance’s faltering European Union Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license application in Greece has raised questions about whether the bloc’s central bank may have played an informal role in the process, despite not having formal authority over licensing decisions. Even though MiCA assigns approval of crypto-asset service provider (CASP) licenses to national competent authorities (NCAs), lawyers told Cointelegraph that its wording does not prevent other EU institutions, including the European Central Bank (ECB), from communicating with those regulators during the review process. “Nothing in the MiCA framework would prevent a third party like the ECB from offering its opinion to…

DeFi Saver has officially launched on the Base network, a move announced via social media by Compound Labs. This integration opens new avenues for users, allowing access to key DeFi protocols such as Aave and Compound. The announcement has sparked interest in the DeFi community, particularly among users looking for enhanced lending and borrowing capabilities. Market Snapshot The launch of DeFi Saver on the Base network represents a significant development in the decentralized finance landscape. Currently, DeFi Saver is integrating with Aave v3 and Compound, which are two of the leading protocols in the DeFi space. Market analysts suggest that…

That philosophy could influence Wednesday’s meeting. Bank of America said there is a chance Warsh declines to submit his own projections to the Fed’s Summary of Economic Projections, or SEP, a move that would highlight his long-standing criticism of the central bank’s forecasting process. “If you’re not very good at something, you should do less of it,” Warsh said at a State Street conference last year, according to the Journal. “These forecasts have been abysmal. My dots wouldn’t be perfect either, so I wouldn’t give them.” The SEP’s “dot plot,” which shows where policymakers expect interest rates to move, has…