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Appointee will meet SEC and NYSE independence standards, restoring the audit committee to full composition 6 June 2026 – Tether International, S.A. de C.V. (“Tether International”), the controlling shareholder of Twenty One Capital (“XXI”), today announced it has designated an additional independent director to XXI’s board, filling the audit committee seat opened by recent board changes. The board of XXI determined that the appointee will qualify as independent under Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act and Section 303A.02 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.The vacancy followed the May 20th transaction in which Tether acquired SoftBank Group’s stake in XXI,…

Is 2026 the year of Stellar (@StellarOrg)? On real-world usage, the case is strong. On the $XLM price, not yet. That gap is the whole story of Stellar’s first half. While $XLM swung inside a low range and sat near $0.20 by mid-June, the network spent the first six months signing up some of the largest names in payments and clearing, and posting on-chain numbers that point to actual usage rather than speculation. Here is what shaped H1, and what it means for the back half of the year. MoneyGram goes native The headline move came on June 2, when…

The laughingly audacious legal attempt to claim legal ownership over billions of dollars worth of early-mined Bitcoin, including the legendary fortune of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, is currently unraveling. According to updates shared by Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at Galaxy, the pseudonymous plaintiffs behind the controversial “abandoned bitcoin” lawsuit have “just quietly dropped 44 of its 39,069 defendants” after on-chain data proved the wallets are actually active. Thorn noted that “every single one had moved coins onchain since the case was filed.” Debunking “dormancy” claims As reported by U.Today, the lawsuit was recently filed in the New York…

Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume hit a record $1.79 trillion in June, up 63% from May’s $1.1 trillion, according to payments giant Visa. June’s record stablecoin transaction volume surpassed the previous record of $1.78 trillion in February, and is up 125% from the prior-year period, according to Visa’s Allium-powered stablecoin analytics dashboard. “June 2026 was another record month for stablecoin transaction volume, just ahead of February 2026,” said Zach Pandl, head of research at Grayscale, on Sunday. The sharp increase in stablecoin transaction volume suggests growing real-world use in payments, decentralized finance and cross-border transfers as crypto infrastructure matures. It comes…

Bitcoin ($BTC) remained under pressure on Wednesday, trading below the $63,000 mark after posting modest losses in the previous session. The world’s largest cryptocurrency continues to face strong technical resistance, suggesting the ongoing correction could extend in the near term. The broader weakness across the crypto market is also weighing on sentiment, with Ethereum (ETH) trading below $1,700 and Ripple (XRP) showing signs of fading momentum. $BTC remains trapped below the moving averages At the time of writing, Bitcoin is changing hands near $62,600 and remains firmly below its major trend indicators. The cryptocurrency continues to trade beneath its 50-day…

Ethereum recovery is entering its first meaningful test as buyers face a concentration of both technical resistance and on-chain supply. The altcoin rebounded from $1500 and is moving back towards the highlighted supply zone, where sellers who were earlier defending higher prices are still holding ground. Source: $ETH/USD on TradingView Sellers hesitate not just because of technical resistance. According to CryptoQuant data, reserves at Binance have climbed to 3.893 million $ETH. More to that, OKX continues receiving fresh inflows, so there is more $ETH immediately available for sale. Moreover, Bitfinex reserves have fallen from 2.7 million to 2.2 million $ETH.…

James Wo, the founder and chief executive of crypto investment firm DFG, says bitcoin remains the dominant institutional asset in crypto — and ether is unlikely to reach the same status anytime soon. Speaking to CoinDesk at the Proof of Talk conference in Paris, Wo rejected Bitmine Immersion Technologies Chairman Tom Lee’s big prediction that ether would hit $250,000, arguing that Ethereum lacks the same consensus and institutional recognition that have formed around bitcoin. “I totally disagree with him,” Wo said. “Bitcoin has a very strong consensus. If you talk to everyone who is an early backer… they believe in…

Zcash ($ZEC) has shown a strong recovery after the sharp decline experienced in recent days, gaining more than 20% in value in the last 24 hours. The price increase was influenced by Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox confirming that the project was conducting security work powered by Anthropic’s advanced AI system, Mythos. The chart shows the recent increase in $ZEC price. Mert Mumtaz, a prominent figure in the Zcash community, stated that a series of significant updates aimed at improving the network’s security and transparency are expected to be rolled out this year. Related News Ripple (XRP) Joins the AI Race:…

EU lawmakers are set to vote again on controversial legislation dubbed “chat control” by its critics, which would allow tech firms to scan messages for child sexual abuse material. On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted through a rarely used urgent procedure that will bring lawmakers to a vote Thursday on whether to extend the legal framework, which expired in early April. “Today’s vote violates our own rules of procedure, the European Parliament decided to use an urgent procedure for Chat Control 1.0,” Pirate Party MEP Markéta Gregorová said on Tuesday. “This means that on Thursday, we will once again vote…

Garrett Jin, the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange BitForex, is reportedly holding a significant short position in Zcash ($ZEC) on the Hyperliquid platform, according to blockchain analytics firm EmberCN. The position, valued at approximately $15.08 million, was opened nine days ago at an average price of $444 per $ZEC. As of the latest data, the trade is underwater, showing an unrealized loss of around $530,000. Details of the $ZEC Short Position EmberCN identified an address beginning with 0x92ea as likely belonging to Jin. The address has a demonstrated history of profitable $ZEC trading, adding credibility to the attribution. The…