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The financial product has been approved under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) to operate in 30 countries. The cumulative transfer volume of the TRON network exceeded $26 trillion, registering more than 382 million user accounts. The ecosystem hosts approximately $90 billion in stablecoins, where USDT represents nearly 98% of that total. TRON DAO and OKX Europe Markets Ltd announced the regulatory launch of TRXUSD X-Perps. This regulated derivative instrument tied to the native token $TRX is already available to investors in the European Economic Area (EEA). Thanks to this new financial tool, trading participants will have the option…

Imagine risking $1,000 on Bitcoin ($BTC) during the May 19, 2021, crash, which caused the asset to plunge more than 30% to a low of about $30,316. As of May 19, 2026, you would be sitting on an unrealized gain of more than 150%. Furthermore, during the May 19 Bitcoin crash, $1,000 fetched roughly 0.033 $BTC, which could be worth approximately $2,529 at press time. Despite the $BTC price volatility over the years, the flagship coin has climbed 152% to trade at about $76,650 on Tuesday, according to data from TradingView. $BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: TradingView Several catalysts converged to…

Parker White, co-founder of the U.S.-listed company DeFi Development (DFDV), has resigned from his executive position effective June 8. The company, which has been strategically accumulating $SOL tokens, announced that White will transition to an advisory role before fully dedicating his efforts to Apyx, a decentralized finance project backed by DFDV. Leadership Transition and Strategic Shift White’s departure marks a notable shift in DeFi Development’s leadership structure. As a co-founder, his role was integral to the company’s early strategy, including its recent accumulation of $SOL. The move to an advisory position suggests a phased transition, allowing White to provide guidance…

Ethereum’s latest price crash has pushed the cryptocurrency below $1,800, placing its monthly chart under pressure at a time when the entire crypto market sentiment has turned heavily bearish. There is also another weakness coming from the monthly RSI, which has now dropped to its lowest level since the asset launched in 2015. That reading has made the current setup very important, as previous deep RSI resets appeared near major Ethereum cycle lows in 2020 and 2022, and there’s also a question of whether the same pattern is forming again. RSI Hits Its Lowest Level Since Ethereum’s Launch Ethereum has…

The S&P 500 has gained 142% from May 2024 to June 2026. However, when AI stocks are striped out, that figure collapses to 16%. The rest of the market, hundreds of companies across dozens of sectors, contributed almost nothing to one of the biggest bull runs in modern history. Five stocks alone have accounted for roughly 50% of all S&P 500 gains since April 1. The index added $10 trillion in market cap in just 29 days. Semiconductor and AI stocks are surging 100% or more within weeks. Source: X The dependence goes beyond stock prices. In Q1 2026, US…

A Thai company called OBON Corp. allegedly served as the middleman in a multi-billion-dollar smuggling operation that routed restricted Nvidia AI servers through Southeast Asia and into the hands of Chinese customers, including Alibaba. The US Justice Department’s indictment, filed in March 2026, charges Super Micro Computer executives with facilitating the scheme. The total value of servers purchased through the operation: $2.5 billion during 2024 and 2025. How the alleged scheme worked The playbook, according to prosecutors, was straightforward in concept if audacious in scale. OBON Corp., a Bangkok-based company tied to Thailand’s broader AI ambitions, purchased Super Micro servers…

Hyperliquid processed $10.319 billion in volume yesterday out of the total $20.306 billion across all chains, which equates to just over half of the entire field, according to DeFiLlama. The next chain, at a distant second, was Solana with $5.307 billion while Ethereum and Arbitrum both saw figures below $2 billion. What really puts things into perspective is the fact that at the start of the year, the split in perp volume across chains was broadly even. The 50.8% volume dominance is being driven by a combination of factors such as letting anyone launch their own perp market via HIP-3…

American Bitcoin (Nasdaq: ABTC) is a Bitcoin mining and treasury company tied to the Trump family that builds its balance sheet two ways: it mines $BTC at a cost below market price, then buys more on the open market to push Bitcoin-per-share higher. In just over a year it has gone from zero coins to more than 7,500 $BTC, putting one of the youngest companies in the sector among the 15 largest corporate Bitcoin holders on the planet. That speed is the whole story, and it is also the whole risk. Who is behind American Bitcoin? The venture, led by…

Ethena continues to deepen its ties with traditional finance, announcing a deal with asset manager Janus Henderson that includes a strategic investment in the protocol’s governance token. Under the agreement, Ethena will allocate and help distribute Janus Henderson’s tokenized funds of collateralized loan obligations (CLO), the protocol said in a Tuesday X post. Meanwhile, Janus Henderson, with $480 billion in assets under management, made a strategic investment in Ethena’s $ENA token and plans to use $USDe, Ethena’s yield-bearing synthetic dollar, as part of its treasury cash management strategy, according to a Thursday announcement. The firms are also exploring ways to…

Ethereum has fallen to $1,500. In the depths of the June 2026 crypto selloff, $ETH briefly touched the $1,500 level, a price last seen in the depths of previous bear markets and roughly 70% below its August 2025 all-time high of $4,953. The drop has been faster and deeper than Bitcoin’s, and it has pushed at least one analyst to flag the previously unthinkable: a possible decline toward $1,000. For an asset that traded near $5,000 less than a year ago, the idea of a three in front of nothing is a brutal reset, and it has Ethereum holders asking…