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Christoph Jentzsch proposed on X that $ENS DAO dissolve itself rather than continue operating under what he called a broken governance structure. “As it seems, the $ENS DAO is broken,” he wrote. “I would propose turning this into a win, by actually dissolving it. Its goals have been accomplished, the $ENS protocol is in good shape, it serves its purpose and can now be formally turned into a true public infrastructure by burning the key (set to 0x00) of the ENSv2 Universal Router, as well as distributing the remaining funds.” Jentzsch said he holds no formal role in $ENS governance.…

Venga has received authorization from Spain’s Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) to operate as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), joining a limited group of firms approved under the bloc’s new regulatory framework. The authorization comes just weeks before the end of MiCA’s transitional period on July 1, when crypto companies operating under legacy national registrations must either obtain authorization under the new regime or cease providing regulated crypto-asset services within the European Union. Venga has adapted to EU’s MiCA framework MiCA represents the most comprehensive regulatory framework ever introduced for…

Dubai, UAE, June 3rd, 2026, Chainwire $BNB Chain, CoinMarketCap, and Trust Wallet today opened registration for $BNB HACK: AI Trading Agent Edition, a three-week, $36,000 hackathon competition challenging builders to ship AI agents that read the market, decide, and execute on-chain end-to-end. Running June 3 to 21 with judging the following week, the event spans two tracks (Autonomous Trading Agents and Strategy Skills) and asks teams to combine a production-grade stack rather than reinvent it: CoinMarketCap for data and signal, Trust Wallet for self-custody execution, and $BNB Chain for the on-chain venue. At the center of that stack is the…

Bitcoin experienced a significant price decline in June, dropping from a monthly high of $73,984 to close the month at $58,526, according to data from TradingView. Incidentally, the cryptocurrency reached its monthly high on the first day of June, then lost value as the month progressed. Despite Bitcoin’s negative price action in June, which saw the cryptocurrency reach its lowest level in about 21 months, multiple analysts consider the price action secondary to Bitcoin’s ongoing evolution. For the XWIN Japan Research Group, June should not be viewed simply as a collapse month for Bitcoin but a period marking a transition…

The announcement of the Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin by a consortium of 140 financial giants, including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and BlackRock, sparked discussion about the historical roots of this technology. Former Ripple principal engineer Matt Hamilton noted that the structure of the new project effectively repeats the architectural solutions embedded in the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) back in 2012. The comment was prompted by an ironic post on X about the emergence of yet another “universal standard,” which only increases the number of competing coins on the market. The 2012 concept According to Hamilton, the original idea of the $XRP Ledger…

The race to pass the CLARITY Act before the July 4 deadline appears to be losing its pace. However, BlackRock’s Joseph Chalom believes the broader outlook for crypto regulation remains positive. Speaking in a recent interview, Chalom said the chances of the legislation being signed by July 4 are now “sub-50%”. Still, he expects the bill to eventually become law before the end of 2026. His comments come as prediction platform Polymarket shows market confidence slipping. The odds of the CLARITY Act being signed into law this year are now falling to 39%. The Likelihood… Is Now Sub-50% Chalom acknowledged…

For years, holding stablecoins in a crypto wallet meant your money sat idle, earning nothing, disconnected from everyday spending. MetaMask is trying to change that. MetaMask, the self-custodial crypto wallet used by millions, launched Money Account on June 30, a new feature that combines earning, spending, and trading into a single balance. The goal is simple: stop forcing users to shuffle funds between different accounts just to use their crypto. How Money Account works The moment money is deposited into a Money Account, it starts earning up to 4% variable annual yield through mUSD, MetaMask’s own dollar-pegged stablecoin. That same…

K Wave Media has sold its remaining Bitcoin holdings, ending a short-lived treasury push that once aimed to turn the Nasdaq-listed Korean media company into a major corporate $BTC holder. The sale came less than a year after the company said it had access to up to $1 billion in financing for its Bitcoin strategy. K Wave sells 88 $BTC to repay debt In a June 30 SEC filing, K Wave said it liquidated 88 Bitcoin held in its treasury and used the proceeds to repay $6 million of Initial Notes. The transaction was tied to an April 29 amendment…

South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix has filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a Nasdaq listing that could raise as much as $29.4 billion. The company plans to list its American Depositary Shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker SKHY. The offering could include up to 17.79 million newly issued common shares, representing about 2.5% of its current share count. Ten ADSs will represent one common share. At the maximum size, the offering would raise about 45.45 trillion won. The initial valuation implies a price near $166 per ADS, although the…

The stablecoin market on the Cardano network recorded a double-digit increase over the past week, pushing its valuation above the $60 million mark. According to data from DeFiLlama, Cardano’s stablecoin market cap climbed to $60.39 million, representing a 14.67% increase over the past seven days. The rise marks one of the strongest short-term expansions in the network’s stablecoin sector in recent months and signals increasing participation in Cardano’s decentralized finance ecosystem. Cardano Stablecoin Market Cap Soars USDCx Fuels Cardano Stablecoin Valuation The surge came only days after an unidentified user bridged more than $10 million worth of USDCx onto the…