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Peter Schiff warned that a MicroStrategy collapse would hurt Bitcoin more than FTX did, and that Michael Saylor could become a bigger villain than Sam Bankman-Fried.

Grayscale research head Zach Pandl said Strategy should sell $3 billion in Bitcoin to cover its cash obligations, and CryptoQuant said the company has other ways to support STRC.

Bitcoin has dropped below $60,000 and is down nearly 7% for the week, while altcoins are falling by larger amounts; both Bitcoin and ether are finishing the second quarter in the red, marking a back-to-back losing first half that goes against the usual pattern.

Base's post-mortem found a sequencer bug was behind back-to-back outages. A "race condition" after the system was reset prevented the sequencers from catching up, causing the second outage.

An analyst said that Bitcoin unspent transaction outputs signal that capitulation is underway. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said that "these periods have always been profitable for long-term investors."

Kalshi and ADI Predictstreet have formed a partnership to create a co-branded World Cup hub and to expand global prediction markets.

SecondFi said it is mapping a recovery plan after an exploit drained about $2.4 million in ADA from 374 addresses over three days through a flaw in SecondFi's wallet-generation software, and it aims to return funds within two weeks.

Ripple’s CTO Emeritus said the concept behind XRP came before Bitcoin, and clarified that Fugger’s 2004 payment concept is separate from the XRP Ledger’s 2012 launch.

The FBI is urging victims of OneCoin fraud to submit compensation claims by June 30, 2026, and notes they can apply free at onecoinremission.com.

Fidelity disputes assertions that Bitcoin grows less secure following halvings, saying the cryptocurrency’s fixed supply schedule does not weaken network security even though miners receive smaller block rewards after each halving.

Chinese AI models are closing the gap with Anthropic and OpenAI after Z.ai released GLM-5.2, an open-source system that runs at roughly one-sixth the cost of US frontier labs; the launch coincided with Washington tightening access to American models and the timing reshaped the competitive picture across the global AI industry in one week.

Kyle Samani says Hyperliquid is not permissionless after MAS added the platform to Singapore's Investor Alert List.

Nearly 50,000 BTC were moved to exchanges at a loss, and short-term Bitcoin holders' stress level reached two-year highs.

After the earthquakes of June 24, the crypto ecosystem mobilized to assist Venezuela, with humanitarian organizations, exchanges, and community campaigns setting up channels to accept cryptocurrency donations; the industry’s speed is described as key to speeding funds to the worst-affected areas.

Bitcoin has long been grouped with precious metals as a hedge against a weakening dollar, and that trade is unwinding because of a hawkish Fed, causing bitcoin to fall alongside the metals it was expected to rival.

DCG-backed Yuma has launched a fund that provides institutional exposure to Bittensor. The new investment vehicle arrives as asset managers expand TAO offerings and decentralized AI gains momentum following recent restrictions on Anthropic's models.

Billionaire Jeremy Grantham called Bitcoin "proof of unnecessary work" and said he expects crypto to dwindle over decades.

Sony removed 551 StudioCanal films from PlayStation accounts in September 2026, an action that has reignited the blockchain digital ownership debate.

Emerging markets account for most real-world stablecoin usage, while founder concentration and venture funding for stablecoins remain centered in the U.S. and Europe.

Robinhood has implemented recent layoffs as part of a restructuring, and a broader wave of crypto companies are cutting staff, which signals a late bear market; Altcoin Pro’s Horst, Anderson and Zhuleku say there is no reason to panic.

Average IBIT investors are now down about 40% as spot bitcoin ETFs finished their second-worst week on record; Friday saw a $444.51 million net outflow, capping a seventh consecutive week of negative flows, the longest weekly run on record for the category.

Coinbase and Circle have recorded larger losses than Oracle, Netflix and Salesforce, illustrating a growing divergence between crypto equities and the broader market as the crypto stock slump intensifies.

Tether is deploying a $23 billion gold stockpile by offering bullion-backed loans, extending its tokenized gold strategy to let holders of XAUT borrow against their gold without selling it, mirroring bitcoin-backed lending.

Billionaire Jeremy Grantham said he dismisses Bitcoin and expects crypto to fade "with a whimper," expressing little faith in Bitcoin's staying power and predicting that crypto will quietly fade away over time.

Polymarket’s hack is now reported at $3.1 million, days after the platform said it would provide full refunds to users, and the prediction markets giant is under investigation in connection with false or deceptive marketing practices, according to news reports.

Coinbase and OKX offered new users sign-up bonuses of up to 8% of their deposits or transfers from other accounts after Binance failed to secure a MiCA license and has 450 million EU users.

South Korea’s KOSPI stock index hit its second circuit breaker in one week during trading tied to AI chip activity, recording an 8.19% intraday drop on Friday that triggered a 20-minute trading halt and pulled down Wall Street, Tokyo, and Tokyo-listed SoftBank.

Coinbase CEO Armstrong reduced Coinbase's AI spending by 50% while token usage is increasing, and he described Bitcoin's bear market as a "cool breeze."

Binance founder CZ told CoinDesk that the crypto market’s sour 2026 results from a mix of AI, global tension, and the 4-year cycle, and he said there is no single cause for the crypto market’s 50% decline over the past year.

Pavel Durov purchased Plush Pepe #834 for 7,500 GRAM on TON and gifted it to a Telegram designer; the purchase was his third collectible acquisition since December 2025 and was worth $12,000.