Trump Aide Faces Scrutiny Over $100K in Kalshi Speech Bets: ABC

US President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator is in talks with federal regulators to settle allegations that he used nonpublic information to profit from bets on Kalshi markets tied to the president’s speeches, ABC News reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. According to the report, Gabriel Perez, a technical assistant who has operated … Read more

Injective Files SEC Transfer Agent Application for Onchain Securities

Injective said Thursday it has filed a transfer agent registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to bring one of the core record-keeping functions of securities markets onto blockchain infrastructure. Transfer agents are a core part of US market infrastructure, maintaining shareholder records and tracking changes in securities ownership. Injective, a layer-1 blockchain … Read more

Onchain Gagcha Hits Record Highs

June 2026 was brutal for the crypto market. Bitcoin (BTC) fell more than 20%, hitting a 21-month low, while spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a record $4.5 billion in outflows. That did not stop users from spending a record $324 million on onchain gacha during the month, according to Blockworks Research. A year earlier, the monthly … Read more

Autonomous AI Economy Faces Infrastructure Gaps: Visa, Artemis

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are posing a challenge to the incumbent global card payments infrastructure that is struggling to process high-frequency micropayments, according to a joint report released by payments giant Visa and investment thesis platform Artemis. The joint report published Wednesday found that traditional cards were built for human commerce with low-frequency transactions, which … Read more

Bitcoin Realized Losses Join A Growing Number Of Early BTC Price Bottom Signals

Bitcoin (BTC) “cycle peak buyers” could already be pointing the way to the next bear-market bottom. Key points: Bitcoin hodlers who bought BTC one to two years ago are cooling selling pressure. The cohort’s realized losses have led to market bottoms once their uptrend reverses, Glassnode data shows. Speculators’ cost basis reinforces the next BTC … Read more

Trump to Meet Senators on CLARITY Act push

US President Donald Trump is set to meet with several senators at the White House on Thursday to discuss progress on the crypto market structure bill.  According to Politico, Senator Bernie Moreno said a group of senators will brief the president on the bill and “its path to success.” Senator Cynthia Lummis will also attend, … Read more

Base Creator Jesse Pollak Says Social Bet was Wrong

Base creator Jesse Pollak says he is stepping back from leading the Base App after admitting he made a “wrong bet” on social, leaving the chain to fall behind on prediction markets and perpetual futures.  In a post to X on Wednesday, Pollak said he had bet that creator, content and messaging apps would drive … Read more

Revolut Receives In-Principle Approval from UAE Authorities for Crypto Services

UK-based financial company Revolut has received approval from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) of Dubai to offer crypto-related services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a Wednesday notice, Revolut said that, following a green light from the Central Bank of the UAE for payment activities, VARA gave in-principle approval for the company to … Read more