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Russia's Finance Ministry said USD Coin will be added to the country's approved cryptocurrency list alongside Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) and Tether.

South Korea's retail cryptocurrency trading volume fell 28% year-on-year to US$69 billion in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from TRM Labs.

Despite Zhipu being the hottest stock on the HSTECH Index this year, Felix Wang of Hedgeye Risk Management says the fair value for the stock on the short side is HK$407. He adds that Zhipu lacks pricing power, particularly after the release of DeepSeek's V4 model, which has triggered a price war among Chinese AI firms. He spoke on "Bloomberg: The China Show."

DK Bank, operating in Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City, launched as a regulated bank focused on serving crypto businesses.

Canada announced sanctions against 162 Russian-linked individuals, organisations and vessels, including crypto platform Grinex, as part of a broader effort to target Russia's financial and export infrastructure.

Iran is set to receive broad financial incentives as part of its agreement with the US, including the right to sell oil immediately, according to a final draft of the deal. Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar reports from Dubai.

XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) withdrawal activity on Binance rose to 53.2% of transaction flows on June 15, while the exchange's XRP leverage ratio reached its highest level of 2026.

The International Monetary Fund reported that Nigeria received US$59 billion in crypto-asset inflows between July 2023 and June 2024, highlighting the growing role of stablecoins in cross-border payments and financial activity.

Aisa Ogoshi of JPMorgan Asset Management says "risk obviously is in the tech trade" due to the market concentration. But she adds that "there's more upside to the tech trade" in terms of the AI data center supply chain. Ogoshi also discusses the outlook for the Bank of Japan.

Federal authorities said they disrupted an alleged plot targeting the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House.

Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) developers have entered the final development phase of the Glamsterdam upgrade, with teams running private developer networks that include all planned protocol changes.

Humanity Protocol said it will airdrop a new H token to eligible holders after retiring the previous H contracts following a June 8 exploit.