Crypto Breaking News

XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) traded near US$1.04 after recovering from a 19-month low of about US$1.01, while new wallet creation on the XRP Ledger rose to 4,941 in a single day, its highest level in more than three months.

Ionic Digital has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a direct listing on the Nasdaq, allowing existing shareholders, including former Celsius Network creditors, to sell up to 10.8 million Class A shares under the proposed ticker IOND.

Binance said it now spends about US$300 million a year on compliance after expanding its compliance workforce to nearly 1,500 employees and increasing investment in fraud detection, investigations and artificial intelligence monitoring.

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Paul Dobson break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."

KuCoin is facing renewed scrutiny after blockchain investigator ZachXBT alleged the exchange sent legal warnings following claims that about US$250,000 stolen through an Atomic stealer attack on 18 August 2025 was routed through five alleged KuCoin deposit addresses.

Fabiana Fedeli, CIO of multi-asset at M&G Investments, says that while there is still value in equities, markets such as South Korea have displayed "exuberant" behavior. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, she says: "there is a whole host of stocks which are the AI losers the stocks that have been forgotten by the AI trade that I still think I still think are very worthwhile investing in."

Securitize has secured shareholder approval for its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, clearing the final major hurdle before the combined company is expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ on 3 July.

Chinese businessman Miles Guo, also known as Guo Wengui, has been sentenced to 30 years in a US federal prison and ordered to forfeit US$889 million after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy offences linked to a cryptocurrency investment scheme that prosecutors said raised more than US$1 billion.

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that President Donald Trump cannot, for now, remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, preserving the central bank's current leadership as Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) traded below US$60,000.

Australia will begin enforcing its cryptocurrency travel rule on 1 July, requiring users of regulated crypto exchanges to provide additional information for all incoming and outgoing cryptocurrency transfers as part of new anti-money laundering requirements.

ARK Invest purchased about US$43.5 million of crypto-related stocks over the past three trading days, led by additional investments in Coinbase Global and Circle Internet Group as the sector traded lower.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) is attracting buying interest from sovereign wealth funds at current price levels, with MidChains Chief Executive Officer Basil Al Askari saying at least one state-owned investment fund has accumulated spot Bitcoin and another may follow in the coming weeks.