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Ethereum is heading into June 2026 under pressure after ETH fell 12.6% in May, ending its two-year run of positive May performances.

The White House is reviewing a proposed Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule that could reshape the future of prediction markets in the United States.

Arkham Intelligence said the City of Roswell holds roughly 0.173 Bitcoin in an onchain wallet tied to the municipality.

Chainalysis said compliance standards across the cryptocurrency industry have tightened significantly, with nearly half of organisations onboarded in 2026 operating at monitoring levels that would have ranked among the sector’s strictest five years ago.

BNBPlus said it raised $4.1 million through a convertible preferred stock issuance to expand its treasury reserves of BNB.

Samsung Securities said it will acquire a 2% stake in Dunamu, the parent company of Upbit, for approximately 306.3 billion won ($221.9 million).

Bitdeer said chief financial officer Jianchun Liu will step down at the end of June and transition into a principal advisor role, with former Corsair Gaming executive Michael Potter appointed as his replacement.

Evernorth said large parts of the global financial system still rely on banking infrastructure built between 30 and 60 years ago, arguing blockchain networks could modernise cross-border payments and settlement.

Orca and Streamex launched a Solana-based marketplace allowing accredited investors to trade tokenised assets through regulated onchain liquidity pools.

South Korean prosecutors charged a group linked to the Solana-based memecoin CATFI in what local media described as the country’s first decentralised exchange rug-pull prosecution under the Virtual Asset User Protection Act.

David Hoffman said he sold the remainder of his Ethereum holdings after concluding that the long-standing “ETH is Money” investment thesis had largely reached its limits.

A roughly $1.3 billion block sale in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust tested liquidity conditions in the spot Bitcoin ETF market as institutional investors continued reducing crypto exposure.