Binance Alpha, the early-access token discovery platform run by Binance (CRYPTO:BNB), has announced it will delist eight digital assets from its recommended list on 30 June 2026 at 18:30 (UTC+8).
Azerbaijan has proposed legislation requiring all cryptocurrency businesses to obtain a licence from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan before providing virtual asset services in the domestic market.
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.
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.
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.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased more than 27,000 Ether (CRYPTO:ETH) worth about US$43 million last week, lifting its holdings to more than 5.7 million ETH and increasing its share of Ether's 120.7 million token supply to 4.7%.
Ondo (CRYPTO:ONDO) was trading at about US$0.3084 as analysts monitored a key technical pattern, with a breakout above resistance potentially targeting US$0.325 and a break below support increasing the risk of short-term selling.
Synapse (CRYPTO:SYN) climbed as much as 26% after BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes disclosed purchasing 6.16 million SYN tokens worth about US$2.2 million.
Grayscale said Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) could decline further from below US$60,000 if the CLARITY Act fails to pass this year.
