Zcash patched a critical Orchard shielded-pool bug through an emergency soft fork and NU6.2 upgrade as ZEC sold off and traders questioned supply-audit assurances.
CME's Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures launch June 8, giving traders one regulated futures contract tied to BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA, LINK and XLM.
SEC's FY26-FY30 draft strategic plan names digital assets, DLT, custody, trading and staking as priorities, with comments due July 2.
Kraken and Tempo announced a stablecoin payments partnership, giving Tempo builders exchange liquidity, custody, on/off-ramps and listings support.
Bitcoin briefly fell below $62,000 on June 4 as more than $1.5 billion in crypto longs were liquidated, with ETF outflows and extreme fear adding pressure.
Coinbase launched SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures for eligible non-U.S. users, turning a $1.77T IPO story into a USDC-settled crypto derivatives market.
Treasury sanctioned Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex, putting Iran's largest crypto exchanges and foreign counterparties under new OFAC pressure.
Coinbase froze more than $3M in crypto assets during a DOJ-led operation against Southeast Asia scam networks, as U.S. crypto-fraud losses keep rising.
Grayscale's HYPG began trading on Nasdaq with a 0.29% sponsor fee, adding a new HYPE staking ETF as Hyperliquid demand moves into U.S. brokerage accounts.
Mastercard will support regulated stablecoin settlement with USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, RLUSD and SoFiUSD across major blockchain networks.