XRP Drops to $1.188 YTD Low as Traders Absorb $14M Blow From Liquidation Wave
On June 3, XRP hit a new year-to-date low of $1.188 amid a broader crypto sell-off, down nearly 34% for the year, before stabilizing just under $1.22. XRP Hits New Year-to-Date Low On June 3, XRP dipped below $1.20 amid a market-wide sell-off that also saw bitcoin tap its lowest price since early February. Market … Read more
Nineteen New AI Billionaires Worth $59.3 Billion. Will the Boom Make You Rich?
Nineteen new American AI billionaires now hold a combined $59.3 billion, a second wave following the founders of OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek. The haul stems from specialized models powering startups such as OpenEvidence (100+ million medical consultations), Reflection AI’s coding agents, and Mercor, which scaled revenue from $100 million in 2025 to $1 billion in … Read more
Bitwise Model Shows Bitcoin Is Deeply Underpriced at $224K Fair Value Amid Debt Crisis
Bitcoin is currently trading roughly $150,000 below what Bitwise Europe’s sovereign default model says it is worth. That gap widened in May as the price climbed to $83,000 before $1 billion in exchange-traded product (ETP) outflows dragged it back to $72,000, leaving the market compressed at a structural crossroads. Bitcoin Hit $83K Then Crashed to … Read more
Crypto PAC-supported candidates sweep US state primaries after media buys
Nearly a dozen candidates across three US states won their primaries or will advance to the November election after they were supported by $3.5 million in ads funded by crypto industry-aligned PACs. Go to Source
WSJ: Hyperliquid Has Become Wall Street’s Go-to Weekend and After-Hours Perps Venue
Hyperliquid is emerging as a key weekend and after-hours venue for Wall Street traders to trade perpetual futures, the Wall Street Journal reported, as round-the-clock onchain markets pull activity away from traditional exchanges. When the Markets Close, Hyperliquid Stays Open Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange ( DEX) built for perpetual futures, has become a destination for … Read more
Ethena Expands Partnership With Anchorage Digital to Strengthen Institutional Lending
Ethena is not slowing down. The protocol just announced an expanded partnership with Anchorage Digital, a federally regulated crypto bank in the US, to push its institutional lending business further through Atlas Collateral Management, and the details of this deal are worth paying attention to. Under the new arrangement, Anchorage steps in as collateral manager … Read more
Bitcoin Fear Index Crashes to 11 as Traders Debate $50K Floor
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index plunged to 11 on June 3, 2026, one of the lowest sentiment readings in months, as bitcoin traded near $65,853 and traders publicly debated whether $50,000 is next. Fear Takes Over Bitcoin is down roughly 2 to 3% in the last 24 hours and approximately 8 to 12% over … Read more
Mastercard Adds Stablecoin Settlement to Its Global Network, USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD and More Now Live
Mastercard just made one of its biggest moves into crypto yet. The global payments giant has announced it is expanding its settlement network to include regulated stablecoins, and the list of supported assets and blockchains is longer than most people expected. Starting now, issuers and acquirers on the () network can settle transactions using Circle’s … Read more
Agentic payment activity tops 100M transactions on Base
New data suggests AI-driven payment rails are evolving beyond experimentation as users are making more higher-value transfers. Go to Source