Spokane, the second-largest city in the US state of Washington, has banned crypto ATMs to fight rising scam activity targeting the city’s residents. Spokane City Council said on Monday that it became the first city in Washington to ban cryptocurrency ATMs following a unanimous vote. The measure was proposed by Council member Paul Dillon, who helped … Read more
A bitcoin donation of over $46 million from convicted criminal Tomáš Jiřikovský to the Czech Ministry of Justice has sparked a crisis in the coalition government, leading to a no-confidence vote initiated by opposition parties on June 17. Government Accused of Underworld Ties A controversial bitcoin donation has plunged the Czech coalition government into crisis, … Read more
Valuing blockchain networks today feels like déjà vu for anyone who lived through the early internet era. In the 1990s, analysts, investors, and founders struggled to apply familiar financial models to a radically unfamiliar technology. Companies with little more than a website and a pitch deck were valued in the hundreds of millions, sometimes billions, … Read more
Europol has shuttered one of the longest-running dark web marketplaces, Archetyp Market, but blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs says the marketplaces are highly adaptive to shutdowns. Europol said on Monday that it shut down Archetyp Market’s main infrastructure in the Netherlands through a series of raids involving six countries. Key Archetyp personal and technical infrastructure … Read more
JPMorgan executives recently engaged with the SEC’s Crypto Task Force to explore the evolving landscape of capital markets transitioning onto blockchain technology. The discussions centered on the regulatory challenges and opportunities presented by tokenized assets and digital financing within traditional financial frameworks. According to a COINOTAG report, JPMorgan emphasized its strategic approach to leveraging blockchain … Read more
According to the official DTCC platform, the VanEck Solana Spot ETF has been officially listed under the ticker VSOL, with its creation and redemption status designated as D. While this listing does not imply any regulatory endorsement or final approval, it represents a critical procedural milestone in the ETF launch process. The Depository Trust & … Read more
SEC extends review period for Franklin Templeton’s Solana and XRP ETFs to late 2025. New deadlines: October 2025 for Solana ETF and November 2025 for XRP ETF. Extension reflects ongoing regulatory scrutiny, not an indication of approval or rejection. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed the review deadline for Franklin Templeton’s listings … Read more
Wall Street’s digital revolution accelerates as JPMorgan launches JPMD on Base, merging commercial banking with public blockchains to unlock instant institutional liquidity. Wall Street Goes Onchain as JPMorgan Unleashes Game-Changing JPMD Token on Base JPMorgan Chase & Co. revealed on June 17 that it will launch a pilot for JPMD, a digital deposit token representing … Read more
For a brief moment, SPK shone bright. Then came its Icarus moment—a violent reversal just hours after hitting Binance, as early holders and airdrop recipients rushed to cash out. It didn’t take long for the floor to cave in. On June 17, just hours after Spark’s long-awaited SPK token began trading on major exchanges including … Read more
At least four publicly-traded US firms announced on Tuesday that they would bulk up their crypto investments by a total of $844 million, adding to the number of corporations looking for a boost from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The largest raise on Tuesday was from the Hong Kong-based heat-and-eat meal seller DDC Enterprise Ltd, which … Read more