July 1, 2026

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Crypto

MetaMask Has New AI Agent Wallet Which Lets Bots Trade Your Crypto

MetaMask launched Agent Wallet on June 8, 2026, a self-custodial wallet purpose-built for AI agents to autonomously execute trades and DeFi interactions without users ever surrendering their private keys. Roughly 200 users are in an Early Access Program right now, with a broader rollout planned for summer 2026. The catch? AI agents are, by definition,

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Nft

Strategy Acquires 1,550 BTC for $101 Million, Rebuilds Cash Reserve to $1 Billion

Strategy Inc. has resumed Bitcoin accumulation at scale, purchasing 1,550 BTC for approximately $101.3 million in the week ending June 7 — a move that sent Bitcoin prices jumping 3.5% and drew a sharp line under the market panic triggered by the company’s first Bitcoin sale in nearly four years. The transaction was disclosed in

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Bitcoin

Zcash Climbs 80% Since June 5 as Traders Shrug off Orchard Bug Fears

Key Takeaways Zcash surged 11.3% to $478, reclaiming its top privacy coin status over monero after an 80% rally. The ZEC spike wiped out $11.5 million in short positions within 24 hours as bitcoin dropped below $63,000. Analysts like Matthew Brienen watch Zcash next to see how the market prices in the 2022 Orchard pool

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Coinbase

China’s Regulation 42 forces Tether to kill its CNHT stablecoin

Tether has never been in a better place than it is right now, at least in the US. But in China, it’s a very different story. Source link

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Crypto

Neura Closes Strategic Funding Round and Partnerships to Build Emotional AI with Persistent, User-Owned Memory

[PRESS RELEASE – Tokyo, Japan, June 9th, 2026] Joined by partners and investors including Animoca Brands, Basics Capital, TBV, Kinetic Kollective, Mario Nawfal, and Grammy-winning artist Ne-Yo, Neura is building the missing layer of AI: empathy and memory. Neura, the protocol building the world’s first Emotional AI Economy, today announced the close of a strategic

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Crypto

Morpho raises $175M at $2B valuation for institutional DeFi push

Morpho Association has raised $175 million in one of decentralized finance’s largest funding rounds.  Summary Morpho raised $175 million from investors as institutional demand for onchain credit infrastructure expands globally. Morpho’s official announcement highlighted plans to expand its open credit network through deeper institutional integrations. Coinbase, Kraken, Anchorage and Galaxy already use Morpho across lending,

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Tech & AI

How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers

Here’s one metric for tracking SpaceX’s IPO later this week: The company has changed the venture industry’s perspective on long-term, capital-intensive space so much that a talented founder with no space experience can fund a space data center company. Orbital, a new firm that emerged in May from a16z’s startup accelerator program Speedrun with a

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Bitcoin

Governments and Family Offices Are ‘Happy’ to Buy Bitcoin at a Discount

Key Takeaways Coinbase’s John D’Agostino says institutions that bought bitcoin near $125,000 want it even more around $60,000. He points to UAE family offices and sovereign wealth funds buying the dip after bitcoin’s drop to a 2026 low of $59,100. D’Agostino has repeatedly painted bitcoin as a gold-style macro hedge, citing resilient ETF ownership despite

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Coinbase

Chinese banks freeze accounts over crypto memos

Chinese nationals are reporting that putting “Bitcoin,” “Dogecoin” or “USDT” in the memo field of a transfer causes the account to be frozen. Source link

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Crypto

From SEC Crypto Lawsuit to S&P 500: How Coinbase Won Its Three-Year Regulatory War

In SEC crypto news, we’re taking a look at May 19, 2025, when Coinbase became the first crypto-native company ever admitted to the S&P 500, the same index that tracks trillions of dollars in passive investment and sits inside millions of American retirement accounts. COIN stock had already surged roughly 24% on the day of

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