June 29, 2026

Blog

Tech & AI

Best Amazon Prime Day speaker deals 2026: Sonos, JBL, more

The best early Prime Day speaker deals at a glance: If you plan on hitting the beach, hosting friends, or heading out on a camping trip this summer, having a quality speaker in tow is a good idea. And lucky for you, plenty of fantastic options are on sale to kick off the season, thanks

Read More
Crypto

XRP News: Ripple DFAL License and the California Deadline Risk

In XRP news today, Ripple is days away from a regulatory cliff that could directly disrupt its California operations, and the public record is conspicuously silent. July 1, 2026, marks the enactment date for California’s Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL) The DFAL is the state’s new licensing framework for digital asset businesses, and as of

Read More
Bitcoin

Senate Votes 85-5 to Ban a Fed Digital Dollar Through 2030

Key Takeaways The Senate passed the ROAD to Housing Act 85-5 on June 22, banning a Fed CBDC through 2030. The measure bars the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar directly or through intermediaries. The House could vote as soon as Tuesday, sending the bill to President Trump to sign into law. A Four-Year

Read More
Crypto

Crypto Institutional Flows Turn Negative as $8B Exits in 30 Days

According to analysts, Bitcoin’s drop from $82K to $62K could prove more meaningful than the previous pullback from $102K to $82K. Combined institutional flows across spot Bitcoin ETFs, stablecoins and the world’s largest corporate holder of BTC, Strategy, have swung to a record $8 billion in net outflows in the last 30 days, according

Read More
Bitcoin

BSP Lifts InstaPay and PESONet Fee Hike Moratorium Under New Payment Rules

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has lifted its moratorium on transaction fee increases for automated clearing houses InstaPay and PESONet under new digital payment pricing rules, according to central bank documents issued in June 2026. Under Memorandum No. 2026-025, the Monetary Board approved the lifting through Resolution No. 498, effective alongside BSP Circular No.

Read More
Coinbase

Dathon Ohm: the dev who wants to fork Bitcoin

Members of the Bitcoin community have made lighthearted attempts to de-anonymize Dathon Ohm, the author of the BIP 444 soft fork proposal. Source link

Read More
Tech & AI

Top Newegg Promo Codes and Coupons for June 2026

Listen up, nerds. Newegg currently has promo codes and deals on gently used, refurbished, new and hard-to-find electronics, gaming products and more. Remaining one of the biggest online-only retailers in the US for the last 20 years, Newegg is a leading global online retailer for PC hardware, home appliances and all things tech, as well

Read More
Crypto

Vitalik Buterin challenges AI to unmask his anonymous Ethereum work

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has challenged internet users to identify an anonymous Ethereum document he says he wrote earlier this decade.  Summary Vitalik Buterin asked the internet to identify an anonymous Ethereum document he wrote this decade. The challenge tests whether AI writing analysis can weaken online anonymity for crypto contributors. Related coverage shows Buterin

Read More
Bitcoin

Safaricom Teams With Chainalysis as AI Hunts Payments Linked to Illegal Wildlife Trade

Key Takeaways Safaricom, Google, and Meta joined a United for Wildlife taskforce in 2024 to crush illegal trafficking. AI will monitor M-Pesa to disrupt a $23B illicit market that puts 1M species at risk of extinction. Next, British Airways and Heathrow will launch public campaigns to tighten the net on global smugglers. Squeezing the Financial

Read More
Crypto

New ETF Turns Stock Dividends Into Bitcoin DCA: Bitcoin Microtransactions Explode

In Bitcoin news today, Franklin Templeton filed two new exchange-traded funds with the SEC on June 18, 2026, that would automatically convert US stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure, a structure that effectively turns every quarterly payout from Apple, Microsoft, or ExxonMobil into a rules-based Bitcoin DCA purchase. The filing arrives precisely as Bitcoin on-chain activity

Read More