Key Takeaways Kalshi’s $10M prediction market gives bitcoin only a 19% chance of crossing $100K before January 2027. Bitcoin is down roughly 27% year-to-date in 2026 and sits about 50% below its October 2025 all-time high. Separate Kalshi contracts price a 57% chance that bitcoin falls below $50K before year-end 2026. Where the Money Is
Key Takeaways Franklin Templeton completed its 250 Digital acquisition on June 22, 2026, and formally launched Franklin Crypto. Christopher Perkins and Seth Ginns, both from the former Coinfund team, will lead Franklin Crypto’s active strategies. Franklin Templeton’s $1.78 trillion AUM and 35-country reach gives the new division immediate institutional distribution scale. A New Division With
Key Takeaways WSJ found Polymarket creators displayed nearly $900,000 in fabricated winnings across 118 videos. The Journal reviewed 1,105 videos; about 70% showed bets, and none of them were real. Polymarket paid creators $2-$3,000 a month and told them not to disclose it, WSJ says. Bets that never happened Polymarket paid mostly college-age social-media creators
Key Takeaways Strategy bought 520 BTC for $35M on June 22, 2026, its third straight weekly acquisition. Saylor’s firm holds 847,363 bitcoin total, with MSTR stock up over 800% in five years. Strategy’s $1.4B USD Reserve expansion signals continued support for its Digital Credit securities. Smaller Buy, Same Cadence The purchase marks the third consecutive
Key Takeaways On June 22, hackers exploited a flaw in Taiko’s bridge proof validation to drain a total of $1.7 million. The TAIKO token faced massive market volatility, briefly spiking before sliding by over 10%. Taiko successfully contained the incident and maintains a request for CEXs to freeze deposits for now. Technical Flaw Leads to
Key Takeaways Lummis says the CLARITY Act ends prosecution risk for U.S. coders after the Senate panel’s 15-9 vote. The CLARITY Act could reach a full Senate vote in 2026, needing 60 votes to clear the filibuster. Backers, including 160 security veterans and 1,200 tech firms, warn delay risks pushing rules to 2030. Developers in
New Prontera Technologies Corp. (NPC) launched the early access phase of its disaster resilience platform, bagyo.app, during an event at the Summit Hotel in Naga City on June 18, 2026. The platform aggregates weather data, citizen-sourced distress reports, and artificial intelligence-verified alerts to assist in local disaster preparedness and emergency response. The event was attended
Key Takeaways Indiana Lottery halted sales on Jun. 17, 2026, after misprints showed wins up to $100,000. Mike Fields’ $100,000 ticket paid $20, raising trust concerns for Indiana Lottery players. Indiana Lottery urges claims as probe continues; payout disputes may persist beyond 2026. For a brief moment, an Indiana scratch-off ticket looked like it had
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Rogelio Quevedo stated that the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) could address the ongoing trading lull in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). Speaking during Philippine Blockchain Week, Quevedo announced that the commission is prepared to test digital representations of physical assets within its regulatory sandbox to build investor trust
Key Takeaways Base activates the Beryl upgrade on mainnet June 25, 2026, at 18:00 UTC. Beryl cuts Base’s single-proof withdrawal window from 7 days to 5 days. Base plans its next upgrade, Cobalt, for September 2026 with account abstraction. A New Native Token Standard The upgrade introduces B20, a new native token standard built directly