In SEC crypto news today, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a 60-day comment period to reconsider its regulation of novel exchange-traded funds, a category it explicitly defines as including crypto assets, event-contract products, and complex leveraged strategies. The move, formalized on June 30, 2026, under Release No. 33-11426, signals that the agency
Dubai, UAE, 1st July 2026, Chainwire [PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, July 1st, 2026] BNB Chain, one of the largest blockchain ecosystems worldwide, today announced the launch of BNB Agent Studio, a new platform that creates a category of AI agents that survive infrastructure failure, accept payments, and can be provably owned and transferred: deployed
Alt season is the phase when altcoins outrun Bitcoin and portfolios go vertical. Traders have waited more than 260 days for the latest one. Here is what it is, how to measure it, and why it keeps failing to show up. Summary Alt season, or altcoin season, is a sustained period when most altcoins outperform
MetaMask has launched Money Account, a self-custody savings and spending product built on the Monad blockchain that pays users up to 4% variable annual percentage yield on stablecoin balances. This is all while keeping those funds available to spend at Mastercard merchants or deploy into DeFi trading, all without leaving the app. Consensys, MetaMask’s parent
More Bitcoin is now held at a loss than profit, while retail buying continues despite whales reducing their holdings. As Bitcoin fell to a 21-month low of $58,100, Santiment said on-chain data shows a widening gap between the behavior of large holders and retail investors. Wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC reduced their
Ethereum has remained pinned near the $1,500 support zone after quarter-end selling, whale distribution, and weak institutional flows kept the second-largest cryptocurrency under pressure despite continued corporate treasury accumulation. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) traded around $1,580 at… Source link
In Binance UK news, almost 1,700 British investors filed a group claim at the London High Court on 30 June 2026, seeking at least £150M ($200M) from Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao over the alleged sale of high-risk crypto derivatives to UK retail customers without regulatory authorization. If the claim succeeds, it would mark
Binance said affected EU users can still access key account options as MiCA-related service changes take effect across the bloc. Summary Binance said affected EU users’ assets remain safe and held on a one-to-one basis. Richard Teng said users will keep access to communicated options, including withdrawals after July 1. MiCA’s full rollout has raised
[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, July 1st, 2026] Utorg, a crypto wallet and card platform built on institutional-grade infrastructure, today announced it has received full authorization under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, effective July 1, 2026 – the date on which the industry’s transitional period ends and unauthorized providers can no longer legally
Ripple-backed Evernorth says RLUSD has become a growth engine for XRP Ledger activity, not a replacement for XRP. Summary RLUSD trading has routed over $2.5 billion through XRP Ledger pairs since its public launch. The RLUSD/XRP pair cleared about $900 million in six months, Evernorth’s new report shows today. RLUSD supply on XRP Ledger now