Bitcoin mining difficulty fell 10.09% on Sunday, June 15, dropping from 138.96 trillion to 124.93 trillion at block 953,568, the 11th-largest downward adjustment in the protocol’s history and the second-biggest of 2026. The trigger was a bruising June for BTC miners: Bitcoin price slid roughly 15% this month, crushing margins at high-cost operations until rigs started…
Ethereum has surged nearly 6% and attracted fresh whale buying after a reported U.S.-Iran peace agreement improved risk sentiment across global markets. Summary A wallet reportedly linked to Arthur Hayes received 3,000 ETH worth $5.42 million as Ethereum rallied following news of a U.S.-Iran peace agreement. Ethereum climbed nearly 6%, while another whale, geministar.eth, accumulated…
The MetaMask Mastercard-backed crypto debit card just landed in 13 new Latin American countries, bringing the card’s total footprint to 50+ markets worldwide. The newly added countries are Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay, joining Brazil and Argentina, where the card was already live….
The community expects further developments this week, while PI’s price has jumped by 4% over the past seven days. The team behind Pi Network has remained consistent in its efforts to expand the ecosystem and strengthen the community through new initiatives and upgrades. PI’s price has finally staged a decisive rebound, mirroring the bullish…
Paradigm has led a $9 million Series A funding round for Latin American payments platform El Dorado as the company expands stablecoin-powered cross-border transfers across underserved markets in the region. Summary Paradigm led a $9 million Series A round for Latin American payments app El Dorado, with Coinbase Ventures and Verda Ventures also participating. El…
In SEC crypto ETF news, the SEC approved NYSE Arca’s proposal to list the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF on June 12, 2026, under NYSE Arca’s Commodity-Based Trust Shares framework, the same regulatory mechanism used for commodity-backed products. The approval came after T. Rowe Price first filed an S-1 and an accompanying NYSE Arca…
The company’s total stash has now grown to 846,842 BTC. Two weeks after announcing its first BTC sale in roughly four years, the Michael Saylor-founded business intelligence giant has reaffirmed its support for bitcoin, acquiring another 1,587 units for approximately $100 million. The average purchase price was just over $63,000, and the company has…
A new Solana DEX project has brought fresh attention to XRP Ledger’s early exchange design. Summary Matt Hamilton said XRP Ledger solved DEX ordering problems years before Solana’s Mato pitch. XRPL’s built-in DEX has operated since 2012, giving XRP a long-running native DeFi base. XRPL developers are also testing lending and AMM upgrades for broader…
A deleted tweet from a conversation between UFC analyst Daniel Cormier and Eric Trump and a prediction market sitting on millions in open interest. Bitcoin is trading near $65,800, up roughly +2% over the past 24 hours after a brutal week, but the story rattling crypto circles right now has nothing to do with price…
The other notable gainers over the past day include WLD, NEAR, and JUP. After a relatively quiet weekend, bitcoin’s price rose on Sunday evening to $66,000 for the first time in almost two weeks, following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the deal with Iran is essentially complete. The total crypto market cap has…
