Key Takeaways El Salvador added another BTC to its reserve, pushing holdings above 7,680 BTC worth over $510 million. The country has stuck to a roughly one-bitcoin-a-day policy, adding more than 1,600 coins between January and April 2026. Purchases continue despite a $1.4 billion IMF agreement that calls on the public sector to stop buying….
On the positive side, the spot XRP ETFs continue to attract capital. The broader market weakness, perhaps prompted by the latest FOMC meeting or fears about Strategy having to sell more BTC to fund dividend payments, has not spared Ripple’s cross-border token. The asset is down by well over 4% in the past day…
Morale at Meta is reportedly near the worst it’s ever been. To help fix it, the tech giant will offer staff more snacks. Business Insider reports that Meta’s chief technology officer Andrew “Boz” Bosworth admitted the grim mood during an internal call earlier this month, stating that while employee morale has been worse before, the…
AllUnity has launched SEKAU, a Swedish krona-backed stablecoin issued under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. Summary SEKAU is backed 1:1 by Swedish krona reserves and structured as a MiCA e-money token. AllUnity launched SEKAU across Ethereum, Solana, Base, Tempo and Polygon for institutional settlement use cases. The rollout expands AllUnity’s EURAU and CHFAU…
A clinic in London, run by a former maker of artisanal ice cream, is treating patients with stage 4 cancer using a method that involves sealing them, naked from the neck down, in a plastic bag while gassing them with the oxidizing industrial bleach chlorine dioxide—a treatment that even the person administering it admits is…
Key Takeaways STRC hit $82.53 on June 18 before Strategy’s preferred stock closed at $88.59. Strategy’s $10.5B STRC stack showed bitcoin-linked credit can trade far from par. Michael Saylor’s 11.50% STRC rate now faces a fresh test near its $100 target. Why STRC’s Wild Session Matters to Bitcoin Treasury Bulls The move was not some…
The end of another week has arrived, and with it another batch of expiring crypto options as spot markets turn red once again. Around 30,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 19, with a notional value of roughly $1.9 billion. This event is slightly smaller than last week’s and still not enough…
DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, has agreed to be sold to enterprise software company Elastic for up to $85 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Deductive, which was founded in 2023, came out stealth last November when it announced a $7.5 million seed…
Former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trent Van Epps has warned that Ethereum could face a core development funding gap within the next three to nine months. Summary Van Epps says Ethereum core development may need about $30 million yearly to remain stable. He links the pressure to EF spending cuts and the Client Incentive Program’s expiry…
AI-generated designs can move fast, but businesses still need them to adhere to brand rules, align with approved components, and survive the handoff to development. Anthropic announced a major Claude Design update on June 17 that adds design system imports, tighter Claude Code integration, direct canvas editing, and more export options. The beta product is…
