Coinbase Accuses U.S. SEC, FDIC of Improperly Blocking Document Requests A research firm Coinbase contracted is suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a federal banking agency, accusing them on Thursday of failing to produce documents under open-records laws that would shed light on the regulators’ views on cryptocurrencies.

Crypto for Advisors: Decoding the Ether ETF Filings For fans of crypto, ETFs, or both, the potential spot ether ETF launch has carried on the excitement that began earlier this year with the spot bitcoin ETF launch.

Every DePIN Has a Story Sean Carey, the co-founder of Helium, says decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) can solve real problems while rewarding users. This is what he expects to see in the future.

DePIN Is the Sharing Economy 2.0 Daniel Andrade, co-founder of Hotspotty, was deep in the DePIN space before it had a name. More than an incremental innovation for crypto, he sees it as a fundamental shift in how we manage everything from wireless networks to energy grids.

Crypto Markets To See Selling Pressure in July From Mt. Gox Creditors: JPMorgan If most of the liquidations by Mt. Gox creditors occur next month, crypto markets are expected to sell off in July then rebound in August, the report said.

Solana ETFs and Huge SOL Gains a Real Possibility Under Trump, Major Crypto Trader Says

VanEck Files for Solana ETF, SOL Rises 6% Asset manager VanEck has filed an S-1 registration form for a Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF), prompting SOL to jump by more than 5%.

Julian Assange Received $500K Bitcoin Donation From Anonymous Bitcoin Whale WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has received a $500,000 bitcoin {{BTC}} donation to cover the cost of a private jet that flew him out of the UK after he reached a plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

Protocol Village: Crypto Losses From Hacks, Rug Pulls Doubled to $572M in Q2: Immunefi Report The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 27-July 3.

EU’s Restrictive Stablecoin Rules Take Effect Soon and Issuers Are Running Out of Time The European Banking Authority told CoinDesk it intends to publish a final report on how it will monitor stablecoin issuers by the end of the month.

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark to Buy Peer GRIID in $155M Deal The deal will be all-stock based and has been approved by both companies’ board members.

Tezos, Smart-Contract Blockchain of ICO Fame, Reveals Roadmap to Rejuvenate The decade-old blockchain’s development plan, which goes out through 2026, calls for splitting off transaction execution into a separate “canonical rollup” that would support multiple programming languages.

Decentralized Exchange Bluefin to Roll Out Token After Securing $17M in Total Funding The exchange says it has already more than $25 billion in trading volume since inception, with more than $1 million in revenue.

First Mover Americas: BTC’s Recovery Stalls as Dollar Rallies The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 27, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Ether Spot ETFs Could See $5B of Net Inflows in the First Five Months: Galaxy Ether is more price sensitive to ETF inflows than bitcoin due to the large amount of ETH total supply that is locked up, the report said.

State Street, Galaxy Digital to Develop Active Crypto Trading Products Galaxy Digital inked a similar deal with DWS last year for the European market.

Rarimo’s Worldcoin Alternative RariMe Goes Live Rarimo has launched RariMe, a competitor to Worldcoin, and an app that allows users to generate passport zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) verifying the uniqueness of individuals without revealing their identity, it announced on Thursday.

PoliFi Tokens, BTC Under Pressure Ahead of Biden-Trump Debate If crypto-friendly Republican candidate Trump goes off the rails, Republicans may wince, but the GOP ticket will likely not change.

Polymarket Contradicts Its Oracle Service in Rarity for Prediction Market Nearly all UMA voters said that the son of Donald Trump was not involved in the creation of the DJT token

Abra Settles With 25 States for Operating Without Licenses, Will Return Up to $82M to U.S. Customers Crypto investment platform Abra and its founder and CEO William “Bill” Barhydt have settled with 25 state financial regulators for operating its mobile application without the proper licenses, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS).