Ron Wyden on FISA Reform and Crypto Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has been a long-standing member of the U.S. Senate, and was a sponsor or co-sponsor of several key pieces of legislation enabling broad adoption of the internet. More recently, he voted in favor of a House Resolution overturning the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, and questioned threats…

Solana Adds ‘Blinks’ and ‘Actions’ So Users Can Trade Crypto On Their Favorite Social Apps The epicenter of the latest “meme coin” hype, Solana is introducing new tools designed to make crypto trading more accessible.

Solana-Focused Startup Accelerator Colosseum Raises $60M to Invest in Early-Stage Projects Colosseum deployed $250,000 to 11 companies so far.

German Government Entity Moves $24M Bitcoin to Kraken, Coinbase: Arkham Tuesday’s movements come days after the entity shifted $425 million among wallets, with some bitcoin transferred to exchanges.

First Mover Americas: BTC Steadies, but 10% Monthly Loss Questions Nasdaq Rally The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 25, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

PoliFi Tokens Return to Business After Proof of DJT-Trump Link Fails to Materialize Many PoliFi tokens fell more than 10% after claims emerged that the Trump campaign was behind the DJT token.

Ether Spot ETFs Could See Lower Demand Compared to Bitcoin Peers: Bernstein Ether and other digital assets need a better regulatory regime and the narrative is expected to improve around the U.S. elections later this year, the report said.

Bitcoin Payments App Strike Enters UK as Global Expansion Rolls Out The payments firm now operates in over 100 countries and territories globally.

Mt. Gox Effect? Bitcoin Dominance Drops Most in 5 Months BTC’s dominance tanked Monday as news of Mt. Gox repayments bolstered concerns of supply overhang entering the market.

Mt. Gox Redemption Fears ‘Overblown’ Say Traders as $10B BTC Holdings Draw Concerns The defunct crypto exchange’s trustees said Monday they are preparing to start distributing bitcoin (BTC) stolen from clients in a 2014 hack in the first week of July.

Bitcoin Holds $61K After a Brief Nosedive Bitcoin has seen significant selling pressure from continued ETF outflow, Mt. Gox’s upcoming bankruptcy redemptions, and miner sales.

ZKsync Developer’s New ‘Elastic Chain’ Could Compete With Polygon’s AggLayer This Elastic Chain is composed of multiple chains in the ZKsync ecosystem, but users will feel like they are using a single chain.

Julian Assange Reaches Plea Deal With U.S. DoJ Wikileaks Co-Founder pleads guilty to single espionage charge in exchange to a sentence for time served.

Bitcoin Threatens $60K on Mt. Gox News, but Sales Could Be Less Than Feared Prices are sharply lower on Monday after the trustee for the defunct crypto exchange said it will begin returning more than 140,000 bitcoin to clients whose assets were stolen in a 2014 hack.

Hut 8 Receives $150M Investment as Thirst for Energy Brings AI Firms to Bitcoin Miners The funding came from Coatue Management, which is also an investor in CoreWeave, a cloud-computing firm looking to take over miner Core Scientific.

The Internet of Things Is Still Broken (But DePIN Can Fix it) Manufacturers have struggled to make services for smart devices profitable, leading to problems for consumers. But these machines could be corralled to create blockchain-linked decentralized cloud infrastructure, says E&Y’s Paul Brody.

Biden Likely to Win Popular Vote, but Not Presidency, Prediction Market Signals Plus: $DJT believers dispute the resolution of a Polymarket bet, insisting the “preponderance of evidence” shows Barron Trump’s involvement.

Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Ditches Bitfarms Takeover Bid, Seeks to Overhaul Board Riot is Bitfarms’ largest shareholder, owning 14.9% of the firm.

Tether to Stop Minting Stablecoin USDT on Algorand and EOS The circulating supply of the dollar-linked stablecoin on the two blockchains represents roughly 0.1% of the total USDT supply.

Jump’s Kariya, Who Went From Intern to Crypto Leader, Is Leaving Trading Giant The Wormhole hack and Terra/Luna blowup happened while he ran Jump’s crypto operation.