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Decrypt South Korean Officials Meet With US SEC, Weigh Unified Crypto Rules Amid Local Scandals 2026-06-24 Following a series of setbacks for South Korea, a delegation from one of Asia's most active crypto markets met with the SEC's task force.

CoinDesk Bitcoin falls to $60,000 as AI trade continues to draw investor interest and capital 2026-06-24 South Korean memory chip giant on Wednesday filed to raise nearly $30 billion in a U.S. offering.

CoinDesk Crypto Long & Short: Infrastructure is the prevailing currency in digital assets 2026-06-24 In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Nonco’s Caue Teixeri makes the case that regardless of which coin ultimately wins, infrastructure is the prevailing currency in digital assets. Then, using CoinDesk's liquidation feed, Liquibit Capital's Alen Pavlović finds that June's forced…

Cointelegraph Credit unions managing $25B in assets join stablecoin infrastructure program 2026-06-24 A new pilot from Stablecore, Circuit and Curql gives participating US credit unions access to test stablecoin payments and other digital asset services.

Cointelegraph Binance withdraws Greece-filed MiCA application 2026-06-24 Binance said it plans to seek authorization in another EU jurisdiction just days ahead of the July 1 MiCA deadline, as unlicensed crypto firms are expected to wind down activities in the bloc.

CoinDesk SecondFi loses $2.4 million in Cardano wallet exploit 2026-06-24 SecondFi was hit by three separate attacks exploiting a flaw in its wallet generation software. A further 129 million ADA was secured by the team before attackers could reach it.

CoinDesk Trump's refusal to sign housing bill could delay Congress and imperil Clarity Act 2026-06-24 As Congress prepared to celebrate the president's signing of the bipartisan housing bill that contains a CBDC prohibition, Trump abruptly cancelled the event.

Decrypt OpenAI Turns Up the Heat With Jalapeño, Its First Custom AI Chip 2026-06-24 Built with Broadcom, the LLM-focused accelerator is the first step in OpenAI's effort to design the hardware behind ChatGPT and beyond.

Decrypt Trump Cancels Signing of Bipartisan Housing Bill Containing CBDC Ban: 'Of Minor Importance' 2026-06-24 President Trump said he won’t sign the popular bill until Congress passes a controversial bill restricting voting rights.

CoinDesk Ex-FCA policy insider explains the ‘great divide’ in the UK’s crypto ambition 2026-06-24 Former FCA policymaker and Hedera Global Policy VP, Isadora Arredondo says there is a gap between the U.K.'s crypto ambitions and how policy is carried out in practice.

Cointelegraph Trump cancels signing of housing bill with CBDC ban 2026-06-24 The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act included a provision that the US Federal Reserve was barred from issuing or creating a CBDC until 2030, but exempted certain stablecoins.

Cointelegraph The Impossibility of Perfect Fairness in Transaction Ordering 2026-06-24 Why perfect fairness cannot hold in asynchronous networks, and how different blockchains adopt different relaxations to fairness.

CoinDesk Bitcoin just broke below the floor of its famous Rainbow Chart into the ‘BTC is dead’ zone 2026-06-24 A 50% drop from recent highs has pushed the asset into a zone historically labeled as a dead end, sparking a debate among crypto analysts.

CoinDesk The banking lobby is wrong about stablecoins and community banks 2026-06-24 Congress should not kneecap one of the clearest advances in payment infrastructure to protect community banks from a threat that has not been proven, argues Eco CEO Ryne Saxe.

Decrypt Strategy Shares Crash Below $100 as Bitcoin Sinks Towards $60K 2026-06-24 Bitcoin fell to a two-week low price Wednesday as Strategy shares dove below the $100 mark for the first time since March 2024.

Cointelegraph How memecoin marketing moved from online speculation to real-world risk 2026-06-24 From alcohol dares to head-shaving challenges, memecoin campaigns are turning engagement into exploitation.

Cointelegraph DeFi TVL drops 39% in 2026 amid market downturn and record hack activity 2026-06-24 DeFi TVL fell 39% in 2026 as a broader market downturn and fallout from major exploits, including the Kelp DAO hack, weighed on the sector.

Cointelegraph Here’s what happened in crypto today 2026-06-24 Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

CoinDesk Gold, silver and bitcoin tumble as 'debasement' trade unwinds 2026-06-24 Precious metals have fallen sharply from their 2025 highs as markets price in Fed rate hikes.

CoinDesk Bitcoin could fall to $55,000 before finding a bottom, 10x Research says 2026-06-24 A strengthening U.S. dollar and the Fed's hawkish turn under new chair Kevin Warsh may keep pressure on crypto through the summer.

CoinDesk CoinDesk 20 performance update: Aave (AAVE) gains 5.9% as index moves higher 2026-06-24 Internet Computer (ICP), up 2% from Tuesday, joined Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.

CoinDesk CZ, Binance founder, wants to clear up 'misunderstandings' about who he is 2026-06-24 The former CEO of the world's largest crypto exchange is seeking to redefine himself to the world on his own terms.

CoinDesk Aave could soar to $3,500 by 2030 on DeFi revival, says StanChart 2026-06-24 Geoff Kendrick said Aave has moved past April's cyberattack-related market disruption and is well positioned to benefit from growth in tokenized assets and DeFi.

Cointelegraph SecondFi traces Cardano wallet exploit to address-level issue 2026-06-24 Cardano wallet SecondFi traced the incident to an address-level issue and secured 129 million ADA after attackers drained funds from 374 addresses.

Decrypt Morning Minute: Meta Is Building a Prediction Market 2026-06-24 Arthur Hayes put out a bull case for the CARDS token, and the Clarity Act is facing some surprising opposition from a new group.

The Block Binance co-CEO remains ‘committed’ to securing EU license after exchange withdraws Greece bid 2026-06-24 The world's largest crypto exchange only has one week to secure a license in legally operate in the European Union.

Bankless Fairshake's $5.5M Powers Boafo to Maryland Primary Win 2026-06-24 Fairshake spent $5.5M backing Maryland Democrat Adrian Boafo's primary win, marking another win for the industry's top PAC.

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