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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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Kalshi Sues Illinois Over Prediction Market Law
2026-06-24
Kalshi is suing Illinois over its new prediction market licensing law, arguing federal CFTC jurisdiction preempts the state's licensing law.
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Kraken's Ink Moves to Optimism's Fully Managed Stack
2026-06-24
Ink is upgrading to OP Enterprise Fully Managed, letting Optimism run its infrastructure while the Ink Foundation focuses on ecosystem growth.
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DeFi Education Fund Launches Security Coalition OPSeC
2026-06-23
The DeFi Education Fund, SEAL, and Asymmetric Research launched OPSeC to strengthen crypto cybersecurity and educate lawmakers on the issue.
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Allium Raises $40M as Crypto Data Sector Consolidates
2026-06-23
Allium raised $40M led by Amplify Partners, betting that institutional demand and agentic payments make clean onchain data a critical resource.
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The Ethereum Foundation Reveals New Structure
2026-06-23
The Ethereum Foundation just announced its biggest organizational overhaul in years.
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Zuckerberg Directs Meta to Build a Prediction Markets App
2026-06-23
Meta is building a prediction markets app called Arena to rival Polymarket and Kalshi, likely starting with a points system rather than real-money betting.
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Ethereum Foundation Cuts 20% of Staff in Restructuring
2026-06-23
The Ethereum Foundation cut 54 staff and reorganized around five clusters, one day after former EF researchers launched the independent lab Ethlabs.
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The EF’s new structure
2026-06-23
Today, the EF is changing shape, concluding a months-long process of reorganization as part of the implementation of the Mandate and the Treasury Management Policy. We come out of this process with the structure, activities, and people necessary for execution on the critical tas…
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Ethlabs Is the Latest Group Fighting for Ethereum's Future
2026-06-22
Former Ethereum Foundation researchers have launched Ethlabs, an independent org set on making Ethereum the world's settlement layer.
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Why CME Is Really Suing the CFTC Over Perps
2026-06-18
CME wants Kalshi's Bitcoin perp reclassified as a swap, not banned. That distinction reveals what's actually at stake in the CFTC lawsuit.
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How Re Is Turning Reinsurance Into a Stablecoin Yield Source
2026-06-18
Onchain capital is entering one of finance's oldest and most opaque markets: reinsurance.
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Kraken App Adds Support for Onchain Trading
2026-06-18
Kraken is bringing onchain token trading in-app for users across dozens of countries.
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CME Group Sues CFTC Over Perpetual Futures Approval
2026-06-18
The world's largest derivatives exchange is taking the CFTC to court over its decision to greenlight perpetual futures in the U.S.
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Hsiao-Wei Wang Departs Ethereum Foundation After Nearly a Decade
2026-06-18
One of the Ethereum Foundation's longest-serving contributors, co-ED Hsiao-Wei Wang, has announced she is stepping back.
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Illinois Enacts First State Crypto Transaction "Privilege Tax"
2026-06-17
Illinois' new 0.2% digital asset tax takes effect January 2027, assessed on transaction value rather than gains, with self-custody treatment still unresolved.
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Zama and Morpho to Launch 1st Confidential DeFi Yield Vault
2026-06-17
Zama, Morpho and Steakhouse will launch a confidential USDC yield vault for institutions and retail to earn without revealing positions.
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Can MegaETH's MOSS Fix Crypto's Wallet Mess?
2026-06-17
MegaETH is replacing wallet juggling with MOSS. The team explains the system on the latest Bankless episode.
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Plasma One Neobank Goes Live with Tiered XPL Membership
2026-06-17
Stablecoin chain Plasma launched Plasma One today, its stablecoin banking app with a tiered membership system utilizing its token, XPL.
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The Research You Were Never Going to Read
2026-06-16
Coinbase joins an expanding list of fintechs using agents to make their platforms greater than the sum of their parts.
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Report: World Liberty Financial Slated to Receive Federal Banking Charter
2026-06-16
World Liberty Financial is likely to land a federal banking charter soon.
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ETH's Underwater Supply Has Matched Its Post-FTX Capitulation Low
2026-06-16
ETH's supply-in-loss has hit levels not seen since the FTX crash bottom.
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Binance Could Lose E.U. Access Amid Licensing Hurdle
2026-06-16
Greece's capital markets regulator just threw a wrench into Binance's E.U. plans.
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Self-Repaying Loans All Grown Up: A Look at Alchemix V3
2026-06-15
Alchemix, one of DeFi's OG protocols, recently shipped its biggest rework yet.
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USD1 Stablecoin Covers Fighter Bonuses at White House UFC Event
2026-06-15
World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin paid $250K in fighter bonuses at a White House UFC event.