📉 In the second quarter of 2026, the ICO/IDO/IEO market in crypto almost died — only $58 million was raised through public sales — 85% less than the previous quarter.

The number of launches also collapsed from 105 to 37, and May became the worst month since 2020 — with only 13 token sales.

All liquidity was apparently taken by the American stock market.

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❄️ Tether froze 72,000,000 USDT on a wallet it links to large transfers and Monero purchases.

The user received 120 million USDT, transferred some of the funds to exchanges and exchangers, after which XMR sharply rose from $330 to $420.

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⛩ Japanese Metaplanet buys Siiibo Securities for $13,000,000 — the deal will give the company a license and infrastructure to launch BTC bonds, security tokens and other products around Bitcoin.

Given 40 177 BTC on Metaplanet's balance sheet, it is no longer just accumulating crypto, but is gradually building a full-fledged financial infrastructure.

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⚖️ Former head of scam exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried lost the case to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence.

It was previously reported that Netflix is filming a mini-series about the collapse of FTX titled "Altruists".

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🛰 Shares of SpaceX opened for trading at $151 per share — the company's capitalization is more than $2 trillion.

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⚡️Anthropic disables access to Claude Mythos and Fable 5 for all users.

The reason was news about circumventing model restrictions; US authorities consider advanced AI a national security asset, which cannot be freely supplied abroad.

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🇮🇷 The US and Iran have announced the cessation of military operations and the lifting of the naval blockade, the Strait of Hormuz is expected to reopen for shipping.

According to the Iranian side, after the official signing of the memorandum, 60-day negotiations for a final agreement will begin, including the unfreezing of assets and the lifting of sanctions.

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🇪🇺 From July 1st, the MiCA filter is effectively activated in the EU — crypto exchanges, brokers, and wallets without a license will no longer be able to serve European users.

Only 194 crypto firms have received a license compared to over 3000 registered ones — it is expected that about 75% of existing companies will lose the right to operate.

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📈 The cryptomarket added $60 billion to its capitalization after the announcement of a peace deal between Iran and the USA.

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🇨🇳 China is preparing mBridge — a digital system for cross-border CBDC payments, which is expected to reduce dependence on the dollar and strengthen settlements with partners along the "One Belt, One Road".

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💸 The head of Coinbase believes that Bitcoin has already found its bottom around $60,000 — although he admits that no one knows this for sure.

He relies on BTC's historical 4-year cycle and remains long — according to his expectations, by 2030 Bitcoin will be worth "significantly more".

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