Author: Leah Starr Villalobos

Ripple and Bitso announced on June 13, 2026, the expansion of their partnership to bring MXNB, a regulated, peso-backed stablecoin issued by Juno, a Bitso subsidiary, natively to the XRP Ledger, integrating it alongside RLUSD on XRPL’s Permissioned DEX to create a direct on-ledger USD/MXN settlement rail targeting the US–Mexico cross-border payments corridor. This is not simply a network expansion for an existing asset. It is an attempt to recast XRPL as regulated, enterprise-grade liquidity infrastructure for one of the world’s most active remittance corridors. Secondary sources, including Bitget’s coverage, cite annual flows exceeding $60Bn between the US and Mexico,…

TL;DR SBI Holdings and Startale Group have introduced JPYSC, a trust bank-backed yen stablecoin project. The structure is designed around Japan’s regulated trust-bank framework, with SBI VC Trade as distribution partner. The story matters because yen stablecoins could give Japanese institutions a clearer route into on-chain settlement. Japan’s Yen Stablecoin Race Gets More Institutional SBI Holdings and Startale Group have put Japan’s yen stablecoin market back in focus with JPYSC, a trust bank-backed digital yen project designed for institutional and cross-border use cases. The announcement matters because Japan has been one of the more deliberate major markets on stablecoin regulation,…

Kalshi has entered talks to raise fresh capital at a valuation of about $40 billion, an 82% jump from the $22 billion valuation it secured less than two months ago. Summary Kalshi is reportedly seeking new funding at a $40 billion valuation, up 82% from May. The company processed over $17 billion in monthly trading volume and recently expanded crypto perpetuals. Legal disputes with CME Group and several U.S. states continue as Kalshi grows its product lineup. According to a Financial Times report citing people familiar with the discussions, Kalshi is seeking a new funding round that could value the…

Binance is searching for alternative ways to remain in the European Union after its attempt to secure a licence in Greece failed, putting its regional operations at risk ahead of a key regulatory deadline.The crypto exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution…

Bitcoin price has crashed through $60,000, touching lows not seen since October 2024 and erasing months of gains in a matter of days. At press time, bitcoin price trades at $59,566 — down more than 10% in 24 hours and roughly 53% off its all-time high of $126,277 set last October. The drop has been brutal, fast, and — for many holders — a gut punch that raises a question nobody wants to ask: how much lower can this go? No single event really broke bitcoin price. What happened instead was a convergence of bad news that hit all at…

TL;DR The House passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act after earlier Senate approval. Crypto-focused provisions would restrict federal CBDC development until 2030. The bill now heads to President Trump after rare bipartisan support. Anti-CBDC Language Moves To The President Congress has sent the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to President Trump after the House passed the bill with overwhelming bipartisan support. While the legislation is primarily focused on housing affordability, it also contains a crypto-relevant provision restricting federal central bank digital currency development through 2030. That makes the bill important for digital-asset policy even though crypto is…

Bitcoin price traded near $62,600 at press time, according to crypto.news market data.  Summary OG investors cut Bitcoin selling, reducing one pressure source near the key $60,000 support area. Binance inflows still show panic selling, with $479 million in possible BTC supply nearby. ETF outflows have slowed, but traders still need daily closes above $63,000 for confidence. BTC was up 0.31% in 24 hours but remained down 4.38% over seven days. Daily trading volume stood near $23.99 billion, while market cap held close to $1.25 trillion. The price action came as CryptoQuant data showed a sharp drop in selling by…

Bybit has opened a dedicated account type that lets AI trading bots operate inside a walled-off space, separate from a client’s main funds. The crypto exchange is pitching the feature, which it calls the AI Subaccount, at developers and traders across the Middle East and North Africa.The launch lands in the middle of a fast-moving shift. Over the first half of 2026, at least ten retail brokers and platform vendors wired AI agents into live client accounts, according to a FM Intelligence study, most of them running on the same open plumbing. Bybit’s move pulls a crypto exchange into that…

Craig Raw is a solo developer based in South Africa. In 2020, he built Sparrow Wallet — a free, open-source Bitcoin desktop wallet — because he thought the existing options weren’t good enough.  He has no company behind him, charges nothing for the software, and has kept building it for six years on the belief that it has value for people who want real control of their money. Sparrow is a tool for people who take Bitcoin self-custody seriously — the kind of users who want to see every detail of what their wallet is doing, manage their own transaction…

TL;DR South Korea’s KOSPI suffered a near-10% drop after regulators warned over leveraged ETF risk tied to major chip stocks. The move matters for crypto because Bitcoin has been trading like a high-beta risk asset during the latest macro sell-off. The key question now is whether the equity shock remains regional or feeds a broader de-risking wave across BTC and altcoins. Why The KOSPI Move Matters For Bitcoin Bitcoin traders have another macro shock to digest after South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index plunged almost 10%, triggering a market-wide trading halt and putting global risk appetite back under pressure. According to…