Author: Leah Starr Villalobos

FairShake, the bipartisan crypto super PAC, entered the 2026 midterm cycle with $193M in its combined war chest, a figure shared with CNBC ahead of the January 31 Federal Election Commission reporting deadline, with Ripple leading the way in donations. This comes as the Senate prepares to hold its first committee votes on a comprehensive digital assets market-structure bill, with the Senate Agriculture Committee scheduled to take up part of the legislation, while the Senate Banking Committee’s portion is stalled due to unresolved jurisdictional disputes. This is not simply a fundraising milestone. It is a signal that the crypto industry…

This is not just another ticker-level move. It points to a deeper shift in how capital, infrastructure, or regulation is moving through crypto. XRP Price Faces Stubborn $1.07 Barrier After Repeated June Rejections gives NewsBTC readers a clean angle on XRP Price at a point where the market is trying to separate durable signals from short-lived noise. According to the source material reviewed for this report, the story turns on a few concrete details rather than vague sentiment. That matters because crypto headlines can move quickly, but the pieces that tend to last are the ones backed by filings, official…

SLX exploded onto Korean exchanges, spiked to $0.47, then gave most of it back. Behind the volatility sits a Solana yield protocol with real total value locked. Here is the bull case, the bear case, and where SLX could go next. Summary Solstice is a Solana-native yield protocol built around institutional-style strategies and its own USX stablecoin, and SLX is its governance and utility token, launched in early 2026. SLX drew heavy attention through rapid listings on major exchanges including Upbit and Bithumb, spiking to an all-time high near $0.47 before pulling back sharply into the high-teens to low-thirties cents.…

Binance is set to enter the Philippine market through a regulatory sandbox after the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission granted final approval to BlockShoals Technologies Inc. to begin testing crypto-related financial products and services.Binance’s return follows regulatory action in the Philippines in 2024, when the Securities and Exchange Commission said the exchange was operating without the required licenses and requested that local authorities restrict access to its platform.Binance Enters Philippines Through SEC SandboxThe development became public after Binance Co-founder and Chief Customer Service Officer Yi He said in a post on X that the exchange had officially entered the Philippine…

CryptoQuant’s weekly report, “Incoming Volatility?”, makes a clean, data-backed case that something is about to break. Bitcoin exchange inflows spiked to roughly 49,000 BTC on June 30 — an extreme reading seen only four other times in 2026. Ethereum inflows blew past 1.25 million ETH the same week. Altcoin deposit transactions hit nearly 45,000 a day, the highest in two months and the exact pattern that front-ran Bitcoin’s slide from $82K in early May to below $58K in late June.  Every one of those signals has historically preceded a directional move, usually down. And yet, as of Thursday morning, Bitcoin…

US spot Bitcoin ETFs ended June with the kind of flow number that forces the market to pay attention. According to flow data tracked by Farside Investors, the group recorded roughly $4.5 billion in net outflows across the month, making it the weakest monthly showing since the products began trading in January 2024. TL;DR US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted around $4.5 billion in June net outflows. That was the worst monthly result on record for the product group. BlackRock’s IBIT represented most of the redemptions, with about $3.55 billion in outflows. The move came as Bitcoin’s spot price fell sharply…

XRP has rebounded toward the stubborn $1.07 resistance after Ripple’s latest XRP Ledger lending plans and rising network activity revived buying interest, but another breakout attempt now faces a level that repeatedly rejected bulls throughout June. Summary XRP has rallied back to the stubborn $1.07 resistance after Ripple’s lending roadmap and stronger on-chain activity revived buying interest. Technical indicators show improving short-term momentum, but major moving averages and a descending trendline continue to cap the uptrend. A breakout above $1.07-$1.09 could trigger a short squeeze toward $1.15, while rejection risks another test of the $1.03-$1.00 support zone. According to data…

Nearly 1,700 British investors allege Binance sold leveraged derivatives it was not authorised to offer under UK law, in a claim filed as the exchange continues to navigate regulatory challenges across multiple jurisdictions. Binance and co-founder Changpeng Zhao are facing a group legal claim filed at the UK High Court on Monday by 1,692 retail investors, who allege the exchange sold unauthorised derivative products to UK clients in 2019 and 2020. The claimants, represented by KP Law, argue that Binance sold products that qualify as “specified investments” under the Financial Conduct Authority’s rules, meaning the exchange required FCA authorisation or…

Bitcoin price climbed above $60,000 on Wednesday, a level the asset had ceded during the last couple weeks of turbulence, after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told a central bank forum that the threat of persistent inflation had moderated. The cryptocurrency traded near $60,171 this afternoon, a gain of about 2.7% on the day, with a 24-hour high of $60,474 and a low of $57,718. Trading volume for the session reached $26.68 billion. Warsh, in remarks at the European Central Bank forum in Sintra, Portugal, said inflation expectations in surveys and bond prices had eased. He paired the observation with…

Crypto exchange balances saw a notable withdrawal wave heading into July 1, with USDC and Bitcoin leading approximately $850 million in net outflows from centralized platforms. The move adds another layer to a market already watching liquidity, ETF flows, and investor positioning closely. TL;DR Centralized exchanges reportedly saw around $850 million in net withdrawals over 24 hours. USDC led stablecoin outflows with about $503 million leaving exchanges. Bitcoin recorded around $352.7 million in net withdrawals over the same period. Exchange outflows are wallet movements, not direct evidence of spot buying or selling. Exchange flows are useful because they show where…