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Analyst Reveals The Best Time To Actually Start Buying Bitcoin

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Bitcoin’s crash over the weekend has brought the $60,000 level back into the market conversation, but crypto analyst Merlijn The Trader believes the real opportunity may come at a lower price. Technical analysis comparing the current Bitcoin structure with the 2022 Wyckoff accumulation phase shows that buying the current bounce would be a costly mistake because the real accumulation window has not even opened yet. Bitcoin’s Wyckoff Setup Points Below $60,000 To understand where Merlijn The Trader believes Bitcoin is headed, it helps to understand where it has been. Merlijn’s…

Ethereum DeFi Protocol That Just Raised $175 Million From a16z And Paradigm Has A Bold Message For Wall Street

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Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol operating on Ethereum, HyperEVM, and other blockchains currently holding $6.6 billion in total value locked, has raised $175 million in a funding round led by Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz’s digital assets arm a16z crypto — valuing the protocol at up to $2 billion and positioning it for an eventual public debut as its founders set their sights on bringing Wall Street’s most traditional institutions into DeFi, according to Fortune’s report published June 9. Related Reading The round also drew participation from Apollo Funds,…

MiCA Architect Says EU Should Prioritize Tokenization Over DeFi Rules

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The European Union should focus on a broader digital asset framework covering real-world assets and tokenization instead of regulating decentralized finance through a second version of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), an adviser at the European Commission said. The European Commission launched a public consultation on MiCA in May, seeking feedback through Aug. 31. “I do not believe that [MiCA] is outdated now. That’s my personal opinion, but it does not matter. That’s why we have this consultation,” Peter Kerstens told Cointelegraph during a fireside chat at WAIB Summit…

Bitcoin Four-Year Cycle ‘Normal’ Says Trader as BTC Hits Bottom Zone

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Bitcoin (BTC) should see new all-time highs in 2028, a trader says as $53,000 becomes an important buy-in level. Key points: Bitcoin is in “as normal a four-year cycle as they come,” says Bob Loukas as the timing for a bear-market bottom approaches. The cycle midpoint at $53,000 would be an advantageous market entry if price gets there. Uncertainty rules among market participants as question marks over $60,000 remain. Loukas: 2026 BTC price action just like other cycles In his latest YouTube update released on June 4, Bob Loukas stressed…

Humanity Says Laptop Breach Led To $36M H Token Exploit

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Humanity Protocol said an employee’s laptop compromise allowed attackers to seize bridge controls, upgrade contracts and steal over $36 million in H tokens.  In an incident update on Tuesday, the protocol said the Monday attack affected the H token across Ethereum and BNB Chain. The team said three of six Gnosis Safe owner keys were compromised, allowing attackers to take control of bridge administration on both networks.  Once they had control, the attackers changed the bridge contracts into different malicious versions, Humanity said. On Ethereum, they drained around 141.2 million…

OKX Launches EU Stock Perpetual Futures for Retail Traders

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OKX is rolling out perpetual futures tied to the Magnificent 7, SPY, QQQ and major commodity benchmarks for European retail customers. In a Tuesday release shared with Cointelegraph, OKX said the new X-Perps markets allow users to trade futures tied to top US technology stocks, alongside index-linked contracts based on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 via SPY and QQQ. The products also provide exposure to gold, silver and oil with up to 10x leverage, using the same margin pool as customers’ crypto holdings. OKX defines its X-Perps lineup as a…

Citrini Research Puts Hyperliquid On Wall Street’s Crypto Radar

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Citrini Research has singled out Hyperliquid’s HYPE token as a crypto asset with a cash-flow profile that separates it from what the firm calls the “memetic majority” of the market. In its June 2026 “State of the Themes” report, the research firm argued that HYPE’s fee-driven buyback structure, expanding Assistance Fund and emerging ETF narrative make Hyperliquid one of the more compelling crypto market-structure stories now reaching Wall Street’s radar. Hyperliquid Gains Wall Street Attention The core of Citrini’s thesis is straightforward: HYPE is not being framed merely as a…

Governments and Family Offices Are ‘Happy’ to Buy Bitcoin at a Discount

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Key Takeaways Coinbase’s John D’Agostino says institutions that bought bitcoin near $125,000 want it even more around $60,000. He points to UAE family offices and sovereign wealth funds buying the dip after bitcoin’s drop to a 2026 low of $59,100. D’Agostino has repeatedly painted bitcoin as a gold-style macro hedge, citing resilient ETF ownership despite recent outflows. Why Institutions Aren’t Flinching at Sub-$60K Bitcoin As bitcoin tumbled toward its lowest levels of the year, John D’Agostino, Coinbase’s head of institutional strategy, offered a counter-narrative to the doom. Speaking on CNBC’s…

XRP Ledger 3.2.0 Goes Live June 15: What the rippled-to-xrpld Rebrand Means

The XRP Ledger Foundation is targeting June 15 for mainnet activation of the v3.2.0 upgrade, an infrastructure-level release that renames the network’s core server software from rippled to xrpld and is expected to reduce memory consumption by 30–40%. The date was confirmed by dUNL validator Vet, an XRPL Foundation contributor, in response to community inquiries, though it is necessary to flag that XRPL Operations’ own announcement language as of June 4 reads ‘coming soon,’ leaving June 15 as a stated target rather than an irrevocably locked activation date. Every validator…

Clarity Act News: Senate Kills Ethics Amendment, Leaving Officials Free to Profit from Crypto

In Clarity Act news today,  the Senate Banking Committee voted 13–11 on May 14, 2026, to reject a Democratic-sponsored ethics amendment to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, commonly referred to as the Clarity Act – that would have barred the president, vice president, and members of Congress from owning or participating in cryptocurrency businesses, with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) sponsoring the defeated measure and Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) leading opposition, arguing the amendment was procedurally out of order and its underlying allegations against the Trump family unproven. The…