Adam Forsyth

SOL Trades 75% Below ATH While Institutions Rebuild Capital Markets on Its Rails

Solana (SOL) is trading at $68.15 , roughly -75% below its January 2025 all-time high, even as JPMorgan, Visa, PayPal, and Franklin Templeton are actively building on Solana’s infrastructure. That is not a typo, and it is not a contradiction…

Japan’s FSA orders moomoo Securities to halt new account openings until September

Japan’s Financial Services Agency has suspended part of moomoo Securities’ operations for three months and ordered the brokerage to strengthen its internal controls after regulators found compliance, customer protection, anti-money laundering, and cybersecurity failures. Summary Japan’s Financial Services Agency has…

Crypto

Crypto News Today (June 19): BTC Crashes Below $64K, Kalshi IPO Rumors Begin and G7 Leaders Target North Korean Crypto Hackers

In crypto news today (June 19), Bitcoin has fallen another -2% overnight, dropping below $64,000, with ETF flows bleeding once more, while Michael Saylor’s STRC stock continues to crash, fueling fears that Strategy will be forced to dump Bitcoin to…

PremiumBlock Launches Non-Custodial Risk Hub for User-Created Prediction Markets, Perps and Web3 Poker

[PRESS RELEASE – Stockholm, Sweden, June 19th, 2026] PremiumBlock brings leveraged prediction markets, liquid 24/7 FX perpetuals, and Web3 poker together in one wallet-native platform via premiumblock.org PremiumBlock today announced the launch of its non-custodial risk hub for decentralized prediction…

How will Bitcoin react after the $2.13B options expiry?

Bitcoin and Ethereum faced a $2.13 billion options expiry on June 19 as both assets traded below their max pain levels.  Summary Bitcoin options worth $1.9 billion expired with max pain at $65,000, above spot prices Friday. Ether options worth…

A $2.1B Crypto Expiring Event Is Happening Today

The end of another week has arrived, and with it another batch of expiring crypto options as spot markets turn red once again. Around 30,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 19, with a notional value of…

CFTC, SEC ask public to define swaps as CME takes agency to court

The CFTC and SEC have asked the public to comment on how U.S. rules define swaps, security-based swaps, and related derivatives products.  Summary The agencies want feedback on swaps, security-based swaps, mixed swaps, and emerging derivatives products rules. CME says…

Tokenized Stocks and RWAs Are Becoming Fastest-Growing Categories

Tokenized stocks were the fastest-growing category between January 2024 and May 2026, while AI and RWAs also recorded rapid growth. Tokenized stocks emerged as the fastest-growing crypto coin category between January 2024 and May 2026, according to a new…

Morgan Stanley adds staking incentive to Ethereum, Solana ETFs

Morgan Stanley has updated its proposed Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded funds with a staking structure that would allow 95% of staking rewards to remain within the trusts while charging a 0.14% annual sponsor fee. Summary Morgan Stanley amended its Ethereum…

Trump Says ‘You’re Welcome’ as Oil Is Flowing and Prices Are Dumping

Unfortunately for all crypto investors, the digital asset market went down as well after Trump’s statement. US President Donald Trump took it to his social media platform Truth Social to declare that oil has begun flowing, jobs are at…