Orion Expands: HSBC Bring Dirham onto Corporate Blockchain
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited has launched a live tokenized deposit service in the UAE, adding the UAE dirham to its HSBC Orion blockchain network and giving eligible corporate clients instant, around-the-clock access to cross-border liquidity, a production deployment, not…
Is This the Hidden Reason Behind Bitcoin’s $23K Collapse in Just 6 Weeks?
One metric has been deep in the red since the massive price correction began in mid-May. The old saying – sell in May and go away – proved to be right once again for the cryptocurrency markets. It was…
SpaceX sparks short-squeeze debate as bears pile into SPCX
SpaceX shares have remained under pressure after short interest jumped to 13% of the publicly tradable float while the stock lost more than 25% over the past five trading sessions. Summary Short interest in SpaceX has climbed to 13% of…
Strategy’s $1.4B Cash Race: Can Saylor Rescue STRC Before It’s Too Late?
On June 23, CryptoQuant research analyst Julio Moreno issued a pointed recommendation: MicroStrategy (ticker: MSTR) should stop buying Bitcoin and rebuild its cash buffer before its preferred stock collapses further. The advice was sound. It was also two weeks late….
Mining Profits Dry Up Across Bitcoin, DOGE, LTC, and BCH
Dogecoin and Litecoin miners face mounting pressure as mining profitability remains low across major proof-of-work assets. Cryptocurrency mining profitability remains under pressure across major proof-of-work networks, according to new data shared by Alphractal, which shows the sector is experiencing…
Cynthia Lummis opens final review window for CLARITY Act text
Months of negotiations have brought the CLARITY Act to its final review stage, with Senator Cynthia Lummis confirming a July 4 release of the updated text ahead of a Senate push later in July. Summary Senator Cynthia Lummis said the…
How the Steak and Shake Bitcoin Payments Could Save $6M a Year in Fees
Steak and Shake is saving roughly 50% on payment processing fees by accepting Bitcoin, and projecting $6 million in annual savings if its full credit-card customer base made the switch. That number, confirmed again in a June 2026 company statement,…
Peter Schiff warns Strategy could sell Bitcoin as MSTR stock sinks
Strategy’s common stock has fallen below $100, prompting renewed criticism from Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff, who argues that further declines could leave the company facing difficult decisions over its Bitcoin treasury strategy. Summary Peter Schiff warned that a deeper MSTR…
Kentucky’s Prediction Market Crackdown Faces Federal Lawsuit and Preemption Fight
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal derivatives regulator, filed a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Kentucky on June 23, 2026, making it the ninth state the agency has sued in an accelerating battle over who gets to regulate…
CoinFello’s Bet on the Future of DeFi (Interview)
DeFi has long promised open and self-custodial finance. But for most users, actually using it still means juggling through wallets, dApps, bridges, pools, approvals, and risks that are very hard to understand in real time, especially for someone who’s relatively…
