SBI Shinsei Bank Plans Crypto Vouchers for Depositors

SBI Shinsei Bank will reportedly launch a service that rewards deposit customers with cryptocurrency exchange vouchers based on their account balances. According to a Nikkei report, customers will receive vouchers…

Yuga Labs Developers Rescue 68 NFTs From Flooring Exploit

Yuga Labs-affiliated developers rescued 68 non-fungible tokens from Flooring Protocol after an exploit put NFTs from collections including Bored Apes and CryptoPunks at risk. Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge said…

Bitcoin Futures Reset As Buyers Step In Near $59K

Bitcoin (BTC) rallied toward $64,000 on Monday, but futures market activity was lagging, which may be a sign that the rebound could lose momentum. Traders placed nearly $162 million in…

Autonomous AI Agents Pose Crypto Financial Risks

Artificial intelligence agents that have autonomous access to crypto wallets could become unstoppable if deployed maliciously or if they escape from sandboxes, experts from a leading academic research consortium warned.…

Crypto Groups Push Senate on CLARITY Act Vote

More than 200 crypto companies and organizations have urged the US Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, amid concerns that continued stalling could see it miss an important legislative window.…

Strategy Buys 1,550 Bitcoin, Expands Holdings to 845,256 BTC

[Update 18:15 UTC June 8: Adds outcome of Strategy shareholder vote on change in preferred stock dividend payments in sixth paragraph.] Strategy purchased 1,550 Bitcoin for approximately $101.3 million last…

UK Proposes Limited Retail Fund Exposure to Crypto

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has proposed allowing some authorized investment funds to hold up to a 10% allocation of crypto exchange-traded notes, closing a regulatory gap between retail investors…

Humanity Protocol Hacked, H Token Crashes 85%

The Humanity Protocol, dubbed the “Chinese Worldcoin,” has been exploited for more than $30 million through a private key compromise, sending the price of H tokens plummeting on Tuesday.  “We’ve…

OpenAI Confidentially Files for US IPO

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the US, becoming the third major AI company this year to set up plans for a Wall Street…

Crypto Coalition Of Over 200 Companies Presses Senate Leaders To Bring Clarity Act To Floor

Stand With Crypto and more than 200 companies and organizations sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on June 7, urging them to…