Ethena (ENA) has emerged as one of crypto’s strongest outperformers at a time when Bitcoin, Ethereum, and major altcoins remain under heavy selling pressure. While the broader market bleeds, ENA price surged nearly 20% in 24 hours, fueled by Coinbase’s surprise backing and growing optimism around Ethena’s role in on-chain finance. The rally has pushed …
Binance Coin (BNB), down 3.4% from Tuesday, was also an underperformer.
Payward aims to give retail investors access to IPO shares at the offering price through tokenized equities.
The AI infrastructure firm secured a grid connection for a planned South Australian campus, with energization targeted for 2028.
Dogecoin’s price action has been quiet for months, but technical analysis shows that this quiet period may be exactly why the meme coin is worth watching again. According to a crypto pundit known as CoinForge on X, Dogecoin is repeating the same playbook it followed in 2024, when a long descending triangle eventually gave way to a violent breakout rally. The attached chart compares both structures side by side, showing the 2024 pattern before its explosive rally and the current 2026 formation now at a similar technical point. Dogecoin Repeating Descending Triangle From 2024 Dogecoin has spent much of 2026 looking like a forgotten asset in a market where traders have been more focused on Bitcoin’s breakdowns, Ethereum’s weakness, and other popular cryptocurrencies, including XRP. However, technical analysis of the daily candlestick timeframe chart shows a structural parallel between the rally in late 2024 and the present moment. Related Reading: Analyst Reveals Why Bitcoin Price Must Crash To $42,000 First In 2024, Dogecoin formed a descending triangle, a pattern defined by a series of lower highs pressing down against a support floor. This descending triangle pattern played out between March 2024 and mid-September 2024, before eventually resolving closer to the end of the month. Dogecoin broke out of that descending triangle pattern in a move that led to a 300% rally, where the meme coin’s price eventually peaked at a multi-year high of $0.48 in December 2024. As shown in the chart below, the 2026 side of the chart has been following a similar compression phase, albeit at a longer timescale. Dogecoin has been moving under a descending resistance line since August 2024, and repeated attempts to push higher have been rejected. However, the important point in the analysis is not that Dogecoin’s price action has already broken out of the triangle pattern, but that it appears to be tightening into the same kind of breakout zone before the 2024 surge. Dogecoin Price Chart. Source: @Realcoinforge On X Dogecoin Is About To Do Something Insane Now that it’s been determined that Dogecoin is about to form that same breakout phase, the analysis also shows projected upside movement if the 2026 pattern plays out like 2024. The dotted path on the current Dogecoin chart points to a breakout, a retest-like pause, and then a much larger rally that sees the Dogecoin price returning back to $0.5. “Don’t miss your second chance,” the analyst said. Related Reading: Has Bitcoin Bottomed At $60,000 To Return To $100,000, Or Is This Just The Start Of Another Crash? At the time of writing, Dogecoin is trading at $0.09377, down by 5% in the past 24 hours. The leading meme coin can’t seem to catch a break from sellers, as it is also down by a larger 16.6% over the past 30 days. A breakout above the descending resistance line would be the first real sign that buyers are starting to regain control. That line now sits around $0.12, making it the immediate level Dogecoin needs to clear before the $0.12 to $0.15 range. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
The dwindling congressional calendar may spur a legislative competition for the crypto market structure bill to win Senate floor time against other priorities.
Mastercard, the world’s second-largest payment processing network, has announced support for 24/7 card settlement using regulated stablecoins such as USDC, RLUSD, and PYUSD, allowing banks and payment providers to move money beyond traditional banking hours. The launch is another sign that stablecoins are evolving from a crypto trading tool into a real payment infrastructure. Mastercard …
A UK House of Lords committee warned that Britain lags the U.S. and the EU on stablecoins, calling on the BoE and FCA to revise rules.
Trump's assertion of initiating the US-Iran war underscores heightened military tensions, reducing prospects for diplomatic resolutions.
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India’s crypto industry continues to await regulatory clarity and tax reforms. In an interview with Coinpedia, Nischal Shetty shared his views on the country’s crypto tax structure, the impact of the 1% TDS, stablecoin adoption, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and the future of crypto regulation in India. Nischal Shetty Wants TDS Reduced or Removed Shetty …
Expected in the coming weeks, customers of Kraken and select xStocks partners can register interest in U.S.-listed IPOs before going public.
One novel theory floating around social media says it's Iranian sanctions, not Strategy sales, that's behind this week's price crash.
A House of Lords committee has told the Bank of England to rethink stablecoin caps before the UK's regime is finalized. The Financial Services Regulation Committee published its report, Stablecoins: waiting for regulation, on June 3, turning a technical debate over reserve design into a test of whether the UK can build a pound-denominated stablecoin […]
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Ledger's Donjon team found a laser-based hardware flaw in the TROPIC01 chip used in the Trezor Safe 7, but Trezor says no funds are at risk.
The collaboration could significantly enhance digital payment systems, potentially reshaping global financial transactions and infrastructure.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has released its draft 2026–2030 strategic plan, identifying digital assets and blockchain technology as a major regulatory focus. The plan aims to update policies that support innovation while protecting investors, focus enforcement on clear legal violations, and improve operations using technologies such as AI and blockchain. The SEC also …
The power law model shows BTC trading at one of its deepest discounts relative to trend, a level previously seen during the March 2020 crash and FTX collapse.
A new form of digital gold inches closer to debut as NatGold Digital announced on June 2 that its NATG token is ready for European market availability across all 30 European Economic Area member states — following the filing of its MiCA White Paper with the Central Bank of Ireland in April and its subsequent publication under Article 9 of the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation on May 7, 2026, per the company’s official press release. Related Reading: CoinShares Bull Case Sees Ethereum Hitting $14,135 By 2031 The announcement marks the most significant milestone yet for NatGold Digital, a Miami-based company pursuing what it calls “digital gold mining” — a patent-pending process that tokenizes the intrinsic value of verified, in-ground gold resources rather than physical gold held in a vault. The distinction is fundamental. Where conventional gold-backed tokens like PAX Gold represent title to stored bullion, NATG represents certified ownership of gold that has not yet been extracted — a structure NatGold positions with its own tagline: “Not Gold. Not Bitcoin. The Natural Evolution of Both.” BTC's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview Digital Gold On The Blockchain: The MiCA Filing And What It Means The NATG MiCA White Paper was notified to the Central Bank of Ireland on April 3, 2026 — NatGold’s chosen EU regulatory anchor — and published in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on May 7. Per the press release, acceptance of the filing does not constitute approval or endorsement of NATG by any competent authority, nor should it be interpreted as a recommendation or assessment of the token’s merits — standard MiCA disclosure language that applies to all asset-referenced token issuers operating under the regulation’s notification framework. The specific date of NATG’s European market availability will be announced separately, per the announcement. Under MiCA’s asset-referenced token framework, NATG would be accessible to eligible market participants across all EEA member states under the passporting provisions that allow a single national filing to unlock EU-wide distribution. Andrés Fernández, CEO of NatGold Digital Ltd., said in the press release that NATG was designed from the beginning as a globally relevant digital asset, and that the international response to the company’s pre-market reservation program reinforced that the NatGold model speaks to audiences well beyond any single country or market. The Demand Already Documented The pre-market figures provide context for the European ambition. NatGold’s reservation program, which closed to new participants on February 25, 2026, attracted 17,466 individuals across 162 countries reserving a combined 133,518 NATG tokens — representing more than $469 million in gross demand at the prevailing Baseline Intrinsic Value of $3,518 per token at time of closing, per NatGold’s official website. The institutional infrastructure supporting the launch was completed on May 22, when NatGold announced the engagement of High Ridge Trust as independent custodian — the final component of the NATG tokenization ecosystem ahead of market launch, per an earlier PR Newswire announcement. Karen J. Wendel, President of High Ridge Trust, described the custody structure as designed to support operational integrity and institutional confidence across the ecosystem, per the May 22 release. Related Reading: The End Of An Era? Shiba Inu Burns Slow To A Crawl As Investors Lose Interest This development marks a pivotal moment for the nascent sector’s approach to commodity-backed digital assets in Europe, such as Gold. A MiCA-compliant gold token backed by certified in-ground resources — rather than vaulted bullion — entering 30 markets simultaneously represents a genuinely novel financial product test within the EU’s new regulatory framework, one that could expand how institutional and retail investors access gold exposure in the digital economy. Cover image from Grok, BTCUSD chart from Tradingview
Grayscale entered the ring with its own Hyperliquid linked ETF, setting a new low for fees as competition intensifies among firms.
The Nasdaq-listed fund charges a 0.29% sponsor fee, undercutting rival Hyperliquid ETFs from 21Shares and Bitwise.
The pardoned ex-congressman allegedly bet against his own State of the Union appearance while publicly hyping it.
The payments giant said USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD and other stablecoins will support new settlement options across multiple blockchains.
U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is also said to be looking into the possibility of participating in the new stablecoin platform.
Winners included Democrats Zoe Lofgren, Ted Lieu, Dave Min and Rob Menendez, as well as Republican Sen. Mike Rounds, with Democrats accounting for 10 of the 11 victories.
Binance is transitioning its NFT service to Binance Wallet, allowing users to manage NFTs through a more integrated web3 environment.
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Solana price has finally broken out of its prolonged consolidation phase, but not in the direction bulls had hoped. After spending nearly four months trading within a well-defined range, SOL slipped below the lower boundary, triggering a sharp decline toward the $72 region. Although the token has managed a modest rebound, the breakdown has raised …
Your day-ahead look for June 3, 2026
Bitcoin came under heavy pressure on June 3, falling roughly 6.5% in the past 24 hours to trade near $66,000. The decline triggered more than $1.7 billion in liquidations across the crypto market, making it one of the biggest leveraged wipeouts in recent months. According to one analyst, the selloff appears to be the result …
DOJ and CFTC are investigating George Santos after Kalshi flagged trades where he allegedly bet against his own State of the Union attendance.
Trezor and Tropic Square disclosed a TROPIC01 chip vulnerability found during a Ledger Donjon audit, saying the Safe 7 wallet and user funds remain secure.