The collaboration could significantly enhance digital payment systems, potentially reshaping global financial transactions and infrastructure.
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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
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 …
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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.
Economist and trader Alex Kruger says crypto has largely failed as an asset class despite years of industry growth and blockchain adoption. His remarks come as Bitcoin trades near $67,000, almost 50% below its 2025 peak of $126,000.Meanwhile, approximately 15% to 25% of Bitcoin investors currently hold their assets at an unrealized loss. Why Crypto …
Investors who stay patient through the current pullback could be among the biggest winners when market sentiment eventually turns — at least according to one analyst who has been tracking XRP closely through this period of weakness. Related Reading: XRP Is The Clear Winner For Transactions, According To Peter Brandt A Floor That Holds XRP is not expected to collapse below $1, based on the analyst’s reading of current market conditions. The token has been trading near the bottom of its recent range, weighed down by a broader crypto selloff that has pushed Bitcoin below key support levels and rattled confidence across the market. The analyst, speaking in a video report, pointed to the $1.20 area as a likely floor before any meaningful recovery begins. That level, in his view, represents the kind of final washout that has historically preceded major rallies — a pattern he says is playing out again now. Geopolitics Behind The Pressure Much of the near-term risk, according to the analyst, comes not from crypto fundamentals but from the Middle East. Escalating tensions in the region have raised fears of a major crude oil supply disruption, with reports pointing to declining oil inventories, drawdowns in Japan’s strategic petroleum reserves, and renewed conflict between Iran and Israel. Idle vessels in the Gulf are reportedly dealing with operational issues that could slow energy transportation further. Even if a peace deal materializes, supply chains may take months to fully recover, the analyst warned. That overhang, he argues, keeps the door open for another round of selling across risk assets — crypto included. Stocks Are Flashing Yellow Traditional markets are not giving investors much comfort either. The US bond market has remained stuck in a prolonged drawdown, and while the S&P 500 has pushed to fresh highs, those gains are concentrated in a small number of companies. Market breadth is thin, and valuations are at historic extremes. The analyst’s advice: skip the overheated equity trade and pay attention to assets that have already gone through serious corrections. Related Reading: Ethereum Signals Strength As Citigroup Eyes $5.5 Trillion Tokenized Asset Boom A Bull Run Delayed, Not Denied XRP’s long-term case remains intact, the analyst said, with a major rally expected later in 2026. He plans to keep buying on weakness and views the current climate — heavy selling, widespread fear — as exactly the kind of setup that precedes outsized gains. Even large institutional buyers have been unable to stop prices from sliding, reports note. But the analyst sees that as a feature, not a flaw, in a market that tends to reward those who hold through the hard stretches. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
Binance is closing its centralized NFT service on July 3, 2026, requiring users to withdraw transferable NFTs or lose access.
Bitcoin's drop to $65,000 triggered over $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations as traders brace for a test of $60,000 as support.
The recovery does little to mask a 9.5% weekly decline as U.S. stocks hit records highs, AI tokens rally and Coinbase's Ethena deal steals the spotlight.
One expert said the issue was mainly with block explorers tracking the onchain activity.
The FCA said unauthorized firms could be breaching rules on financial promotions through high-profile sponsorships deals.
Bitcoin sparked two-month lows in the Crypto Fear & Greed Index while analysis predicted a "catch-up" with record highs in stocks.
ONDO price surged nearly 17% today despite a broader crypto market crash, quickly emerging as one of the top-performing altcoins during a risk-off session. While Bitcoin price hovers near $66,000 and Ethereum remains under pressure around $1,840, Ondo Finance is attracting strong buying momentum fueled by the upcoming Ondo Perps launch, growing real-world asset (RWA) …
The flaw affects only one of the wallet's multiple security layers and would require physical access, specialized equipment and advanced expertise to exploit.
CoinShares has laid out a five-year valuation framework for Ethereum that puts ETH at $14,135 by 2031 in its bull case, arguing that the asset’s long-term value now depends less on base-layer fees and more on its role as money, collateral and settlement infrastructure across the Ethereum economy. How High And Low Could Ethereum Go By 2031? The report, written by Luke Nolan, CoinShares’ senior research associate for Ethereum, frames ETH through a sum-of-parts model combining a cash-flow valuation, a monetary premium valuation and an additional network/speculative overlay. The headline outputs are wide: a bear case of roughly $1,443 by 2031, a base case of $4,935 and a bull case of $14,135, implying annualized returns of -9%, 16% and 43%, respectively, from current spot levels. Ethereum is getting harder to value. After Dencun, fees collapsed, but network usage kept growing. Our latest research by Luke Nolan (@eazygambit) introduces a 5-year sum-of-parts framework for ETH, combining cash flows, monetary premium, and network effects. Base case: ~$4,935… pic.twitter.com/dd938gknAR — CoinShares (@CoinSharesCo) June 2, 2026 The central premise is that Ethereum has become harder to value after Dencun. CoinShares notes that the upgrade moved execution activity away from the base layer and toward layer-2 networks, pushing user costs down and throughput higher, but also sharply reducing the fee revenue that had previously supported ETH’s “ultrasound money” narrative. Weekly fees that peaked above $200 million in early 2024 now run closer to $10 million, even as monthly active users have roughly doubled over the same period. “Ether is not a tech stock and it is not digital gold,” the report states. “It is the native asset of a permissionless platform on which builders can deploy essentially anything, drawing on decentralised security, leading liquidity, and global access. Within that ecosystem, ether also functions as money and as collateral.” Related Reading: Ethereum Coinbase Premium Hits Lowest Level Since February – Traders Are Watching That distinction drives the structure of the model. CoinShares’ first framework treats Ethereum like a business selling blockspace, projecting fee revenue across DEX trading, stablecoin transfers, DeFi activity, blob transactions, ETH transfers, real-world asset settlement, staking operations and a residual “other” category. In that framework, the contribution to ETH’s 2031 price is modest: $25 in the bear case, $385 in the base case and $2,055 in the bull case. Ethereum’s Future Depends On A Monetary Premium The second framework carries much more weight. It treats ETH as the monetary and collateral base of the Ethereum ecosystem, modeling demand from staking, DeFi collateral, layer-2 reserves, ETF inflows, corporate treasury allocations and store-of-value buying. CoinShares says this component produces a 2031 price contribution of $1,774 in the bear case, $3,960 in the base case and $10,065 in the bull case. Across the report, the bull case is deliberately demanding. It assumes Ethereum’s structural demand sources compound at elevated levels, rather than merely stabilize. CoinShares models fee revenue reaching $5.7 billion by 2031, supported by DEX volumes growing at a 25% CAGR and Ethereum L1 market share expanding to 35%. Stablecoin supply, in this scenario, reaches $2.8 trillion at a 50% CAGR, while tokenized real-world assets scale to $420 billion on Ethereum specifically. ETF flows are also a major variable. In the bull case, CoinShares assumes annual ETF flows reach $40 billion by 2031, while corporate buying rises to $25 billion and store-of-value demand grows meaningfully as the asset class matures. A 3x regime multiplier is then applied to buying pressure, reflecting a market environment with fewer willing sellers and stronger price discovery. Related Reading: The Last Time Ethereum Did This Against Bitcoin, It Exploded Above $4,000 “The bull case requires the six demand catalysts identified in section 4 to compound at high levels, with Ethereum increasing its market share over time as opposed to maintaining it,” CoinShares wrote. “One might consider this scenario an ‘everything has worked out perfectly and more’ scenario.” The base case is more restrained, but still constructive. It assumes Ethereum remains the dominant smart contract blockchain, DEX volumes grow at a 17% CAGR, L1 DEX share holds at 20%, stablecoin supply on Ethereum reaches around $450 billion by 2031 and DeFi TVL compounds at 25%. That path gives ETH a $4,935 implied price by 2031, or roughly 110% upside over five years. CoinShares says the greatest probability lies somewhere between the base and bull cases. The report argues Ethereum does not need to win every category to clear the base-case target, but it does need to hold DEX share, maintain its stablecoin position, deliver scaling upgrades such as Glamsterdam, and see ETH ETF flows improve toward bitcoin-adjusted levels. The key risk is that Ethereum’s post-Dencun economics remain unresolved. CoinShares explicitly flags weak fee revenue, uncertain blob mechanics, competitive pressure from alternative layer-1s, regulatory friction, monetary policy changes and delayed scaling milestones as variables that could force the model to be revisited. At press time, ETH traded at $1,870. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Bitcoin’s aggressive break below $70,000 has shifted the market from a debate over dip-buying to a more defensive question of how far traders now need to insure against the next leg lower. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the largest cryptocurrency fell to as low as $65,404 over the past day, triggering $1.8 billion in liquidations […]
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The FCA instructed clubs to ensure they understand the source of sponsorship funds and assess financial crime and reputational risks.
Iranian drones hit Kuwait airport as US-Iran clashes escalate. Crude oil all-time high by December at 28% YES, September at 23.5% YES.
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The AI crypto narrative is gaining momentum once again, with tokens such as Near Protocol (NEAR), Internet Computer (ICP), and Render (RENDER) emerging among the market’s strongest performers. NEAR has climbed more than 10% over the past 24 hours to trade near $2.89, while trading volume has nearly doubled since the start of the month, …
Lenders are particularly interested in blockchain's back-office applications, but security failures are blocking wider adoption.