Trei portofele de criptomonede au generat împreună un profit de 24. 25 milioane de dolari din piețe de predicții pentru Cupa Mondială, înainte de a direcționa încasările către aceeași adresă de depozit Binance, ceea ce a alimentat întrebări dacă un singur trader controla conturile. Pe 21 iunie, platforma de analiză blockchain Lookonchain a identificat portofelele ca fiind mintblade, GRIMDRIP și EndlessFate.

O acțiune juridică discretă care urmărește obținerea titlului asupra a peste $200 billion în Bitcoin inactiv, inclusiv monede asociate lui Satoshi Nakamoto, s-a lovit de o problemă de fond. Un proces din New York privind „portofele Bitcoin pierdute” se confruntă acum cu dovezi directe on-chain că adrese presupus abandonate transferă activ miliarde de dolari în BTC. Aceste mișcări subminează premisa centrală a reclamanților, potrivit articolului.

Botul MEV Jaredfromsubway, asociat cu aproximativ 70% din atacurile de tip „sandwich” pe Ethereum, a pierdut peste $7.5 million într-un „allowance drain”, după ce sistemul său automat a autorizat contracte controlate de atacatori să îi cheltuiască tokenurile. Botul, cunoscut drept Jaredfromsubway.eth, a aprobat o serie de tranzacții care păreau să facă parte din rute de tranzacționare profitabile. Permisiunile au rămas active, iar atacatorul a putut retrage active din contracte asociate operațiunii.

Elon Musk crossed $1 trillion in personal wealth on Friday after SpaceX's Nasdaq debut, with his fortune listed at $1.11 trillion. The milestone places his net worth above the combined market capitalization of cryptocurrencies excluding Bitcoin, and roughly equal to half of the full crypto market when Bitcoin is included.

BitMine purchased an additional 60,000 ETH worth about $126 million while Ethereum traded near $2,000, taking its holdings to more than 5.2 million ETH valued at roughly $11.1 billion. The buy came as BitMine appeared on a preliminary list for the 2026 Russell 3000 reconstitution, with FTSE Russell's initial data dated May 22 and changes set to take effect at the end of June.

Bitcoin fell below $75,000 for the first time since mid-April, sliding more than 3% in the past 24 hours to $74,255 after trading above $77,000 earlier. The selloff weighed on major tokens and coincided with $941 million in 24-hour derivatives liquidations, dominated by long positions and led by Bitcoin- and Ethereum-linked contracts.

On Thursday, U.S. lawmakers introduced the American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA) of 2026 to create a Treasury-run Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a separate federal Digital Asset Stockpile for non-Bitcoin holdings. The proposal would consolidate custody of seized crypto and, citing Bitcoin Treasuries data, formalize management of 328,372 BTC valued at more than $25 billion while requiring BTC in the reserve to be held for at least 20 years.

Glassnode says 6.04 million BTC—30.2% of circulating supply—sits in wallets whose public keys have already been revealed after spending, a setup that concentrates potential quantum-related risk in large custodians. The dataset indicates exchanges hold about 1.66 million exposed BTC, while exposure varies widely by entity, from Binance's 85% to Coinbase's 5% of labeled balances.

XRP is seeing stronger institutional and on-chain signals, but its spot price remains under pressure amid broader market consolidation. Over the past 24 hours, XRP fell more than 5% to $1.40 after briefly topping $1.54 for the first time in two months. The divergence shows up in ETF inflows, large Binance withdrawals, and a two-month high in XRPL activity.