Online broker Robinhood has laid off 10% of its workforce. CEO Vlad Tenev explained the cuts were necessary to simplify the management structure. Our CEO Vlad Tenev shared the following note with our team at Robinhood today: Robinhoodies, We’ve made the difficult decision to say goodbye to some of our team members today. Those departing […]
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan urged long-term investors to focus less on pinpointing the market bottom and more on the next bullish cycle for Bitcoin. Hougan compared forecasts from three research firms: Galaxy Digital, NYDIG, and Standard Chartered. He noted that the firms have not reached a consensus on whether the market correction has […]
On June 16, the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation amended the 2002 resolution regarding judicial practice in cases of theft, robbery, and assault. Digital rubles, digital rights, and digital currency were added to the list of theft subjects, according to RAPSI. The Supreme Court also clarified that the theft of non-cash […]
Public bitcoin miners are increasingly converting their energy capacities and data centers into infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). This trend is gaining momentum amid rising capital expenditures in the AI sector and demand for facilities with access to electricity. According to Reuters, on June 15, Nvidia issued bonds worth $25 billion […]
The total value locked in DeFi protocols could reach $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030, according to Jeffrey Kendrick, head of digital asset research at Standard Chartered, as reported by Cointelegraph. Kendrick forecasts a 37-fold increase in the sector, driven primarily by real-world assets (RWA) and the development of on-chain protocols. Kendrick noted that […]
From June 8 to 14, Strategy acquired 1,587 BTC for $100 million at an average price of $63,024 per coin. Strategy has acquired 1,587 BTC for $100 million to increase our $BTC Reserve to ₿846,842. We have also increased our USD Reserve by $100 million to $1.1 billion. $MSTR $STRChttps://t.co/WjionpFrva — Strategy (@Strategy) June 15, […]
Developers of the privacy-focused Ethereum solution Aztec Network reported an attack on a deprecated smart contract, resulting in the extraction of approximately $2.1 million by the perpetrator. We are investigating a potential exploit affecting Aztec Connect. ~$2.1m was transferred from the immutable smart contract in transaction:https://t.co/5WrfeR8bbJ Aztec Connect was deprecated 3 years ago. Aztec Labs […]
The journal Nature published a study by Microsoft Quantum and ion quantum computer developer Quantinuum on reducing logical errors in a quantum processor. The teams reported improvements ranging from 11 to 800 times compared to comparable physical circuits. Separately, IBM Research described an approach to discovering new quantum error correction codes using large language models […]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that in the era of artificial intelligence, companies will need to develop not only human capital but also ‘token capital’—AI systems that accumulate the knowledge and experience of the organization. https://t.co/vLmiBKTtX3 — Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) June 14, 2026 In a programmatic article on the future of business, Nadella described the […]
Starting July 1, crypto companies without a MiCA license must cease serving clients in the European Union, according to ESMA. The regulator has required service providers to prepare a business wind-down plan in advance. According to Hogan Lovells, only 194 companies had obtained official authorization by May, a small fraction of the 3,000 firms previously […]
