- Crypto Clarity Act in spotlight for bad-actor provisions as Senate process grinds forwardby Jesse Hamilton on June 4, 2026 at 7:41 pm
The industry has been trying to make a case this week the Clarity Act provides law enforcement strong tools to combat illicit finance involving cryptocurrency.
- OCC chief says Democrats applying sole political pressure in World Liberty charter choiceby Jesse Hamilton on June 4, 2026 at 6:19 pm
The regulator rejected claims he's doing President Trump's bidding during a congressional hearing that also addressed the GENIUS Act stablecoin push.
- 'Dr. Doom'-backed Atlas Capital CEO says bitcoin could crash 70% before reaching $500,000by Olivier Acuna on June 4, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Backed by economist Nouriel Roubini, a long-time anti-bitcoin advocate, and known as 'Dr. Doom,' the Atlas CEO, Reza Bundy, shot a short-term warning for bitcoin but stayed bullish in the long-term.
- Hyperliquid pulls back from record highs as Arthur Hayes exits position shy of $150 price targetby Krisztian Sandor on June 4, 2026 at 3:52 pm
The crypto veteran blamed macro risks and AI mania for taking profits, drawing backlash from traders for selling well below his recent bullish forecasts.
- Crypto for Advisors: The crypto due diligence questions you forgot to askby Beth Haddock on June 4, 2026 at 3:00 pm
As stablecoins, shifting regulation and AI-enabled infrastructure mature, advisors should revisit three questions their crypto due diligence may no longer fully cover.
- Why tokenization is an ETF-style market structure revolutionby Michael Lie on June 4, 2026 at 2:44 pm
The current tokenization dialogue and pattern resemble ETFs’ early days, which ultimately transformed into a $10+ trillion market, Lie argues.
- Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to existby Margaux Nijkerk on June 4, 2026 at 1:52 pm
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.
- Tom Lee’s $250,000 ether target: Here’s what math says about this crazy predictionby Shaurya Malwa on June 4, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Bitmine's chairman told a Paris conference ether would 50x from here on AI and corporate validators. Here's how supply schedule, the ETH-to-bitcoin ratio history and the actual breakdown of staked ether look at those levels.
- Ripple-linked XRP sinks 7% to four-month lowsby Shaurya Malwa on June 4, 2026 at 1:18 pm
XRP fell another 7% after losing key support levels, with traders weighing growing institutional demand against one of the token's weakest technical setups in months.
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 1.5%, is only gainerby CoinDesk Indices on June 4, 2026 at 1:10 pm
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) declined 15.2% and Internet Computer (ICP) dropped 13.1%, leading the index lower.
- Strategy's Saylor's explanation for bitcoin's slide isn't what bears thinkby Omkar Godbole on June 4, 2026 at 12:26 pm
Bitcoin's drop reflects capital rotation into AI, Saylor argues, but the bears have a darker reason.
- Live updates: Bitcoin bounces, HYPE falls, NEAR gets demolished as crypto deals with a wipe outby Stephen Alpher on June 4, 2026 at 12:14 pm
Amid the crypto price crash, a handful of tokens have been performing well, but they're tumbling now as Arthur Hayes exits.
- Moomoo expands into prediction markets through Kalshi partnershipby Will Canny on June 4, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Retail trading platform moomoo has partnered with Kalshi to offer CFTC-regulated event contracts tied to economic data, elections and major sporting events directly within its app.
- Russia sanctions British teenager for alleging A7A5 use in funding Ukraine warby Jamie Crawley on June 4, 2026 at 11:51 am
The A7A5 stablecoin was designed to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- Standard Chartered's three 'Ifs' that stand between bitcoin and a market lowby Omkar Godbole on June 4, 2026 at 11:23 am
Your day-ahead look for June 4, 2026
- JPMorgan warns time is running short for crypto market structure billby Will Canny on June 4, 2026 at 11:10 am
The Clarity Act still faces several legislative hurdles, and disputes over stablecoin yield have emerged as a key sticking point, the bank said.
- Bitcoin steadies above $60,000 while derivatives send an unambiguous warningby Oliver Knight on June 4, 2026 at 11:02 am
BTC crashed to $61,300 before recovering to $62,500 with $3 billion in liquidations over two days. Traders loaded up on $60,000 puts in anticipation of further declines.
- This bitcoin metric has marked every bear market bottom, and it's just flashed againby James Van Straten on June 4, 2026 at 10:20 am
More than half of the bitcoin in circulation is sitting on unrealized losses as the BTC price tests historically significant bear-market support levels.
- Cardano slumps under 20 cents as Hoskinson says he is 'taking a break' after warning of ecosystem failuresby Sam Reynolds on June 4, 2026 at 7:59 am
Hoskinson's remarks followed a string of setbacks for the ecosystem, including the cancellation of Cardano's flagship conference and the shutdown of a prominent analytics platform.
- Goldman Sachs teams with Apex, Archax for tokenized real estate fundby Ian Allison on June 4, 2026 at 7:57 am
The fund combines blockchain native issuance with established fund structures.
- Polymarket says No for May, Yes for June after Strategy's recent bitcoin saleby Sam Reynolds on June 4, 2026 at 7:50 am
UMA voters ruled that Strategy's June 1 disclosure counted for the June contract, even though the company said it sold bitcoin during the final week of May.
- Apyx's STRC collateralized stablecoin suffers a brief depeg. Protocol says its a feature, not bugby Omkar Godbole on June 4, 2026 at 6:35 am
Apyx’s apxUSD stablecoin briefly slipped to 93 cents Wednesday.
- BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP ETFs bleed $4.4 billion over 13 sessions, only HYPE in greenby Shaurya Malwa on June 4, 2026 at 5:59 am
BlackRock's IBIT shed another $342 million on Wednesday as ether, solana and XRP funds joined the redemption wave, leaving Hyperliquid's HYPE products as the only major crypto ETF category still pulling in net new money.
- Bitcoin briefly drops below $62,000 as $1.5 billion in crypto longs get wiped outby Sam Reynolds on June 4, 2026 at 2:13 am
Presto Research says bitcoin's drawdowns this year have coincided with rallies in AI stocks and gold as markets scale back expectations for Fed rate cuts.
- Live markets: Bitcoin selloff stalls as key indicator signals oversold conditionsby Omkar Godbole on June 4, 2026 at 2:11 am
Bitcoin rebounded to $64,000 after a sharp selloff, with the move reflecting a typical bounce from oversold conditions rather than a confirmed trend reversal.
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