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El Salvador’s IMF Deal Tests Its Bitcoin Reserve Strategy

El Salvador’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is back under the microscope, and the timing is uncomfortable. CoinGecko lists the country’s government holdings at 7,474 BTC, worth approximately $446M as of June 29, 2026, even as Bitcoin trades around $59,000 to $60,000 after a near-19% drop over 30 days. The core tension is straightforward: El Salvador’s public …

Is Coinbase Cooked? Single Invalid Block Froze Base for Two Hours

Coinbase’s Base blockchain went dark for nearly two hours on Thursday after a single invalid block triggered a consensus failure that froze the entire network, and the incident has reignited a blunt question about whether the most-used Ethereum Layer 2 is actually ready for the 24/7 global finance role its creators are pitching. No funds …

Crypto News Today (June 25): BTC Crashed Below $60K, Already Back to $61K, More Binance EU Licence Drama, and Standard Chartered Calls for AAVE to Hit $3,500

In crypto news today (June 25), BTC USD crashed below $60,000 late yesterday but has since recovered to $61,500, with nearly $1Bn in liquidations piling up and $780M of that $994M figure coming from long positions. The Bitcoin crash coincided with ETF flows seeing $469M exit the various BTC funds, the largest day of outflows …

SecondFi Hack Puts Up to 129M ADA at Risk: What It Means for Cardano

SecondFi, the EMURGO-backed Cardano wallet platform, disclosed a critical security flaw in its native web wallet-generation software on June 23, 2026 – and the damage estimates are still climbing. ADA is trading at approximately $0.15 at press time, down nearly 3% in 24 hours, compounding losses after the token fell below $0.20 in June and …

Ripple Joins 210 MiCA-Compliant Firms Days Before EU Hard Deadline

In XRP news today, Ripple has received a preliminary ‘Green Light Letter’ for its Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the country’s financial regulator, under the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation, announced June 23, 2026. The approval, still subject to final conditions, covers all …