— Bitcoin dips to $9250 — UK’s FCA suspends Wirecard subsidiary — Telegram to return $1.2B to investors — Bitfinex launches an open-source P2P data streaming platform — BTCPay secures a $150K grant from Kraken

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26th June 2020

— Total crypto market cap slides to $266B — PlusToken wallet moves 789,534 ETH — Circle launches a multi-chain framework for USDC — NYDFS proposes a plan outlining a new license for crypto companies working with BitLicense holders — Argo buys 750 Zcash miners

25th June 2020

— Bitcoin remains tied to $9500, Chainlink hits a new ATH — Bank of Brazil blocks WhatsApp Pay a week after its launch — ING becomes the first bank to offer a Travel Rule solution for crypto firms — KPMG introduces a cryptocurrency management suite for institutional clients — Status reveals Android integration for Keycard

24th June 2020

— Bitcoin gains 2% to reach $9600 as Ethereum sees a 3.5% spike — PayPal is reportedly looking to introduce support for cryptocurrencies — 26M EOS tokens withdrawn from PlusToken wallet — Micree Zhan offers to buy-back shares of Bitmain shareholders — NZ police seize $90M from the alleged operator of BTC-e — Italian Banking Association voice desire to pilot a digital euro — Neufund shuts down its security token platform citing regulatory concerns

23rd June 2020

— Bitcoin continues to hover around $9500 — Wirecard’s CEO resigns following the discovery of a $2B hole in finances — OpenZeppelin discovers a “high-severity” vulnerability in Argent’s Ethereum wallet — Compound overtakes MakerDAO as the biggest DeFi project — Lazarus Group launches a cyberattack targeting stimulus checks — Ethereum miners agree to increase the gas limit by 25% — PayPal and Google impose a ban on ZeroHedge — We.Trade has laid off 50% of staff — SYNQA raises $80M in Series C funding round

22nd June 2020

— The total cryptocurrency market cap drops by $3B — EY audit finds $2B hole in Wirecard finances — Ebang to list its shares on NASDAQ — Bancor suffers a security vulnerability — Over 40 companies join global payments network PayID — EY launches crypto tax service, CryptoPrep — Central bank of Thailand to develop a digital currency-based payment system prototype — Coinbase lists COMP token — Russia lifts ban on Telegram

19th June 2020

— Cardano registers 5% gains as top 20 cryptocurrencies trade sideways — Binance to launch a UK-based exchange this summer — Coinbase releases its blockchain integration toolkit, Rosetta — Nomura launches a crypto custodian service in partnership with Ledger and CoinShares — Indonesian police arrest the mastermind behind a $722M Bitcoin Ponzi — CNBC lists Ripple among the top 50 disruptive startups — K League launches a tokenised fantasy soccer platform

18th June 2020

— Bitcoin sees a 15% increase in its mining difficulty — WhatsApp Pay goes live in Brazil — Kraken adds support for AUD — ConsenSys secures backing from industry giants for ETH 2.0 staking service pilot — Mauritius releases a framework for STO — Binance Pool becomes the largest BSV miner

17th June 2020

— Cardano spikes by 10% as top 20 cryptocurrencies recover from the recent drop — Revolut updates its cryptocurrency terms — Casa releases a free self-custody Bitcoin wallet — OKEx partners with Paxful — Research: 60% of bitcoin supply remained inactive in the past year — Huobi launch bi-quarterly futures

16th June 2020

— Bitcoin slides to $9100 — Compound's community vote to distribute COMP token — BitPay partners with MasterCard to launch new prepaid cards in the US — Kyber Network integrates Chainlink — Coinsquare accused of distorting own volume

15th June 2020

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— Bitcoin slides to $9500 as total cryptocurrency market cap drops by $10B — Canadian SEC labels QuadrigaCX a scam — Hackers move Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 — Three Arrows Capital has bought 6% of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investment Trust — Bitmain suspends hardware shipments — Celsius Network launches a $15M equity offering — Hyperledger adds 8 new members including IOHK — Europol cracks down on pirate streaming service

12th June 2020

— Bitcoin tests $10,000 resistance — Galaxy Digital partners with Bakkt to launch a joint trading and custody service — Hacker Noon secures backing from Coil to introduce micropayments — Microsoft releases a decentralised identity tool on Bitcoin’s blockchain — Human Rights Foundation launches a Bitcoin Development Fund — Coinbase looking at listing 18 new tokens — Filecoin launches its ‘incentivized testnet’

11th June 2020

— Total crypto market cap remains around $280B — Coinbase registers a near-record Bitcoin outflow — MakerDAO community votes in favour of ‘real-world’ asset collateral — Bank Frick adds support for USDC — Blockstream, Digital Garage and Tokyo Tanshi launch an OTC trading platform in Japan — Coin Metrics report shows 40% of PAX volume tied to ponzi schemes — Fidelity Investments survey shows a third of large institutional investors in US and EU own crypto

10th June 2020

— Bitcoin remains at $9700 — BlockTV shuts down its operations — Chainalysis introduces tracking for DASH and Zcash — Algorand Foundation launches an Asia-focused accelerator program — DeFi market cap reaches $2B — ConsenSys releases a compliance service for DeFi projects — Upvest raises $1M

9th June 2020

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