Author: 行政
Key takeaways Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP are starting the week on a more stable footing after last week’s declines. BTC is trading above $64,000 but remains below major moving averages, keeping the broader trend bearish. Crypto market opens new weekly candle with signs of stability Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are showing resilience at the start of the week after experiencing notable declines during the previous trading period. Bitcoin fell nearly 4% last week, while Ethereum and XRP dropped approximately 2% and 6%, respectively. Despite the weakness, all three assets have stabilized, with Bitcoin trading above $64,000, Ethereum holding…
Ethereum core contributors are debating a structural overhaul that could redirect Ethereum staking rewards toward ecosystem development.The protocol-level proposal seeks to solve a persistent coordination failure of funding public goods within the broader Ethereum ecosystem. Open-source security tools, client upgrades, and network maintenance benefit all users, but financial support often falls short because participants rely on others to cover the cost.Under the newly proposed mechanism, network validators would signal a percentage of their rewards to be redirected toward development. Ethereum validators are the entities that lock up their tokens to process transactions and secure the networkIf a 51% majority of…
Schwab is preparing to enter prediction markets through a Cboe partnership, launching S&P 500-linked contracts that mark its first step into the sector. The product will use binary options-style structures, paying out based on whether the index closes above or below set levels, with predefined risk for traders. The firm is keeping its focus on regulated financial outcomes only, while also exploring partial-payout mechanics and possible expansion beyond the S&P 500. Charles Schwab is moving into prediction markets with a new product linked to the S&P 500, developed in collaboration with Cboe Global Markets. The offering is expected to become…
Kraken’s new Solana token flow adds more assets to the app and changes what users may think the app is signaling.In a June 18 launch post, Kraken said eligible users in the US and more than 100 countries can trade more than 2,500 Solana-based tokens directly from the main Kraken app. The feature is built to remove the usual on-chain setup work: no separate wallet, no seed phrase, no bridge, and no app switch before a trade.The trade-off is easy to underestimate once the assets are held in an exchange app.Kraken still draws a line around these tokens: they are…
STRC fell to a record low and remains well below its US$100 (AU$142) liquidation preference, disrupting a key funding source for Strategy’s Bitcoin purchases. The weakness has revived criticism from figures including Peter Schiff, who argue the structure depends on ongoing capital raising to function. While Strategy’s Bitcoin buying has slowed markedly in recent months, some analysts believe the sell-off reflects leveraged liquidations rather than deeper problems with the company’s strategy. Strategy’s STRC preferred shares have fallen to their lowest level since launch, trading well below their US$100 (AU$142) liquidation preference and raising questions about a key funding channel behind…
Bitwise brings crypto model portfolios to retail apps as issuers seek demand beyond ticker picking
Bitwise Asset Management is integrating its crypto model portfolios into Parrot Finance’s retail investing app, testing whether professional allocation frameworks can reach retail investors via automated software rather than advisor dashboards.The June 18 partnership gives Parrot clients access to portfolios built around broad crypto exposure, thematic strategies, systematic monitoring, and rebalancing, moving a product set first aimed at advisors into a consumer-facing recommendation interface.The current evidence shows a distribution shift rather than a flow signal. Bitwise said Parrot clients collectively hold more than $200 million on the platform, but the companies did not disclose how many clients will allocate to the models…
Pudgy Penguins’ Vibes Series 3 trading cards reached US Target stores nationwide this week, the franchise’s biggest retail expansion to date. The release lifted total Vibes cards in circulation to around 15 million and adds Moonbirds NFT characters, new gameplay mechanics and street-artist artwork. The move extends a physical-product strategy that already placed Pudgy toys in more than 2,000 Walmart stores and at Walgreens. Pudgy Penguins rolled out Vibes Series 3, its largest retail expansion to date, placing the trading card game in Target stores nationwide across the US this week and lifting total cards in circulation to around 15…
Microsoft’s latest crypto malware research points to crypto wallets, one of several places a transaction can fail, as a key practical weakness in self-custody,A compromised Windows machine can change the address a user copies, expose a seed phrase before a transfer is signed, or send screenshots and wallet context back to an attacker.In a June 17 Security Blog report, Microsoft said the CryptoBandits malware, detected as “CryptoBandits.A”, had been active since February 2026 and has reached systems through malicious Windows shortcut files on USB storage devices.The malware also steals wallet secrets, swaps copied addresses, and communicates with command-and-control infrastructure through…
jaredfromsubway.eth, Ethereum’s most active sandwich bot, lost roughly US$7.5 million in WETH, USDC and USDT in a single sweep transaction. Security firm Blockaid attributed the loss to a counter-MEV honeypot of 66 fake token contracts that tricked the bot into granting token approvals. The bot has been tied to about 70% of Ethereum sandwich attacks, a practice estimated to cost traders around US$60 million a year. jaredfromsubway.eth, Ethereum’s most prolific sandwich-trading bot, was drained of roughly US$7.5 million (AU$10.7 million) over the weekend after an attacker manipulated its automated trading logic into approving a network of malicious contracts, in a…
AllUnity launched SEKAU on June 19, giving Europe a Swedish krona stablecoin under MiCA while dollar tokens still define most on-chain payments. The SEKAU stablecoin is live on Ethereum, Solana, Base, Tempo, and Polygon.The launch raises the question of usage. SEKAU can be compliant, fully reserved, and multi-chain, while still needing banks, market makers, treasury teams, tokenized-asset platforms, and payment companies to prove that SEK liquidity belongs on public chains.AllUnity said SEKAU is the first fully reserved and MiCA-compliant Swedish krona-backed stablecoin. The token is positioned as an E-Money Token, redeemable 1:1 against SEK and backed by segregated reserves.Its launch…