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Wang’s departure adds to the list of high-profile defections from the Ethereum Foundation this year. After completing his sabbatical, Xiaowei Wang resigned as co-executive director and director of the Ethereum Foundation. Vitalik Buterin praised her role in shaping Ethereum’s research culture and building the ecosystem’s community. Ethereum Foundation suffers another high-profile departure Wang announced her departure from the nonprofit organization on social media after a long career hiatus, saying it gave her time to consider her priorities in life. “Following my sabbatical, I have decided to step down as co-executive director and board member of the Ethereum Foundation, effective today,”…

Bitcoin has been trading below estimated mining costs for five consecutive months, leaving about one in five miners unprofitable and forcing publicly traded businesses to sell record amounts of coins, according to analysts at JPMorgan. In a client note distributed this week, analysts led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said that the economic situation for Bitcoin mining will be “worsening” in 2026. JPMorgan estimates the current total cost of producing Bitcoin at around $78,000, a figure derived from electricity costs, hardware depreciation, and overall overhead costs for public miners. Bitcoin is trading near $63,000, and the difference between the spot…

In today’s Chainlink news, the company’s oracle network handles its highest-profile real-world deployment to date, with LINK tokens trading around $7.80, down more than -20% from their May highs. This disconnect is the central tension in the current market. On June 9, 2026, ADI Predictstreet approved the Chainlink runtime environment as the exclusive oracle infrastructure for the 2026 FIFA World Cup prediction market, covering all 104 matches across 48 teams and 16 host cities. The broader crypto market has been funneling money into meme coins and AI tokens, leaving infrastructure names like Link exposed to profit-taking despite strengthening on-chain metrics.…

Ethereum Gramsterdam upgrade moves towards 200 million gas limit roadmap TL;DR Ethereum’s Gramsterdam upgrade work is progressing through the development net plan ahead of an expected mainnet period in the second half of 2026. EIP-7732, or proposer-constructor separation, is one of the key parts that developers are tracking. EIP-7928, which covers block-level access lists, is another key component related to parallel execution and high throughput. While the headline goal is a path towards higher gas limits, the exact mainnet package is still subject to Ethereum’s normal testing and governance processes. Glam Sterdam attracts attention Ethereum’s next major upgrade cycle is…

Trustworthy editorial content reviewed by industry-leading experts and experienced editors. Advertising disclosure A proposed ban on federal retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is once again gaining policy attention through the housing bill negotiations in Congress, and discussions of a digital dollar are gaining momentum amid the rise of stablecoins. TL;DR HR 6644 is the primary legislative reference regarding the retail CBDC ban angle. The reported negotiations would prevent the Fed from issuing retail CBDCs until 2030. Articles should avoid claims that stablecoin inflows will automatically accelerate. That’s market speculation. The bill reference gives this story a clear policy anchor.…

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at its June meeting, but signaled a shift to tightening policy under new Chairman Kevin Warsh, marking a decisive shift from expectations for short-term easing. The Federal Open Market Committee kept the federal funds rate unchanged at a range of 3.50% to 3.75%, in line with market consensus. However, policy statements and updated forecasts pointed to renewed concerns about inflation and increased appetite among policymakers to raise rates this year. Officials now expect the benchmark interest rate to reach 3.8% by the end of 2026, up from the 3.4% forecast in March. Interest…

Cryptocurrency exchange CoinMENA has signed a banking agreement with Standard Chartered to strengthen its fiat payments infrastructure for customers in the United Arab Emirates.Under the agreement, CoinMENA will use Standard Chartered to support fiat on- and off-ramps, customer money accounts, and virtual account-based transaction management, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph. The exchange said the arrangement will improve transparency and liquidity settlements with approved global counterparties. Laura Abu Mane, CEO of Standard Chartered UAE, Middle East and Pakistan, said in a statement that the UAE has established itself as a leading regulatory environment for digital assets, creating opportunities…

The market for tokenized real-world assets continues to expand rapidly, with Citigroup predicting that the sector could reach $8.2 trillion by 2030 under a bullish scenario. summary Citigroup predicts that the tokenized asset market could reach $5.5 trillion in a base case and $8.2 trillion by 2030. According to data from Token Terminal, tokenized assets have exceeded $43 billion, increasing by approximately 37% in the past six months. As financial institutions expand their blockchain-based financial products, financial advisors are increasingly turning to tokenization and stablecoins. According to Citigroup, tokenization is moving beyond experimental programs and into mainstream financial infrastructure as…

The Cardano Van Rossem hard fork reached a mainnet go/no-go decision point on June 15, 2026. This is the most important day in the protocol’s Voltaire governance era, with network readiness metrics running much faster than previous upgrades and official results expected to be imminent. Simply put, node adoption is strong enough to warrant a green light, but the decision itself must clear a community-managed process that has never activated a mainnet hard fork before. This major decision regarding Cardano’s future comes after ADA fell by -1% overnight, becoming one of the few digital assets to lose money in the…

pain accumulates below the surface Bitcoin currently has the second-largest unrealized loss in history. This means that a huge number of BTC holders are currently facing paper losses. For now, data suggests panic selling remains limited. Some market experts are not convinced that Bitcoin’s recent rally is sustainable.例えば、仮想通貨アナリストのテッド・ピローズ氏は、多くのトレーダーは現在、戦況は緩和しつつあり、すでに合意に達していると考えており、そのため市場が力強く反発すると予想する人もいると述べた。しかし、同氏によれば、ビットコインの最近の動きは、実際のブレイクアウトというよりも、流動性獲得のように見えたという。 You may also like: 同氏は、ビットコインが6万5000ドルを超えて維持できれば、依然として6万8000─7万ドルの範囲に向けて上昇する可能性があると述べた。 But for now, he doesn’t expect the market to be strong enough to warrant that move.ピロウズ氏は、今週のFRB会合と日本によるさらなる利上げの可能性が、市場が次にどこに動くかを決める上で大きな役割を果たす可能性があると付け加えた。 Special offer (exclusive)