A federal fraud case led to major crypto seizures after prosecutors said nearly $100 million moved through bank accounts and exchanges. Authorities seized some $7.1 million from digital wallets tied to the scheme, while prosecutors separately seek $24,707,031 in restitution.
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Authorities seized $7.1 million from cryptocurrency wallets connected to the fraud scheme.
Nearly $100…
XRP Gets AI Agent Payment Support in Ripple’s XRPL AI Starter Kit as Executive Sees Billions Ahead
June 12, 2026
XRP is being positioned for AI-driven commerce as Ripple launches a developer toolkit that enables autonomous software to transact on the XRP Ledger. The XRPL AI Starter Kit adds support for XRP and RLUSD payments, while Ripple executives argue agent-to-agent transactions…
Ripple and Bitso are expanding stablecoin settlement on the XRP Ledger, bringing MXNB and RLUSD into Ripple’s enterprise payments infrastructure. The effort focuses on the U.S.-Mexico corridor and aims to support regulated dollar-peso liquidity for institutions.
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Big Short investor Steve Eisman said he would not be surprised by a Tesla-SpaceX deal, fueling speculation about Elon Musk’s next major move. The comments come as SpaceX IPO demand reportedly tops $250 billion.
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Big Short investor Steve Eisman said a SpaceX-Tesla deal is plausible but unattractive for SpaceX investors.
SpaceX IPO demand reportedly reached $250 billion, intensifying…
Tim Draper argued bitcoin faces less quantum risk than banks, comparing its security to Fort Knox. His comments shifted attention from blockchain vulnerabilities to legacy financial systems, as debate grows over quantum computing threat to modern cryptography.
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Bitcoin Treasuries Are Ticking Time Bombs as Leverage Hits Record Rates, Warns Capriole’s Charles Edwards
June 11, 2026
Bitcoin treasury companies are piling on debt at record rates to fund their BTC buying, Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards warned, reviving a year-old call that the model rests on unsustainable “fake yield.”
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Charles Edwards says bitcoin…
A coalition of 61 industry leaders, founders, and investors is urging Senate leaders to pass the CLARITY Act while preserving key developer protections. The push follows Senate Banking Committee approval of the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) that would clarify rules for developers and service providers.
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61 crypto leaders urged senators to preserve developer protections…
SpaceX’s expected market debut could test whether public investors still have patience for massive private-market valuations. Devere Group says the real challenge will begin after the IPO, when investors start judging growth, spending, execution, and profitability quarter…
Wintermute said bitcoin’s latest decline was driven mainly by U.S. institutional selling and ETF outflows, not Strategy’s small BTC sale. The firm warned that capital inflows have not returned, making it too early to call a market bottom. Ethereumprice alerts
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Peter Schiff’s bitcoin poll reignited debate after most respondents indicated that even a collapse to $0 would not prove his bearish case correct, while others pointed to thresholds between $20,000 and $1,000. Schiff also warned that technical weakness could drive BTC toward $25,000 to $27,000, raising scrutiny of Strategy Inc.’s exposure.
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Most bitcoin supporters indicated that…
