Standard Chartered began Uniswap coverage with a $100 UNI forecast, projecting the token could outpace BTC and ETH through the decade. The bank’s outlook centers on DeFi growth, tokenized assets, and a potential 40x rise from $2.50.
Key Takeaways
Standard Chartered forecasts UNI soaring 40x from $2.50 to $100 by 2030.
Tokenized assets could expand from $340 billion to $4 trillion on-chain.
DeFi…
Traders Bet $16.4M on Bitcoin Staying Below $75K Through June — Here’s the Full Breakdown
June 15, 2026
Across Polymarket and Kalshi, traders have deployed more than $78 million in bitcoin price prediction bets for 2026, and the collective signal is clear: the crowd is not expecting a breakout.
Key Takeaways
Polymarket’s $42.7M bitcoin 2026 market gives just 19% odds to a…
Federal prosecutors detailed a guilty plea in a violent kidnapping plot tied to an attempted bitcoin robbery. Authorities said the scheme sought to steal bitcoin connected to a theft worth hundreds of millions of dollars and has led to multiple guilty pleas in the broader…
Lawmakers are seeking to curb crypto ATM fraud with a bipartisan bill that would set transaction limits, mandate scam warnings, and require transaction records and updated kiosk location records. The proposal follows FBI-cited losses of more than $333 million, with older Americans accounting for most known-age financial losses.
Key Takeaways
Lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill targeting crypto…
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…
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.
Key Takeaways
Ripple and Bitso are using MXNB alongside RLUSD for cross-border settlement.
The infrastructure is designed to improve…
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.
Key Takeaways
Big Short investor Steve Eisman said a…
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.
Key…
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.”
Key Takeaways
Charles Edwards says bitcoin treasuries are “levering up at record rates” on debt-fueled growth.
He likens the two hundred bitcoin treasuries in the market…
