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Next bull run will be slower, less volatile as investors' crypto appetite evolves, Bitwise CIO says
Long-time bitcoin bull Matt Hougan told CoinDesk that during this bear market and with ‘doubts swirling’, investors have found ‘it easier to reach for something more tangible:’ stablecoins and tokenization.

Mexican billionaire with 70% of his investment portfolio in bitcoin says it's better than real estate
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, whose net worth is estimated at roughly $5 billion, is a bitcoin maximalist who told his wife to mortgage her house to buy bitcoin.

Fifth-generation Kanoo group member is moving a $6 trillion trade market onto blockchain rails
Abdulla Kanoo says his ARP Digital firm is building settlement infrastructure for the growing flow of trade between emerging economies, a market that could reach $32 trillion by 2030.

Forget retail traders: The real multi-trillion-dollar crypto future is building infrastructure for machines
While legacy banks keep corporate money idled in slow regional accounts, a new protocol allows software systems to settle multi-currency trade instantly.

Wall Street and crypto are crashing into each other as tokenized treasury markets hit $14.6 billion
Not all crypto exchange executives agree, but the data does not lie: centralized exchange trading volumes dropped more than 11% to $4.61 trillion, their lowest since late 2024.

Bitcoin hit bottom at $59,000 marking end to the crypto winter, says Standard Chartered analyst
Senior market analyst Geoffrey Kendrick pointed to the SpaceX IPO and a potential U.S.-Iran peace deal as the dual catalysts ending the recent crypto selloff.


Banking rails are moving past the 'stablecoin winner' narrative: Sygnum
Digital asset bank Sygnum says institutional clients want multiple tokenized cash instruments operating interchangeably on a single platform.

Tether leads $1.4 billion funding round in German robotics company Neura
The investment is part of the stablecoin giant’s expansion into industries outside of crypto.

As SpaceX IPO approaches, Polymarket, Ventuals assign $2 trillion valuation onchain
Your day-ahead look for June 11, 2026

