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Cardano Summit 2026 canceled after community votes against Foundation funding proposal

The Cardano Foundation's flagship conference was scrapped after a funding proposal failed to secure the two-thirds support required under the blockchain's new governance system.

Charles Hoskinson during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy holds STRC dividend at 11.5% for fourth straight month

The preferred stock remains near its $100 par value as the company balances yield stability, ATM issuance capacity, and its bitcoin acquisition strategy.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

Markets

Bitcoin, ether start June in the red while futures show taste for risk. XLM, HYPE gain

Bitcoin and ether fell Monday after dropping in May, a month that usually sees them post positive returns. U.S. equity index futures rose.

Laptop with markets monitor and charts. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin and software stocks are breaking up — and history says a major crypto move is coming

Bitcoin and software equities have sharply diverged after moving in lockstep for years, raising questions over whether bitcoin will eventually catch up.

BTCUSD/IGV (TradingView)
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Markets

U.S. Congress returns as GENIUS comments periods close, jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting June 1.

U.S. Congress building

Markets

Citi predicts the tokenized securities market will grow to $5.5 trillion by 2030

Stablecoins alone will generate a demand for up to $1 trillion worth of onchain U.S. Treasury bills and $2.6 trillion for tokenized stocks, said Citi.

Citibank (Citibank)

Tech

Whitehat developer unlocks $2 million stuck in a 2016 Ethereum ICO contract for nine years

0xflorent, a security researcher, found an integer-overflow flaw in the HongCoin token sale contract that lets the team unlock funds for 48 original investors. It is the second such recovery he has publicized in eight days.

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Markets

XRP drops to $1.32 as sellers overpower exchange outflows

XRP hit a 15-week low before stabilizing, with traders watching whether the latest washout turns into a base or another leg lower.

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Tech

Three Sui mainnet halts in 48 hours traced to an upgrade bug by developers

The Sui Foundation's post-mortem published Sunday traces all three outages to interactions between a new address-balance feature shipped in the v1.72 release and the network's existing gas and consensus logic.

Blocky structures linked by rays of light.

Markets

Bitcoin extends slide as spot ETF outflows hit a record while Wall Street rips on AI

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost $2.97 billion across 10 trading days through Friday, the longest outflow streak on record. Oil's bounce on the stalled Iran deal added pressure even as global equities hit new highs on the Nvidia and SoftBank AI trade.

Bull and bear market (Midjourney/modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Aave overhauls listing standards after $230 million rsETH exploit exposed bridge risks

An official postmortem traced the exploit to a LayerZero bridge verification failure and outlined a sweeping overhaul of Aave's asset-listing standards as DeFi risks shift beyond smart contract bugs.

BTC developers propose freezing of quantum-vulnerable coins. (Pexels/Pixabay)

Markets

Coinbase makes a major play for India’s booming $3 billion crypto market with local currency launch

Coinbase announces INR rails to make the platform fully accessible to Indian retail traders.

John O'Loghlen, Coinbase’s Head of APAC. (Coinbase)
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Markets

A massive $1.26 billion sale of BlackRock’s IBIT was likely a rapid exit by a large investor

NYDIG, meanwhile, rejected the basis-trade theory, citing the large discount and the lack of an unusual spike in corresponding CME bitcoin futures volume.

Bitcoin price chart on a screen (Behnam Norouzi/Unsplash)

Policy

How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto

Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an interview with CoinDesk last month.

Rep. French Hill (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain

Wall Street's clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon said.

Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation (Stellar)

Finance

The institutional edge: moomoo targets Wall Street-grade trading tools for retail crypto investors

The brokerage giant says the future of investing won’t be defined by asset access alone but by the quality of tools investors get.

Trading desk. (TyliJura/Pixabay)
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