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- Crypto Clarity Act in spotlight for bad-actor provisions as Senate process grinds forwardby Jesse Hamilton on June 4, 2026 at 7:41 pm
The industry has been trying to make a case this week the Clarity Act provides law enforcement strong tools to combat illicit finance involving cryptocurrency.
- OCC chief says Democrats applying sole political pressure in World Liberty charter choiceby Jesse Hamilton on June 4, 2026 at 6:19 pm
The regulator rejected claims he’s doing President Trump’s bidding during a congressional hearing that also addressed the GENIUS Act stablecoin push.
- ‘Dr. Doom’-backed Atlas Capital CEO says bitcoin could crash 70% before reaching $500,000by Olivier Acuna on June 4, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Backed by economist Nouriel Roubini, a long-time anti-bitcoin advocate, and known as ‘Dr. Doom,’ the Atlas CEO, Reza Bundy, shot a short-term warning for bitcoin but stayed bullish in the long-term.
- Hyperliquid pulls back from record highs as Arthur Hayes exits position shy of $150 price targetby Krisztian Sandor on June 4, 2026 at 3:52 pm
The crypto veteran blamed macro risks and AI mania for taking profits, drawing backlash from traders for selling well below his recent bullish forecasts.
- Crypto for Advisors: The crypto due diligence questions you forgot to askby Beth Haddock on June 4, 2026 at 3:00 pm
As stablecoins, shifting regulation and AI-enabled infrastructure mature, advisors should revisit three questions their crypto due diligence may no longer fully cover.
- Why tokenization is an ETF-style market structure revolutionby Michael Lie on June 4, 2026 at 2:44 pm
The current tokenization dialogue and pattern resemble ETFs’ early days, which ultimately transformed into a $10+ trillion market, Lie argues.
- Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to existby Margaux Nijkerk on June 4, 2026 at 1:52 pm
In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.
- Tom Lee’s $250,000 ether target: Here’s what math says about this crazy predictionby Shaurya Malwa on June 4, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Bitmine’s chairman told a Paris conference ether would 50x from here on AI and corporate validators. Here’s how supply schedule, the ETH-to-bitcoin ratio history and the actual breakdown of staked ether look at those levels.
- Ripple-linked XRP sinks 7% to four-month lowsby Shaurya Malwa on June 4, 2026 at 1:18 pm
XRP fell another 7% after losing key support levels, with traders weighing growing institutional demand against one of the token’s weakest technical setups in months.
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 1.5%, is only gainerby CoinDesk Indices on June 4, 2026 at 1:10 pm
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) declined 15.2% and Internet Computer (ICP) dropped 13.1%, leading the index lower.
- Strategy’s Saylor’s explanation for bitcoin’s slide isn’t what bears thinkby Omkar Godbole on June 4, 2026 at 12:26 pm
Bitcoin’s drop reflects capital rotation into AI, Saylor argues, but the bears have a darker reason.
- Bitcoin bounces, HYPE falls, NEAR gets demolished as crypto deals with a wipe outby Stephen Alpher on June 4, 2026 at 12:14 pm
Amid the crypto price crash, a handful of tokens have been performing well, but they’re tumbling now as Arthur Hayes exits.
- Moomoo expands into prediction markets through Kalshi partnershipby Will Canny on June 4, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Retail trading platform moomoo has partnered with Kalshi to offer CFTC-regulated event contracts tied to economic data, elections and major sporting events directly within its app.
- Russia sanctions British teenager for alleging A7A5 use in funding Ukraine warby Jamie Crawley on June 4, 2026 at 11:51 am
The A7A5 stablecoin was designed to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- Standard Chartered’s three ‘Ifs’ that stand between bitcoin and a market lowby Omkar Godbole on June 4, 2026 at 11:23 am
Your day-ahead look for June 4, 2026
- JPMorgan warns time is running short for crypto market structure billby Will Canny on June 4, 2026 at 11:10 am
The Clarity Act still faces several legislative hurdles, and disputes over stablecoin yield have emerged as a key sticking point, the bank said.
- Bitcoin steadies above $60,000 while derivatives send an unambiguous warningby Oliver Knight on June 4, 2026 at 11:02 am
BTC crashed to $61,300 before recovering to $62,500 with $3 billion in liquidations over two days. Traders loaded up on $60,000 puts in anticipation of further declines.
- This bitcoin metric has marked every bear market bottom, and it’s just flashed againby James Van Straten on June 4, 2026 at 10:20 am
More than half of the bitcoin in circulation is sitting on unrealized losses as the BTC price tests historically significant bear-market support levels.
- Cardano slumps under 20 cents as Hoskinson says he is ‘taking a break’ after warning of ecosystem failuresby Sam Reynolds on June 4, 2026 at 7:59 am
Hoskinson’s remarks followed a string of setbacks for the ecosystem, including the cancellation of Cardano’s flagship conference and the shutdown of a prominent analytics platform.
- Goldman Sachs teams with Apex, Archax for tokenized real estate fundby Ian Allison on June 4, 2026 at 7:57 am
The fund combines blockchain native issuance with established fund structures.
- Polymarket says No for May, Yes for June after Strategy’s recent bitcoin saleby Sam Reynolds on June 4, 2026 at 7:50 am
UMA voters ruled that Strategy’s June 1 disclosure counted for the June contract, even though the company said it sold bitcoin during the final week of May.
- Apyx’s STRC collateralized stablecoin suffers a brief depeg. Protocol says its a feature, not bugby Omkar Godbole on June 4, 2026 at 6:35 am
Apyx’s apxUSD stablecoin briefly slipped to 93 cents Wednesday.
- BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP ETFs bleed $4.4 billion over 13 sessions, only HYPE in greenby Shaurya Malwa on June 4, 2026 at 5:59 am
BlackRock’s IBIT shed another $342 million on Wednesday as ether, solana and XRP funds joined the redemption wave, leaving Hyperliquid’s HYPE products as the only major crypto ETF category still pulling in net new money.
- Bitcoin briefly drops below $62,000 as $1.5 billion in crypto longs get wiped outby Sam Reynolds on June 4, 2026 at 2:13 am
Presto Research says bitcoin’s drawdowns this year have coincided with rallies in AI stocks and gold as markets scale back expectations for Fed rate cuts.
- Live markets: Bitcoin selloff stalls as key indicator signals oversold conditionsby Omkar Godbole on June 4, 2026 at 2:11 am
Bitcoin rebounded to $64,000 after a sharp selloff, with the move reflecting a typical bounce from oversold conditions rather than a confirmed trend reversal.
- This Nasdaq Firm Chasing 10% of Ethereum (ETH) Supply Now Sits on an $85M Hitby Chayanika Deka on June 4, 2026 at 10:18 pm
FG Nexus began buying ETH on Ethereum’s 10th anniversary but soon faced one of crypto’s sharpest downturns.
- STRC Falls 5% Below Par: Normal Preferred Behavior or Warning Sign?by Wayne Jones on June 4, 2026 at 8:35 pm
Some observers noted that lower share prices and higher yields can create a feedback loop that may become harder for Strategy to manage.
- Analyst: BTC’s 50% Drop Could Be Setting Up a 2017-Style Altcoin Rallyby Wayne Jones on June 4, 2026 at 7:01 pm
Comparisons are being drawn to 2017, when altcoins surged after BTC stabilized following a steep decline from its all-time high.
- Strategy Sees Its Largest Ever Unrealized Loss at Over $10 Billionby Mandy Williams on June 4, 2026 at 5:42 pm
The company’s latest portfolio snapshot shows total invested capital at about $63.87 billion against a current valuation of $53.4 billion.
- Cardano (ADA) Plummets 11% Daily Below $0.2, Charles Hoskinson is Taking a Breakby George Georgiev on June 4, 2026 at 4:20 pm
Charles Hoskinson announced that he’s taking a break without providing further context. ADA’s price is in a serious downfall.
- Hyperliquid (HYPE) Just Did What Only One DeFi Token Had Done Before: CoinGeckoby Chayanika Deka on June 4, 2026 at 4:12 pm
HYPE made DeFi history by cracking the top 10, while XRP extended its unmatched 13-year streak among the market’s biggest cryptocurrencies.
- Ripple News and XRP Price Update Today: June 4by Dimitar Dzhondzhorov on June 4, 2026 at 3:21 pm
Check out the latest news and developments surrounding Ripple’s ecosystem.
- ChangeNOW Wins Best Digital Assets Fintech at the BeInCrypto Institutional 100 Awards 2026by Chainwire on June 4, 2026 at 3:13 pm
[PRESS RELEASE – KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, June 4th, 2026] ChangeNOW, a non-custodial crypto management platform extending beyond exchange services with a full suite of B2B solutions for businesses in the digital asset space, is pleased to announce that it has been named “Best Digital Assets Fintech” at the BeInCrypto x Proof of
- Ethereum Price Analysis: Is $1.5K ETH Inevitable After Latest Breakdown?by Shayan Markets on June 4, 2026 at 3:12 pm
Ethereum has been under intense selling pressure due to losing the 100-day moving average, which was only reclaimed in April after months. The recent breakdown below a key demand zone has pushed ETH to fresh local lows near $1.75K, while both technical and on-chain indicators continue to favor the bears. Unless buyers reclaim the lost
- Premu Opens User-Created, Leveraged Prediction Markets Ahead of the 2026 World Cupby Chainwire on June 4, 2026 at 3:10 pm
[PRESS RELEASE – Stockholm, Sweden, June 4th, 2026] Decentralized prediction market platform lets participants launch their own World Cup markets, trade with leverage of up to 2.5x, and earn fees on the markets they create. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup set to begin on June 11, Premu, a decentralized prediction market platform, is highlighting
- USD Private Introduces a Structured Digital Asset Model with a Programmed Price Path From $1 to $1 Millionby PressRelease on June 4, 2026 at 3:09 pm
[PRESS RELEASE – Portland, OR, June 4th, 2026] USD Private is launching a structured digital asset platform built around a programmed price path, closed-platform access, and future utility. The platform is designed to offer a more rules-based approach to digital assets, with pricing determined by a scheduled model rather than open-market trading. The $USDP token
- PRED Opens Public Access for Unique FIFA World Cup Prediction Markets, After Private Beta Hits 86% Retentionby Chainwire on June 4, 2026 at 3:09 pm
[PRESS RELEASE – Panama City, Panama, June 4th, 2026] After nearly $5 million in beta trading volume, Pred opens public access for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with unique markets and fastest market resolution benchmarks. Pred, a peer-to-peer sports trading exchange built on Base, opened public access today after a private beta that kept 86%
- Bitcoin’s $20K Collapse: 6 Reasons Behind the Crash and What Happens Next?by Jordan Lyanchev on June 4, 2026 at 1:09 pm
The significant outflows from the ETFs are just a small portion of the quickly worsening BTC landscape.
- Top Bitcoin Price Predictions After BTC’s 15% Weekly Collapseby Dimitar Dzhondzhorov on June 4, 2026 at 11:31 am
Can the valuation plummet below $50K in the short term?
- Is SimpleSwap Legit in 2026? A SimpleSwap Crypto Exchange Reviewby Bridgit Murphy on June 4, 2026 at 11:21 am
SimpleSwap is a self-custodial multi-source swap aggregator that pulls liquidity from well-known CEX and DEX sources under the hood. It is designed for direct wallet-to-wallet exchanges. Rather than holding your assets on a platform balance, the service lets you choose a crypto pair, enter a receiving wallet address, send the deposit, and receive the output
- Arthur Hayes Sells HYPE and NEAR After Recent Bullish Callsby George Georgiev on June 4, 2026 at 11:07 am
Arthur Hayes has sold his HYPE and NEAR positions just weeks after making bullish comments about both tokens.
- Pi Network’s PI Hits Rock Bottom: Quick Rebound or Another Collapse Next?by Jordan Lyanchev on June 4, 2026 at 10:57 am
Despite the massive collapse, some popular X commentators still believe in PI’s potential.
- Strategy Didn’t Sell Bitcoin in May, According to Polymarketby George Georgiev on June 4, 2026 at 10:13 am
Strategy’s sale of 32 BTC in May sparked one of the most contentious debates around Polymarket’s resolution criteria.
- Altcoins Bleed, Bitcoin Crashes as Total Crypto Market Cap Erases Another $150 Billion: Market Watchby Jordan Lyanchev on June 4, 2026 at 9:53 am
Some of the biggest losers today include NEAR, TON, and ADA.
- Pi Network (PI) Price Predictions for This Week (June 4)by Duo Nine on June 4, 2026 at 9:15 am
PI crashed 10% this week. Will the key support hold? PI Network (PI) Price Predictions: Analysis Key support levels: $0.13, $0.10 Key resistance levels: $0.16, $0.20 Market Crash Sends PI to Key Support This week, PI set a new record low after crashing by 10%. This has driven the price to the $0.13 key support
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- A 2011 physical Bitcoin loaded with 25 BTC was just unlocked during the $62k selloffby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 4, 2026 at 6:05 pm
A Casascius coin tied to 25 BTC moved this week, converting a 2011 physical Bitcoin artifact into spendable BTC during a broader market selloff. Galaxy Research identified the item as an S1-COIN-25 Casascius physical Bitcoin, a large-denomination piece from the era when Bitcoin could still be handed across a table as a loaded coin. The The post A 2011 physical Bitcoin loaded with 25 BTC was just unlocked during the $62k selloff appeared first […]
- Bitcoin’s selloff is creating the short-heavy setup that could reverse it fastby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 4, 2026 at 4:25 pm
Bitcoin is enduring a multi-front assault on its spot market liquidity as exchange-traded funds, short-term speculators, and cryptocurrency miners simultaneously distribute assets. This coordinated selling pressure has drained market demand at the fastest pace since the 2022 collapse of the Terra/Luna ecosystem. As a result, BTC’s price has tanked 12% over the past week, pushing The post Bitcoin’s selloff is creating the short-heavy setup […]
- Bitcoin’s $63k slide shows ETF demand fighting AI equities for dollar liquidityby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 4, 2026 at 2:35 pm
Bitcoin’s relationship with the S&P 500 has stopped behaving like a simple correlation trade at exactly the wrong time for bulls. For much of 2026, the logic was clean enough. When oil jumped during the Iran war, yields rose amid inflation fears, stocks sold off, and Bitcoin followed, as the market treated BTC as a The post Bitcoin’s $63k slide shows ETF demand fighting AI equities for dollar liquidity appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Ethereum treasury giant offers 9.5% payout as BitMine paper losses top $8.5 billionby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 4, 2026 at 12:55 pm
Thomas Lee’s BitMine is turning to the preferred-stock market to raise fresh capital for its Ethereum strategy, offering investors a 9.5% annual payout. On June 3, the company revealed plans to sell 3 million shares of 9.50% Series A perpetual preferred stock with a $100 stated amount, creating a potential $300 million raise. The shares The post Ethereum treasury giant offers 9.5% payout as BitMine paper losses top $8.5 billion appeared first […]
- Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson takes “a break” – exposing who really controls ADA’s next moveby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 4, 2026 at 11:01 am
Charles Hoskinson has announced that he is “taking a break” from the pressure around Cardano after an emotional plea to the community. His remarks, however, point to frustration rather than abandonment. It seems that the Cardano founder is openly questioning his remaining power over the network at a time when ADA holders are blaming him The post Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson takes “a break” – exposing who really controls ADA’s […]
- Zcash was rumored to have stopped working – then it became crypto’s only winnerby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 4, 2026 at 8:35 am
Zcash became the subject of a brief market scare after block explorers appeared to show that the privacy-focused blockchain had stopped producing blocks for several hours. By the time developers and infrastructure providers pushed back on the claim, the market had already moved in the opposite direction. ZEC was recently trading near $620, up about The post Zcash was rumored to have stopped working – then it became crypto’s only winner […]
- Banks pushed Congress to kill stablecoin yield with CLARITY Act – Coinbase may have found the loopholeby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 3, 2026 at 6:05 pm
For traditional US banks, the CLARITY Act was intended as a firewall that effectively barred crypto companies from offering “passive” interest on stablecoins. The legislation aimed to prevent a catastrophic deposit flight in which everyday checking account balances drain from the banking system into high-yield crypto exchanges. But as lawmakers prepare to finalize the framework, The post Banks pushed Congress to kill stablecoin yield with […]
- Mt. Gox-linked wallets moved 10,422 BTC, worth roughly $739 million as BTC price slidesby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 3, 2026 at 4:35 pm
Mt. Gox moved more than $700 million worth of Bitcoin while the market was already under stress, giving traders a familiar reason to ask whether old bankruptcy coins are moving closer to new supply. The estate-linked wallets moved 10,422 BTC on June 2, worth roughly $739 million at the time of the transfer. Most of The post Mt. Gox-linked wallets moved 10,422 BTC, worth roughly $739 million as BTC price slides appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Vitalik wants DeFi price crashes to stop triggering automatic liquidationsby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 3, 2026 at 3:05 pm
Vitalik Buterin is challenging one of DeFi’s most familiar safety mechanisms: the automatic liquidation that closes a debt-backed position when collateral falls below the required backing for the loan. In a June 1 Ethereum Research post, Buterin proposed building synthetic, index-tracking assets on top of options, with collateralized debt removed from the base design. The The post Vitalik wants DeFi price crashes to stop triggering automatic […]
- Bitcoin returns to the price that capped 2021, defined 2024, and now tests the rally againby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 3, 2026 at 1:35 pm
Bitcoin is back at a crossroads it has navigated multiple times in prior cycles, and this may be where the real test begins in this cycle. After weeks of trying to turn the low-$80,000s into a new recovery zone, BTC has returned to the $66,900-$68,000 area, the same band I have used through several recent The post Bitcoin returns to the price that capped 2021, defined 2024, and now tests the rally again appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Weingarten Blames Screens, Not Herself, For Falling Test Scoresby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 10:25 pm
Weingarten Blames Screens, Not Herself, For Falling Test Scores Authored by Aaron Withe and Tina Snider via RealClearPolitics, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is sounding the alarm about the decade-long decline in student test scores, pointing to screens and devices as a culprit. She’s calling it a “call to action.” She left out the part about how she helped cause the problem in the first place. For […]
- Beer Demand Goes Flat As Even Alcoholics Pull Back With Gas Above $4by Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Beer Demand Goes Flat As Even Alcoholics Pull Back With Gas Above $4 Beer sales across the U.S. over Memorial Day weekend were troublingly soft, according to a new Goldman report, which attributed the weakness primarily to a “challenging macro backdrop” and unusually cold weather across parts of the Lower 48 states. The Gulf-related fuel price shock has kept the national average for 87-octane gasoline above the politically […]
- Rubio Says ‘We Remember Their Lives And Honor Their Legacy’ On Tiananmen Massacre’s 37th Anniversaryby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Rubio Says ‘We Remember Their Lives And Honor Their Legacy’ On Tiananmen Massacre’s 37th Anniversary Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement to mark the 37th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s Tiananmen Square Massacre. “On June 4, the world marks 37 years since the Chinese Communist Party ordered its troops to attack thousands of peaceful demonstrators in […]
- Korean Officials Are “Paying Close Attention” As Foreign Outflows Trigger Bond/Won Collapseby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Korean Officials Are “Paying Close Attention” As Foreign Outflows Trigger Bond/Won Collapse Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ll know that South Korea’s stock market has been rocketing higher on the back of the AI/Semi speculation as SK Hynix and Samsung have dominated (accounting for over 40% of the KOSPI market cap)… But, as the following chart from Goldman Sachs shows, this surge in Korean stocks has been driven […]
- 63 Arrested, Crypto Millions Frozen As FBI, DOJ Team Up With Meta, Coinbase And Starlink To Bust Scammersby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 9:00 pm
63 Arrested, Crypto Millions Frozen As FBI, DOJ Team Up With Meta, Coinbase And Starlink To Bust Scammers Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, More than 1 million scam-related online accounts were taken down, and millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency were frozen, as part of a crackdown on Southeast Asian scam networks. Scam center workers, many of whom were trafficked and forced to work for criminals, are […]
- Communist Hasan Piker Blames “Homo-Fascism” After Scott Wiener Crushes His Preferred SF Candidateby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 8:40 pm
Communist Hasan Piker Blames “Homo-Fascism” After Scott Wiener Crushes His Preferred SF Candidate Far-left Turkish-American millionaire and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker lashed out during a Tuesday livestream after his friend, San Francisco congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti, was badly defeated in the primary race to succeed Nancy Pelosi. Chakrabarti, a former aide to the unhinged socialist NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, […]
- Obamacare Fraud Estimated To Cost $25 Billion This Year: Reportby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Obamacare Fraud Estimated To Cost $25 Billion This Year: Report Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, Taxpayers will foot the bill for up to $25 billion in improper Obamacare payments due to organized fraud and improper enrollments in 2026, according to a June 3 report from Paragon Health Institute. A pedestrian passes an insurance agency that offers Affordable Care Act plans in Miami, on Jan. 28, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty […]
- Trump Softens Red Line: ‘No Reason’ To Retrieve Iran’s Nuclear ‘Dust’ As It’s Effectively ‘Entombed’by Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 7:59 pm
Trump Softens Red Line: ‘No Reason’ To Retrieve Iran’s Nuclear ‘Dust’ As It’s Effectively ‘Entombed’ Summary Trump remarks suggest the fate of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is no longer be the central issue it once was. Hezbollah chief rejects outcome of Lebanon-Israel talks, insisting that a truce must encompass whole country. WSJ reports that the White House intends to maintain a ceasefire with Iran unless American […]
- Mapping America’s Robotaxi Boom As Driverless Fleets Hit More Citiesby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 7:40 pm
Mapping America’s Robotaxi Boom As Driverless Fleets Hit More Cities Robotaxi deployments are entering the scaling phase across major U.S. cities as Waymo, Lyft, Tesla, Zoox, and other autonomous vehicle firms push fleets deep into cities. The autonomous rideshare market remains in its early chapters, but the direction of travel is clear even to the modest observer: robotaxis are moving from the test phase to becoming an […]
- Zelensky Pens Lengthy Letter To Putin: ‘Enough Of War, I Am Proposing A Meeting’by Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 7:20 pm
Zelensky Pens Lengthy Letter To Putin: ‘Enough Of War, I Am Proposing A Meeting’ On Thursday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter sent to the Russian leader. It said Ukraine is also ready for a “full ceasefire.” “Ukraine proposes ending this war through direct engagement between us – and you. I am proposing a meeting,” Zelensky said in the letter. “Ukraine […]
- “Bring Your Own Capacity” – Google And Voltus To Deploy Virtual Power Plant by Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 7:00 pm
“Bring Your Own Capacity” – Google And Voltus To Deploy Virtual Power Plant Google signed a three-year Bring Your Own Capacity (BYOC) agreement with Voltus for up to 100 MW of accredited distributed capacity in the PJM Interconnection. Voltus will aggregate batteries, smart thermostats, electric vehicles, and other flexible assets from homes and businesses into a Google-funded Virtual Power Plant (VPP). When the grid needs […]
- Lights Out For Sleep Number, Shares Crash On Potential Bankruptcy Filingby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 6:40 pm
Lights Out For Sleep Number, Shares Crash On Potential Bankruptcy Filing Sleep Number Corporation shares crashed after multiple outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, reported that the mattress and bedding retailer is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. WSJ said that Sleep Number is “expected to use the Chapter 11 process to restructure its balance sheet while continuing operations. The reorganization […]
- Heavily Shorted Rumble Soars After Landing “Largest Customer Commitment To Date” In $270M AI Cloud Dealby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 5:40 pm
Heavily Shorted Rumble Soars After Landing “Largest Customer Commitment To Date” In $270M AI Cloud Deal Shares of the free-speech video platform and cloud-services company Rumble soared in premarket trading after it announced in an 8-K filing that it had signed a multi-year, $270 million deal with a third-party cloud customer for dedicated GPU cloud capacity powered by Nvidia Blackwell B300 systems. The deal, announced Thursday […]
- Satellite Imagery Appears To Show Damage At US Airbase In Kuwait After Iranian Attackby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 5:20 pm
Satellite Imagery Appears To Show Damage At US Airbase In Kuwait After Iranian Attack Via Middle East Eye Satellite imagery appears to show damage to a US air base in Kuwait following Iranian strikes on Wednesday. New imagery of the site released by Soar Atlas seems to show a destroyed shelter at the US Ali Al Salem Air Base, despite US Central Command (CENTCOM) insisting that all the missiles and drones targeting the site […]
- US Sellers Pull Homes Off Market At Near-Record Pace As Buyers Balk At High Pricesby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 5:00 pm
US Sellers Pull Homes Off Market At Near-Record Pace As Buyers Balk At High Prices With March home prices across the US sliding sequentially almost 0.2%, and rising just 0.83% YoY, the weakest annual appreciation since July 2023… … the balance in the real estate market is rapidly shifting away from a sellers’ market. And sellers are not happy. A near record 5.8% of all US home listings were pulled off the market in April, […]
- Trump Signs Executive Order To Facilitate Firing Federal Employeesby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 4:40 pm
Trump Signs Executive Order To Facilitate Firing Federal Employees Via American Greatness, President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally advanced a long-sought effort to make it easier to remove senior federal employees involved in policymaking, arguing the change will help ensure government agencies are responsive to elected leadership and the American people. Trump signed an executive order implementing Schedule […]
- Coinbase Launches Pre-IPO Perps, Starting With Elon Musk’s SpaceXby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Coinbase Launches Pre-IPO Perps, Starting With Elon Musk’s SpaceX Authored by Ryan Gladwin via Decrypt.co, Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is rolling out a perpetual futures product for pre-initial public offering (IPO) companies, allowing traders to speculate on a company’s valuation before its debut. The first pre-IPO company to be traded on the platform is Elon Musk’s aerospace company, SpaceX. The SpaceX pre-IPO will be […]
- House Defies Trump By Advancing $8BN New Ukraine Aid Packageby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 3:40 pm
House Defies Trump By Advancing $8BN New Ukraine Aid Package Late Wednesday saw President Trump receive a rare and much belated rebuke from the House of Representatives as it voted to pass a war powers resolution related to Iran. The passed resolution directs the withdrawal of US troops from armed hostilities with Iran, in a closely divided 215–208 vote, aided by four Republicans. But this wasn’t the only Trump-defying vote that […]
- Standard Chartered Sees Bitcoin Bottom “Almost In” As Crypto Crashes To 3-Month-Lowsby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 3:20 pm
Standard Chartered Sees Bitcoin Bottom “Almost In” As Crypto Crashes To 3-Month-Lows Authored by Naga Avan-Nomayo via TheBlock.co, After a brutal week for bitcoin (down over 20% in the last 9 days), Standard Chartered said the worst may soon be over for the largest cryptocurrency and the broader digital asset market. The bank’s Global Head of Digital Assets Research, Geoffrey Kendrick, said in a note entitled “The Low Is Almost […]
- “Disappointing Update”: Calvin Klein Owner PVH Crashes Most Since 1987 After Dismal Outlookby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 3:00 pm
“Disappointing Update”: Calvin Klein Owner PVH Crashes Most Since 1987 After Dismal Outlook The apparel company behind Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger was hammered in early U.S. cash trading, falling as much as 30%, its steepest intraday crash since 1987. Analysts were spooked by sustained pressure across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, where the prolonged U.S.-Iran conflict and softer consumer demand are now weighing on […]
- The United States Of Austrian Economicsby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 2:45 pm
The United States Of Austrian Economics By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset macro strategist at Rabobank Earlier in the week, on Monday, Axios reported that “Iran threatened to abandon the negotiations with the US over Israel’s actions in Lebanon,” with inside sources suggesting that Trump called Netanyahu “crazy.” While Trump did not comment on the exact language, he did confirm the use of “expletives” in an interview […]
- John Bolton To Plead Guilty In Documents Case, Pay $2M Fine: Reportby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 2:31 pm
John Bolton To Plead Guilty In Documents Case, Pay $2M Fine: Report John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, according to CNN, citing three sources familiar with the matter. Under the agreement, Bolton will pay a fine of more than $2 million. […]
- Flesh-Eating Screwworm Detected In Texas, Threatening Already-Strained U.S. Cattle Herdby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 2:20 pm
Flesh-Eating Screwworm Detected In Texas, Threatening Already-Strained U.S. Cattle Herd Concerns over the New World screwworm (NWS) have been building for the last 12 months as the deadly cattle parasite spread through Mexico and the Trump administration attempted to prevent its spread into the U.S. Those concerns have now turned into red alerts after the USDA confirmed a single case in Texas, marking the first U.S. detection in […]
- Blackstone’s Private Credit Fund Joins Peers In Gating Investors After Surge In Redemptionsby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Blackstone’s Private Credit Fund Joins Peers In Gating Investors After Surge In Redemptions The private credit gates are shutting all over again. After virtually every marquee private credit fund limited withdrawals after being flooded with redemptions requests in Q1, we are seeing more of the same as the second quarter rolls out. And two days after Cliffwater LLC capped redemptions at 5% after investors requested 17% to be […]
- Jamie Dimon To Hold “Live Interactive Discussion” With Super-Rich Clients As SpaceX IPO Roadshow Commencesby Tyler Durden on June 4, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Jamie Dimon To Hold “Live Interactive Discussion” With Super-Rich Clients As SpaceX IPO Roadshow Commences SpaceX is reportedly targeting a valuation of about $1.8 trillion as it prepares to go public next Friday, trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol SPCX. Last month, Goldman Sachs was selected as the lead bank for the SpaceX listing, alongside Morgan Stanley. JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Citigroup are also […]
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- Israelâs War on Peace: How the World Pays for Netanyahuâs Vicious Agendaby Mike Adams on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) A Global Crisis Engineered by One RegimeThere is a deliberate strategy unfolding before our eyes, and it is being orchestrated by a single regime de…
- Religious freedom claims could reshape vaccine mandate law as Supreme Court cases advanceby Willow Tohi on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Anti-vaccine groups have spent nearly $50 million on legal fees since 2016, targeting religious exemption cases Supreme Court signaled openness…
- Scientists Discover Liver Protein HELZ2 That Reduces Harmful Cholesterolby Chase Codewell on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a liver protein, HELZ2, that regulates the production of cholesterol-carrying particles …
- Iran Is Rumored to Be Close to Demonstrating a Nuclear Weaponby Mike Adams on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) We May Be Days Away from an Iranian Nuclear TestThe rumors are getting louder. Reports from serious journalists, including Pepe Escobar and former C…
- U.S.-Israel Defense Integration Advances Despite “America First” Pledgesby Douglas Harrington on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) A provision buried in the House version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would integrate the defense technology and intelligence …
- European Central Bank: Gold Surpasses U.S. Treasuries as Global Reserve Assetby Sterling Ashworth on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Gold has overtaken U.S. Treasuries as the world’s second-largest reserve asset held by central banks, according to a European Central Bank (ECB) repor…
- Florida sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT enabled teen suicide and mass shootingsby Ava Grace on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- Former CIA Analyst: Iran May Already Have Nuclear Weapon, Raising Strategic Questionsby Edison Reed on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- House Approves Resolution to End U.S. Involvement in Iran Conflictby Garrison Vance on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- Two NIH researchers charged with smuggling deactivated mpox virus into U.S.by Cassie B. on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplementation Reduced Insulin Resistance in Non-Obese Diabetic Rats, Study Findsby Coco Somers on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- The cholesterol crisis in your drinkby Ava Grace on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- Ginger Supplementation Reduces Muscle Soreness, Review Findsby Petra Stone on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- Trump: U.S. Ground Operation Not Needed in Iran Conflictby Garrison Vance on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- Drone war escalates as Ukraine strikes Crimea, killing four civilians in Simferopol attackby Cassie B. on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) At least four people were killed and ten wounded in Ukrainian drone strikes on Crimea, including attacks on a train and nonresidential facilities….
- The Epstein Files: Unmasking the globalist agenda of controlby Ramon Tomey on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- Fruits High in Potassium: Key Sources and Dietary Considerationsby Coco Somers on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- California Assembly Passes Bill to Phase Out PFAS Pesticides Amid Calls for Broader Banby Iva Greene on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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- Mysterious zircon crystal found in King Tut’s “alien glass” reveals temperatures hotter than a volcanoby Jacob Thomas on June 4, 2026 at 6:00 am
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The Defiant Defi News. The Defiant curates, digests, and analyzes all the major developments in decentralized finance, so that you can stay informed and smart about the most cutting-edge and fastest-changing corner of crypto and finance.
- 0x Opens Cross-Chain API to All Developers with 12 Bridge Partners on Day Oneby The Defiant Team on June 4, 2026 at 8:55 pm
0x Protocol has opened its Cross-Chain API to general availability with 12 bridge providers live from day one, including Circle, LayerZero, Stargate and Across — accessible through a single API integration.
- Arthur Hayes Exits Entire HYPE and NEAR Positions, Cites Iran War and AI IPO Pipelineby The Defiant Team on June 4, 2026 at 8:40 pm
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes sold his full Hyperliquid and NEAR Protocol holdings on June 4, citing rising energy prices, a pipeline of AI IPOs, and a predicted Trump pivot against AI. A fuller rationale arrives in his “Reality Test” essay on June 9.
- ERC-3643: The Case for Permissioned Tokens for Insitutional Adoptionby Chris Storaker on June 4, 2026 at 4:51 pm
What if the blockchain token you hold doesn’t actually give you ownership of the underlying asset? Dennis O’Connell of the ERC-3643 Association joins Converge to expose the hidden differences between tokenization standards — and why knowing which one you’re buying matters more than most people
- Spot Bitcoin ETF Outflow Streak Extends to Record 13 Days, $4.4B Cumulativeby The Defiant Team on June 4, 2026 at 3:30 pm
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a 13th consecutive day of net outflows on Wednesday, extending the longest withdrawal streak in the products’ history to $4.4 billion cumulative since May 15.
- BitMine Files for $300M Preferred Stock Offering at 9.5% Yield to Expand ETH Treasuryby The Defiant Team on June 4, 2026 at 2:55 pm
BitMine Immersion Technologies filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement to raise up to $300 million through Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock at a 9.5% cumulative dividend — applying Strategy’s STRC capital-markets playbook to a corporate Ethereum treasury sitting on $9.2 billion in unrealized losses.
- Coinbase Launches Pre-IPO Perpetual Futures, Starting with SpaceXby The Defiant Team on June 4, 2026 at 2:47 pm
Coinbase International Exchange, operating through its BMA-licensed Bermuda entity, now offers USDC-settled perpetual futures on private-company valuations, with SpaceX as the first listing.
- Sky Launches Fixed-Rate Yield Product Built on Pendle, Targeting $6B sUSDS Poolby The Defiant Team on June 4, 2026 at 2:45 pm
Sky (formerly MakerDAO) launched Fixed Yield on Wednesday — a term-based alternative to the variable Sky Savings Rate built on Pendle Protocol v2, giving sUSDS depositors a locked rate to a named maturity date.
- Western Union Deploys USDPT on Bybit’s Fiat Channels in Latin Americaby The Defiant Team on June 4, 2026 at 2:45 pm
Western Union has made its USDPT stablecoin available on Bybit’s fiat channels in Latin America, making Bybit the first major crypto exchange to integrate USDPT — arriving two days after MoneyGram launched its own rival dollar token on Stellar.
- Visa and Brale Test Privacy-Enabled SBC Stablecoin Settlement on Canton Networkby The Defiant Team on June 4, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Visa and stablecoin issuer Brale are piloting settlement using SBC, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, on Canton Network, the privacy-preserving institutional DLT, testing whether blockchain settlement can meet bank-grade compliance requirements.
- Deel Deploys Stripe’s Full Stablecoin Stack to Pay 1.5M Contractors in DLUSDby The Defiant Team on June 3, 2026 at 9:18 pm
Deel is the first enterprise to combine Bridge, Privy, and Tempo in a single product, issuing a custom USD-denominated stablecoin for 1.5 million contractors across 150 countries, starting in Argentina.












































































































