What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
Author: Editorial Office CVJ.CH
Editorial Office CVJ.CH
Since 2018, the editorial team at Crypto Valley Journal has been reporting from Zug - the heart of Switzerland’s Crypto Valley - on Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and regulatory developments in digital assets. Behind the publication’s collective editorial voice is a team of writers with backgrounds in financial markets, law, and technology.
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SBF appeal rejected: a US appeals court unanimously upholds Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year prison sentence for the FTX fraud case.
SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures price the stock about 29% above the $135 IPO reference, implying a $2.2 trillion valuation.
The CFTC Innovation Agenda under Chairman Selig replaces enforcement with clear rules for crypto, perpetual futures and prediction markets.
Citigroup launches tokenized shares of private companies on the FINMA-licensed SDX platform, initially only for non-US investors.
BlackRock files its fourth S-1 amendment for the Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA). Analysts expect a launch ahead of Goldman Sachs.
Ripple launches a toolkit for agentic payments on the XRPL with the x402 protocol, XRP and RLUSD.
More than 50% of the bitcoin supply now sits at a loss. K33 sees parallels to earlier bear market lows that followed within weeks.
Crypto sanctions against Russia: the 21st package proposes a first-ever ban on crypto services targeting entire third countries.
MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho plan to jointly issue a yen stablecoin by March 2027, backed by the FSA pilot program and an LDP recommendation.
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 with automatic fallback across three high-risk areas, the first publicly available Mythos-class model.
A Reuters analysis estimates the Trump family’s crypto gains at $2.3 billion, while investors incurred book losses of the same amount.
IC3 researchers refute three central promises of the AI and blockchain market narrative in a 155-page survey on crypto and AI.
Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Coinbase are planning a stablecoin consortium – a direct attack on Circle’s USDC.
XRP Ledger 3.2.0 renames the core software rippled to xrpld. Node operators must update; the release is planned for around 15 June.
JPMorgan urges Strategy to rebuild its dollar reserves after the first Bitcoin sale since 2022 and grades digital assets as cautious.
What separates Dogecoin from Bitcoin is its unlimited supply, and the 2013 satire coin now trades through its own US spot ETF.
Bitcoin overtakes gold in the US: per River’s report, 49.6 million Americans own Bitcoin, while just 28.8 million still hold gold.
