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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Binance withdraws its Greek MiCA license application and halts all EU crypto services from 1 July. Customers must withdraw their funds.
SBI Holdings acquires Bitbank for USD 288.6 million, becoming Japan’s largest crypto exchange operator by assets under management.
The Bitcoin price falls below USD 60,000 to its lowest level since October 2024 as Strategy, ETF buyers and retail all retreat at once.
The Ethereum Foundation budget falls 40 percent: the foundation cuts 54 positions and reorganizes as a lean endowment across five clusters.
Four US law enforcement organizations warn that Section 604 of the Clarity Act would hinder investigations into crypto crime.
Cboe prediction markets launch with binary options on the S&P 500 under SEC oversight, positioning Cboe against rivals Kalshi and Polymarket.
Meta is building the prediction market app Arena under Zuckerberg as an attack on Polymarket and Kalshi, initially without real money.
The EU Parliament’s ECON committee has approved the legal framework for the digital euro and ordered trilogue negotiations to begin.
ICE and OKX launch a 50/50 joint venture for round-the-clock tokenized NYSE shares. Co-chair of the venture is ex-governor Andrew Cuomo.
Trump orders US federal agencies to complete their post-quantum migration by 2031. What the deadlines mean for Bitcoin & Co.
Input Output Group launches the Cardano show BLOCK//45 on YouTube as the treasury budget falls and several funding proposals fail.
Polymarket bets exposed: WSJ reveals paid influencers, staged wins on cloned dummy sites and deliberate targeting of barred US users.
A Japanese pension fund commits 1% of its assets to crypto from fiscal 2026, framing the move as a hedge against currency risk.
What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
Kalshi IPO: the largest US-regulated prediction-market exchange holds early bank talks, with annualized revenue now above USD 2 billion.
The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Cluster rated 62 EIPs and set December 2029 as the target for a quantum-safe Ethereum base layer.
Bitcoin near USD 78,000 and stablecoin supply above USD 300 billion shape the crypto market outlook heading into Q4 2026.
