Morning Edition · Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Crypto
Five Departed Ethereum Researchers Launch Ethlabs, Turning a Funding Gap Into a Contest Over Who Steers the Network
Backed by Joe Lubin, Bitmine and Sharplink, the new nonprofit reframes Ethereum's research crisis as a fight over money, neutrality and ether's monetary role.
Tech
Trump Signs Twin Quantum Orders, Pulling Forward the Timeline Crypto Custody Has Been Planning Around
One order targets a working quantum computer by 2028, the other accelerates federal migration to post-quantum encryption, moving the threat from theory to scheduled deadlines.
Crypto
United States Senate Passes Four-Year Ban on a Federal Reserve Digital Dollar, 85 to 5
A central bank digital currency prohibition advanced as part of a must-pass housing bill, converting crypto-industry political spending into statute.
Markets
Bitcoin Falls Below $63,000 as a Rotation Out of AI and Chip Stocks Drags Risk Assets Down
South Korea's KOSPI dropped more than 6 percent and crypto fell with global equities, underlining how closely digital assets now track the artificial-intelligence trade.
Crypto
Security Roundup: Reproductions of the SquidRouterModule Drain Headline a Run of DeFi Incidents
An access-control flaw in a third-party Safe module, a forced-swap drain and an overnight vault redemption scare illustrate the recurring attack surface in decentralized finance.
Crypto
Privacy Chains Sharpen an Institutional Pitch, and a Debate Over Who Holds the Off-Switch
Aztec and Miden argue confidential execution is now a prerequisite for serious on-chain use, while contesting who controls the ability to disclose.
Crypto
Ripple Wins Preliminary MiCA Approval in Luxembourg, Opening Regulated Crypto Payments Across Europe
A single license from Luxembourg's regulator would passport Ripple's payment services to all 30 European Economic Area states ahead of a July transition deadline.
Crypto
Ripple Spotlights a Tokenized Treasury Settlement With JPMorgan and Ondo on the XRP Ledger
A cross-border redemption of a tokenized United States Treasury fund settled in seconds, showing real-world assets functioning as live, movable instruments rather than static collateral.
Crypto
Binance Adds Dollar-Margined TradFi Perpetual Contracts, Extending the Perps Land Grab Offshore
The exchange plans multiple perpetual futures tracking traditional-finance assets, widening a market-structure contest already unfolding inside the United States.
Crypto
Bank of England Sets Stablecoin Rules and Caps Sterling Tokens Near $53 Billion
The framework removes per-wallet limits but keeps systemic pound stablecoins far below the scale of dollar tokens at launch.
Macro
Bank of America Now Expects Three Fed Rate Hikes This Year as Warsh's Inflation Fight Hardens
A forecast for tightening under the new Federal Reserve chair injects real-rate uncertainty that pressures risk assets, crypto included.
Crypto
New Research Tackles the Core Privacy Problem: Compliance Without Surrendering Confidentiality
A fresh cryptography paper on selective disclosure, alongside debate over money as a security, signals where the privacy frontier is being argued among researchers.