Monday, June 15, 2026

Cardano’s Hoskinson Says Disputed 1,096 Bitcoin Funded a 2016 Audit Amid $70 Million Mystery

Image of Charles Hoskinson against an ADA logo backdrop.Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson has said that 1,096 BTC, worth roughly $70 million today, held by an Isle of Man foundation was used to cover audit costs from the project’s 2016 crowdsale. Founder Addresses a Long-Running Mystery Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Cardano and chief executive of Input Output, has clarified the fate of 1,096 […]

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$150 Million in Crypto Shorts Liquidated as Bitcoin Closes in on $66K

Trading chart showing red candles.Roughly $150 million worth of short positions were wiped out across the crypto market after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a peace deal, as bitcoin seeks to claim the $66,000 threshold. Short Squeeze Follows Geopolitical De-escalation About $150 million in short positions were liquidated following the U.S.-Iran peace agreement. The wipeout came as bitcoin […]

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ZEC Surges 17% After Emergency Fork Seals Flaw and Triggers $13M Short Squeeze

Zcash Nears $500Zcash’s price jumped 17% in under 10 hours—moving from $426 to nearly $500—adding over $1 billion to its market capitalization and triggering more than $13 million in short liquidations. ZEC Liquidates $13M in Short Bets Privacy coin ZEC surged early Monday, June 15, amid reports that the Zcash protocol underwent an emergency hard fork to […]

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Oil Prices Crash 4% And Bitcoin Approaches $66,000 as Trump Declares US-Iran Peace Deal ‘Complete’

Price chart showing Bitcoin's ongoing climb toward $66,000Crude oil prices fell roughly 4% after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that a peace deal with Iran is “officially complete” and that the Strait of Hormuz is now open. The selloff rippled into risk assets as bitcoin reclaimed $65,000. Crude Slides as Trump Declares Iran Deal Done Brent crude futures for August delivery traded […]

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Sunday, June 14, 2026

BTC Momentum Turns Positive as Bitcoin Fights to Hold the $64,000 Zone

Bitcoin daily chart on Sunday, June 14, 2026.Bitcoin ( BTC) is trading at $64,549 per coin on June 14, 2026, at 8 a.m. Eastern time, holding above a critical demand zone while the daily chart carries a bearish technical rating and lower timeframes show the first signs of stabilization since the multi-week decline from early May highs near $82,969. Daily Chart: Corrective […]

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Latam Insights: Inside Brazil’s CBDC Privacy Bill and Latin America’s $1.5 Trillion Stablecoin Economy

Map of LatamWelcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Brazil proposes guardrails against CBDC abuse, Bitfinex highlights the tokenization potential in Venezuela, and Rain reports massive growth in Latam’s stablecoin adoption. Brazil Proposes Rigid Guardrails to Stop Government Abuse of Central Bank […]

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Michael Saylor’s Pivot, Blackrock’s New ETP, and More – Week In Review

This week’s crypto conversation touched treasury strategy, regulation, market psychology, product innovation, and security. Michael Saylor said Strategy may sell bitcoin when needed, Mike Selig vowed to end regulation by enforcement, and XRP sentiment sank to an eight-month low. Blackrock edged closer to a bitcoin income ETF, while Tim Draper argued that quantum risk may […]

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