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On June 19 the price of the leading cryptocurrency slid to $62,000 — the asset lost about 3% over the day. Ethereum fell below $1,700. The 15-minute BTC/USDT chart on the Binance exchange.

Congressmen Mike Lawler and Pat Ryan introduced the National Security Commission Quantum Computing Act of 2026. The document provides for the creation of an independent commission to assess the development of quantum computing and its impact on US national security. The commission is to consist of 11 members. It is

The BP token of the young crypto exchange Backpack soared 150% in a week, and the market is increasingly asking whether it can repeat FTX's path. According to the observation of DeFi analyst Ignas, Backpack is a contender for the role of the cycle's new major exchange amid the prospect that Binance may lose its

The Hyperliquid exchange faced a wave of criticism over how it applied UK sanctions against the HTX crypto exchange. According to a user under the nickname as required , the platform chose the harshest interpretation of the sanctions and is blocking wallets that only indirectly came into contact with HTX. Addresses

Anthropic and the Indian startup Sarvam AI are developing artificial intelligence on different continents. However, the two leading labs are linked by more than just global rivalry. Deep financial parallels have emerged between them that go far beyond mere technology. The main reason for the similarity lies in the

Anthropic presented the results of the second phase of the Project Fetch experiment, in which the AI model Claude Opus 4.7 learned to work with a commercial quadruped robot on its own. During the tests, the model, without human help, completed a series of tasks for connecting to sensors, programming, and navigating

The CFTC and the SEC requested public comment on the definitions of swaps and other derivative instruments. The regulators' actions come amid a conflict with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group). On June 17, CME head Terrence Duffy announced his intention to sue the CFTC. The reason was the agency's

On the evening of June 18, 2026, the rate of Strategy's floating-dividend-rate preferred shares STRC fell below $83 against a par value of $100. This was commented on by the well-known skeptic Peter Schiff, who noted that prison awaits Michael Saylor. The financial house of cards @Saylor built is collapsing. $MSTR's

Three Amazon engineers filed a complaint with the Seattle Office for Civil Rights over the company's internal investigation. According to the employees, the reason was their statements in support of a moratorium on large data centers, The Verge reports. On June 9, the Seattle City Council unanimously introduced a

A surge in microtransactions has become the main driver of growth in bitcoin network activity. The share of transfers under 0.01 BTC has risen to about 80% of the daily number of transactions, CryptoQuant reported.