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June 18, 2026 3:41 PM GMT

Ethereum Foundation loses another key leader as co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang resigns

The Ethereum Foundation's (EF) co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang shared that she has stepped down from her role leading the organization effective immediately, in a post shared on X on Thursday.

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June 18, 2026 3:00 PM GMT

Crypto for Advisors: Trading the bitcoin cycle

You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that unpacks digital assets for financial advisors. Subscribe here to get it every Thursday.

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June 18, 2026 2:00 PM GMT

Algorand unveils roadmap to achieve quantum resistance by 2028

The Algorand Foundation unveiled a roadmap to make its blockchain quantum-resistant by the end of next year, becoming the latest crypto network to outline plans for a future in which quantum computers could threaten the…

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June 18, 2026 1:13 PM GMT

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Stellar (XLM) jumps 10% while index declines

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.

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June 18, 2026 1:00 PM GMT

Alchemy's AI-driven identity and payment service gains access to Visa network

Blockchain infrastructure firm Alchemy said AI agents with its AgentCard now have access to the Visa (V) network with complete identity and payment capabilities, enabling them to make online purchases on behalf of consu…

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June 18, 2026 11:49 AM GMT

Hive shares jumps 10% on $220m Canada sovereign AI infrastructure deal

HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE) shares jumped 10% in pre-market trading on Thursday after the company announced a $220 million, three-year GPU cloud contract with Bell Canada and AI firm Cohere, as the company continue…

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June 18, 2026 11:37 AM GMT

The great rotation: Investors desert the Magnificent 7, crypto for AI bottlenecks

The best-performing stocks of the past decade are coming under pressure as investors question the enormous cost of the AI arms race and rotate into new fields with stronger momentum.

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June 18, 2026 11:10 AM GMT

Bitcoin's nemesis, the Dollar Index, is on the verge of a major breakout

This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here, if you haven't already.

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June 18, 2026 11:02 AM GMT

Aster popped over 10% on radical 'buyback and burn' upgrade. But gains were short-lived

Decentralized perpetuals-dedicated exchange Aster's native token ASTER popped and dropped sharply in 24 hours as protocol-focused bullish news ran into a hawkish Fed meeting and broader market weakness.

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June 18, 2026 10:56 AM GMT

Crypto market positioning is 'defensive and thin' after Fed, Marex  analysts say

The crypto market slipped a day after the Federal Reserve raised expectations that U.S. interest rates are headed higher.

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June 18, 2026 10:43 AM GMT

Malta's financial regulator explores bringing parts of DeFi under MiCA's orbit

Malta's financial regulator is exploring how decentralized finance (DeFi) could fit within the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, focusing on governance, accountability and the meaning of "full …

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June 18, 2026 7:08 AM GMT

The bond market is flashing a clear signal on interest rates. Bitcoin bulls should take note

Something has drastically shifted in the bond market, and it's offering negative cues to risk assets, including bitcoin

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June 18, 2026 6:02 AM GMT

Live markets: Bitcoin and ether ETFs lost $111 million combined as rate-cut hopes died

US spot bitcoin and ether ETFs both turned to outflows on Wednesday in a sign the recovery rally has lost its institutional bid.

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June 18, 2026 5:49 AM GMT

Strategy's STRC preferred stock hits a record low below par

A preferred stock that Strategy (MSTR) uses to help fund its bitcoin buying has fallen to a record low, constricting one of the company's funding channels.

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June 18, 2026 5:08 AM GMT

XRP slips 4% below $1.20 after breakout rally stalls near key resistance

XRP's push toward $1.25 ran into the same problem that has capped every rally since the spring selloff: sellers waiting overhead. After briefly trading above $1.22, the token lost the $1.20 level on heavy volume and spe…

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June 18, 2026 5:08 AM GMT

Buying bitcoin below its 200-week average has historically delivered over 100% in median returns, Kraken says

That level is the 200-week simple moving average (SMA), which represents the token's average price over that period, providing traders with a clear glimpse of the long-term trend while cutting through day-to-day noise.

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June 18, 2026 4:52 AM GMT

Bitcoin, ether slide after a hawkish Fed, even as Trump's signed Iran deal lifts stocks

Crypto fell across the board on Thursday, shrugging off a signed Iran peace deal that lifted stocks, after the Federal Reserve held interest rates but made clear it is more worried about inflation than growth.

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June 18, 2026 4:00 AM GMT

Next bull run will be slower, less volatile as investors' crypto appetite evolves, Bitwise CIO says

Any recovery in the crypto market is likely to take longer than traders expect because Wall Street investors and advisory firms are now focusing on real-world applications, such as tokenization, and artificial intellige…

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June 18, 2026 3:44 AM GMT

CME chief executive says company plans to sue CFTC after perpetual futures approval

CME Chief Executive Terrence Duffy said the derivatives provider planned to sue the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after it approved perpetual futures products earlier this month.

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June 17, 2026 9:20 PM GMT

Kentucky targets prediction markets, puts red state in potential clash with Trump team

Kentucky's attorney general has sued leading prediction market firms Kalshi and Polymarket, accusing them of offering illegal sports betting without a license, adding its name to the growing list of states opposing the …

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June 17, 2026 8:30 PM GMT

Fidelity joins Wall Street's race to manage stablecoin reserves

Fidelity Investments is the latest Wall Street firm seeking a role in one of the fastest-growing corners of digital assets: managing the reserves that back stablecoins.

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June 17, 2026 7:23 PM GMT

Here is how Coinbase plan to survive the crypto downturn by ditching its reliance on trading fees

Coinbase's (COIN) latest product launch event may not have changed Wall Street's near-term earnings forecasts, but it reinforced a growing belief among analysts that the crypto exchange is steadily transforming itself i…

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June 17, 2026 7:17 PM GMT

Bitcoin layer-2s face a bear-market reality check

When Botanix announced last week that it would be winding down operations, the Bitcoin layer-2 project did not try to sugarcoat its message.

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June 17, 2026 7:08 PM GMT

FIFA wanted Avalanche's blockchain to help curb World Cup ticket scalping. Here's how it's going

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s tech newsletter covering the most important stories in blockchain. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk.

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