The Wire — July 16, 2026
A Dune study commissioned by 1inch finds 85% of concentrated DeFi liquidity sits idle, leaving $150M in fees on the table, as a Robinhood Chain launchpad halts and ETH outflows collide with smart-money shorts.
The Wire PM — July 15, 2026
Ostium halts trading after an $18M oracle exploit as Kraken Institutional builds yield vaults on idle crypto and Aave takes V4 live on Avalanche.
The Wire — July 15, 2026
Bitmine says ETH staking drove 98% of its quarterly revenue as the UK moves to defer capital gains tax on DeFi deposits and bitcoin pushes past $65,000 on a cooling CPI.
The Wire PM — July 14, 2026
Galaxy launched a managed onchain borrowing product priced off Aave, Morpho, Spark and Kamino, and started publishing the blended rate daily as a public benchmark.
The Wire — July 14, 2026
HMRC will stop treating crypto lending and liquidity pool deposits as taxable disposals, deferring capital gains until an economic disposal actually happens.
The Wire PM — July 13, 2026
A zeroed signature passed Bonzo Lend's oracle verifier and $9.05M walked out against 250 SAUCE of collateral
The Wire — July 13, 2026
SBI Holdings is taking the Solana Foundation onto its balance sheet: SBI R3 Japan becomes SBI Solana Global, a vehicle for yen stablecoins and tokenized RWAs.
The Wire PM — July 12, 2026
Strategy sits $9.7B underwater on 843,775 BTC, and Standard Chartered says the story Saylor is telling no longer matches the trades.
The Wire — July 12, 2026
Stablecoin supply has shrunk by $10 billion since May, the fastest contraction since Terra, and almost all of it left Ethereum. Solana barely moved.
The Wire PM — July 11, 2026
A $9M oracle exploit hit Bonzo Lend on Hedera, and the attack path is the one lending markets keep underpricing.
The Wire — July 11, 2026
A US central bank digital currency is now banned by law after the housing bill became law without Trump's signature.
The Wire PM — July 10, 2026
Empery Digital sells nearly half its bitcoin to fund an AI pivot as SK Hynix shares arrive tokenized on Solana and agentic trading spreads across exchanges.
The Wire — July 10, 2026
Circle wins final OCC approval for a national trust bank as bitcoin holds near $64,000 and 70% of exiting EU users move to self-custody after MiCA.
The Wire PM — July 9, 2026
Crypto's market structure bill stalls as CFTC seats sit empty, Swift puts 17 banks on a blockchain ledger, and Ethereum sets AI loose on its own code.
The Wire — July 9, 2026
Crypto hack losses fell below $1 billion in the first half of 2026 even as attack volume hit a record, while Aave, Jito and Chainlink CCIP reshaped where DeFi yield and cross-chain flow actually sit.
The Wire PM — July 8, 2026
US spot bitcoin ETFs steady after a record $8 billion bleed, while Brussels moves to widen MiCA to tokenized assets and offshore stablecoin issuers.
The Wire — July 8, 2026
Strategy trims 3,588 BTC as analysts watch whether future sales stay discretionary.
The Wire PM — July 7, 2026
Bitcoin touches a multi-week high before fading as Wintermute warns of a relief rally, while the SEC readies 2026 rule changes for crypto exchanges and brokers.
The Wire — July 7, 2026
Coinbase wins a UK license to trade stocks and derivatives alongside crypto as bitcoin stalls near $64,000 and USDC pulls ahead of Tether on volume.
The Wire PM — July 6, 2026
BonkDAO's treasury is drained for $20 million in a governance attack as stolen BONK hits exchanges and Upbit halts withdrawals.
The Wire — July 6, 2026
A $6 million flash loan exploit hits Summer.fi's Lazy Summer Protocol, the latest reminder that headline yield means nothing without security.
The Wire PM — July 4, 2026
Bitcoin reclaims $63,000 in thin holiday trading while CryptoQuant flags a whale-sized spike in exchange deposits.
The Wire — July 4, 2026
The UK's crypto rulebook sets a high bar for custody, staking and stablecoins as whales absorb a record $4B in ETF outflows.
The Wire PM — July 3, 2026
Whale deposits to exchanges hit a 2026 extreme as CryptoQuant flags volatility risk into the July 4 weekend.
The Wire — July 3, 2026
A short squeeze lifts bitcoin toward $62,000 as ETH and SOL post the market's strongest week since mid-June.
The Wire PM — July 2, 2026
Forward Industries pushes its Solana treasury past 7.55M SOL as the stock jumps 17%, Robinhood Chain goes live on mainnet, and BTC pops off a 21-month low with SOL leading the majors
The Wire — July 2, 2026
Europe's MiCA regime is fully in force after the July 1 deadline, reshaping who can serve EU crypto users.
The Wire — June 30, 2026
Analysts split on Strategy as TD Cowen cuts its target to $260, bitcoin tests support near $58K, and Solana DeFi holds $4.7B through a red tape
The Wire PM — June 29, 2026
JPMorgan likens yield-bearing stablecoins to shadow banking as BNY and Circle deepen USDC rails, BitMine pushes its ETH treasury to 5.7M, and SOL leads the majors into the quarter's close
The Wire — June 29, 2026
Strategy pauses its bitcoin buys and stands up a $1B credit backstop as the stock trades deep underwater, while SOL again leads the majors and Solana DeFi holds $4.8B
The Wire PM — June 28, 2026
Spot bitcoin ETFs close their seventh straight negative week with the average IBIT holder down 40%, a $2.4M Cardano wallet exploit tests a recovery promise, and stablecoin usage keeps diverging from where its founders sit
The Wire PM — June 27, 2026
Crypto equities crater as Coinbase and Circle sink 70% from highs, while DCG-backed Yuma opens an institutional door to Bittensor and EU lawmakers eye DeFi rules
The Wire — June 27, 2026
Strategy loses its bitcoin premium as enterprise mNAV slips below 1, while Solana treasury stocks rip and SOL leads the majors off the lows
The Wire PM — June 25, 2026
Bitcoin slips under $60,000 into a $10.6 billion quarterly options expiry, keeping stablecoin carry the defensive trade on Solana
The Wire PM — June 23, 2026
Ripple wins preliminary MiCA approval in Luxembourg eight days before the EU deadline, as the bank-led push into regulated stablecoin rails picks up pace
The Wire — June 23, 2026
A leveraged long flush wiped out more than 144,000 traders and $714M in positions as Bitcoin broke under $63K, dragging Solana and Ether to fresh lows
The Wire PM — June 22, 2026
MoneyGram becomes a Solana validator, ICE and OKX launch a tokenized-equities venture led by Andrew Cuomo, and the Bank of England eases its stablecoin rules with a £40B issuance cap.
The Wire — June 22, 2026
South Korea's Toss Bank signs a Solana Foundation pact to test stablecoin remittances, an Ethereum proposal would tap validator rewards to fund core work, and Bitcoin reclaims $65K as Hormuz risk eases.
The Wire PM — June 21, 2026
AI audit tools are pushing the cost of a basic smart contract review toward zero, even as the weekend's exploits showed the losses that code review alone cannot stop
The Wire — June 21, 2026
An Axelar bridge for Secret Network was drained of $4.67M in an infinite-mint exploit that sat unnoticed for seven days, one of two DeFi security failures over the weekend
The Wire PM — June 20, 2026
Andre Cronje and two co-founders stepped down from the Sonic Labs board as the S token sits 97% below its peak, a governance event that matters more to yield allocators than any single APY
The Wire — June 20, 2026
Bitcoin's four-day slide met an early bounce led by SOL, which climbed 3.4% to $71 as Solana DeFi TVL ticked back toward $4.85B
The Wire PM — June 19, 2026
Strive calls a leverage-driven rout the 'most difficult day in the history of digital credit,' TD Cowen backs CME against the CFTC, and Solana steadies after two days of post-Fed selling
The Wire — June 19, 2026
Franklin Templeton files dividend-into-bitcoin ETFs, Morgan Stanley undercuts every rival at 0.14% on ETH and SOL funds, and a second day of post-Fed risk-off drags SOL to $68
The Wire PM — June 18, 2026
The Fed proposes stablecoin KYC rules, JPMorgan flags miners underwater below cost, and Ethereum marks the DAO hack's 10th year with a $130M security fund
The Wire — June 18, 2026
Aztec probes a $2M exploit of a contract it sunset in 2022, Tether winds down aUSDT, and Bitcoin holds near $64K as ETFs bleed $82M
The Wire PM — June 17, 2026
Bitcoin slips after the first FOMC under Kevin Warsh, and a Coinbase-backed perps DEX joins the shutdown list.
The Wire — June 17, 2026
Zama, Morpho and Steakhouse launch the first confidential DeFi yield vault on Ethereum; Australia's High Court rules a crypto yield product is a financial product; Solstice makes the case for revenue-backed yield; and Standard Chartered puts a $100 target on Uniswap.
The Wire PM — June 16, 2026
Pump.fun activity craters 80% in three months, dragging Solana fees lower as traders rotate into perps; Coinbase launches dividend-bearing tokenized US stocks; Robinhood cuts 10% of staff; and MANTRA agrees to a buyout.
The Wire — June 16, 2026
BlackRock ships a covered-call Bitcoin ETF chasing double-digit yield as prices cool, Ledn pegs the bitcoin-backed lending market at $1 trillion, and Hyperliquid ETFs pull cash that spot BTC funds are losing.
The Wire PM — June 15, 2026
Standard Chartered says Wall Street could push Uniswap's UNI nearly 40x by 2030, BitMine adds 76,881 ETH, and Forward Industries moves to consolidate Solana treasury firms.
The Wire — June 15, 2026
Bitcoin tops $65K and crypto rallies hard on reports of a US-Iran deal, Strategy adds another 1,587 BTC, and Zimbabwe moves to license crypto firms.
The Wire PM — June 14, 2026
HYPE ETFs bleed $161M as Wall Street buys direct Hyperliquid exposure, the MiCA deadline threatens to cut off millions of EU users, and quantum risk lands on bank balance sheets.
The Wire — June 14, 2026
Tokenized treasury markets hit $14.6B as crypto exchanges turn into brokerages, Wall Street pushes deeper into Ethereum, and a $36M hack is tied to North Korean actors.
The Wire PM — June 13, 2026
Coinbase's new quantum report flags millions of bitcoin in exchange cold wallets as exposed
The Wire — June 13, 2026
GameStop rolls its Coinbase covered-call deal forward at an $80,000 strike, booking $5.8M in premium while capping upside on nearly all of its 4,709 BTC.
The Wire PM — June 12, 2026
Bybit, Binance and Bitget scrap tokenized SpaceX allocations after a supply shortfall, while Standard Chartered calls the crypto winter over.
The Wire — June 12, 2026
Exodus and Ondo bring 200-plus tokenized US stocks and ETFs to Solana, the same week the SEC moves to scrap a 20-year equity rule that blocked on-chain trading.
The Wire PM — June 11, 2026
Digital Asset raises $355M for Canton from a16z and Abu Dhabi's wealth fund, JPMorgan flags a faster bitcoin debasement-trade retreat, and Coinbase gives AI agents their own accounts
The Wire — June 11, 2026
Onchain markets price SpaceX above $2T on IPO eve, Bitcoin ETFs bleed $2.1B in June, and Japan passes a bill to regulate crypto like stocks
The Wire PM — June 10, 2026
Raydium covers a $1.34M exploit on a retired program, Helius buys Light Protocol, Curve ships Llamalend v2, and a Bitcoin L2 winds down citing weak DeFi demand
The Wire — June 10, 2026
Bitcoin slides near cycle lows with more than half of supply underwater, Solana lands a World Series of Poker sponsorship, and DeFi credit keeps drawing institutional money through Morpho and Ethena
The Wire PM — June 9, 2026
Morpho raises $175M to build an open onchain credit network, Circle puts bitcoin to work in Ethereum DeFi with cirBTC, and SOL slides toward the mid-$60s as token unlocks add supply
The Wire — June 9, 2026
Bitcoin and ether steady in the low ranges as traders wait on US inflation data, while Solana lending deposits push past $4.26B and ether staking rewards keep compressing
The Wire PM — June 8, 2026
Aave's founder reframes a $8.45B deposit run as resilience as new reporting details the $300M bailout, Citrini turns bullish on Hyperliquid, and BitMine keeps buying the ETH dip
The Wire — June 8, 2026
Bitcoin reclaims $63K and flushes $540M in shorts even as spot ETFs post their worst week since February 2025, MetaMask builds a wallet for AI agents, and the UK and US move on crypto fund rules
The Wire PM — June 7, 2026
JPMorgan ties crypto's near-term path to Strategy's dividend math and a stalling Clarity Act, Arthur Hayes flags Hyperliquid's fee-burn risk, and AI models start finding crypto's critical bugs first
The Wire — June 7, 2026
HTX moves to delist World Liberty's USD1 after an on-chain freeze, Hyperion unwinds $29M in HYPE, and Microsoft flags a credential-leak flaw in AI coding agents
The Wire PM — June 6, 2026
A Joseph Lubin-linked wallet tops up a MakerDAO vault to dodge liquidation as ETH holds near $1,560 and bitcoin gives back its post-election gains
The Wire — June 6, 2026
Bitcoin reclaims $61,000 after a $1.6 billion liquidation rout, while a Zcash bug researcher turns an AI audit tool on Monero
The Wire PM — June 5, 2026
Bitcoin breaks below $60K after strong jobs data; Morgan Stanley opens crypto lending for in-kind ETF conversions
The Wire — June 5, 2026
Bitcoin tests $62K as ETF outflows and Strategy's sale hit sentiment; ZEC crashes 50% on bug disclosure
The Wire PM - June 4, 2026
Coinbase opens pre-IPO perps starting with SpaceX at a $1.77T valuation. Ether.fi routes $100M into Plume's RWA vault.
The Wire - June 4, 2026
Bitcoin crashes to $61.5K overnight as $1.64B in levered positions are liquidated. ETF outflows hit $4.4B over 13 sessions.
The Wire PM, June 3, 2026
Bitcoin extends losses to $65K as $1.8B liquidated in 24 hours, SEC elevates digital assets to strategic priority through 2030
The Wire — June 3, 2026
Bitcoin slides to $65,710 as record ETF outflows reach $3.5B and Strategy sells BTC for first time in four years
The Wire PM — June 2, 2026
Bitcoin crashes to $67,468, lowest since April, as 10x Research warns of a slide to $50,000
The Wire — June 2, 2026
Bitcoin breaks below $70,000 as Strategy's first sale since 2022 and record ETF outflows of $3.45 billion shake investor confidence
The Wire PM - June 1, 2026
BitMine adds 26,497 ETH as it closes in on 5% of Ethereum's supply while Binance rolls out 7,000 US stocks for global traders
The Wire - June 1, 2026
Crypto markets open June in the red as US-Iran tensions escalate and BTC ETF outflows hit a record streak
The Wire PM - May 31, 2026
Cardano cancels 2026 summit after treasury vote fails. Vietnam proposes crypto as SME loan collateral. Lummis warns China will set rules if CLARITY stalls.
The Wire - May 31, 2026
Bitcoin ETF outflows extend to 10 days as BlackRock IBIT posts record redemption. BTC set to close May down ~4.5%.
The Wire PM - May 30, 2026
Trump's crypto conflicts threaten to sink the Clarity Act as stablecoin yield and conflict-of-interest provisions stall legislative progress.
The Wire — May 30, 2026
Circle blacklists Zama's confidential USDC contract, freezing $12.6M in user funds caught in Overnight Finance lawsuit.
The Wire PM: May 29, 2026
Jamie Dimon goes after Coinbase's Armstrong over the Clarity Act. BTC slides to six-week lows.
The Wire: May 29, 2026
Bitcoin ETFs post record 9th straight day of outflows as IBIT sheds $528M. CME goes 24/7.
The Wire PM - May 28, 2026
Cash App rolls out USDC transfers on Solana and Ethereum, SoFi launches its own stablecoin, and Kraken opens BTC yield vaults.
The Wire: May 28, 2026
Cash App adds USDC on Solana and Ethereum, while ETH traders turn bearish as the token sinks near $2,000
The Wire PM — May 27, 2026
Coinbase's Base launches MCP gateway letting AI agents execute DeFi trades on Ethereum L2
The Wire — May 27, 2026
UK sanctions HTX and ruble stablecoin issuer in first-ever banking-style crypto crackdown on Russia evasion networks
The Wire PM — May 26, 2026
Crypto funds bleed $1.47B in largest weekly Bitcoin exit of 2026 as Nasdaq wins SEC nod for QBTC index options
The Wire — May 26, 2026
SpaceX IPO filing reveals 18,712 BTC on balance sheet worth $1.29B, Solana's Alpenglow consensus overhaul enters validator testing
The Wire PM — May 25, 2026
Bitcoin rebounds past $77K after weekend flush to $74,344, Nasdaq wins SEC approval for QBTC index options, US commits $2B to quantum computing
The Wire — May 25, 2026
Alpenglow consensus overhaul goes live on Solana testnet, bridge exploits top $328M in May, and new Fed Chair Warsh discloses crypto holdings
The Wire PM — May 24, 2026
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh brings disclosed crypto portfolio to the central bank. Blockchain.com files for IPO. Bank of America trims altcoin ETF exposure.
The Wire — May 24, 2026
Ethereum Foundation brain drain deepens as Dankrad Feist proposes $1B rival organization. Plus: Western Union USDPT goes live on Solana, Verus bridge drained for $11.6M.
The Wire PM — May 23, 2026
NYSE owner ICE partners with OKX to launch never-expiring oil futures on crypto rails
The Wire — May 23, 2026
Cetus Protocol restarts after $223M exploit as Sui validators vote to freeze hacker funds
The Wire PM — May 22, 2026
Mark Cuban exits Bitcoin, Hyperliquid ETFs top institutional flows, Polymarket ops wallet drained
The Wire — May 22, 2026
Clarity Act clears Senate committee with bipartisan vote, Coinbase launches USDF on Solana, Alpenglow testnet goes live
The Wire PM — May 21, 2026
Hyperliquid flips Solana in FDV at $54B as HYPE surges 45% in a week. SpaceX IPO filing reveals 18,712 BTC.
The Wire — May 21, 2026
Truth Social pulls Bitcoin ETF filing as spot market gets too crowded. CLARITY Act heads to Senate floor with 100+ amendments.
The Wire PM — May 20, 2026
Echo Protocol drained for $76M on Monad as admin key compromise exposes DeFi's persistent access-control risks
The Wire — May 20, 2026
Verus-Ethereum bridge drained for $11.5M as cross-chain exploits accelerate in May
The Wire PM — May 19, 2026
Echo Protocol loses $76M in eBTC minting exploit on Monad; CLARITY Act heads to full Senate with 100+ amendments
The Wire — May 19, 2026
Bitcoin slides below $77K on geopolitical risk; Verus bridge drained for $11.5M; CLARITY Act advances in Senate
The Wire, May 18, 2026
Solana's Alpenglow consensus overhaul hits testnet as Bitcoin ETFs post $1B weekly outflow
The Wire — May 17, 2026
CLARITY Act clears Senate Banking Committee in landmark crypto regulation vote
Risk assets stabilize after morning selloff, Solana lending rates firm near 8%
Afternoon market update: risk assets stabilize after morning selloff, Solana staking flows hold positive, and updated Numbers on BTC, SOL, ETH.
BTC slides under $79K as bond selloff hits risk assets, Alpenglow testnet goes live
BTC slides under $79K as a global bond selloff pressures risk assets. Anchorage and J.P. Morgan unveil an institutional stablecoin yield model on Solana. Alpenglow testnet goes live.