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U.S. stock and cryptocurrency trading app Robinhood announced on its official website that it has listed Cosmos (ATOM) for spot trading.

Negotiations aimed at preventing Iran from possessing nuclear weapons are yielding positive results, Saudi Arabian TV reported, citing a White House official.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened higher today. - S&P 500: +0.44% - Nasdaq: +0.70% - Dow Jones: +0.06%

Michael Piwowar, a former commissioner and acting chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has joined the board of cryptocurrency exchange Backpack US. He was one of the senior U.S. regulators involved in early discussions on the supervision of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Backpack previously appointed Mark Wetjen, a former commissioner and acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as president of its U.S. entity.

Synthetic dollar protocol Ethena has announced a partnership with global asset manager Janus Henderson to support the joint allocation and distribution of a tokenized collateralized loan obligation (CLO) fund. As part of the partnership, Janus Henderson has made a strategic investment in Ethena's governance token, ENA, although specific details have not been disclosed. The firms are also reportedly exploring allocating USDe as part of treasury cash management and distributing it to clients via an ETF.

Amid an ongoing hack affecting wallets that have interacted with Humanity (H), the exploiter has now minted an additional 1 billion H tokens.

Japan's three largest banks plan to jointly issue a fiat-pegged stablecoin within the 2026 fiscal year, Nikkei reported. To facilitate this, they have launched a council to promote its application in real-world transaction scenarios and design its operational framework. The banks—Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank, and Mitsubishi UFJ Bank—are expected to sign a basic agreement for the initiative. This move follows tests for the joint issuance that the banks have been conducting since November 2025 under the guidance of Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA). Going forward, the council will design the stablecoin's practical application and commercialization in line with relevant regulations and market trends.

Cryptocurrency market maker GSR has received approval from the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to acquire securities firm Equilibrium Capital Services. According to The Block, Equilibrium Capital Services is a Portland-based securities firm registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). GSR stated the acquisition will strengthen its U.S. presence and allow it to better support institutional clients through a broker-dealer platform.

Eddie Yue, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), said in an interview that Anchor Technology plans to launch a stablecoin around the middle of this year, with a pilot program scheduled to begin in a few weeks. According to ChainCatcher, Yue added that HSBC also intends to launch a stablecoin in the third or fourth quarter of this year. He explained that the two companies are targeting different use cases, with Anchor Technology focusing on global payments and HSBC concentrating on personal payments.

Kraken has signed a partnership with FIFA to become the official cryptocurrency trading platform partner for the 2026 World Cup. The event, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, is expected to attract over six billion viewers worldwide.

BlackRock sold 3,671 BTC ($230 million) and purchased 10,566 ETH ($17.71 million), according to Lookonchain.

The Open Network Foundation (TON) announced on its official X account that it will rebrand its native token from Toncoin to Gram, effective June 15. The move was approved with 81.22% of the vote. Consequently, the ticker will change from TON to GRAM. The change will take effect at 8:00 p.m. UTC on June 15. The foundation explained that while the blockchain itself will remain The Open Network, only the token's name, ticker, and icon will be updated. This follows a recent declaration by Telegram CEO Pavel Durov to rebrand the token back to its original name, Gram, which was abandoned due to past regulatory conflicts with the U.S. SEC.

Bitfufu, a cloud mining platform under Bitmain, announced it currently holds 1,855 BTC.

Starknet has launched STRK20, a zero-knowledge privacy framework that provides balance protection and private transfer capabilities for all ERC20 assets. The Block reported that the feature was first implemented on strkBTC. The framework allows developers to apply privacy features to transfers, swaps, lending, staking, payments, and donations without needing to build a separate privacy system.

Bitmine (BMNR) recently purchased approximately $213 million worth of ETH, increasing its total Ethereum holdings to 4.59% of the supply, Arkham Intelligence reported.

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager and a spot Bitcoin ETF issuer, deposited 3,966 BTC, worth approximately $244 million, to Coinbase, Onchain Lens reported. The deposit is likely part of the operational process for its spot crypto ETF, such as handling settlements and redemptions tied to fund inflows and outflows.

Decentralized lending protocol Morpho has raised $175 million. The round was led by Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and a16z crypto, with participation from Apollo Funds, Circle's venture capital arm, and VanEck. Morpho was valued at $2 billion.

U.S. President Donald Trump has made at least $2.3 billion from cryptocurrency projects since his re-election, Reuters reported. In contrast, over one million investors were said to have suffered a net loss of approximately $2.3 billion as of the end of April. This figure includes individual investors who directly purchased cryptocurrencies and related stocks, as well as those who invested indirectly in Trump-related crypto assets through vehicles like ETFs.

Crypto market maker Wintermute said in a report that there is a lack of new buying pressure in the crypto market amid continued outflows of U.S. institutional funds. The report stated that the current market weakness was long anticipated, adding that there is no clear support level for Bitcoin in the $50,000-$59,000 range.

Prediction market traders are growing more skeptical about the CLARITY Act passing before August, CryptoSlate reported. On Polymarket, the odds of the bill's passage before August fell from 62% on June 3 to 51% on June 8. Over the same period, the probability on Kalshi dropped from 39.7% to 22.1%. Meanwhile, the chances of the act passing by 2027 on Kalshi saw a slight decrease from 52.1% to 51.5%. CryptoSlate noted that while the probability of the bill passing this year remains relatively high, expectations for its swift approval have diminished.

SOL Strategies announced it has sold 65,001 SOL to repay debt. The sale was executed at a price of 87.88 Canadian dollars per SOL.

Humanity Protocol has announced that the final losses from a recent private key leak amount to $36 million. The protocol explained that the incident occurred after a foundation employee's laptop was infected with malware, leading to a mass leak of private keys from the multi-signature wallet controlling its cross-chain bridge. The foundation has suspended all deposits and withdrawals for the affected cross-chain bridge services and is cooperating with law enforcement authorities in an investigation to recover the stolen funds.

The largest BTC short position on Hyperliquid to date was opened today. The position, worth approximately $52 million, was entered at an average price of $62,675 with 20x leverage, setting a liquidation price of $69,909. On-chain tracking indicates the whale is a smart-money trader who follows short-term trends and has recently achieved a nine-trade winning streak.

The unauthorized minting and dumping of Humanity Protocol's H token, stemming from a private key leak, has now been ongoing for over 13 hours, according to EmberCN. The attacker is minting H tokens on the BSC chain and selling them to drain the liquidity pool. So far, 300 million H tokens have been minted, netting the attacker $34 million. As a result, liquidity in the H token pool on the BSC chain has fallen to just $13, and the token's price has crashed by 99.9%.

Tether's (USDT) market dominance surged 13.5% in a single day to 9% during last week's Bitcoin plunge, marking its largest daily increase since March 2025, CoinDesk reported. Despite this, the stablecoin's total market capitalization has fallen for three consecutive weeks. This trend suggests that rather than parking funds in stablecoins to await the next rally, investors may be cashing out of the cryptocurrency market entirely.