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Adam Back, a cryptographer and the CEO of Bitcoin infrastructure developer Blockstream, stated that Bitcoin (BTC) is not the sole creation of Satoshi Nakamoto but rather the collective research achievement of the cypherpunk community. He noted that the concept of a Proof-of-Work (PoW) based digital currency had been discussed before the Bitcoin whitepaper was published. Back explained that Satoshi implemented a working protocol by combining ideas from figures like Hal Finney and Nick Szabo, as well as his own Hashcash system developed in 1997. According to Back, Satoshi's greatest achievement was solving the double-spending problem and integrating these previously scattered ideas into a single network. Addressing recent attempts to uncover Nakamoto's identity, Back also reiterated his denial of claims that he is Satoshi and warned that excessive efforts to track the identities of industry figures could create security risks.

Bitcoin network outflows are showing signs of slowing, The Block reported, citing analysis from Glassnode. According to the data, BTC's Realized Cap decreased by 1.45% over the past 90 days, but that decline slowed to just 0.18% in the last seven days. Market liquidity has also reportedly improved, with buy orders on the Binance spot order book now outnumbering sell orders. However, Glassnode noted that while on-chain indicators are showing signs of recovery, BTC is still trading approximately 15% below its on-chain fair value, or True Market Mean, of $77,200. The price is also below the average on-chain purchase price for short-term holders, which stands at $72,600.

The Irish government has identified cryptocurrency as a major financial crime threat in its recently published "National Risk Assessment" report and plans to strengthen related regulations, Decrypt reported. The new plan to combat financial crime includes enhanced safeguards for crypto and digital finance. Specifically, new industry standards will be introduced that mandate identity verification and due diligence procedures for crypto to be recognized as a source of funds. Additionally, the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland plans to establish criteria for thoroughly verifying the source of funds for companies handling cryptocurrencies by the second quarter of 2027.

U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending June 13 totaled 226,000, slightly above the market forecast of 225,000.

Crypto analyst CryptoCapo, who has around 993,000 followers on X, said he expects the overall cryptocurrency market to be bullish this summer. He added that he sees high potential for a rise in altcoins and is continuously accumulating them. CryptoCapo noted that altcoins have led the market in recent months, particularly over the past few weeks, posting higher gains than Bitcoin. However, he believes they have now entered a short-term resistance zone. While he anticipates a strong summer for altcoins, he cautioned against expecting an immediate rally, emphasizing that patience is needed at this stage.

Joe Burnett, Vice President of the Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin strategy firm Strive, has pointed out that MicroStrategy's investment case for Bitcoin could be significantly undermined if it fails to pay dividends on its STRC preferred stock. The comments come amid recent market concerns over the sustainability of MicroStrategy's capital structure and its ability to fund the dividend payments. Separately, Jiang Zhuoer, founder of the Chinese Bitcoin mining pool BTCTOP, interpreted a statement from MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) that it holds enough Bitcoin to cover 32 years of dividend payments. Zhuoer suggested this was a message to the market not to be surprised if the company sells Bitcoin in the future to meet its dividend obligations.

The Sui Foundation, the organization behind the Layer 1 blockchain Sui (SUI), announced a partnership with crypto compliance solutions provider Chaintrust on June 18. Through the partnership, Chaintrust will provide the Sui ecosystem with its AI-based infrastructure for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Transaction (KYT) compliance. This will allow decentralized applications built on Sui to utilize features such as real-time wallet address screening, transaction monitoring, and blockchain risk detection and analysis.

Bitcoin mining company Hive Digital (Nasdaq: HIVE) announced it has signed a $220 million GPU cloud contract with Canadian telecom company Bell Canada and AI firm Cohere, causing its stock to jump 10% in pre-market trading. Under the three-year agreement, Hive's High-Performance Computing (HPC) division will supply 2,304 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs. This infrastructure will be used to operate AI models for Canadian government and corporate clients. The company projects the deal will add approximately $70 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).

Ethereum Layer 2 project Aztec is investigating a $2.165 million exploit that occurred on a payment service discontinued in 2022, Unfolded reported. The attacker reportedly exploited a circuit validation vulnerability to steal 1,158 ETH, 150,000 DAI, and 0.47 renBTC. Aztec explained that the affected service was an immutable rollup structure and that the team does not hold administrative privileges over it. The project added that this incident is unrelated to the current Aztec network, its total value locked (TVL), or the AZTEC token. This is the second security issue to surface recently, following a separate $2.1 million fund outflow from an Aztec Connect contract four days ago.

CoinDesk reported that the Dollar Index (DXY), which tends to move inversely to Bitcoin, is attempting to break out of a 13-month trading range. The index is currently showing strong momentum, having risen to 100.80. According to the report, a confirmed breakout could fuel expectations for further gains in the dollar, potentially putting pressure on dollar-denominated assets like BTC.

Microsoft has discovered a malware campaign dubbed 'CryptoBandits' that swaps cryptocurrency wallet addresses with an attacker's address, U.Today reported. The malware spreads through USB drives and converts documents, PDFs, and Excel files on a user's PC into malicious executables with the same names. The malware is installed when a user, mistaking the file for the original document, runs it. Once infected, the program monitors the user's clipboard every 0.5 seconds. If a cryptocurrency wallet address or seed phrase is copied, it is automatically replaced with the attacker's address. This can lead to users unknowingly sending their assets to the attacker's wallet if they do not double-check the address before confirming a transaction. Microsoft advised users to refrain from using USB drives from unknown sources and to always reconfirm wallet addresses before sending cryptocurrency.

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) is exploring how to regulate decentralized finance (DeFi) within the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, CoinDesk reported. In an internal discussion paper released today, the MFSA noted that many DeFi projects still possess centralized elements, such as admin keys, concentrated governance power, and control over protocol upgrades and user interfaces. The authority pointed out that while MiCA exempts crypto-asset services provided in a "fully decentralized manner," there is no clear definition of what meets this standard. The MFSA's review will focus on how to define "fully decentralized" to determine how DeFi can be incorporated into the MiCA regime.

The Bank of England (BOE) held its key interest rate steady at 3.75% on Thursday, a move that was in line with market expectations.

According to InfiniteMarketCap, which tracks the market capitalization of major global assets and companies, SK Hynix's stock rose approximately 6.51% today, bringing its market cap to $1.24 trillion and surpassing Micron's $1.18 trillion. This pushed SK Hynix to 16th in global market cap rankings, closely trailing Bitcoin (BTC), which has a market cap of $1.28 trillion. The current market cap gap between SK Hynix and Bitcoin is about 3.4%. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics' stock increased by 4.62% today, overtaking Tesla's market cap to secure the 13th position globally.

According to monitoring by HyperInsight, ETFs related to Hyperliquid (HYPE) have recorded a net inflow of $28 million over the past three days. Bitwise's BHYP accounted for the majority of this with $24.5 million, while HYPG and THYP saw net inflows of $2.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively. The cumulative net inflow for these ETFs has reached $182.5 million. However, the pace of inflows has slowed over the three-day period, with the net inflow on the last trading day decreasing to $2.1 million.

Soundness Labs, the developer of the quantum-resistant verification layer project Soundness, announced it is ending the project's operations. The company explained that while it had achieved several milestones after migrating from a zero-knowledge (ZK) infrastructure team to a quantum-resistant blockchain layer, the market was not ready for its technology. Soundness Labs stated that although its technology is functional, it takes a significant amount of time for chains and wallets to implement its quantum-resistant protection layer. While the project is shutting down, the libraries accumulated by Soundness will remain public on GitHub.

Four suspects have been arrested in Marseille, France, for an attempted kidnapping and robbery targeting cryptocurrency, local media outlet Laprovence reported. The suspects allegedly broke into a home in the 13th arrondissement of Marseille early on June 13, taking two women hostage and demanding crypto-related assets. They fled the scene when police arrived after being alerted by the family. Kidnapping and extortion crimes targeting crypto holders and their families are reportedly on the rise in France, with about 70 such incidents reported this year. Police noted that these crimes often target crypto asset holders and are becoming increasingly organized and violent.

Twelve addresses believed to be associated with venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) have deposited 24 million USDC into Hyperliquid over the past 20 hours to purchase HYPE, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN. The analyst noted that the wallets appear to be using Time-Weighted Average Price (TWAP) orders for the purchases. EmberCN added that a16z is the largest institutional holder of HYPE and one of the key entities behind the token's rally to new all-time highs in recent months. Excluding this latest activity, a16z has deposited a total of 259 million USDC into Hyperliquid via more than 100 wallets since March. These funds were used to buy and stake 4.035 million HYPE at an average price of $64, yielding an unrealized profit of approximately $29 million.

Citigroup has delayed its forecast for the first Federal Reserve rate cut to October from its previous expectation of September, Reuters reported. The bank cited a strengthening hawkish stance from the Fed since Kevin Warsh took office as Fed Chair. Citi now anticipates subsequent rate cuts in December and January 2027. The report notes that the latest Fed dot plot indicated nine of the 19 committee members are leaning toward a potential rate hike this year.

Binance has announced it will list RE for spot trading, adding RE/USDT, RE/USDC, and RE/TRY pairs at 2:00 p.m. UTC today. The token will be listed with a Seed Tag, which is applied to projects that may exhibit higher volatility and risk compared to other listed tokens.

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization protocol Multipli announced on June 18 that it has secured an investment from Coinbase Ventures' Base Ecosystem Fund. The specific investment amount was not disclosed.

Crypto analyst Ali Martinez has suggested that Bitcoin could target $69,000 if it successfully defends the $64,000 support level. Sharing a 60-minute chart, Martinez noted that BTC is currently showing short-term strength by maintaining an ascending channel, with its lower support line situated around $64,000. He added that if this channel holds, the next targets could be the channel's midline at $66,800 and its upper resistance line at $68,800. According to CoinMarketCap, BTC is currently trading at $64,234.82, down 1.09%.

The Ethereum (ETH) network's usage metrics reached all-time highs in the first quarter of 2026, Cointelegraph reported, citing data from crypto platform Token Terminal. The network's monthly active users in the first quarter rose by 53.5% from the previous quarter to 13.2 million, while the number of transactions increased by 38% to 200.4 million. According to CoinMarketCap, ETH is currently trading at $1,748.58, down 1.19%.

Uniswap (UNI) has experienced a significant increase in network activity following a $100 price target from Standard Chartered, BeInCrypto reported, citing on-chain analytics firm Santiment. According to Santiment, the number of active Uniswap addresses has reached a four-month high, while whale transactions have hit a seven-month peak. The creation of new wallet addresses also saw its largest increase since late December. Santiment noted that a bullish forecast from a traditional financial institution, rather than a protocol upgrade, is stimulating investor sentiment and bringing UNI back into the market's focus.

Range, a fintech firm that supports stablecoin and fiat asset management, has raised $8.3 million in a Series A funding round. The round saw participation from traditional fintech funds, including TX Ventures and SixThirty. The funds will be used to build an integrated platform for finance, risk management, and compliance.