Bitcoin is up up .5% at $20,472
Ethereum is up 1% at $1183
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $237

Voyager digital files for chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York

Korean startup uprise lost $20M in customer funds shorting Luna.

Yuga labs Otherside metaverse hosts test run.

Konvoy ventures has launched a 150M fund targeting web3.

Bitstamp makes a u-turn on planned fee policy.

Binance expands no-fee trading.

Bitcoin is down .5% at $19,436
Ethereum is down slightly at $1102
and Binance Coin is up .5 at $225

Coinshares has finalized their acquisition of Napoleon Asset Management.

Nexo signs due dilligence to consider acquiring Vauld.

Bank of England calls for enhanced crypto regulation.

Celsius repays their $120M stable coin debt to Maker Protocol.

000.eth sells for 300eth.

Links:

• DeFi Explore | MCD #25977
• 000.eth - ENS: Ethereum Name Service | OpenSea
• CoinShares acquires Napoleon Asset Managementnode:title] | ETF Express
• Crypto lender Vauld offered lifeline a day after suspending withdrawals - The Washington Post
• Bank of England Committee Calls for Enhanced Crypto Regulation to Limit Contagion

Bitcoin is up 2% at $19,826
Ethereum is up 3% at $1105
and Binance Coin is up 2% at $224

Those are your leaders by market cap. Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Thorchain up 15%

Crema Finance hacked.

Central African Republic announces Sango Coin

Hackers reportedly want 10BTC for the personal records of more than 1B Chinese citizens

Vauld halts withdrawals & hires restructuring advisers.

Wonderfi closes on acquisition of Coinberry.

Links:

• WonderFi Closes Acquisition of Crypto Trading Platform Coinberry
• Corporate statement | Vauld Blog: Thoughts on Crypto Investing, Lending, Borrowing & More
• Hacker asks for 10 bitcoin for allegedly stolen data of a billion Chinese citizens
• Sango

Bitcoin is up slightly at $19,138
Ethereum is up .5% at $1045
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $217

Amp up 16%

DOJ charges developer of Baller Ape NFT

El Salvador buys 80 BTC

Meta rolling out NFT feature for Facebook

Greenidge air permit denited by NYDEC

FBI adds Ruja Ignatova to most wanted list.

Links:

• Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Charging Six Individuals with Cryptocurrency Fraud Offenses in Cases Involving Over $100 Million in Intended Losses | OPA | Department of Justice
• Nayib Bukele on Twitter: "El Salvador bought today 80 #BTC at $19,000 each! #Bitcoin is the future! Thank you for selling cheap 😉 https://t.co/ZHwr0Ln1Ze" / Twitter
• Statement from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Denial of the Title V Permit Renewal for Greenidge Generation, LLC - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
• FBI Adds OneCoin Founder Ruja Ignatova to Its Most Wanted List

Bitcoin is up slightly at $20,996
Ethereum is up .5% at $1222
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $239

Harmony attacker moving funds

Two arrested after plotting to hold someone hostage for BTC in NY state.

Robinhood price jumps on rumors of FTX acquisition

Alan Howard's Geometry emerges from stealth

Yuga Labs files lawsuit over copycats

Kaiko raises 53M series B

Links:

• Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Is Seeking a Path to Buy Robinhood (HOOD) - Bloomberg
• Two charged for alleged plan to steal tens of millions of dollars in bitcoin from New York home
• Harmony 💙 on Twitter: "1/ We are aware the hacker has begun to move funds through Tornado Cash. The team is working with two highly reputable blockchain tracing and analysis partners, and collaborating with the FBI as part of an investigation into this criminal act. 🧵" / Twitter
• Crypto Data Company Kaiko Raises $53 Million During Market Rout - Bloomberg
• Alan Howard-Backed Cryptography Investor Geometry Emerges From Stealth
• The Bored Ape Gazette🍌 on Twitter: "https://t.co/ZgZEbk6lTC" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up .5% at $21,129
Ethereum is up 2% at $1195
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $236

Polygon up 16%
Frax up 22%

Solana Labs is launching a mobile phone.

Cristiano Ronaldo signs multi-year NFT deal with Binance

Bitcoin miner Aspen Creek Digital opens facility in Colorado

Harmony's cross-chain bridge exploited for $100M

Funds from AnubisDAO exploit on the move for the first time in 8 months.

Links:

• PeckShieldAlert on Twitter: "#PeckShieldAlert PeckShield has detected @AnubisDAO rug pullers just transferred ~97 $ETH to 0x07002d0212e3d40a6e17773460579d694100b7f4 @AnubisDAO rugged ~$58m in October 2021. https://t.co/2N5LO6ECtq" / Twitter
• (1) Harmony 💙 on Twitter: "1/ The Harmony team has identified a theft occurring this morning on the Horizon bridge amounting to approx. $100MM. We have begun working with national authorities and forensic specialists to identify the culprit and retrieve the stolen funds. More 🧵" / Twitter
• (1) Cristiano Ronaldo on Twitter: "Proud to be partnering with @binance Together we’ll give you the opportunity to own an iconic piece of sports history. I’m excited to take this journey with all of you. Let’s change the NFT game with #Binance. https://t.co/SNSCMHggct" / Twitter
• Solana launches web3-focused smartphone Saga to improve crypto-mobile relationship | TechCrunch
• Bitcoin miner Aspen Creek Digital opens 6-megawatt facility in Colorado

Bitcoin is down 2% at $20,852
Ethereum is down 2% at $1137
and Binance Coin is down 1.5% at $219

Waves, up 19%
Zilliqa up 20%

BIS addresses CBDCs and crypto

Solend Whale moves funds

Ukraine sells dontated cryptopunk for $100k

Deutsche Börse signs deal with Kaiko

Cloudflare web outage ripples into exchanges

Links:

• Deutsche Börse Xetra - Deutsche Börse partners with Kaiko to extend its market data offering in the crypto sector
• CBDCs, Not Crypto, Will Be Cornerstone of Future Monetary System, BIS Says
• Cloudflare Status - Cloudflare Service Issues
• Alex Bornyakov on Twitter: "Breaking news on crypto donations: #CryptoPunk #5364 has been sold for 90 ETH. It's over $100K. Few months ago this NFT was donated for @_AidForUkraine fund. Crypto community continues to support Ukraine." / Twitter

Bitcoin is down .5% at $20,636
Ethereum is down 1% at $1142
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $214

Avalanche, up 16%
Maker up 18%
Aave up 20%

Solend vote chaos

Noah Davis joins Yuga Labs

Elon says he'll continue supporting Doge

Michelle Bond — head of ADAM to run for congress.

Bitcoin is down slightly at $19,161
Ethereum is up slightly at $1000
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $202

Meta launches Avatar Store with Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne.

Decentraland DAO votes to give Decentraland Games a $1M grant in MANA.

FTX acquires Bitvo

Immutable launches 500M venture fund for web3

Links:

• Immutable Launches $500 Million Developer and Venture Investment Fund to Accelerate Adoption of Web3 Games and Projects
• FTX Acquires Alberta-Based Restricted Dealer to Expand Canadian Presence
• Meta is launching an avatar store, and designer clothes are the first products - The Verge
• Decentraland DAO votes to give Decentral Games $1 million grant

Bitcoin is down .5% at $20,938
Ethereum is down 1% at $1090
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $217

Elon Musk named in class action lawsuit over Dogecoin

Babel Finance suspends client withdrawals

3AC has been liquidated by FTX, Deribit and BitMEX according to the Block

Bitso passes $1B in crypto remittances

Circle announces euro-backed stablecoin

Bitcoin is down 1% at $21,094
Ethereum is down 1.5% at $1113
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $216

BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo faces 30 months probation

Inverse Finance exploited for $1.2M

MetaMask & Phantom vulnerability patched

Manhattan Landlord to re-list building NFT after ETH price sags.

Links:

• Halborn MetaMask “Demonic” Vulnerability Discovery

Bitcoin is down 2% at $23,517
Ethereum is down 3% at $1196
and Binance Coin is down 2.5% at $218

Major cryptos down double digits across 24 hours.

Celsius halts withdrawals

Tron DAO Reserve ready to deploy $2B for USDD.

Class action lawsuit against binance.us over Terra.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $27,446
Ethereum is up .5% at $1468
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $258

Coinhouse raises $40M

Coinbase CEO responds to employee criticism

AMEX introduces first crypto rewards card

BlockFi hires lobbyists

Bitcoin is down .5% at $28,792
Ethereum is up slightly at $1585
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $279

Jack Dorsey & TBD announce intentions for web5

Hacker of 20 million OP tokens returns 17 million, keeps 2 million as bounty.

Seth Green re-purchases his stolen Bored Ape for 300k.

Coin Center sues US Treasury over unconstitutional tax reporting.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $30,092
Ethereum is up slightly at $1775
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $290

Terra luna classic, up 56%
IoTeX up 22%

SEC investigates terraform labs

Jay-Z & Jack Dorsey launch Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn

Mastercard announces partnership with NFT gateways

PartyDAO raises $16.4m in a round led by a16z.

Bloomberg expands terminal data coverage from 10 cryptos to 50.

Bitcoin is down .5% at $30,301
Ethereum is down slightly at $1805
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $290

Coinbase to make a strategic investment in Zipmex

Ethereum Ropsten testnet completes merge

FireStake admits to draining two million of the 5M that was exploited from Osmosis

20M OP tokens sniped from Wintermute

Greenidge Generation mined 195 bitcoin in May

NYDFS issues stablecoin guidance.

Links:

• Industry Letter - June 8, 2022: Guidance on the Issuance of U.S. Dollar-Backed Stablecoins | Department of Financial Services
• A Message to the Community from the Optimism Foundation
• FireStake | Validator on Twitter: "in the process, we managed to convert $226 USD to ~$2M. We were thinking about our family's future, and not the future of our community. Shortly after doing so, we stressed throughout the night about how we can set things right. We’re currently working with the Osmosis team..." / Twitter
• Coinbase to make strategic investment in Zipmex following acquisition talks
• Ethereum’s Ropsten Testnet Has Completed Its Merge
• Bitfly (@etherchain_org) / Twitter
• Greenidge Generation Provides May 2022 Operational Update

Bitcoin is up slightly at $30,392
Ethereum is up slightly at $1806
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $290

Theta Network up 15%

Yuga Labs removes infinite ape code.

Solana has set up a 100M fund for Korean crypto startups

PayPal has converted its conditional virtual currency license to a full bitlicense.

Aurora labs pays $6M bounty to a white hat

Osmosis exploited for up to $5M.

Links:

• EmperorTomatoKetchup on Twitter: "@Blockworks_ The contract owner has now been burned. While we’d been meaning to do this for a long time, we hadn't out of an abundance of caution. Felt comfortable doing it now. All done. In lay terms: The issue flagged in this article is now impossible." / Twitter
• Osmosis 🧪 on Twitter: "Liquidity pools were NOT "completely drained". Devs are fixing the bug, scoping the size of losses (likely in the range of ~$5M), and working on recovery. More info to come." / Twitter
• PayPal Converts Conditional Virtual Currency License to Full BitLicense
• Solana launches $100M investment and grant fund for South Korean web3 startups | TechCrunch
• Aurora Labs pays $6 million reward to hacker who saved 70,000 ETH from getting stolen

Bitcoin is up .5% at $29,527
Ethereum is up slightly at $1,753
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $276

IRA Financial Trust suing Gemini.

US Senators introduce full version of crypto regulation bill.

SEC investigating Binance's BNB token.

Pintu closes $113M Series B.

Alan Howard backs Navigate.

Links:

• Amid crypto turmoil, senators propose sweeping oversight - The Washington Post
• Crypto Exchange Platform Binance Investigated by SEC Over BNB Token - Bloomberg
• IRA Financial Trust Brings Lawsuit Against Gemini Trust Company Alleging Crypto Exchange Security Failures
• Indonesian crypto trading app Pintu scores $113M Series B | TechCrunch
• Alan Howard invests in Polygon-based web3 data startup Navigate

Bitcoin is down slightly at $31,427
Ethereum is up slightly at $1911
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $307

Helium up 15%

Jack Ma’s Ant Group launches digital bank in Singapore.

White House to issue report on crypto mining.

Lithuania puts together crypto licensing regime.

Links:

• ANEXT Bank Soft Launches Today As Singapore’s Newest Digital Wholesale Bank | Business Wire
• Crypto Miners’ Energy, Climate Costs Draw White House Scrutiny
• Antsy Lithuania Latest to Anticipate EU Crypto Law With One of Its Own

Bitcoin is up .5% at $29,668
Ethereum is up .5% at $1784
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $296

Those are your leaders by market cap - top gainers in the last 24 hours:
IOTEX up 18%

BAYC Discord hacked.

CFTC says consumers lost over $1B to fraud involving crypto last year.

Abu Dhabi to give free crypto domains to all women who live and work in the capital.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor says zoom out.

Links:

• MicroStrategy CEO Saylor says bitcoin’s near-term volatility largely irrelevant
• Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Access Abu Dhabi Team Up with Unstoppable Domains to Give All Women in the UAE Capital Free Crypto, NFT and Blockchain Domains
• OKHotshot on Twitter: "🚨BAYC & OtherSide discords got compromised‼️ Seems because Community Manager @BorisVagner got his account breached, which let the scammers execute their phishing attack. Over 145E in was stolen Proper permissions could prevent this https://t.co/lCl2DfZQ0W" / Twitter
• New Analysis Finds Consumers Reported Losing More than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Scams since 2021 | Federal Trade Commission

Bitcoin is down slightly at $29,623
Ethereum is down .5% at $1765
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $298

The Graph up 15%

Central African Republic announces plans to tokenize the country’s minerals.

FTX launches a licensed crypto exchange service in Japan

Binance Labs has lost two veteran employees

Ethereum mining revenues fell across the month of May

Bermuda is still building crypto destination despite downturn.

Links:

• Faustin-Archange Touadéra on Twitter: "The next step for us, the Central African Republic is the democratization & tokenization of resources, a new chapter with tremendous possibilities. This #vision & strategy will open unique #opportunities for #investors #worldwide. #CAR #RCA https://t.co/v7mzlsUeTw" / Twitter
• FTX Launches FTX Japan to Service Japanese Market
• Binance Labs loses top two executives
• May by the numbers: A look at crypto exchange volumes, open interest, and miner revenue
• Bermuda Doubles Down on Crypto Despite Recent Market Turmoil - WSJ

Bitcoin is down slightly at $29,745
Ethereum is down slightly at $1770
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $297
Voyager Token up 21%

New York Senate passes bill imposing moratorium on all-new proof of work crypto mining in the state.

Japan passes stablecoin bill to ensure redemption at face value

Coinbase extends hiring freeze.

CFTC accuses Gemini of making misleading statements related to Bitcoin futures product.

Links:

• CFTC Charges Gemini Trust Company for Making Material False or Misleading Statements and Omissions to the Commission | CFTC
• Update on Hiring Plans. By L.J Brock, Chief People Officer | by Coinbase | Jun, 2022 | The Coinbase Blog
• New York Senate passes moratorium on proof-of-work mining
• Japan Passes Crypto Stablecoin Bill That Enshrines Investor Protection - Bloomberg