Investing.com - Bitcoin's price rose on Monday, reversing some of its recent losses, although sentiment towards the token and broader cryptocurrency markets remained largely negative.
Markets have been on edge over a possible major event involving the liquidation of the Mt Gox exchange, which is set to begin distributing stolen tokens this week.

Happycoin.club - Billionaire Peter Thiel, who founded the venture capital company Founders Fund, does not believe in the continuation of the bullish rally in the Bitcoin market.
During an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Thiel was asked to share his views on Bitcoin. According to him, he is not sure that the Bitcoin rate will increase significantly from its current value. Apparently, the businessman doubts that the pump will resume and the price of the cryptocurrency will update the historical maximum reached in March at $73,794.

According to CryptoQuant's figures, miners have recently become less likely to sell off inventory to cover their costs through over-the-counter trades.

“The market can be seen as being in the process of being digested. The number of bitcoins that miners send from their wallets has been declining rapidly recently,” analysts said.

The total number of active wallets was only 614,770 addresses, which is the lowest figure since the end of 2018, according to IntoTheBlock experts.

“The lack of retail trading reduces the activity of Bitcoin wallets, since memcoins attract speculators more than other cryptocurrencies,” the authors of IntoTheBlock conclude.

In the first tweet posted on behalf of Metallica, the attackers announced that the METAL token will improve fan interaction with the music group. Subscribers were told that the METAL developers are collaborating with the Ticketmaster service, so investors have access to discounts of up to 25% on concert tickets, as well as participation in an exclusive token distribution.

Happycoin.club - With Bitcoin consolidating near the $60,000 level, the major cryptocurrency's Relative Strength Index (RSI) reached its highest oversold level in more than 300 days.
Specifically, the RSI reached 30, which was last seen in September 2023 and preceded more than three months of consolidation below key resistance at $30,000. This information was shared by a cryptocurrency analyst under the pseudonym Jelle.

On Wednesday, June 26, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) revoked Binance.US's authorization to operate. In accordance with the DFI order to suspend the license of Binance.US, the cryptocurrency platform was asked to suspend the registration of new clients from June 30. And also complete trading operations and withdraw user funds from Binance.US no later than August 20.

GetBlock Magazine - What happened? American crypto exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) filed lawsuits against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for failure to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requirements. The company accused federal regulators of trying to cut off the crypto industry from the banking sector. She expects the court to force them to comply with legal requirements and provide the requested internal documentation.

Chebeskov explained that thanks to the new platform it will be possible to make payments between friendly countries directly in digital rubles, yuan or rials. According to the official, the BRICS Bridge will reduce the impact of US and EU sanctions on international payments.
In turn, economist, member of the general council of the public organization “Business Russia” Alexey Dolmatov emphasized that a single platform will help make the BRICS countries more competitive, and payments through it will become impersonal.

GetBlock Magazine - What happened? Former top managers of the fintech company Hydrogen Technology Corporation received prison sentences for fraud with the HYDRO cryptocurrency. A Florida court sentenced co-founder and ex-CEO Michael Caine to 45 months in prison; former head of financial engineering Shane Hempton received 35 months in prison.

Matt Gaetz explained that he was inspired by the results of legislative reforms by the government of El Salvador and the positive results that the country's authorities achieved after recognizing Bitcoin as an official means of payment.
Matt Gaetz's bill proposes to amend the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and require the Treasury Department to develop a plan to approve a flagship digital currency as a means of paying taxes and duties. The provisions of the bill provide for the introduction of rules for the “conversion of any amount of bitcoin received into the dollar equivalent at the time of receipt of payment.”

Happycoin.club - The results of a public opinion study indicate that almost half of the respondents bet on the Bitcoin exchange rate rising by 40% or more.
The head of the technology company MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor, asked members of the crypto community the question, “how quickly do you think Bitcoin will rise annually against the US dollar over the next ten years?” 35,933 people took part in the survey, and 48.9% of them chose the “40%+” option.

Happycoin.club - The Blast second-level blockchain team has published details of the long-awaited airdrop of project tokens.
The Blast Foundation, which runs the protocol, will be giving away 17 billion BLAST tokens on Wednesday, June 26th at 6:00 pm BST.
Of that 17 billion, 7% of the tokens will go to users who helped increase the liquidity of the protocol by transferring ETH and Blast network stablecoins called USDB through the blockchain bridge. Another 7% will go to users who earn Blast Gold points for interacting with the ecosystem's decentralized applications, and another 3% will go to the Blur Foundation "for distribution to the Blur community through retroactive and future airdrops," according to a Blast document on the project's tokenomics.

GetBlock Magazine - What happened? The Notcoin project team reported the destruction of 210 million native NOT tokens worth $3 million. They added that “Notcoin tokenomics is now highly community-focused,” and another $4.2 million in NOT tokens will be used to reward gold and platinum users as part of the Notcoin Explore initiative.

Cathie Wood clarified that her readiness to vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming elections is justified by the fact that the politician is actively promoting the economic line and is ready to take into account the needs of the cryptocurrency industry.

“I will vote for a candidate who will do everything possible to strengthen the US economy. And on that basis, I'm a Trump voter because he has a better handle on the issues when it comes to the economy," Wood said.

Former US President Donald Trump is in talks to speak at the major Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville at the end of July, Axios reports.
Former President Trump is in talks to give a speech at the major Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville at the end of July - Axios

Major market participants are slowing down their activity in the derivatives market, the number of traders withdrawing bitcoins has increased, 10x Research says.
Over the past week, spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US have been recording investor withdrawals, with net outflows exceeding $105 million on June 21.
The total number of transactions exceeding $100,000 completed during the day on June 20 was only 9,923, which is 42% less than at the beginning of last week (17,091 transactions).

Happycoin.club - The recent performance of Solana (SOL) in the cryptocurrency market has spooked investors as the cryptocurrency has seen a decline of 24.84% over the past 30 days.
Because of this, Solana's market capitalization has decreased by approximately $10 billion over the past week, which was also facilitated by the publication of the well-known in the crypto space Crypto Bitlord that SOL's activities are actively being investigated.

Happycoin.club - Since the beginning of June, investors have been watching the first cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) with great caution.
Despite hopes that the approval of BTC-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) will lead to a rise in the price of Bitcoin to $100,000 or even $300,000, we are actually seeing a gradual decline in the price of the coin.

Nicholas Anthony has suggested that in the US, users of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may find themselves under close surveillance and control by government agencies. He noted that a similar example has already occurred in the history of the United States, and this experience should be considered as a warning for those who are positive about and promoting the launch of a CBDC.