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TL;DR Ethlabs has launched as an independent nonprofit focused on Ethereum protocol R&D. The group is backed by BitMine, SharpLink, and Joe Lubin, according to the announcement. The launch adds another institutional-looking development layer around Ethereum’s core research ecosystem. Ethereum’s research ecosystem has added a new institutional-facing node after Ethlabs launched as an independent nonprofit backed by BitMine, SharpLink, and ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin. A New Ethereum R&D Hub Enters The Picture The launch matters because Ethlabs is not being pitched as a typical crypto startup. The GlobeNewswire announcement frames it as an independent nonprofit focused on Ethereum protocol research…

TL;DR US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs saw combined outflows of about $134 million for the June 22 session. The flow data points to institutional de-risking as crypto prices remain under pressure after the holiday break. The story matters because ETF demand has become one of the clearest signals for whether larger investors are buying weakness or stepping aside. ETF Flows Turn Negative Again Institutional crypto demand looked shaky after the holiday break, with spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds posting combined outflows of roughly $134 million for the June 22 session. Daily flow tables from Farside Investors showed the…

The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) for July 17 in New York.  First introduced and House Financial Services Chairman French Hill on May 29, 2025, the CLARITY Act is the most significant attempt yet to build a durable regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States.  Its central mechanism is a jurisdictional division: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) would receive exclusive authority over spot markets for “digital commodities” — most notably Bitcoin — while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) retains jurisdiction over digital assets that…

TL;DR South Korea’s KOSPI suffered a near-10% drop after regulators warned over leveraged ETF risk tied to major chip stocks. The move matters for crypto because Bitcoin has been trading like a high-beta risk asset during the latest macro sell-off. The key question now is whether the equity shock remains regional or feeds a broader de-risking wave across BTC and altcoins. Why The KOSPI Move Matters For Bitcoin Bitcoin traders have another macro shock to digest after South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index plunged almost 10%, triggering a market-wide trading halt and putting global risk appetite back under pressure. According to…

Michael Saylor needs to stop buying Bitcoin and rebuild cash reserves for Strategy, according to CryptoQuant.  Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock Stretch (STRC) is under serious financial stress due to two simultaneous pressures, reported onchain analytics firm CryptoQuant on Tuesday. The Bitcoin bear market means that all BTC purchased between 2024 and 2026 is underwater, with $10.6 billion in unrealized losses, and cash reserves are depleted, down 38% since early 2026 after a $1.5 billion convertible senior note repurchase in May. Strategy pays dividends on its Stretch product, which offers an 11.5% yield and is designed to trade at $100. However,…

The US House has passed a major housing bill that includes a ban on central bank digital currencies until 2030, in what is set to be a major win for Republicans who have long pushed for such a measure.The House voted 358-32 on Tuesday to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a day after the Senate voted 85-5 to pass the bill, which largely aims to tackle housing affordability. The bill now heads to US President Donald Trump, who has signaled support for the measure and is expected to sign it into law on Wednesday. “Today, Congress delivered a…

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, June 23rd, 2026, Chainwire Sui aims to transition more of Bitcoin’s $1.2T market cap into verifiable, productive onchain products. Hashi, Sui’s native bitcoin finance primitive, gains more institutional support ahead of the scheduled launch of its global testnet this July.   Sui, where money moves as freely as messages, announced today that Cumberland, Fluid, and SwissBorg have joined the Hashi ecosystem, Sui’s native bitcoin finance primitive, weeks ahead of its scheduled global testnet launch this July. The expanding coalition addresses a critical bottleneck in crypto: solving the persistent capital inefficiency by unlocking over a trillion dollars of…

Zug, Switzerland, June 23rd, 2026, Chainwire The Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority has granted Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG a license as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) under MiCAR. The European entity of Bitcoin Suisse can now serve clients across selected EEA markets, with Roman Przibylla appointed CEO to lead the expansion. After more than a decade as Switzerland’s crypto pioneer, the Bitcoin Suisse Group (“Bitcoin Suisse”) is expanding across Europe. Its European entity, Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG, founded in 2018, has been granted a license as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) under MiCAR by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 23rd, 2026, Chainwire My Wallet, one of the leading TON-native wallets, now runs on Solana, Ethereum, Base, and eight other networks with built-in portfolio tracking, a native AI Agent, gasless transfers, and a top-7 CertiK security ranking MyTonWallet, an open-source self-custodial wallet launched on The Open Network in 2022, rebrands to My Wallet. The product serves over 9 million users and has expanded from a single-chain TON wallet to an 11-network platform covering TON, TRON, Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad, Avalanche, and Hyperliquid, with Bitcoin next on the roadmap. Existing wallets and…

New nonprofit research and development lab brings together a group of senior technical contributors from the Ethereum Foundation to ready the network for step-function wave of adoption from institutions, agentic finance and DeFi Ethlabs to reinforce foundational commitments to credible neutrality, censorship resistance and security NEW YORK, June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A coordinated group of Ethereum ecosystem stewards today announced the launch of Ethlabs, an independent, nonprofit research and development organization formed to ready Ethereum for the next phase of institutional adoption. The funding effort is led by Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), Sharplink, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBET), Ethereum…