
Ethereum Institutional Launches as an Independent Nonprofit
A new nonprofit backed by BitMine, SharpLink Gaming and Joseph Lubin takes on institutional outreach for Ethereum, days after the Foundation cut that work back.
Altcoins, ETH & general crypto

A new nonprofit backed by BitMine, SharpLink Gaming and Joseph Lubin takes on institutional outreach for Ethereum, days after the Foundation cut that work back.

From July 1, any firm serving California residents needs a DFPI licence, with civil penalties running to $100,000 a day for operating without one.

More than 140 companies, including Stripe, Coinbase, Visa and BlackRock, backed Open USD, a consortium stablecoin with fee-free minting that returns reserve income to partners. Circle shares fell more than 17% to a four-month low.

The FCA published its final cryptoasset rules, covering trading platforms, custodians, stablecoin issuers and staking providers, with the regime due in 2027.

New York Life Investment Management, which manages $807 billion, launched its first tokenized product with Centrifuge: an on-chain high-yield corporate bond portfolio bought and sold in USDC. It moves Wall Street tokenization past Treasuries and into credit.

Polymarket raised the total stolen in a June 25 attack on its website to $3.1 million, taken from 11 wallets after a vendor's script served malicious code.

The $1.7 trillion manager closed its 250 Digital acquisition and opened a crypto division under Christopher Perkins. Terms were not disclosed.

The Ethereum Foundation confirmed its largest-ever restructuring: 54 roles gone, about 20% of staff, and a 2026 budget cut of roughly 40%. Co-Executive Director Hsiao-Wei Wang resigned, and Privacy and Scaling Explorations is being wound down.

ESMA published a public statement on June 23 as MiCA's national grandfathering regimes end across the EU on July 1. Providers without authorization must immediately stop onboarding clients and cease marketing, and national regulators may take coordinated action after the deadline.

Fake token pools baited the jaredfromsubway.eth MEV bot into leaving approvals with attacker-controlled contracts, which drained $7.5 million from it.

The Fed held its benchmark rate at 3.50%-3.75% in Kevin Warsh's first meeting as chair, but nine of eighteen officials now project at least one hike by year-end, against none in March. Bitcoin fell to $64,800 before steadying near $65,300.

Japan's House of Representatives passed a bill on June 11 moving crypto from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. Tokens gain equity-style insider-trading rules and 10-year penalties, paired with a move to a flat 20% tax.