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Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker Extradited to US for $8 Million Crypto Ransom Demand

In briefA 19-year-old alleged Scattered Spider member, Peter Stokes, has been extradited from Finland to the U.S. to face charges of conspiracy, cyber intrusion, and fraud.Prosecutors say he helped breach a luxury jewelry retailer in May 2025 and demand about $8 million in cryptocurrency, though the company refused to pay.The group has been tied to over 100 intrusions and $100 million in crypto ransoms.　　An alleged member of Scattered Spider, the prolific hacking crew behind some of the biggest corporate breaches of the past few years, has been extradited from Finland to face U.S. charges over an $8 million cryptocurrency ransom demand.　　Peter Stokes, 19, a dual U.S. and Estonian citizen, appeared in Chicago federal court on Tuesday on conspiracy, cyber intrusion, and fraud charges, according to a statement by the Justice Department. Finnish police arrested him in April on an Interpol Red Notice, and he was extradited last week and ordered held pending trial.　　Alleged Member of Criminal Cyber Hacking Group “Scattered Spider” Arrested in Finland and Extradited to United States @FBIChicago @DOJCrimDiv https://t.co/DWs2d9fns0　　— U.S. Attorneys Office (NDIL) (@NDILnews) July 1, 2026　　The complaint centers on a May 2025 breach of an unnamed luxury jewelry retailer. According to the indictment, Stokes and alleged

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Metaplanet adds 2,823 bitcoin to holdings in Q2, bringing total to 43,000 BTC

Quick TakeMetaplanet disclosed that it bought 2,823 BTC during the second quarter.The latest quarterly amount of bitcoin acquisition was notably smaller than those in previous quarters.　　Metaplanet announced on Thursday that it acquired 2,823 bitcoin during the second quarter, bringing its total holdings to 43,000 BTC.　　According to its July 2 disclosure, Metaplanet spent roughly 35.9 billion Japanese yen ($222 million) on purchasing bitcoin over the past three months, which translates into 12.7 million yen ($78,608) per bitcoin.　　The total purchase cost of its bitcoin treasury stood at 659.2 billion yen ($4.07 billion), representing an average cost of 15.3 million yen ($94,792) per bitcoin.　　During the second quarter, Metaplanet also generated $10.95 million worth of revenue from its Bitcoin Income Generation program, which involves the use of bitcoin options for additional returns.　　The Japanese firms latest disclosure shows that its pace of acquisition has slowed — it bought 17,473 BTC in Q3 2025, 4,279 BTC in Q4 and 5,075 BTC in Q1 2026. It aims to accumulate 100,000 BTC by the end of this year, and 210,000 BTC by the end of 2027.　　Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency market faced significant downside pressure during the second quarter. The worlds largest cryptocurrency fell to $58,558 at the

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Bitcoin bear market ‘dead’ after first TD9 reversal signal since July 2022 fires

Bitcoin (BTC) has delivered a key trend change setup in the latest sign that the macro downtrend could soon reverse.　　Key points:Bitcoin is seeing its first “perfected” TD9 indicator downtrend setup on monthly time frames since mid-2022.While not a “buy signal” on its own, the move marks a key inflection phase in the bear market, analysis suggests.RSI divergences continue to gain sway among those eyeing the final stages of the 2026 market downturn.　　BTC price “perfected” TD9 setup echoes final bear-market stages　　In an X post on Tuesday, analyst Tony Severino flagged a “perfected” buy signal on the TD9 indicator.　　TD9 is a derivative of the Tom DeMark Sequential market timing indicator, which alerts traders to potential trend changes. Here, price triggers a notable signal when nine candles in a row close higher (in an uptrend) or lower (in a downtrend) than the closing price four candles prior.　　“Bitcoin has ‘perfected’ a TD9 buy setup on the monthly,” Severino commented alongside data from TradingView.　　BTC/USD one-month chart with TD9 indicator data. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView　　The setup is Bitcoins first in several years on monthly time frames, with the last TD9 downtrend signal coming in July 2022.　　At the time, BTC/USD spent another five months ironing out its bear-market bottom,

07-02Industry

Ethereum backers launch nonprofit to lead institutional adoption efforts

An Ethereum founder and some of its biggest treasury holders are behind a new independent nonprofit launched to coordinate the blockchains institutional outreach, underscoring the ecosystems push to attract more banks, asset managers and financial institutions as competition from rival blockchains intensifies.　　The nonprofit, Ethereum Institutional, was introduced on Wednesday with backing from Ether (ETH) treasury companies BitMine Immersion Technologies and SharpLink, as well as blockchain co-founder Joe Lubin and other contributors. It plans to expand beyond New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore into additional financial hubs while offering education, standards development, industry research and institutional events.　　In a social media post announcing the launch, Ethereum Institutional said the ecosystem has lacked “a credible, independent front door” for engaging financial institutions, arguing that such a role is needed to accelerate institutional adoption.Source: Ethereum Institutional on X.com　　The launch comes as Ethereum continues to dominate the markets for stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), even as rival blockchains step up efforts to attract institutional users. According to Token Terminal, Ethereum hosts nearly 58% of the tokenized RWA market. Data from DeFiLlama also shows the network accounts for roughly half of the $311 billion stablecoin market.　　Although competition is intensifying, Ethereum remains the dominant blockchain

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Bank of Korea governor outlines tokenized bond vision, unified ledger plan

Hyun Song Shin, the governor of the Bank of Korea, praised tokenization for its ability to simplify the issuance and management of government bonds.　　Shin said during a Wednesday panel discussion at the European Central Bank (ECB) Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal, that tokenized bonds would make it easier to verify collateral, credit the asset providers account and reverse transactions at the appropriate time.　　“The big prize is tokenizing government bonds,” Shin said, adding that it is “much easier, much less prone to mistakes if you have everything tokenized.”　　US Treasury debt is the largest tokenized real-world asset category, representing $14.6 billion, or about 46% of the $31.7 billion RWA market, according to data provider RWA.xyz.　　Shin also outlined plans to bring tokenized government bonds, wholesale central bank digital currencies and tokenized commercial bank deposits on a unified ledger, as part of an extension to “Project Hangang,” a Bank of Korea-led pilot project testing a blockchain-based wholesale CBDC system.　　Hyun Song Shin, governor of the Bank of Korea, speaks during a panel discussion at the ECB Forum on Central Banking. Source: YouTube　　Tokenized government bonds may boost financial innovation: BIS　　Government bond tokenization could improve market efficiency and support financial innovation, provided regulatory and infrastructure

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Analyst warns BTC could drop further after worst June since 2022

Bitcoin could face further downside pressure after ending June below its 200-week moving average but above its realized price, a combination that crypto analyst PlanB says suggests the market has yet to reach a bear market bottom.　　Bitcoin fell 20.5% in June to close the month at $58,526 — its worst monthly performance since June 2022 — below its 200-week moving average of $62,000 but above its realized price of $52,000.　　“ALL previous bear market bottoms were below realized price,” said PlanB, the creator of the stock-to-flow pricing model, on Wednesday, adding in a separate post that Bitcoin could drop to $52,000.　　The price move would mean Bitcoin falling about 60% from its all-time high of $126,000 in October. The dip could be even deeper, as previous bear markets have seen Bitcoin fall even further, such as 83% in 2018 and 76% in 2022.　　BTC is undervalued but can still go lower　　“Right now, price is much lower than value and indeed might go lower from here (below realized),” PlanB said. “So, Bitcoin is undervalued but can still go lower.”　　BTC is trading between the 200-week moving average and the realized price. Source: PlanB 　　Bitcoins realized price is the aggregate cost basis of all coins in

07-02Industry

Trumps American Bitcoin sinks 8.4% ahead of reverse stock split to stay listed

Shares in the Trump family-backed American Bitcoin (ABTC) sank to an all-time low on Wednesday after the crypto miner set a date for a 1-for-15 reverse stock split in a bid to stay listed on the Nasdaq.　　American Bitcoin said its reverse stock split will go into effect after the market closes Thursday and will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis when the market opens Monday. It would continue to trade under the ticker ABTC.　　It said every 15 shares of the companys Class A and B common stock will be reclassified as one share. The company expects its common stock to be reduced from more than 1 billion outstanding shares to about 73 million.　　American Bitcoin is the only public crypto company tied to the Trump familys sprawling interests in the sector, and a reverse stock split is typically seen as a negative, as it indicates the company is in distress and is looking to artificially boost its share price.　　American Bitcoin said the split aims to prop up its shares to maintain compliance with Nasdaqs minimum bid requirements, which allow the exchange to delist the company if it trades below a $1 closing price for 30 consecutive trading days.　　Shareholders had approved the

07-02Industry

Venice AI becomes unicorn after $65M Series A as AI privacy concerns grow

The Erik Voorhees-founded Venice AI has achieved unicorn status after raising $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation.　　Led by Dragonfly and with backing from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, Morgan Creek and others, the funding round announced on Wednesday marks the companys first external capital raise since launching in 2024.　　The fundraising came in the same month Anthropic was forced to suddenly cut foreign access to two of its latest AI models, and comes just weeks after OpenAI was accused in a class-action lawsuit for sharing ChatGPT data with third parties, highlighting the potential appeal of privacy-focused AI platforms.　　“This capital will be used to uphold the First and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution as they relate to mankinds interaction with AI,” Voorhees said in an X post on Wednesday.　　The First Amendment is part of the United States Constitution protecting five essential freedoms including the freedom of speech. The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.　　Venice AI courts privacy-focused users　　Venice AI, which claims to have 3.5 million users, offers access to over 200 AI models but adds a proxy between the user and the models and allows users to choose the level

07-02Industry

Tradeweb executes real-time tokenized US Treasury transaction on Canton Network

Tradeweb, an institutional electronic trading platform, has executed an onchain transaction involving tokenized US Treasuries, with Franklin Templeton transferring a tokenized Treasury security to Virtu Financial in exchange for tokenized cash over the Canton Network.　　Tradeweb provided execution and price discovery, while the Canton Network synchronized settlement between the tokenized Treasury and tokenized cash. The companies said the trade settled in real time, but did not disclose its size.　　A Tradeweb spokesperson told Cointelegraph the deal marked the industrys first real-time purchase and sale of a tokenized US Treasury settled against USDCx, a USDC-backed stablecoin issued on Canton. Participants included Blockdaemon, Digital Asset, Societe Generale, Franklin Templeton, Tradeweb and Virtu Financial.　　According to the announcement, the transaction precedes the planned launch of the Depository Trust s expansion into tokenized financial assets. Earlier this year, the asset manager partnered with Binance to let institutions use tokenized money market fund shares as trading collateral while the assets remained in regulated custody, and with Ondo Finance to bring tokenized ETFs onto blockchain networks.　　Governments expand tokenized bond initiatives　　Governments have also been expanding efforts to bring sovereign debt onto blockchain infrastructure. Several jurisdictions have launched digital bond programs to test blockchain-based issuance, settlement and market infrastructure.　　Hong Kong was

07-02Industry

Robinhood rolls out public blockchain, plans crypto trading for UK residents

Stock and cryptocurrency trading platform Robinhood announced the launch of its public mainnet about four months after it began testing the network.　　On Wednesday, the company said Robinhood Chain, a layer-2 (L2) blockchain built on Arbitrum, had officially launched after the network went live on testnet in February. The blockchain, which the company described as “AI-native and purpose-built for real-world assets,” comes amid Robinhoods expansion of crypto- and decentralized finance-related services.　　According to Robinhood, it plans to launch crypto trading in the UK soon. The company also said that its tokenized stock products were live and available through its wallet app to users in more than 120 countries. CEO Vlad Tenev called tokenized stocks “inevitable” in January, arguing that offering the products could help prevent trading freezes that sometimes occur on traditional exchanges.　　The launch of the public mainnet came just a few weeks after Tenev announced that Robinhood would cut 10% of its workforce as part of a restructuring move. The company is expected to announce its 2026 second-quarter results on July 29, but reported in April that its crypto transaction revenue dropped by almost 50% year-on-year, from $252 million to $134 million.　　Related: Last-minute MiCA approvals mark end of EU transition period　　The

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