Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ruben Gallego submitted a joint resolution for consideration. The document is directed against a possible presidential pardon of Sam Bankman-Fried. Recall that the FTX exchange founder is currently in prison and actively trying to get his sentence reduced. The document prepared by the politicians has no direct legal force and cannot…

BitMEX crypto derivatives exchange co-founder Arthur Hayes tried to refute the accusations of the anonymous blockchain detective ZachXBT. The sleuth claimed that the businessman deliberately inflated interest in the cryptocurrencies Zcash, NEAR, and Hyperliquid before selling — as a result of which Hayes's followers suffered large losses. In an interview with Cointelegraph…

From 2027, France’s National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI) will stop certifying cybersecurity products that lack encryption resistant to quantum attacks. This was announced by the agency’s chief of staff, Sami Souissi, at the France Quantum conference. ANSSI certification is required to use such solutions in French government bodies and…

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said that bitcoin is in its usual cyclical correction, and promised an inevitable bull rally for the first cryptocurrency. The recent shift in BTC's price matches the four-year market cycle that follows Bitcoin's halving, the businessman insisted in an interview with CNBC. The cycle…

Tether dropped its gold-backed stablecoin aUSDT, CME Group went against the CFTC over perpetual futures, and Ark Invest is selling Robinhood shares in favor of Coinbase securities — these and other cryptocurrency news of the morning of June 18 are in our review. The behavior of the cryptocurrencies leading by capitalization: Bitcoin (BTC), according to TradingView, started the day with sideways…