CME Group plans to file a lawsuit against the CFTC over the approval of perpetual futures, its CEO Terrence Duffy said in an interview with CNBC. According to him, such contracts fall under the definition of swaps and should be regulated accordingly. A bit of context: at the end of May 2026 CFTC chairman Michael Selig stated that the regulator "opened…

At the core of bitcoin is an open ledger, so with the proper skill any transfer can be traced from address to address. A whole industry has grown out of this: traders track whales and inflows to exchanges, blockchain forensics experts help recover stolen funds, and compliance filters out "dirty" coins. In this guide we will go step by step through how to analyze transactions…

The analytical division of Grayscale Investments published a study on valuing crypto assets through traditional financial models and stated that the token of the DeFi protocol Aave could be worth about $175 within a year under the base market scenario. In addition, Grayscale singled out Uniswap and Hyperliquid as examples of protocols with effective…

The abandoned protocol Aztec Connect was hacked again. As security specialists from BlockSec Phalcon and SlowMist reported, on June 18 an attacker withdrew about another $2.2 million from it. This is already the second blow to the protocol in a week after the attack on June 14. This time the hacker stole 1,158 ETH, 150,000 DAI, and about 0.47 of a renBTC token. The attack

CryptoQuant analysts reported the appearance of the first signals of bitcoin accumulation by large players. At the same time, the altcoin segment continues to be under the strongest seller pressure since 2020, while Santiment believes that excessive optimism among market participants could become a restraining factor for a further rally. Whales began accumulating bitcoin: According…