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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

Fed chair Kevin Warsh, at his first meeting of the Open Market Committee, kept the rate unchanged but surprised markets with a hawkish stance: nine of the 18 participants voted to raise the rate in 2026, and the inclination toward easing policy disappeared from the statement. The Federal Reserve left the key rate

Across the internet people have started talking about the emergence of a Chinese competitor to Claude. This is the GLM-5.2 neural network from the company Z.ai. Enthusiasts compare the newcomer with Anthropic's top products. For example, crypto blogger 0xMarioNawfal claimed that GLM-5.2 surpasses Claude in a number of

Cathie Wood reshaped ARK's portfolio: on SpaceX's market debut day the fund bought SPCX shares worth about $444 million and at the same time cut its position in Tesla. Both companies belong to Elon Musk, but Wood's priorities shifted. The trades took place on June 12, on SpaceX's IPO day: the securities rose 19%, and

Monero developers have warned miners of this cryptocurrency about a rewards vulnerability in the decentralized coin mining pool P2Pool. Attackers are already exploiting this bug for attacks, so network participants urgently need to update their software to version 4.16 in order not to lose funds, the project team

Users of the Polymarket prediction market now most often bet on France winning the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The team took the lead after Spain's odds dropped due to an unexpected draw with Cape Verde. Before the opening round, it was Spain that held the top of the ranking, but a goalless draw with the tournament's

The company xAI has made the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 model publicly available. The tool is an image-to-video generator. The developers placed the main emphasis on realism, correct motion physics and high rendering speed. The model has officially left preview mode in the API. At the same time, users gained access to an

The bitcoin price rose above $66,000 on Wednesday amid a statement by US President Donald Trump about an agreement with Iran at the G7 press conference. At the same time, oil grew cheaper — Trump's remarks clarified the details of the US-Iran deal on the eve of its official signing in Switzerland. Trump spoke about

The price of bitcoin on Wednesday broke through the $66,000 mark when US President Donald Trump made a statement on the Iran deal at a press conference at the G7 summit. Against this backdrop the cost of oil declined — Trump's words brought clarity to the details of the arrangements between the US and Iran ahead of

A wallet linked to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes received 4,400 ether worth about $7.9 million over two days. The funds came in through the Flowdesk and FalconX platforms, Onchain Lens analysts reported. On June 15 the address received 3,000 ether worth about $5.42 million from the market maker Flowdesk. Two days