The state of Illinois has passed a law introducing a 0.2% tax on activities related to digital assets. Crypto industry representatives have already criticized the initiative, stating that it creates unequal conditions for crypto companies and may become the subject of lawsuits. Under the law, every instance of exchange, transfer, or custodial…

Grayscale analysts consider the AAVE token "undervalued." The base target for the coming year is $179 at the current rate of about $75. 1/ Grayscale Research believes the $AAVE token fair value could rise to ~$175 in one year and is currently undervalued at $75Top 30 crypto assets age is ~8 years - compare that to the 100+ year average for the constituents currently…

On June 17, 2026, a meeting of the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) took place. As a result, the regulator decided to leave the interest rate at its current level — 3.5%-3.75%. Recall that this is the first meeting under the regulator's new chairman, Kevin Warsh. The Fed's decision was expected and matches experts' forecasts. In addition, this…

The Claude chatbot by Anthropic suffered a large-scale outage on June 18: thousands of users around the world found that the service was not responding and not loading messages. According to the DownDetector service, the number of complaints began to rise sharply around 10:03 Moscow time. The problems coincided with a tense news backdrop around the company. This week Anthropic…

PsiQuantum, a developer of photonic quantum computers, has begun construction of a facility in the Australian state of Queensland. There the company plans to house a fault-tolerant, industrial-scale quantum computer. First, PsiQuantum will prepare the infrastructure for a large cryogenic installation by Linde Engineering. The company then expects to launch cryogenic…