Circle filed a comment letter with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recommending that payments in stablecoins be treated as cash.

Bitwise released its "2027 Bitcoin Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions" report, raising its 10-year price target for Bitcoin from $1.3 million to $1.6 million, representing a CAGR of 34.3%, compared to expected annualized returns of 6.7% for US stocks and 10.8% for private equity over the same period. Bitwise projects that institutions will allocate 1% to 5% of their assets to Bitcoin over the next decade, corresponding to a demand of $1.5 trillion to $7 trillion. The report indicates that Bitcoin's pullback from its October 2025 high to its June 2026 low is approximately 50%, lower than the previous cycle's pullbacks of 86%, 84%, and 77%. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that he is more bullish on Bitcoin now than last year.

In a robbery case, the Thai Supreme Court ruled that Bitcoin is property and the defendant must return 2.48 BTC or pay 1.878 million baht.

Binance - BNB/USDT is currently trading at $750.05, up 0.04% in the last 5 minutes. Please be aware of market volatility.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity to combat fraud and cryptocurrency money laundering by North Korean IT workers. Russian national Ilya Boykov was found to have exchanged approximately $3.5 million worth of cryptocurrency for the North Korean company Alis since 2024, while Vitold Obertas facilitated nearly $2 million in cryptocurrency exchanges for North Korean officials starting in January 2025. Also sanctioned is the North Korean-controlled Russian entity FFTDC and its six IT workers, who reportedly generated over $750,000 in revenue since 2025. Australia and the European Union have taken similar sanctions this month.

Avail has launched ShieldTX, a privacy tool for Hyperliquid traders. By creating a separate wallet for each perpetual contract position, it reduces the ability of on-chain copy bots to link trading records and replicate trading strategies. Research shows that the median cost increase per trade due to execution price impacts for copied traders is 0.63%, and approximately 29% of the sub-accounts used by the top 150 Hyperliquid accounts may still be linked on-chain. (Source: The Block)