ARMA 2026 (H.R. 8957) would enshrine the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in statute, mandate a 20-year lock-up, and require quarterly cryptographic proof-of-reserve — a structural shift from EO 14233 and a break from the BITCOIN Act's 1M BTC purchase mandate.
MetaMask launched its Agent Wallet on June 8, 2026 — a CLI-first product giving AI agents scoped, self-custodial signing authority across 9 EVM chains with mandatory simulation, Blockaid scanning, and MEV protection on every transaction.
Morgan Stanley clients can now lend BTC, ETH, or SOL to Galaxy Digital and receive spot ETP shares — with a $5M minimum.
HTX suspended four trading pairs on June 5 and fully delisted USD1 on June 7, 2026, after World Liberty Financial froze specific HTX on-chain addresses citing sanctions compliance. Remaining balances convert to USDT 1:1.
ETH hit 13-month lows. Analysis covers $1,400 liquidation clusters, ETF flows, and base/bull/bear June 2026 scenarios.
Seven House drafts go to committee June 9: staking deferral, a $10 gas-fee exemption, wash-sale rule closure, and a two-year amnesty window.
MiCA's 18-month grandfathering period expires July 1, 2026. With ~83% of pre-MiCA VASPs still unlicensed, EU users face forced migrations, service cutoffs, and reverse-solicitation risk from non-EU platforms.
A wallet linked to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin deposited 110,000 ETH as collateral into Sky (MakerDAO) vaults on June 6, 2026, defending $259M in DAI debt with liquidation prices at $899–$1,056.
Six stablecoins, 8 chains: how Mastercard's June 2026 settlement expansion reshapes cross-border fiat and crypto rails.
U.S. Treasury designated Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex on June 2, 2026 — the broadest OFAC action against Iran's crypto sector yet, covering exchanges that handled $40B+ in cumulative flows and now triggering secondary sanctions risk for foreign institutions.
SEC declared Securitize's Form S-4 effective June 5, 2026. CEPT shareholders vote June 29 on the Cantor Fitzgerald SPAC merger that would put SECZ on NYSE at a $1.25B valuation.
Bernstein's 9x AI revenue call for TeraWulf and Cipher Digital: power-landlord thesis, deal metrics, margins, and risks.
