Cryptocurrencies

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

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

Tether announced the gradual winding down of the Alloy by Tether platform and the aUSDT stablecoin after a review of user activity, market demand, and the company's strategic priorities. The company's statement notes that Alloy by Tether was created as an open platform to study demand for digital assets backed by

CZ is urging states to tokenize their stock markets and launch national stablecoins following meetings with Asian leaders and regulators.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) will file a lawsuit against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). CME head Terrence Duffy said this in a comment to CNBC. The reason was the agency's authorization for the Kalshi platform to launch perpetual futures. Duffy stated that such instruments are

Senators Ruben Gallego and Cynthia Lummis came out with a resolution banning a pardon, amnesty, or any other reduction of the sentence of former FTX exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. They stated that he did not deserve release and pointed to the absence of signs of remorse. Recall that Bankman-Fried filed an official

The well-known Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd criticized initiatives to ban social networks for teenagers. According to him, it was at a young age, through social media, that he communicated with the pioneers of cryptography and worked on the ideas that became the foundation of bitcoin (BTC). He noted: the United

On June 17 Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket. State authorities believe that under the guise of prediction markets the platforms offer residents unlicensed sports betting, CoinTelegraph reports. The lawsuits were filed with the Franklin County court. In the

The International Federation of Football (FIFA) has implemented an Avalanche-based blockchain infrastructure for the new ticket distribution system for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. CoinDesk explained how this mechanism works and how many tickets have already been sold under the new model. The solution works through the

Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. The agreement became a major geopolitical event. Despite this, Bitcoin still failed to recover after the Federal Reserve’s hawkish statements. As of the time of writing, the leading cryptocurrency is trading near $63,800, down