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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has raised its key rate to 1%. This is the highest level since 1995. The decision was made on June 16 by a majority vote — 7 to 1. The rate rose by 0.25 percentage points — from the previous 0.75%. Thus Japan returned to the 1% mark for the first time in 31 years and took another step away from

The total value locked in DeFi protocols could grow to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030. That is the conclusion reached by Standard Chartered's head of digital asset research, Geoffrey Kendrick, Cointelegraph writes . According to the expert's forecast, the sector will demonstrate 37-fold growth. The main drivers will

The China National Nuclear Corporation has announced the launch of mass production of silicon-28 with isotopic purity above 99.99%. It was called the country's first independent large-scale production of such a material. Silicon-28 is used in silicon-based quantum computers: it reduces magnetic interference and helps

For the first time in nearly two months, Americans will see gasoline prices below $4 per gallon. The decline was made possible by the U.S. and Iran agreeing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The White House considers this Donald Trump's achievement, but analysts point out that the global oil market is still far from a

The developer of neutral-atom quantum computers QuEra Computing plans to launch its first fault-tolerant system on the Amazon Braket cloud service in 2028. The project will be implemented as part of an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services. The Libra quantum computer is being designed with more than 256

Bitcoin mining difficulty has decreased by 10.09% — to 124.93 T. This is according to data from the CloverPool service. Bitcoin mining difficulty and hashrate. Source: CloverPool. After the recalculation, the network's average hashrate is around 905.89 EH/s. The next adjustment of the metric is expected in roughly two

Standard Chartered gave an optimistic forecast for Uniswap, demand for decentralized AI is growing worldwide, and the Pudgy Party game from Pudgy Penguins is no longer available — these and other crypto news items from the morning of June 16 are in our roundup. Behavior of the cryptocurrencies leading by market cap

Brian Armstrong is more bullish on Bitcoin than ever, citing the 4-year cycle and forecasting a far higher price by 2030.

CryptoQuant analyst Woo Mingyu believes that large Bitcoin (BTC) holders have finished selling off and turned the trajectory of their supply upward, triggering a price rebound to $65,704.89. By his estimate, the transfer of coins from less resilient holders to whales is fully complete. The key signal is a reversal in

Over five days, the owner of address 0xa2e8 made just 10 ETH trades, playing now long, now short, and closed nine of them at a profit. The cumulative result was about $4.93 million, with a win rate reaching 90%. Right now the trader is sitting in a large short: 17,000 ETH for $29.2 million at 20x leverage via