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Crypto exchange balances saw a notable withdrawal wave heading into July 1, with USDC and Bitcoin leading approximately $850 million in net outflows from centralized platforms. The move adds another layer to a market already watching liquidity, ETF flows, and investor positioning closely. TL;DR Centralized exchanges reportedly saw around $850 million in net withdrawals over 24 hours. USDC led stablecoin outflows with about $503 million leaving exchanges. Bitcoin recorded around $352.7 million in net withdrawals over the same period. Exchange outflows are wallet movements, not direct evidence of spot buying or selling. Exchange flows are useful because they show where…

Picture a contractor in Buenos Aires opening a new wallet on her phone and getting paid the same day, in a dollar-pegged token, without waiting for a bank wire to clear. That just moved from crypto Twitter fantasy to a real pilot.On June 3, Stripe said Deel is using its stablecoin stack to launch a wallet for contractors, available in Argentina at launch, with Deel citing more than 40,000 businesses and about 1.5 million workers worldwide. That is not a niche crypto app. That is payroll, at scale (Stripe Newsroom).Then, right at quarter end, Open Standard announced Open USD, or…

A new class of Wall Street securities has grown from an experiment into a multibillion-dollar market in under two years, and a June 2026 research report from BitcoinTreasuries.net argues the expansion has just begun. The report, produced in partnership with the DeFi protocol Apyx, tracks the rise of preferred shares issued by public companies and backed by their bitcoin holdings. Such shares now carry a combined market value of about $13 billion. That figure represents close to 1% of the $1.3 trillion global preferred market, a share the report’s authors expect to reach 3 to 5% by 2030 and as…

A new independent non-profit called Ethereum Institutional launched on 01 July with a stated mission to accelerate the adoption of Ethereum, its Layer 2 networks and broader ecosystem by the world’s largest financial institutions.The organisation is being established to serve as what its founders describe as a credible, neutral front door for institutions navigating the Ethereum ecosystem. Banks, asset managers, custodians and market infrastructure providers making long-term platform decisions today often lack a dedicated, unbiased counterpart who can walk them through the technical and commercial landscape without an agenda tied to any single product or protocol.Why NowInstitutions are currently making…

US spot Bitcoin ETFs ended June with the kind of flow number that forces the market to pay attention. According to flow data tracked by Farside Investors, the group recorded roughly $4.5 billion in net outflows across the month, making it the weakest monthly showing since the products began trading in January 2024. TL;DR US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted around $4.5 billion in June net outflows. That was the worst monthly result on record for the product group. BlackRock’s IBIT represented most of the redemptions, with about $3.55 billion in outflows. The move came as Bitcoin’s spot price fell sharply…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure BNB Beacon Chain migration has moved into Phase 3, bringing a self-service recovery tool for users who still hold BEP2 and BEP8 tokens tied to the deprecated Beacon Chain. The update is designed to help users manually recover assets and move them toward the BSC network as the older chain is phased out. TL;DR BNB Beacon Chain migration entered Phase 3 on July 1, 2026. Users with BEP2 and BEP8 tokens can use a self-service recovery tool. The process is meant to support migration from the…

Bitcoin’s US demand signal is still struggling to recover, with the Coinbase Premium Index reportedly sitting in negative territory for eight straight weeks. The run began on May 6, 2026, and now marks the longest continuous negative stretch for the metric in more than a year. TL;DR The Coinbase Premium Index has reportedly been negative since May 6. That marks an eight-week weak stretch for the US Bitcoin demand signal. The index compares Bitcoin pricing on Coinbase Pro with Binance. A negative reading suggests weaker relative buying pressure from Coinbase-linked traders, not a collapse in global volume. The Coinbase Premium…

Rongchai Wang Jul 01, 2026 16:49 Master contract redlining with these 10 best practices, including AI tools, playbooks, and tight version control to streamline negotiations. Contract redlining, the process of marking proposed revisions during negotiations, remains a critical skill for legal and contracting teams in 2026. Sloppy redlines can drag deals out for weeks, while disciplined practices can close agreements in days. As AI adoption in legal workflows accelerates, tools like Harvey and integrated Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems are reshaping how redlining gets done. Here are ten best practices to streamline your…

I watched my country get knocked out of the World Cup on penalties. In Monterrey. Close enough to smell the sweat on the pitch.Netherlands vs Morocco was one of those matches that makes you question why you follow football at all. Gakpo scored in the 72nd minute and for twenty-some minutes it looked done. Then Issa Diop rose above everyone in the 91st minute and buried a header that sent the whole stadium into extra time. Penalties came. Bounou made the save that mattered. Saibari buried the winner. Game over. Coach out.Ronald Koeman resigned within hours of the final whistle.…

Citigroup took a red pen to its crypto forecasts on Tuesday, cutting its 12-month price targets for bitcoin after the ETF flows that carried the market higher went into reverse. The bank now sees bitcoin at $82,000 a year out, down from $112,000. It’s the second time Citi has trimmed those numbers in 2026. An earlier round of cuts had already pulled bitcoin down from $143,000.  What changed most is how Citi thinks about Bitcoin ETFs. The bank had been penciling in $10 billion of net inflows over the coming year. It now expects zero.  That is a big swing,…