🆕 Safello Expands Cryptocurrency Offerings with Bittensor ETP Cross-Listing

📈 Safello, the Nordic crypto exchange, has expanded its regulated cryptocurrency offerings by cross-listing the Bittensor Staked TAO Exchange-Traded Product (ETP) on Nasdaq Stockholm as of March 19, 2026. This product was previously exclusive to the SIX Swiss Exchange and is now available for trading in Swedish kronor. The move follows a partnership with DDA ETP AG to provide regulated access to the Bittensor (TAO) network within Sweden.

💰 The 100% physically backed ETP offers direct price exposure and automatically reinvests on-chain staking rewards into its net asset value. It serves Safello’s base of over 423,000 users and maintains a competitive management fee of 1.49%. As an authorized crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, Safello will receive a revenue share based on assets under management.

🔔 David Sacks Steps Down as Crypto Czar

🌐 Venture investor David Sacks has announced his departure from his role as a special government employee focused on cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence (AI) under President Donald Trump. He will now serve as co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a federal committee that provides policy recommendations to the White House.

💰 This transition follows Sacks' recent sale of over $200 million in digital asset-related holdings to comply with federal ethics standards. As a partner at Craft Ventures, he will continue to advocate for the administration's new AI framework while promoting local infrastructure development for stable electricity rates.

I believe that as co-chair of PCAST, I can now provide recommendations not just on AI but on a broader range of technology issues,

Sacks told Bloomberg.

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🔔 Contract Expiration and Peace Talks: A $2.18 Billion Context

💰 Bitcoin surged to $72,000 following a two-week ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran. This increase is attributed more to a reduction in fear rather than genuine investor confidence. The announcement of the ceasefire coincides with a significant financial event: the expiration of $2.18 billion in bitcoin and ethereum options. On the same day, delegations from Washington and Tehran are set to arrive in Islamabad for ongoing negotiations, with Pakistan acting as the main mediator.

📉 Late Tuesday evening, Donald Trump agreed to suspend strikes on Iran for two weeks. This deal was facilitated by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Marshal Asim Munir. The U.S. President described Iran's ten-point peace plan as a working basis for long-term resolution. The easing of geopolitical tensions had an immediate impact on global markets: West Texas Intermediate oil prices fell by 19%, S&P 500 futures rose by over 2%, and Bitcoin prices jumped from $69,000 to $72,000 within hours.

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🔔 Solana-backed crypto PACs sharpen $8m attack on Ohio Senate race

📣 Sentinel Action Fund, a U.S. super PAC backed by the Solana Institute, will deploy $8 million with its advocacy arm Right Vote to support Republican Jon Husted in Ohio’s November Senate race against Democrat Sherrod Brown. The group said in a Wednesday statement that the spend is aimed at boosting a candidate it views as “strongly supports crypto” against one it accuses of blocking digital asset innovation.

🌐 Husted has repeatedly called for a “pro‑innovation framework for digital assets,” arguing that crypto and blockchain represent the “next wave of economic opportunity for working families.” In contrast, Brown has pushed for a crackdown on the use of crypto to fund terrorism and evade sanctions, and he lost his Senate seat in the 2024 race to crypto‑friendly Republican Bernie Moreno, who was heavily backed by industry money.

❓ Sentinel’s crypto funding is anchored by a $750,000 donation from the Solana Institute and $250,000 from venture firm Multicoin Capital, according to Federal Election Commission records. “Brown has stood in the way of pro‑innovation policies when it comes to digital assets,” Sentinel Action Fund president Jessica Anderson said, casting the PAC’s intervention as part of a wider fight over the regulatory direction of U.S. crypto policy.

🔖 The PAC has also drawn checks from Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and Fisher Investments chairman Kenneth Fisher, underscoring the extent to which traditional finance is now funding explicitly pro‑crypto political vehicles. Sentinel’s Ohio play is its third endorsement of the 2026 cycle, after it backed Maine Senator Susan Collins and Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, both considered friendly to digital assets.

❗️ South Korea's Tax Agency Develops Cryptocurrency Transaction Monitoring System

🛠 The National Tax Service (NTS) of South Korea is developing software to monitor cryptocurrency transactions, including those conducted through non-custodial wallets. The system is set to launch in the summer.

🌐 The agency has already announced a tender for the development of the software, which will enable real-time tracking of transactions and connections between wallets and exchanges. Special attention will be given to identifying hidden assets, undeclared income, and capital outflow schemes, including operations using mixers.

🔍 The NTS clarified that the need for such a tool arises from the challenges in identifying the owners of non-custodial wallets, which operate outside centralized platforms. Unlike exchange accounts, these wallets provide a higher level of anonymity as users store their private keys themselves, complicating oversight.

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🆕 Blockchain Launches SnapMarkets: A New Bitcoin Prediction Platform

🚀 Blockchain has introduced SnapMarkets, a prediction platform for Bitcoin price changes with 30-second intervals. The minimum bet is $1 on the asset's rise or fall. The product is marketed as a "skill-based prediction market." In addition to trading features, the platform includes a chat, real-time price feed, and a leaderboard.

🔍 Unlike Polymarket or Kalshi, SnapMarkets focuses solely on Bitcoin price predictions rather than bets on elections or sports outcomes. Blockchain plans to expand the list of available markets over time.

📈 The launch coincided with a period of active growth in the prediction market sector. According to Dune, the total trading volume in prediction markets exceeded $29 billion in April.

⚖️ Blockchain emphasizes that SnapMarkets is not binary options. The company describes the service as a "simple and transparent way" to interact with price movements, rather than a traditional derivative instrument. However, regulators in the US and Europe are cautious about such products. In 2018 2019, EU and UK authorities banned offering binary options to retail clients. In the US, the CFTC regulates such platforms. Due to regulatory restrictions, SnapMarkets is unavailable to residents of the US and UK.

🔔 Trump’s China visit a boom to ETH: Can ETH break higher after reclaiming key momentum?

❗️ Ethereum is currently positioned at a critical juncture as broader crypto markets attempt to sustain bullish momentum alongside improving equity market sentiment. After Bitcoin recently reclaimed the $80,000 level, traders are increasingly asking whether ETH can deliver a similar breakout or lag behind in a rotation-driven market. With U.S. stocks continuing to show strength and AI-driven equities like Nvidia hitting new highs, risk-on conditions are broadly supportive for digital assets, including ETH. However, Ethereum has historically required stronger catalysts than Bitcoin to sustain upside momentum due to its dual role as both a macro asset and a utility-driven network.

📣 The key question for traders is whether Ethereum can convert improving sentiment into a sustained trend above major resistance zones. Bitcoin’s recent push above $80,000 has reinforced optimism across crypto markets, but ETH often lags in early stages of macro rallies before accelerating during liquidity expansions.

⚡️ Institutional demand remains a central variable. In a previous cryptonews story, ETF inflows showed signs of cooling after a strong surge, raising questions about whether fresh capital will rotate into alternative assets like Ethereum.

❓ At the same time, infrastructure expansion across crypto markets continues to support ETH’s long-term narrative. Another cryptonews story highlighted the upcoming launch of Nasdaq Crypto Index futures by CME Group, which could increase diversified exposure to Ethereum alongside other major digital assets.

🔔 Bitcoin slips below $77,000 on Gate as BTC cools

📌 According to market data, the BTC/USDT pair is currently priced at $76,998, putting bitcoin just under the $77,000 level. The 24-hour move is marginal, with the pair down 0.03% over the period, indicating essentially flat price action rather than a sharp sell-off.

🌐 The small decline suggests traders are consolidating positions rather than reacting to a major macro or idiosyncratic shock. For context, bitcoin remains far above key long-term levels even as yields and Fed expectations have recently moved against risk assets, with long-dated U.S. Treasuries trading above 5% and rate-hike odds climbing.

🔖 In that environment, a flat-to-slightly-down day for BTC at around $77,000 can still mask far larger drawdowns lower down the risk spectrum. The combination of modest spot softness, elevated yields and a cautious macro backdrop keeps the onus on traders to watch liquidity, funding and order-book depth rather than fixating solely on headline price levels.

🔔 Will Solana price lose $80 support as bearish double top threatens breakdown?

❗️ According to data from cryptonews, Solana fell 5% to an intraday low near $80 on May 28 after trading above the $95 region earlier this month. The token has now erased most of its late-April recovery, while daily trading volume surged as traders rushed to exit leveraged long positions.The latest selloff accelerated after Bitcoin slipped below the $73,000 level and Ethereum dropped under $2,000.

📣 On-chain activity added another layer of pressure. Pumpfun, one of Solana’s largest meme coin launchpads, resumed large-scale treasury selling after months of inactivity. As per data shared by Lookonchain, the platform offloaded roughly 100,628 SOL at an average price near $84.5, adding fresh supply into an already fragile market.

🔖 Institutional demand has also weakened sharply since early May. Public disclosures showed Goldman Sachs fully exited its Solana ETF exposure during the latest reporting period, removing a key bullish narrative that had supported the token earlier this year. The liquidation came as spot Solana ETF flows slowed across several U.S. products following weeks of reduced crypto allocations from large asset managers.

❗️ How low can Bitcoin go? The bear targets

🌐 The honest answer is that nobody knows, but the levels traders and analysts are actually watching are specific, and they cluster into a clear ladder. Near-term support sits around $65,000, with the 60.000$ to 62.000$ zone in focus right below it. Credible analysts flag $55,000 to $57,000 as a realistic stress-test low. 

⚠️ Prediction markets are pricing meaningful odds of $50,000, $45,000, and even $40,000 before 2027. A handful of cycle analysts call for a deeper bottom near $38,000, and a few perma-bears throw out numbers like $20,000 that deserve heavy skepticism. This piece maps the bear targets in order, explains what would have to break to reach each one, and lays out why most credible forecasters still think Bitcoin holds well above the scariest numbers.

⚡️ Through the June selloff, $65,000 has emerged as the immediate line in the sand. Several technical analysts treat it as the pivot: hold above it, and the structure of a deep correction within a larger uptrend stays intact, with room to recover toward $68,000 and then $70,000. Lose it decisively, and the next support zone, $60,000 to $62,000, comes into focus quickly. As of early June, Bitcoin was wobbling right around and just below this line, which is why every tick matters to traders watching it.

🔔 Citi to offer tokenized private shares to wealthy clients: WSJ

❗️ The platform comes as demand grows for access to large private companies that have stayed away from public markets. Investors have closely watched firms such as SpaceX and Anthropic, which remain private despite strong market interest.

⚠️ The new Citi product will use tokenized depositary receipts. These securities will represent exposure to private-company shares and will be authorized and issued by Citi. Citi will also act as custodian for the assets. That means clients will not be buying direct shares in the same way as public stocks, but they will gain a regulated structure for private-market exposure.

🔖 The platform will initially serve non-U.S. investors. Citi plans to expand access over time, including potential availability for U.S. clients if regulatory conditions allow. The bank is also in talks with large private companies, though it has not named them. The product is designed for investors who already meet wealth or institutional access standards.

📌 Satori Finance joins growing list of crypto projects shutting down

🔔 Satori said in a June 16 statement that it would begin winding down the platform and keep withdrawals available until July 16, 2026, at 23:59 UTC. The team attributed the decision to prolonged unfavorable market conditions and said continued operation was no longer financially viable. The company urged users to close open positions and withdraw assets during the transition period. Satori warned that the platform will cease operating after the deadline and that users may no longer be able to access assets left on the platform beyond that date.

🌐 “We have made the difficult decision to wind down Satori Finance operations,” the team wrote, adding that user assets remain under users’ control throughout the shutdown process.

⚠️ “We want to reassure you that your assets remain fully safe and under your control throughout this transition period. There is no need for concern — this notice is simply to help you plan ahead and ensure a smooth, orderly withdrawal process.”

📣 Solana price eyes breakout after tokenized stock boom fuels 18% rally

❗️ Solana price has extended its recovery to nearly 18% over the past week as record tokenized stock activity and growing institutional adoption helped the token outperform a crypto market still weighed down by macroeconomic uncertainty. According to data from cryptonews, Solana climbed from a local low near $64 on June 25 to an intraday high of $75.8 on June 30 before easing back toward the $73 region. Its rebound came while Bitcoin remained below 60.000$ following another failed breakout attempt, allowing SOL to stand out as one of the few large-cap cryptocurrencies to post a strong weekly gain.

🔖 One catalyst behind the move came from Solana’s tokenized asset ecosystem. The network processed a record $1.36 billion in weekly tokenized equity volume, accounting for roughly 96% of all on-chain stock trading during the period. The surge in real-world asset activity increased on-chain transactions and demand for SOL as the network’s native gas token, adding a source of organic spot buying beyond speculative trading.

⚠️ Institutional adoption also continued to build. Spot Solana exchange-traded funds managed by firms including Bitwise and Fidelity surpassed $1.06 billion in combined assets under management. Unlike spot Bitcoin ETFs, several Solana products distribute staking rewards to shareholders, giving investors an additional yield component alongside price exposure.

🔖 Elon Musk’s SpaceX wallet stirs Bitcoin fears as SPCX sinks 25%

📣 SpaceX has transferred Bitcoin for the first time in six months, while its newly listed SPCX shares have fallen more than 25% from recent highs despite joining the Nasdaq-100. According to Arkham Intelligence, a wallet linked to Elon Musk’s SpaceX moved just $88 worth of Bitcoin on July 8, ending a six-month period without on-chain activity. Although the transfer was tiny, it quickly fueled speculation across crypto markets because the company’s wallets have historically remained inactive for long periods.

➡️ Arkham Intelligence data showed that SpaceX still holds about 18,712 BTC, worth roughly $1.16 billion at current prices. The receiving wallet now contains 614 BTC valued at about $38 million. The blockchain analytics platform also showed that the company’s previous major transfer involved more than 1,016 BTC worth nearly $100 million. While the latest transaction involved only a nominal amount, it arrived after a series of larger Bitcoin sales by corporate treasury holders. Strategy, MARA Holdings, Nakamoto Holdings, and Sequans Communications have all disclosed Bitcoin sales in recent weeks.

⚠️ Past activity has also added to the attention. Arkham Intelligence data indicates that outflows from SpaceX to unidentified wallets accelerated around the crypto market decline on Oct. 10 last year before slowing as the company’s attention turned toward its public listing. Selling pressure has continued in SpaceX shares even after the company secured a place in the Nasdaq-100. SPCX closed 6.83% lower at $149.47 on Tuesday after touching an intraday low of $148.86, leaving the stock below its IPO debut price and more than 25% below levels seen about a month ago. Premarket trading on Wednesday showed the shares edging up 0.49%.