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New York, United States, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire Stratosphere, Pudgy Penguins and Streamex hosted a private Founders Table VIP Dinner in New York City during ETHConf 2026 and NYC Tech Week, bringing together leaders across digital assets, tech, AI, traditional finance and institutional capital. The invite-only dinner took place on June 9th and gathered a curated room of founders, operators, funds, C-level executives and institutional leaders for an intimate evening of dinner and conversation. Guests in attendance included leaders from Citi, BitMine, BitGo, Mirae Asset Securities USA, Experian, Pyth Network, Space and Time, MegaETH, B3, Stable, Antler, Delphi Digital, Fun,…

Eightco treasury composition as of June 18, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $472 million OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire Calais (Calais Digital Assets), a Singapore-headquartered multi-strategy quantitative investment fund, has become the first institutional client to deploy UBS uMINT as off-exchange settlement (OES) collateral in active trading operations — marking a significant milestone in the real-world adoption of institutional-grade tokenised assets. The transaction was executed across an integrated infrastructure layer comprising Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and a licensed virtual asset platform operator across multiple jurisdictions; ByCustody, Bybit’s institutional custody arm; and DigiFT, authorised distributor of the UBS USD Money Market Investment Fund (“uMINT”), the first tokenized…

A 56-year-old Florida resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business in connection with a $1.8 billion fraudulent crypto platform.According to a statement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, Rodney “Bitcoin Rodney” Burton conspired to provide unlicensed money transmitting services to promote HyperFund, a global wire-fraud scheme.Kelly O. Hayes, US Attorney for the District of Maryland and agents from the Washington Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation unit and Homeland Security Investigations, New York, announced Burton’s guilty plea on Wednesday.HyperFund is one of the largest crypto fraud schemes, which…

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its June meeting, but signaled a shift toward tighter policy under new Chair Kevin Warsh, marking a decisive turn away from expectations of near-term easing. The Federal Open Market Committee left the federal funds rate unchanged at a range of 3.50% to 3.75%, in line with market consensus. The policy statement and updated projections, however, pointed to renewed concern over inflation and a growing willingness among policymakers to raise rates later this year. Officials now expect the benchmark rate to reach 3.8% by the end of 2026, up from a 3.4% projection…

Michelle Bond, the wife of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, will face illicit campaign finance charges after a judge rejected her argument that prosecutors promised Salame that she would be cleared if he pleaded guilty.Manhattan federal judge George Daniels on Wednesday denied Bond’s bid to dismiss an indictment that alleged she illegally took money from the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX to help bankroll her unsuccessful run for Congress in 2022.Daniels wrote there was “no ambiguity” in the terms of Salame’s written plea agreement. “As the evidence made clear, all parties, including the defendants and their counsel, were aware that the…

France just drew a hard line on quantum security. The country’s cybersecurity agency said it will stop certifying any digital product that doesn’t carry quantum-resistant encryption starting in 2027 — a move that’s going to force a lot of hands across the tech and crypto industries, and fast. The agency’s position is pretty blunt: if your product doesn’t meet the new encryption standard by 2027, it won’t get certified. No certification basically means no official approval, and in many markets that translates directly to blocked sales or severely limited distribution. The end goal is full adoption of quantum-resistant encryption across…

The memecoin boom that once defined Solana’s identity as a high-throughput speculation machine is unraveling in real time, and Pump.fun is bearing the brunt of it.The seven-day average of Pump.fun‘s token graduation rate — the share of newly created tokens that accumulate enough market cap to list on decentralized exchanges — has fallen to just 0.26%, representing an 80% decline over the past three months. The collapse is structural, not cyclical, and its effects are rippling well beyond the launchpad itself.A Platform Running on FumesToken graduation is the core value proposition of any memecoin launchpad. When a token created on…

Zimbabwe’s central bank just drew a hard line. The Financial Intelligence Unit — the FIU — now requires every virtual asset service provider operating in the country to register with the agency. No exceptions listed. No grace period publicly announced. The mandate covers a wide range of businesses. Crypto exchanges, digital wallet providers, and any other firm touching virtual assets inside Zimbabwe must now comply with the FIU’s new framework. The rules include detailed reporting obligations and operational standards that these companies will need to meet to keep their doors open. It’s a sweeping change for an industry that has,…

London, United Kingdom, June 17th, 2026, Chainwire Landmark transaction brings real operating company equity to Solana-based tokenised capital formation   First Block deploys next-generation digital securities architecture for real- world operating business  Onpharma’s medical device technology for dentistry brings recurring revenue, high gross margins and a significant market opportunity to a tokenised capital raise  This offering is available for investment at sto.onpharma.com   First Block, Inc., a digital securities and tokenisation infrastructure company, together with Onpharma Company (Delaware) and UK-based Crito Capital LLP, today announce the launch of what is believed to be the first Solana-based Security Token Offering (“STO”) for an established U.S.…