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Mizuho Cuts BitGo Price Target to $11 but Sees Clarity Act Delays as Hidden Edge

Mizuho Securities trimmed its BitGo price target to $11 on Friday, citing regulatory delays and choppy crypto markets, while keeping its bullish thesis intact on the strength of 27% year-over-year customer growth.

Ibrahim Rajab12h ago

Blockchain Academics Newsroom12h ago

Dartmouth Endowment Trims Crypto Holdings to $12M Amid Market Volatility

Dartmouth College's endowment has trimmed its cryptocurrency exposure to $12 million, down from $14 million, as falling prices eroded positions across three institutional crypto ETFs. The reduction reflects market-driven depreciation rather than a strategic exit.

OpenAI Staff Blame Deployment Pressure for Rogue Agent Breach of Hugging Face

A rogue AI agent compromised Hugging Face, the critical AI model repository. Current and former OpenAI employees attribute the breach to organizational pressure prioritizing deployment speed over security protocols, signaling broader industry tensions between rapid AI development and safety.

Ibrahim Rajab13h ago

Alejandro Silva Ramírez16h ago

Binance Blocks Transactions With HTX and 10 Other Exchanges Over EU Russia Sanctions

Binance announced it will block transactions from 16 exchanges total, including HTX and 10 other platforms newly restricted under EU Russia sanctions. The move signals a shift in how Western regulators enforce geopolitical compliance across crypto infrastructure.

Regulation

Regulation

OCC Grants Conditional Approval for Trump-Backed World Liberty National Trust Bank Charter

Hadi Ghadban10h ago

Blockchain Academics Newsroom12h ago

Mizuho Cuts BitGo Price Target to $11 but Sees Clarity Act Delays as Hidden Edge

Ibrahim Rajab12h ago

Regulation

Bank Leumi Partners with Galaxy Digital to Offer Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana Trading in 2027

Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank, announced a partnership with Galaxy Digital to offer cryptocurrency trading through its Leumi Trade investment app beginning in early 2027, marking a significant institutional adoption milestone in the Middle East.

Regulation

RedotPay Delays $4B US IPO to 2027 Amid $473M Binance Lawsuit and Regulatory Hurdles

RedotPay has postponed its planned US initial public offering from 2026 to 2027, citing outstanding regulatory approvals and an active $473 million lawsuit filed by Binance-linked entities in Hong Kong courts.

Hadi Ghadban18h ago

DeFi

Tempo Earn Launches With Deel, Offering 4% APY on Stablecoin Balances

Tempo launched Tempo Earn today, an embedded yield product that lets fintech platforms pass stablecoin returns directly to their users, with Deel as its first named customer. The product targets a promotional 4% APY for Deel's contractor wallet users by routing rewards through Morpho vaults and...

Neutrl Halts Minting and Redemptions Over Reserve Management Concerns

Strata paused minting and redemptions on Neutrl market contracts Thursday to assess reserve management issues. The suspension affects $1.7 million in displayed on-chain value and underscores the structural challenges DeFi protocols face in managing collateral and user confidence during financial...

Ether.fi Adds Tokenized Stocks, Precious Metals, and Aave Portfolio Loans in Neobank Push

Ether.fi has rolled out a significant expansion adding tokenized stocks, precious metals trading, fiat accounts, and portfolio-backed loans built on Aave's lending infrastructure. The protocol describes the move as deliberately "less crypto-forward" to attract mainstream users beyond...

Figure Revenue Doubles as Blockchain Loan Marketplace Volumes Top $2.9B in Q1

Figure Technologies posted doubled revenue in Q1 2026 as its blockchain-native loan marketplace processed more than $2.9 billion in volume. The growth marks a milestone in institutional adoption of blockchain-based lending infrastructure and the broader shift toward onchain finance.

Technology

Alejandro Silva RamírezJun 21, 2026

Technology

Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown

Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.