JUST IN: The BNB Chain plans to initiate the Maxwell upgrade on June 30, 2025, which aims to decrease BSC block times from 1.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds, thereby improving transaction speed and network efficiency.

Crypto watchlist for this week:

$SOL - Bybit will launch the testnet for Byreal, its own Solana-based DEX, on June 30

$ARB - YAPYO, the hottest project on Arbitrum, is launching tomorrow

$JUP - Jupiter Studio, a new Pump Fun competitor, will go live early next week

$AERO $VELO - Aerodrome and Velodrome will drop a big announcement next week

$BTC - Trump said that a ceasefire in Gaza is likely “within the next week”

$HOME - DeFi App, the all-in-one DeFi app, will make a big announcement tomorrow and release its mobile app soon

$VET - Vechain will release StarGate, its new staking platform, on July 1

$SUI - $131M worth of SUI will be unlocked on July 1

$DRIFT - Drift Protocol's FUEL airdrop will become available for claiming on June 30

An Ethereum ICO participant woke up after ~10 years of dormancy and transferred 1 $ETH out an hour ago.

He received 1,000 $ETH(costing $310, now worth $2.44M) at Ethereum Genesis.

The ETH ICO price is ~$0.31.

JUST IN: The Governor of Kazakhstan's National Bank announced they are working on creating a Bitcoin and cryptocurrency reserve.

JUST IN: The Blockchain Group purchased 60 Bitcoin for €5.5 million, increasing their total holdings to 1,788 BTC.

JUST IN: The value of the $MTPLF memecoin surged by 30% in a day after Metaplanet became the fifth largest corporate holder of Bitcoin.

JUST IN: Solana surpasses all other chains in network revenue for 14 consecutive weeks.

JUST IN: Bybit has collaborated with Swiss issuer Backed to introduce tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on its platform.

• COINX and NVDAX will be listed at 10 PM tonight.
• Supported assets include AAPLX, GOOGLX, and AMZNX.

JUST IN: Spanish authorities, assisted by Estonia, France, and the U.S., dismantled a cryptocurrency investment fraud network and arrested five individuals.

• €460 million laundered
• Over 5,000 victims
• Funds moved through global accounts and a Hong Kong-based setup

This is FARTCOIN.

Now ranked #6 in trading volume on Coinbase — ahead of EVERY other memecoin.

JUST IN: Michael Saylor's company purchases an additional 4,980 Bitcoin for $531.9 million.

Hal Finney sent this email days after Bitcoin was created.

When he wrote this, Bitcoin cost $0

JUST IN: The EVM sidechain for the XRP Ledger has been launched on the mainnet.

JUST IN: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to protect Coinbase user data from being accessed by the IRS.