ETF Bitcoin spot: -$8.95 billion in May-June, the bleeding continues
Two months of record outflows: US spot Bitcoin ETFs lose nearly $9B cumulatively. The institutional channel withdraws as the price rebounds on the dovish NFP.
6 h ago 6 6
Volksbanken and Sparkassen Open Crypto Retail: Germany Banks Bitcoin
German cooperative banks open crypto trading to millions of retail customers under the MiCA framework. Banked retail crypto is scaling up.
6 h ago 7 8
Lars Eriksson
Standard Chartered Joins ESMA MiCA Register: Traditional Finance Enters European Crypto Framework
MiCA Day+2: ESMA Publishes First CASP Register Update. Standard Chartered Listed. Binance Still Absent. Regulatory Divide Widens.
yesterday 8 8
Lars Eriksson
Robinhood Launches a Public Blockchain: The Retail Broker Enters the Crypto Infrastructure Era
Robinhood no longer just wants to provide access to crypto—it wants to become its infrastructure. A proprietary public blockchain is a category shift.
Jul 1, 2026 at 22:49 7 8
Lars Eriksson
MiCA D-Day: Binance Suspended in the EU, the Great European Crypto Market Shutdown is Complete
On July 1, 2026, Europe shifted into the era of regulated crypto. Binance is out. Coinbase, Kraken, and Paymium are in. The market will never be the same again.
Jul 1, 2026 at 22:49 8 9
Lars Eriksson
Taiwan tightens crypto law: mandatory licenses, 100% reserves, and criminal penalties - Asia's MiCA is here
The very day MiCA comes into force in Europe, Taiwan adopts Asia's strictest crypto regulatory framework. Global regulatory convergence becomes an operational reality.
Jul 1, 2026 at 09:38 9 10
Lars Eriksson
ARK buys $43.5M in crypto shares: contrarian signal or falling knife?
Cathie Wood bets on crypto downturn to accumulate Coinbase, Circle, and ecosystem companies—a institutional wager on post-MiCA consolidation amid a bearish microstructure.
Jun 30, 2026 at 10:08 11 11
Lars Eriksson
**Strategy allows BTC sales to buy back its shares: when the Treasury model cracks under pressure**
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has authorized the sale of Bitcoin to fund share buybacks—a symbolic break from Saylor's "never sell" dogma. With BTC at $59,000 and negative funding rates, the mechanics of the Digital Credit Capital Framework deserve a cold analysis.
Jun 29, 2026 at 20:51 9 12
Yuki Tanaka
IBIT: BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Holders Show 40% Unrealized Loss
Launched with great fanfare in January 2024, BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) now shows an average unrealized loss of 40% for its holders. A sentiment signal to interpret with method.
Jun 29, 2026 at 20:49 11 14
Lars Eriksson
USDT at +8.5% Premium in India: Crypto Crackdown Fuels Black Market for Digital Dollar
After a wave of crackdowns on crypto payments, Tether (USDT) is trading at an 8.5% premium in India—signaling structural demand for dollarization that regulation fails to suppress.
Jun 29, 2026 at 17:15 12 13
Lars Eriksson
Strategy Adopts a Digital Credit Capital Framework: Up to $1.25 Billion in Bitcoin at Stake
MicroStrategy, now renamed Strategy, reaches a new milestone in its crypto bet: the company adopts a financial framework allowing it to sell up to $1.25 billion in Bitcoin, shifting from a "passive Bitcoin treasury" model to active balance sheet management—an ambiguous signal in a pressurized market.
Jun 29, 2026 at 17:15 11 11
Yuki Tanaka
Bitcoin spot ETFs: -$4 billion in June 2026, worst month since launch
In June 2026, spot bitcoin ETF holders voted with their feet: $4 billion in net redemptions in a single month, a record since the launch of the products in the United States in January 2024. The mechanism is clear—and microstructure signals confirm it.
Jun 29, 2026 at 09:03 9 11