A federal appeals court upheld the former FTX chief’s conviction, while his bid for clemency from President Donald Trump appears to face steep political odds. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/sam-bankman-fried-loses-appeal-to-overturn-25-year-prison-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
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Bitcoin surfs SpaceX IPO at $64K as trader warns key BTC price support may crumble
Bitcoin hit $64,000 as SpaceX launched a record-breaking IPO and US-Iran peace deal hopes continued to grow, but doubts over BTC price support remained. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-surfs-spacex-ipo-iran-peace-cues-as-trader-warns-62k-may-crumble?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Crypto Biz: SpaceX fuels tokenization’s next boom
Tokenized RWAs surge despite crypto volatility, Kraken launches SpaceX IPO xStocks, prediction markets outpace onchain gambling and Sam Bankman-Fried seeks a Trump pardon. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/tokenized-rwas-kraken-spacex-ipo-prediction-markets-sbf-trump-pardon?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Polish president vetoes crypto bill for third time ahead of MiCA deadline
Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill to implement MiCA for the third time, just weeks before the end of the EU crypto framework’s transitional period. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/polish-president-vetoes-crypto-bill-third-time-mica-deadline?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
KuCoin has not paid $2M award tied to delisted token dispute, investor says
A Seychelles court said KuCoin can’t treat unwithdrawn tokens as “abandoned,” and awarded a Swiss investor over $2 million. He says the exchange still hasn’t paid and plans to sue again. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/kucoin-yet-pay-seychelles-court-order-2m-token-case?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Metaplanet to form securities arm through Siiibo acquisition
Metaplanet will acquire Siiibo Securities and rename it Metaplanet Securities as it builds out Project Nova, its Bitcoin-centric finance strategy in Japan. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaplanet-to-form-securities-arm-through-siiibo-acquisition?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
SpaceX tokenized IPO campaign draws $557M on Binance ahead of debut
Crypto markets are becoming a new venue for pre-IPO price discovery ahead of SpaceX’s highly anticipated debut on June 12. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/spacex-ipo-550m-binance-crypto-rails-front-run-wall-street-pre-ipo-price-discovery?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin miner ‘capitulation’ comes as trader sees later 2026 bear-market bottom
Bitcoin miner metic sparked talk of “capitulation” as profit margins stayed under 5%, but the BTC price bear-market bottom remained absent. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-miner-capitulation-comes-as-trader-sees-later-2026-bear-market-bottom?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
SpaceX IPO update: Whale opens $22.3M SPCX long as synthetic price hits 30% premium
SpaceX’s IPO hype may fuel a strong debut, but history shows richly valued listings often struggle after the first-day pop fades. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/spacex-ipo-update-whale-opens-223m-spcx-long-as-synthetic-price-hits-30-premium?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Crypto scammers exploit World Cup ticket demand, TRM warns
FIFA and the FBI warned of ticket scams as TRM Labs identified World Cup-themed crypto fraud operations tied to multiple wallet addresses. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/trm-world-cup-crypto-scams-fake-tickets-betting?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound