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On June 4, 2026, Mastercard announced on X its plans to expand the settlement capabilities of its payment network, allowing issuers and acquirers to settle transactions using regulated stablecoins across eight blockchains, alongside existing fiat processes. This move marks a new step by a major payment network to integrate stablecoins into the infrastructure layer behind card transactions.This is not an announcement that Mastercard users can now pay with stablecoins at every merchant. Card payments are typically authorized almost instantly at the point of sale, but settlement between financial institutions can still depend on banking hours, batch windows, and liquidity conditions.…

Prediction markets show Marco Rubio closing sharply on JD Vance after fresh comments from Donald Trump in the 2028 Republican primary market.Prediction markets traders are starting to treat the Republican 2028 presidential primary less like a runaway and more like an actual contest. Vice President JD Vance still leads, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio has closed the gap sharply over the past month on both Kalshi and Polymarket to be the 2028 Republican Presidential nominee. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s suggestion that a Vance-Rubio ticket, in either order, could make sense gave traders a fresh excuse to reprice the race.Trump redraws 2028…

Singapore-based crypto travel platform Travala has launched a protocol it says lets artificial intelligence agents search, reserve and pay for hotels with USDC (USDC) on layer-2 blockchain Base, extending agentic AI stablecoin payments into travel bookings.The Travala Travel MCP is live through Claude Desktop, with outside developers able to integrate it into their own travel agents, Travala said in a statement sent to Cointelegraph.The company said the system connects Travala’s hotel inventory to AI agents through the Model Context Protocol, an open standard for linking AI apps to external tools. Payments use Coinbase’s x402 protocol on Base, with Travala saying…

Key takeaways:Ether derivatives metrics flip to a heavily bearish bias as cascading liquidations cut off a relief bounce. A critical ZCash bug discovered by AI triggers widespread fears of contagion, driving a contraction in Ethereum TVL.Ether (ETH) plummeted to a 13-month low of $1,540 on Friday, following the bearish trend across the broader cryptocurrency market. Traders now fear a deeper price correction, given weakness in ETH derivatives metrics and heightened risk after a bug was found in the Zcash blockchain.ETH perpetual futures annualized funding rate. Source: LaevitasThe Ether futures annualized funding rate flipped negative on Friday, indicating increased demand for short…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The largest Solana treasury company has deposited a notable amount of SOL to Coinbase Prime, a potential sign that the firm is looking to sell. Forward Industries Has Made A Large Solana Deposit To Coinbase As highlighted by on-chain sleuth Lookonchain in an X post, Forward Industries has transferred some of its Solana to Coinbase Prime, the institution-focused branch of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Forward Industries is a design and manufacturing company that pivoted to a SOL treasury strategy model last year. The firm immediately became the largest…

In brief Zcash plummeted in price following the disclosure of a critical, four-year-old vulnerability. Because of Zcash’s privacy features, the bug’s scope couldn’t definitively be determined in terms of counterfeit coins. Some said tradeoffs between privacy and auditability are “part of the deal,” pointing to bugs patched in years past. Shielding funds from prying eyes has long been Zcash’s forte, but investors’ unease on Friday indicated that the privacy coin’s core feature can also resemble an Achilles’ heel.Following the disclosure of a bug that had the potential to unleash a wave of counterfeit coins, Zcash tanked to its lowest point…

New York, USA, June 5th, 2026, PlayNewswire FairGambling, a new transparency and rewards platform for crypto casino players and Bitcoin gamblers, today announced its public launch. The platform combines on-chain analytics, provably fair verification tools, independent crypto casino reviews, live bonus code feeds, and an extra rewards program offering up to 30% rakeback across 40+ major crypto casino operators including Stake, Roobet, Shuffle, BC.Game, Gamdom, Bitcasino, 1win, Winna, Thrill and Duel, with much more to come. FairGambling launches into a market that processed over $80 billion in crypto casino deposit volume last year. The platform’s analytics layer already tracks $45…

NORWALK, Conn., June 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR) (the “Company”) today announced the pricing of its upsized offering (the “offering”) registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on June 4, 2026 of 3,500,000 shares of 9.50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), at a public offering price of $80.00 per share. This reflects an upsizing of the previously announced offering of 3,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The issuance and sale of the Series A Preferred Stock are scheduled to settle on June 10, 2026, subject…

Victoria, Seychelles, June 5th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has announced the conclusion of the “Pizza Day: Urban Run” event, which drew 82,398 participants and distributed rewards to 74,912 users. As the first featured experience under MEXC’s “One Pizza, Infinite Opportunities” campaign, the initiative reflects MEXC’s ongoing commitment to lowering barriers to crypto participation and delivering tangible value for users. The event generated strong engagement throughout its run. Daily peak winners reached 9,259, reflecting consistently high levels of participation. User commitment was equally notable, with one user completing 39 games, the highest recorded during the…

Victoria, Seychelles, June 5th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has announced the listing of YOM (YOM) in the Innovation Zone. Spot trading for the YOM/USDT pair is now open as of June 5, 2026, at 10:00 (UTC). To celebrate the listing, MEXC has launched an Airdrop+ event with a reward pool of 200,000 YOM and 40,000 USDT. YOM is a decentralized cloud gaming network built on DePIN infrastructure, enabling AAA games to be streamed instantly on any device without downloads. By crowdsourcing idle consumer GPUs rather than relying on centralized data centers, YOM reduces streaming…