ZachXBT published a case analysis involving funds frozen at Changelly. The user claimed about 5.73 BTC had been frozen in March 2025, while on-chain analysis traced the funds to social engineering attacks against U.S. users and Bitcoin ATM-related thefts totaling more than $1 million.
According to Arkham monitoring cited by ChainCatcher, Morgan Stanley bought the dip over the past week through its spot Bitcoin ETF MSBT, adding 266.56 BTC worth $17.26 million. Its total Bitcoin holdings now stand at 4,348 BTC, valued at about $273.8 million.
According to Decrypt, Texas brothers Isiah Garcia and Raymond Garcia pleaded guilty in federal court in Minneapolis after admitting they kidnapped a family in Grant, Minnesota, and forced the homeowner to transfer more than $8 million in cryptocurrency.
The Algorand Foundation has released a quantum-resistant upgrade roadmap, with protocol changes planned for 2026 and a goal of achieving full network quantum safety between late 2027 and 2028.
TechFlow's June 18 briefing covered a wide set of crypto, AI, hardware, technology company, financial market and product updates. Key items included tokenized stock volume reaching $142 million in a single day with 97% on Solana, OpenAI reporting $13 billion in 2025 revenue but a $38.5 billion loss, and developments involving Anthropic, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Midjourney, AMD, Apple, Xiaomi, NASA, SpaceX and geopolitical risks.
According to Whale Alert monitoring cited by ChainCatcher, USDC Treasury minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana blockchain at 17:55 Beijing time.
World Cup prediction markets offer a practical lens for understanding the next stage of Web3 wallets. From imToken’s web and Discord agents to Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines and WeChat Pay’s AI payment card tests, the core issue is not only automation, but also user intent, authorization limits and control over on-chain actions.
Bitcoin mining company GoMining has launched GoBTC Pay and opened its SDK and API, allowing merchants to connect directly to a Bitcoin payment system for goods and services. The protocol settles in Bitcoin and charges an estimated transaction fee of about 0.2%.
