A long-form opinion article published by ChainCatcher argues that crypto is on a path to being folded into AI finance, not pushed aside. The piece, written by Alan Walker from Silicon Valley and Jiayan Kea, frames AI and crypto as two systems built on the same mathematical asymmetry: one makes it cheap to generate claims that are hard to verify, while the other makes it cheap to generate claims that are easy to verify. On that basis, the article says an economy increasingly run by software agents will need a financial layer centered on low-cost verification, zero-trust-distance settlement, and fully computable rules. The article walks through eight sections covering proof-of-work, stablecoins, agent payments, onchain identity, and machine-native credit. It cites figures including Bitcoin mining difficulty at 127.48 trillion after an Aug. 8, 2026 adjustment, stablecoin supply at $320 billion as of May 2026, and x402 processing about 165 million agent transactions and $50 million in volume by April 2026. It also references ERC-8004, Mastercard’s proposed BVNK acquisition, Visa and OpenAI collaboration, and Hong Kong’s stablecoin licensing framework. Its central claim is that crypto’s long search for product-market fit may end with software agents rather than human users. In that scenario, the label “crypto” would fade as stablecoins, proof-of-work assets, public blockchains, wallets, and DeFi are recast as components of a broader AI finance stack.

Hacker group Settra claims to have breached PChome on June 10, releasing a 12-page report on the darknet. Allegedly 102GB of data stolen, including 3.5M user records, employee IDs, and 9 years of operational data. If confirmed, Pi Wallet may become Taiwan's first ransomware-hit third-party payment firm.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has publicly asked developers building stock tokens or other real-world asset applications to get in touch, a signal that the company wants to accelerate activity around tokenized securities and adjacent RWA products on Robinhood Chain. The post came after Robinhood Chain’s public mainnet went live on July 1, with stock tokens, ETFs and private assets identified as key areas of focus. Foresight News reviewed a group of projects already building on the network. The list spans several segments: Arcus and Lighter for stock-token and perpetual trading, Rialto as a spot exchange and AMM venue, The Index for fee-based stock-token distributions, Arrow Finance for overcollateralized lending, Meridian for RWA perpetuals and prediction markets, Vimen for basket tokens, RoodFi for tokenized tax liens and tax deeds, Fletcher for physical collectible cards mirrored onto the chain, Sherwood Exchange for privacy-focused RWA trading, and Fletch Finance for splitting stock principal from dividend rights. The report also stresses that the ecosystem is still very early. Many of the products launched only recently, and their product maturity, real user demand and ability to keep operating have not yet been fully tested. Mentions by ecosystem accounts such as Virtuals should not be read as investment, formal partnership or credit support, and any token-linked project may carry liquidity, contract, concentration and maintenance risks.

CoinShares argues bitcoin mining consumes about 35 TWh annually, roughly half of estimates linked to Digiconomist’s BECI, and says much of the industry is powered by renewable energy, especially hydropower.

Coinshares refutes Digiconomist's BECI index, claiming actual annual power consumption of Bitcoin mining is 35 TWh, half of BECI's estimate, with majority from renewable hydro energy.

CoinShares research finds that Bitcoin mining consumes only 35 TWh annually, half of BECI estimates, and is primarily powered by cheap renewable energy like hydropower.

CoinShares argues Bitcoin mining consumes about 35 TWh annually, roughly half of some widely cited estimates, and says much of the industry is powered by renewable energy, especially hydropower.

The US Department of Justice announced convictions in a $215 million business email compromise scam affecting over 1,000 victims across 47 states and 19 countries. Seized assets include nearly $1.2 million in bank checks, cryptocurrency, and cash, along with luxury watches.