ID, MMT lead 24h gains; Iran central bank moves to unfreeze assets; ICE and OKX form OKXICE joint venture; Micron partners with Anthropic; Greece rejects Binance MiCA application; SK Hynix market cap tops Bitcoin; BofA expects 75bp rate hike in 2026.
On June 23, major crypto and macro news: Iran central bank moves to unfreeze frozen assets; ICE and OKX announce joint venture OKXICE; SK Hynix market cap surpasses Bitcoin; Greece rejects Binance MiCA application; prominent ETH MEV bot hacked losing over $7.5M; former Ethereum Foundation researchers launch Ethlabs; Polymarket updates docs and becomes Bundesliga exclusive prediction market partner; Bank of America expects three Fed rate hikes in 2026; South Korea says virtual asset deregulation difficult now; Bank of England eases stablecoin rules with £40B issuance cap; BIT analysis shows record $8B net outflow from stablecoins, Strategy, and Bitcoin ETFs.
The Bitcoin Historian account @pete_rizzo_ posted that Coinbase’s CEO said the quantum computing threat to Bitcoin is “massively overblown,” adding that the issue is not specific to crypto, that the world will need to update broadly, and that Coinbase is working on quantum directly with core developers.
OpenAI has confirmed that it has submitted the documents The company acknowledged the submission in a widely circulated statement on social media. OpenAI stated: "We recently submitted a confidential S-1 file. We anticipate the document will be leaked, so we hereby announce this. The company added that this filing should not be interpreted as a signal of an imminent listing, stating that the "timetable has not yet been determined," and that it may remain privatized for some time, while retaining the option to list early when conditions permit.
The expansion of Ripple's stablecoin is driving RLUSD across multiple blockchain ecosystems On June 4, Ripple announced on the X platform that its USD-pegged stablecoin Ripple USD (RLUSD) can now be used through Wormhole's native token transfer (NTT) feature to enable native cross-chain transfers between different blockchain ecosystems. This update strengthens RLUSD's position in cross-border payments, institutional deposit/withdrawal channels, and tokenization, while also providing developers and institutions with broader compliant USD liquidity access channels. The announcement expands the application scope of RLUSD in blockchain finance. Ripple stated that the stablecoin can be natively circulated through Wormhole's NTT framework, opening more avenues for payment flow, tokenization projects, and institutional liquidity management. This expansion will enhance RLUSD's practical value for organizations operating across multiple blockchain ecosystems. Ripple statement:
The XRP anniversary highlights community development and a long-term payment vision XRP marks its 14th anniversary, a milestone that once again draws attention to the digital asset's persistence and its role in global payment activities. Ripple executives, the XRP Ledger Foundation, and community supporters jointly celebrated the anniversary on the X platform, highlighting the network's ongoing operation, ecosystem engagement, and ongoing importance in the cross-border financial sector. This anniversary prompted speeches from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Ripple Honorary CTO David Schwartz, who each looked back on XRP's 14-year journey from different perspectives. Garlinghouse wrote in his celebration of this milestone: "14 years have passed—being part of the XRP family has been my lifelong honor!" His message highlights the strong sense of community identity formed around XRP over more than a decade.
