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Bitcoin for Corporations to Host the First Dedicated Institutional Bitcoin Symposium in New York City

BFC in NYC Convenes 250 Institutional Bitcoin Decision-Makers at The Glasshouse in Manhattan, June 26-27, 2026 – Presented by Metaplanet　　Nashville, TN, May 22, 2026 – Bitcoin for Corporations (“BFC”), the premier executive network for corporate Bitcoin strategy, today announced that it will be hosting BFC in NYC – the first dedicated institutional Bitcoin symposium – in New York City. Taking place June 26, 2026, at The Glasshouse in Manhattan, the event is presented by Metaplanet and hosted by BFC.　　“New York is the capital of global finance, and there is no more fitting place for this conversation,” said George Mekhail, Managing Director of Bitcoin for Corporations at BTC Inc. “Corporate Bitcoin is no longer an emerging thesis; its an operating reality for hundreds of public companies worldwide. BFC in NYC brings together the executives leading these strategies, in a room purpose-built for the relationships and decisions that move this industry forward.”　　The symposium arrives at a defining moment for institutional Bitcoin. Corporate treasuries, digital assets, and digital asset credit are converging on the balance sheet, and BFC in NYC is the forum where executives navigating this intersection can meet, learn, and transact.　　Friday, June 26, is the core symposium day and will feature

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Kraken re-enters the UAE with preliminary license from VARA Dubai

Payward, a unified financial infrastructure platform and the parent company of Kraken, has received an in-principle approval for a license through Dubais Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority for a crypto broker service, investment, and management offering. This comes years after Kraken closed its office in the UAE after receiving its license from ADGM.　　As per the press release, Kraken now has the regulatory approval to offer a full range of services in Dubai. This will include spot, margin, and OTC trading, staking, and access to Kraken Prime for institutional clients, as well as crypto transfers between users through Kraken.　　Kraken expands into the UAE　　UAE traders will benefit from the same features and services that Kraken clients have across Europe, the USA, and APAC. Through Payward, the UAE locally regulated subsidiary, customers will be able to utilize the UAE currency AED for on-ramping and off-ramping.　　According to Arjun Sethi, the CO-CEO of Payward and Kraken, Dubai was the first to cover virtual asset regulations, “ Dubai wrote the rulebook for crypto”, and it is that clarity that has put the UAE as a liquidity and institutional capital.　　He added that operating under VARA puts Kraken inside that perimeter, serving clients through a local, supervised entity rather

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Kucoin Pushes Earn-and-Loan Product as ETF Capital Pulls Crypto Into New Split

Reflecting a broader industry shift from simple order-matching to advanced capital management, Kucoin has introduced an integrated “earn-and-loan” solution. The product eliminates a primary friction point for digital asset holders by allowing them to unlock through borrowing while simultaneously earning passive yield on their collateral.　　The product uses a single-position architecture instead of isolated margin accounts. Users can pool high- assets such as , ether, , USDC and into a unified framework to manage liabilities and track their macro loan-to-value (LTV) ratio under one dashboard. The platform manages risk via a three-tier collateral framework, starting with the initial level, the marginal call and level, which is the critical boundary where the platform liquidates assets to prevent bad debt.　　The launch arrives amid a stark market divide: institutional capital is flowing into regulated spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), while crypto-native traders remain on-chain optimizing for yield. When questioned by News on where this product fits, Kucoin stated that exchanges must look beyond matching orders.　　“We believe that exchanges are evolving far beyond mere trading venues; they are transforming into comprehensive digital financial infrastructure,” the exchange stated. “As institutional capital pours into the market via regulated vehicles like spot ETFs, and crypto-native users continue to aggressively

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Polymarket Smart Contract Breached: Will POL USD Crash?

Polygons reputation as a reliable DeFi settlement layer is under renewed scrutiny after on-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged an apparent exploit of the Polymarket UMA CTF Adapter contract, the mechanism that resolves prediction market outcomes.　　This latest hack on the most prominent prediction market platform has led to POL dropping nearly -1% in the past hour, with the token trading at around $0.091. However, depending on how deep the losses go, POL could still drop further.　　The compounding incidents raise a harder structural question about Polygon‘s positioning as the default settlement chain for high-profile prediction and derivatives platforms, and whether the network’s ongoing development roadmap is moving fast enough to maintain that status.　　Warning: #Polymarkets contract appears to be exploited, and the attacker is stealing funds.　　ZachXBT Reacts to Polymarket Hack: What is the Damage？　　The attackers address, 0x8F98075db5d6C620e8D420A8c516E2F2059d9B91, has since dispersed proceeds across 15 separate wallets, a pattern consistent with early-stage laundering. What the final damage figure looks like and whether POL absorbs the reputational hit remain the questions traders are watching.　　According to ZachXBT‘s public alert, attackers were draining approximately 5,000 POL every 30 seconds at the time of the warning, with confirmed losses reaching at least $520,000 and climbing toward $600,000. The exploit targets

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Binance CEO Fumes Over WSJ Allegations of Billions In Iran-Linked Crypto Activity

Binance has vehemently denied The Wall Street Journals new report that claims the exchange allowed “huge” Iran-linked crypto transactions. These transfers include sanctioned Iran firms that are accused of using funds for terror financing.　　Binance CEO Slams WSJ Report　　On X, Binance CEO Richard Teng said that the facts of the case that WSJ presented had “fundamental inaccuracies.”　　“The WSJ‘s reporting continues to contain fundamental inaccuracies about the facts and Binance’s commitment to a strong compliance framework,” Teng wrote.　　The WSJ‘s reporting continues to contain fundamental inaccuracies about the facts and Binance’s commitment to a strong compliance framework.　　For context, the issue centers around Iranian financier Babak Zanjani, who is termed as an “antisanction” operator. The WSJ investigation report says that in two years, Zanjanis network allegedly made almost $850 million in crypto transactions from a single Binance account.　　The activity reportedly was ongoing as recently as December 2025. It further stated that the exchanges compliance staff had flagged issues with the account on multiple occasions.　　It shows a continuation of previous WSJ reporting in February 2026 against the exchange. At the time, the reports alleged that the Teng-led platform had facilitated over $1 billion in transfers related to Iranian operations.　　Teng denied the allegations and states that

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Ripple Network Explodes With Thousands of New XRP Wallets

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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Why $78,600 Could Decide BTC’s Next Move

Bitcoin is testing a key recovery zone after losing the 3-day 200 SMA, while bulls try to hold the reclaim of the 50 SMA. The short-term chart points to $78,600 as the next breakout level, but the move still needs stronger confirmation.　　Bitcoin 3-Day Chart Flashes Key Test After 200 SMA Loss　　Bitcoin is trading near $77,725 on the 3-day chart, sitting just above the 50 SMA at $76,635 but still below the 200 SMA at $92,915. The chart shared by Super฿ro shows BTC trying to reclaim short-term trend support after losing the longer-term moving average.　　The main point is simple. In past cycles, Bitcoin showed weakness after falling below the 200 SMA. The chart marks similar moments in 2018 and 2022, when BTC later moved into deeper declines.　　BTC 3-Day Chart. Source:　　However, the chart also highlights a second signal. When Bitcoin reclaimed the 50 SMA on the 3-day timeframe, price later entered stronger recovery phases. That happened after the 2019 low and again around the 2023 recovery area.　　The current setup shows Bitcoin retesting the 3-day 50 SMA after printing nine consecutive higher lows, according to the inset. That means buyers have defended higher levels during the latest bounce. Still, BTC needs to hold

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Nvidia stock wipes nearly $100 billion since blockbuster earnings

Nvidia stock price one-day chart.　　The latest move also represented a continuation of the preceding decline – temporarily halted in the leadup to the filing – that overall saw NVDA equity slide 4.41% in a week and the blue-chip chipmakers market capitalization crash some $400 billion from the mid-May highs above $5.7 trillion.　　Why Nvidia stock fell after double earnings beat？　　While the stock market move appears surprising at face value, given the strong quarterly results and optimistic guidance revealed on May 20, it is largely consistent with a pattern that has regularly affected the equity following the filings.　　Indeed, in the morning before the report, the popular TV analyst Jim Cramer predicted that Nvidia shares would enjoy a brief rally before getting pummeled into the red, while dismissing the validity of such performance.　　A different Wall Street expert, Gordon Johnson of GLJ Research, previously linked the pattern to the options market, claiming the quarterly phenomenon is the result of simple market mechanics, and not company fundamentals.　　So far, NVDA stock has successfully recovered from each such downturn, thus backing the estimate that the short-term moves are not indicative of genuine investor sentiment shifts with regard to the semiconductor giant.　　When will Nvidia stock rally restart？　　Elsewhere, there

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Satoshi’s 1.1M bitcoin and millions more can be saved from quantum attack, says expert

AmericanFortress researchers introduced a patent-pending post-quantum signature scheme that could secure the global crypto ecosystem against future quantum attacks without requiring mass fund migrations.　　According to the company, the breakthrough means even Satoshi Nakamotos huge 1.1 million bitcoin stash, alongside nearly 5 million BTC in dormant accounts, can be saved, with a combined value of about $400 billion.　　In an interview with CoinDesk, Michal Pospieszalski, CEO of AmericanFortress, explained that inactive and dormant wallets do not have to remain vulnerable to unscrupulous hackers, who could sweep up the loot and dump it onto the market with incalculable consequences.　　However, Pospieszalski said a major point of confusion is the older bitcoin. Because Satoshi-era wallets are “Pre-BIP32” addresses with no seed phrase derivation and therefore cannot automatically be upgraded like the newer created wallets. Instead, the AmericanFortress protocol would execute a defensive freeze via a backward-compatible soft fork.　　“Our quantum-resistant protocol would automatically freeze and protect those funds until governance decides what to do with them after Q-day,” Pospieszalski said, noting the community would eventually have to vote to move, burn, or redistribute the frozen assets.　　“But this means even Satoshi wallets can be protected with a minor BIP, which we are working on,” Pospieszalski said. “This

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Euro: Consolidation versus US Dollar as downside momentum eases – UOB

United Overseas Banks (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann see EUR/USD consolidating intraday between 1.1595 and 1.1640 after a brief dip to 1.1575 failed to build downside momentum. On a 1–3 week view, a break above 1.1655 would signal that the decline from mid‑May has likely ended. Over 1–3 months, UOB warns that a break of 1.1540 could open the way toward 1.1410.　　Euro-Dollar trapped between support and resistance　　“24-HOUR VIEW: EUR rebounded strongly to a high of 1.1644 on Wednesday. Yesterday, when EUR was at 1.1625, we highlighted the following: ”Upward momentum is building, albeit not significantly. Today, instead of continuing to rise, EUR is more likely to consolidate between 1.1600 and 1.1650.“ The subsequent price movements did not turn out as expected. During the NY session, EUR dropped briefly to 1.1575 and then snapped back up to close little changed at 1.1618 (-0.08%). The brief decline did not result in any increase in downward momentum, and today, we continue to expect EUR to consolidate, likely between 1.1595 and 1.1640.”　　“1-3 WEEKS VIEW: We turned negative on EUR in the middle of last week (as annotated in the chart below). In our most recent narrative from two days ago (20

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