Circle minted an additional 1 billion USDC stablecoins on the Solana blockchain on June 16, bringing the total USDC issuance on Solana to 3.5 billion over the past week. This large mint reflects growing demand for Solana liquidity, payments, and trading settlements, as USDC is widely used for trading, DeFi, and cross-border payments. The activity coincides with a record $4.4 billion USDC transfer to Coinbase via HyperEVM, showing increased stablecoin movement across multiple networks. Circle highlights that USDC supports low-cost payments and remittances, indicating stablecoin issuance is linked to broader financial use cases beyond trading.
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 1%, the highest level since 1995, marking a significant shift from its ultra-easy monetary policy. This move could strengthen the Japanese Yen and increase borrowing costs, potentially causing a 20-30% decli...
Solana's price rose 11% over three days to $73.74, driven by $2.81 million net inflows into spot Solana ETFs and strong on-chain activity, including $50 million in tokenized SpaceX stock trades. Despite this rebound, SOL remains below key moving aver...
Bitcoin briefly reached $67,000 but fell back below $66,000 amid cautious market reaction to the U.S.-Iran peace agreement. While traditional stocks surged, with the S&P 500 up 1.7% and Nasdaq 100 rising 3.1%, Bitcoin showed only a modest 0.3% gain. ...
On June 15, Bitcoin spot ETFs experienced $64.8 million in outflows, mainly due to Grayscale's GBTC losing $124 million in a single day. However, other Bitcoin funds gained about $59 million, partially offsetting the losses. Meanwhile, altcoin ETFs a...
Avalanche's market sentiment has shifted from bullish to bearish due to rising concerns about developer activity, user growth, and competition from faster-growing layer-1 networks like Solana and Sui. Despite this, AVAX remains one of the top trendin...
