Cryptocurrency News
Trump Media files Form S-3 with U.S. SEC over $2.3B raise for Bitcoin treasury [btcmanager]
Why is crypto down today? Trump-Musk fallout rattles sentiment, Dogecoin drops 20% [btcmanager]
Ross Ulbricht’s big Bitcoin donor tied to Silk Road successor Alphabay: Report [cointelegraph]

Chainalysis told WIRED that it tracked a $31 million Bitcoin donation to online black market Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht to a successor marketplace called Alphabay.
Uber in ‘study phase’ of using stablecoins to lower costs, says CEO [cointelegraph]

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the ride-sharing giant is looking at whether stablecoins can help it cut costs when moving money around the world.
Trump-Musk spat sees Bitcoin tumble, liquidating $308M in longs [cointelegraph]

Bitcoin long traders took a hit over the past 24 hours amid Bitcoin’s price dwindling amid broader macroeconomic tension and continued sell-offs by long-term holders.
US wants $7.7M in crypto laundered in North Korea IT worker plot [cointelegraph]

The Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize crypto and NFTs allegedly tied to laundering efforts by North Korea.
Maple Finance expands to Solana, deploys yield-bearing stablecoin [cointelegraph]

Maple’s expansion to Solana is powered by Chainlink’s CCIP, which allows data transfer between EVM and SVM ecosystems.
Institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings see first quarterly decline — Report [cointelegraph]

According to CoinShares, price depreciation, not selling pressure, was the main factor behind the drop in institutional BTC ETF exposure.
Circle stock price jumps 167% on first day of trading after IPO [cointelegraph]

Circle had boosted its IPO to a range of $1.05 billion on June 4 as investor demand grew significantly.