- US government opposes Bittrex’s customer fund repayment plan for bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange.
- Circle hires former CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert as chief legal officer and corporate affairs head.
- Taiko completes $22 million seed round financing, with Sequoia China and Generative as lead investors.
- MetaMask to integrate with Fireblocks on June 12.
- Web3 gaming platform HyperPlay completes $12 million financing, with Bitkraft Ventures as lead investor.
- Circle’s native USDC now live on Arbitrum. Coinbase now supports native USDC and bridge to USDC on Arbitrum.
- Lens Protocol completes $15 million financing, with IDEO CoLab Ventures as lead investor.
- Crypto Relief, led by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwa, decides to grant $100 million to COVID research projects.
- FTX bankruptcy judge states US court should have full control over $7.3 billion in disputed assets.
- ParaFi, Framework Ventures, and 1kx sue Curve founder for fraud and mishandling trade secrets.
- SEC Chairman Gary Gensler states that most cryptocurrencies pass the Howey test for investment contracts, and most cryptocurrency intermediaries must comply with securities laws.
- Binance.US to suspend USD deposits, banking partners to halt USD withdrawal channels on June 13.
- EU Markets in Cryptoassets (MiCA) Regulation officially published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
- Optimism launches Bedrock commemorative NFT, minting ends on June 17.