Telegram plans to introduce a native non-custodial Gram wallet across every version of its messaging app this summer, targeting more than 1 billion users with instant, zero-fee crypto transactions.
The initiative expands on the existing @wallet bot, which has already attracted over 150 million registered users operating in a partly custodial model.
Founder Pavel Durov described the development as the largest rollout of a...
Trump Agrees to Ethics Provisions for CLARITY Act, Advancing Landmark Crypto Bill
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White House agrees to ethics package for the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act and sends language to Senate Republicans.
Trump personally signs off on provisions addressing officials’ conflicts of interest in digital assets.
CLARITY Act clarifies jurisdiction with CFTC for decentralized commodities like Bitcoin and SEC for security tokens; protects customer crypto in bankruptcies.
Senate committee approved 15-9 in May 2026;...
Bitmine Slows Ether Buys to $14M, Directs $86M Toward Stock Buybacks
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies acquired 7,430 ETH last week, marking a sharp deceleration in its weekly accumulation pace. The firm redirected approximately $86 million toward repurchasing 5.5 million shares of its BMNR common stock. Bitmine’s total Ethereum treasury reached 5.78 million ETH, representing roughly 4.8% of the circulating supply. Ethereum treasury giant Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) slowed its token purchases last...
World Cup Boom Drives Polymarket and Kalshi to Record Prediction Market Volumes
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Polymarket’s soccer category volume surged by 300% to surpass $2 billion as global football activity fuels record event-market trading. U.S.-regulated platform Kalshi reached a record aggregate open interest of $1.16 billion, crossing the billion-dollar milestone for the first time.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has established prediction protocols as primary venues for real-time sentiment and sport sentiment hedging. The 2026 World Cup...
Michael Saylor Pens 110 Reasons Against BIP-110, Warning of Greater Risks to Bitcoin Neutrality
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Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor has published a detailed critique opposing BIP-110, a proposed temporary soft fork to restrict non-monetary data storage on the blockchain.
The proposal, aimed at curbing “spam” like Ordinals and Runes to reduce node costs and bloat, would impose seven consensus changes for about one year and use a 55% miner signaling threshold for activation.
Saylor argues the “proposed cure is more...




