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FARTCOIN defies the broader market slump after landing on Coinbase’s listing roadmap. But with whale accumulation cooling off, the rally risks fading into a classic liquidity trap. The crypto market is having a rough day. It is down over 2%, and memecoins are getting hit even harder, down nearly 7% in total, with their market cap slipping to $56.15 billion. But in the middle of the mess, one coin’s refusing to play along: Fartcoin [FARTCOIN]. It’s up over 14% and just reclaimed the $1 mark. But make no mistake, it’s not just random “hype”. Instead, this move comes right after…

In 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve and digital asset stockpile. This signals a new phase in how public-sector finance might evolve in the digital era. Several U.S. states are now taking similar steps to add Bitcoin and other digital assets to their balance sheets. New Hampshire became the first state to pass a law allowing it to hold bitcoin. Texas and Arizona passed bills related to digital assets, while Wyoming and Utah are exploring similar initiatives.  These moves reflect a growing interest in diversifying state assets and embracing digital innovation.…

Synthetix is returning to Ethereum mainnet to launch a perps exchange Launching the first perps DEX on Ethereum MainnetIn 2019, Synthetix led the move to Optimism, as Ethereum wasn’t scaling fast enough. While we solved scaling, what many of us underestimated was the impact of liquidity fragmentation from the proliferation of Layer 2 blockchains. The L2-centric roadmap diluted attention, activity and capital away from Ethereum mainnet and ETH the asset.This enabled more chains like Solana to capture mindshare.Finally the tide is turning. Validators, core developers, and even Vitalik are rallying the community to refocus on Mainnet. The missing component is DeFi projects…

A heated feud between Musk and Trump spawned KILL BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, a memecoin that hit a market cap of over $53 million as traders piled into the hype. The feud between the two powerhouses has been simmering for weeks, but it finally boiled over after Musk publicly broke away from the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.), the Trump-backed initiative he once led. Musk breaks with Trump over ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Musk took to X on Tuesday to voice his frustrations, accusing Trump’s new “One Big Beautiful Bill” of reversing all the cost-cutting progress made by the department. In typical…

Pudgy Penguins has launched Pudgy Records, a new music label initiative, as its PENGU memecoin shows early signs of a potential breakout. Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) has launched Pudgy Records, a new community-driven music label aimed at expanding the brand’s cultural reach through music. Spearheaded by @danthelostboy, the voice behind the original Pudgy Penguins theme song, the label plans to produce viral anthems, full albums, custom theme songs, curated playlists, and collaborative content that amplifies the Pudgy brand. The label is now accessible across streaming platforms and social media, promoting its goal of putting a “Penguin song in your pocket. Anytime.…

A WLFI exec shorted the TRUMP memecoin amid tension across Trump crypto interests.  The memecoin recorded strong bearish sentiment in the Futures market.  Official Trump [TRUMP] dropped 9% on the 5th of June amid market volatility and bearish bets from the insider team at World Liberty Financials (WLFI).  Source: TRUMP/USDT, TradingView  Ogle, an advisor to the Trump family-backed DeFi project WLFI, reportedly opened a 10x leverage short ($2.71M) against the memecoin. At press time, the memecoin was down below $10, and Ogle’s liquidation price was about $12.489.  While Ogle’s move raised scrutiny across the crypto community, he defended his move as…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. You can always spot the crypto CMO. They’re the ones with a twitch in their eye, a forced smile, and at least one draft email trying to explain (against all odds) why this company is a ‘game-changer.’ Meanwhile, the CFO treats marketing like an optional subscription he forgot to cancel. The CEO is pitching ‘the next big thing,’ which sounds suspiciously like the last big thing. The investors? Already out, sipping cocktails somewhere tax-friendly. Every early-stage crypto…

Lending platform Maple Finance has expanded to the Solana blockchain, introducing its yield-bearing stablecoin syrupUSDC to one of the fastest-growing ecosystems in crypto. The expansion, which was announced in a blog post on June 5, has up to $500,000 in incentives and is backed by $30 million in liquidity. By joining Solana’s (SOL) fast and affordable network, Maple Finance (SYRUP) aims to provide users throughout the ecosystem with institutional-grade lending tools and consistent yields. syrupUSDC offers a fixed yield of approximately 6.5% and can be bridged from Ethereum (ETH). Chainlink’s (LINK) cross-chain interoperability protocol, which launched on Solana’s mainnet on…

Ethereum plummets near the $2,400 mark as the Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s fallout rocks the crypto market as more major tokens get dragged down. According to data from crypto.news, the Ethereum price has dropped nearly 6% in the past 24 hours of trading. The second-largest token by market cap has been seeing red in the past few hours, dropping from a peak of $2,634 to as low as $2,408. At press time, ETH (ETH) is trading hands at a price of $2,456, barely recovering from the sudden price drop at about 2:00 AM UTC. The recent Ethereum price dip…

United States authorities have launched a forfeiture action to seize millions in crypto funneled to North Korea through a global network of fake IT workers embedded in blockchain firms. According to a June 5 statement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the agency is seeking to confiscate over $7.74 million in digital assets allegedly earned through illicit employment and laundering schemes designed to evade U.S. sanctions. The funds were initially frozen in April 2023 following the indictment of Sim Hyon Sop, a North Korean Foreign Trade Bank representative based in China, accused of conspiring with DPRK IT workers to…