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Bitcoin BTC$62,726.45 mining company GoMining said it is making it easier for companies to accept bitcoin BTC$62,726.45 payments, bringing it into competition with companies including Block’s (XYZ) Square.Where GoMining says it differs from incumbents is that the entire transaction is completed in bitcoin. Many competitors, including Square, allow customers to pay in bitcoin while delivering fiat currency to the retailer. GoMining retailers who want fiat will need to handle the conversion themselves.”Our idea isn’t to squeeze bitcoin into the old fiat experience and lose what makes it bitcoin along the way,” CEO Mark Zalan said in an interview over Telegram.…

Stockholm, Sweden, June 19th, 2026, Chainwire PremiumBlock brings leveraged prediction markets, liquid 24/7 FX perpetuals and Web3 poker together in one wallet-native platform via premiumblock.org PremiumBlock today announced the launch of its non-custodial risk hub for decentralized prediction markets, perpetual futures and Web3 poker, giving crypto users one wallet-native destination to create markets, trade outcomes, access perps and participate in on-chain poker without relying on a centralized custodian. PremiumBlock is built around a simple idea: the next generation of crypto speculation will not be limited to order books or one-directional prediction markets. Users want to price real-world events, express conviction…

Contract review is a critical process for businesses, ensuring agreements are clear, enforceable, and aligned with strategic goals. However, as legal teams face increasing contract volume and complexity, inefficiencies in traditional review methods are becoming more apparent. Modern contract management tools and AI solutions are reshaping how reviews are conducted, paving the way for faster, more consistent workflows. Key Stages of Contract Review The process of reviewing a contract typically follows six stages: Intake and stakeholder alignment: Business owners provide context, deadlines, and key risks, enabling a focused review. Initial risk scan: Legal teams identify red flags, such as uncapped…

Malta’s financial regulator has issued a discussion paper outlining a potential legal framework for decentralized finance (DeFi), including recognition of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), as European policymakers continue to grapple with how to regulate blockchain-based financial services.On June 12, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) opened a public consultation on DeFi under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The paper invites industry feedback through July 10 and proposes a new legal category for so-called “software-based organizations,” which would encompass DAOs and other software-governed DeFi entities.Rather than treating DAOs as a standalone legal concept, the MFSA suggests recognizing them…

NORWALK, Conn., June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — (NYSE: BMNR; BMNP) Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (“Bitmine” or the “Company“) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.1056 on the Company’s 9.50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock“), which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “BMNP”. The dividend will be payable in cash in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations governing the Series A Preferred Stock. The dividend will be paid on July 10, 2026 to holders of record of the Series A…

New York, United States, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire Stratosphere, Pudgy Penguins and Streamex hosted a private Founders Table VIP Dinner in New York City during ETHConf 2026 and NYC Tech Week, bringing together leaders across digital assets, tech, AI, traditional finance and institutional capital. The invite-only dinner took place on June 9th and gathered a curated room of founders, operators, funds, C-level executives and institutional leaders for an intimate evening of dinner and conversation. Guests in attendance included leaders from Citi, BitMine, BitGo, Mirae Asset Securities USA, Experian, Pyth Network, Space and Time, MegaETH, B3, Stable, Antler, Delphi Digital, Fun,…

Eightco treasury composition as of June 18, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $472 million OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire Calais (Calais Digital Assets), a Singapore-headquartered multi-strategy quantitative investment fund, has become the first institutional client to deploy UBS uMINT as off-exchange settlement (OES) collateral in active trading operations — marking a significant milestone in the real-world adoption of institutional-grade tokenised assets. The transaction was executed across an integrated infrastructure layer comprising Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and a licensed virtual asset platform operator across multiple jurisdictions; ByCustody, Bybit’s institutional custody arm; and DigiFT, authorised distributor of the UBS USD Money Market Investment Fund (“uMINT”), the first tokenized…

The move marks a notable reversal from the start of the year, when the curve was steepening, a sign markets were pricing in rate cuts, which were then cited as a tailwind for risk assets including cryptocurrencies. That tailwind now looks like it’s fading.Here’s why the curve mattersBonds serve as one of the channels through which monetary and fiscal policies are transmitted into markets and the economy. Hence, shifts in the bond market curve or spreads are often clearer and more reliable signals of impending policy changes than individual analyst commentary.The two-year yield moves closely with expectations for near-term Fed…

OpenAI and Molecule.one have unveiled a groundbreaking use of AI in medicinal chemistry, showcasing how GPT-5.4, a near-autonomous AI chemist, improved the efficiency of a pivotal drug-making reaction. By optimizing the Chan-Lam coupling—a reaction used to form carbon-nitrogen bonds—yields for 88% of boronic acids and 83% of sulfonamides tested were significantly enhanced, with average yields jumping from 16.6% to 25.2%. This improvement could ease a major bottleneck in drug discovery: the ability to reliably synthesize critical molecules. Using an integrated system combining GPT-5.4 and Molecule.one’s Maria, an advanced high-throughput chemistry lab, the AI not only proposed hypotheses but also designed,…