Kraken has become the first major global crypto exchange to secure a full Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license through the Central Bank of Ireland, enabling the company to offer regulated digital asset services across all 30 European Economic Area (EEA) countries.The license, granted June 26, positions Kraken ahead of the European Union’s year-end MiCA compliance deadline for crypto asset service providers.The license grants authorization for all seven regulated crypto activities under MiCA, including custody, trading, portfolio management, and payments. It folds Kraken’s existing virtual asset service provider (VASP) registrations in France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands under a single regulatory…
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Story HighlightsThe live price of the PEPE coin is $ 0.00000940.Analysts predict PEPE could reach $0.000028 by 2025.Long-term forecasts suggest potential highs of $0.0002733 by 2030.Pepe Coin (PEPE), the memecoin inspired by the iconic frog meme, has rapidly become a standout in the crypto world. Ranked just behind Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, PEPE’s explosive rise—boasting gains of over +116,604,556% from its all-time low—has captured investor attention globally. As it maintains its position among top memecoins, many are now asking: Will PEPE price go parabolic by the end of 2025? In this article, explore CoinPedia’s in-depth PEPE coin price prediction for 2025, and…
World Liberty Financial, the DeFi project part-owned by US President Donald Trump, has announced plans to enable transfers of its WLFI token.In a June 25 post on X, the team stated:“You asked to make WLFI transferable — we heard you. The team is working behind the scenes to make it happen.”The team failed to provide further information about the timeline for this development.WLFI is the core governance token for World Liberty Financial. It is designed to give holders voting rights over protocol upgrades and help steer the direction of the platform.Until now, investors who acquired WLFI earlier this year have…
A bold statement concerning the possibilities of the 1000 XRP has ignited a number of significant debates on the crypto social media spectrum today. Dustin Layton, a crypto influencer leading the Time Traveler account, recently stated that anybody with at least 1000 XRP will realize a gain of at least $50,000 by December 31, 2025, which is quite a dreamy estimation.The 2025 XRP price prediction has transformed some of the major discussions on the community as the token will need to hit around 52.20 dollars per coin. That is a gigantic 23X gain on current prices of about $2.20, and…
Japan-based Metaplanet has overtaken Tesla among corporate Bitcoin holders following its largest single purchase to date.On June 26, the firm confirmed that it acquired 1,234 BTC for approximately $132.7 million, paying an average of $107,557 per coin.This brings Metaplanet’s total Bitcoin holdings to 12,345 BTC, now worth about $1.33 billion based on current market prices.The company’s cumulative investment in Bitcoin is $1.2 billion, with an average cost of $98,407 per BTC. With Bitcoin trading above $107,700, Metaplanet is currently sitting on an unrealized profit of over $110 million.Meanwhile, the latest purchase marks this month’s fourth acquisition and the largest since…
Panama City, Panama, June 26th, 2025, Chainwire Deribit, the world’s premier Bitcoin and Ethereum options ecosystem, in collaboration with SignalPlus, a crypto options and analytics dashboard, is excited to announce the launch of the Summer Trading Competition 2025 – The Summer Chase. “The Summer Chase 2025” is a five-week trading contest offering a total prize pool of over $300,000 in USDC, with additional prizes including a Tesla, a Rolex, a Hawaii vacation, and more. From leaderboard battles to referral contests and daily reward events, the campaign aims to bring together a combination of skill, strategy, and summer fun for traders…
Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan About Author Amin Ayan is a crypto journalist with over four years of experience in the industry. He has contributed to leading publications such as Cryptonews, Investing.com, 99Bitcoins, and 24/7 Wall St. He has… Share Last updated: June 26, 2025 Why Trust Cryptonews Cryptonews has covered the cryptocurrency industry topics since 2017, aiming to provide informative insights to our readers. Our journalists and analysts have extensive experience in market analysis and blockchain technologies. We strive to maintain high editorial standards, focusing on factual accuracy and balanced reporting across all areas – from…
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading above $107K Thursday, up 0.7%, after a sharp rebound from below $100K earlier in the week. Markets pivoted from “flight-to-safety” on Mideast tensions to a “risk-on in full force” rally. US GDP and unemployment data this week, plus quarterly options/futures expiry, could bring more volatility. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading firmly above the $107,000 mark as the Asian trading day gets underway on Thursday, with the broader digital asset market also showing strength. This impressive performance comes at the end of a tumultuous week that saw markets swing dramatically from fear over Middle East conflict to a…
The Cboe BZX exchange has filed Form 19b-4 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to list and trade shares of the Canary PENGU ETF. The filing of Form 19b-4 follows the filing of Form S-1 by Canary Capital to offer a spot ETF for the Solana (SOL) memecoin dubbed Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) in mid-March 2025.As previously reported, the Canary PENGU ETF aims to hold between 80 and 95 percent of its assets in $PENGU memecoin and between 5 and 15 percent in the Pudgy Penguins NFTs. The Canary Pengu ETF also intends to hold other crypto…
The European Union is preparing to relax its stance on foreign-issued stablecoins, potentially allowing U.S. dollar-backed tokens like USDC and USDT to circulate freely within the bloc, the Financial Times reported on June 25.According to the report, the European Commission will soon issue formal guidance enabling stablecoins issued outside the EU to be treated as equivalent to their European-registered counterparts.The move would clear a key regulatory hurdle that has so far limited the reach of dollar-backed stablecoins in Europe’s financial markets.The shift comes despite repeated warnings from the European Central Bank, which has cautioned that unrestricted access to foreign stablecoins…
