U.S. Lawmakers Visit Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria, Call for Release

The two House members said Tigran Gambaryan is being wrongfully detained and should be freed.Source

Standard Chartered Is Building a Spot BTC, ETH Trading Desk: Bloomberg

Standard Chartered would become one of the first global banks to enter spot cryptocurrency trading.Source

Standard Chartered Is Building a Spot BTC, ETH Trading Desk

Standard Chartered would become one of the first global banks to enter spot cryptocurrency trading.Source

Bitcoin ETFs Post $900M in Net Outflows This Week

Thursday marked the fifth straight day of net outflows for the U.S.-listed ETFs in their worst performance since mid April.Source

Winklevoss Twins Say They Each Gave $1 Million to Trump Presidential Campaign

Gemini CEO Tyler and his twin brother Cameron Winklevoss, the company’s president, have made two of the first major presidential contributions from prominent crypto executives, favoring former President Donald Trump with $1 million each in support, Tyler explained Thursday in a extensive posting on X.Source

California Judge Breaks With New York Counterpart, Sends Ripple Securities Lawsuit to Trial

A California judge has ruled that a civil securities lawsuit against Ripple will proceed to trial, denying in part the crypto firm’s motion for summary judgment in a suit alleging that Ripple’s CEO violated state securities laws in 2017.Source

California Judge Dismisses Part of Civil Lawsuit Against Ripple, Sends Rest of Securities Case to Trial

A California judge has ruled that a civil securities lawsuit against Ripple will proceed to trial, denying in part the crypto firm’s motion for summary judgment in a suit alleging that Ripple’s CEO violated state securities laws in 2017.Source

Canada’s 3iQ Files to List Solana ETP in Toronto

3iQ was a leader in getting some of the first crypto ETFs past the finish line and listed on the TSXSource

Protocol Village: Farworld, Building Gaming on Farcaster, Raises $1.75M

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.Source

Mexican Cartels Using BTC, ETH, USDT, Other Tokens to Buy Fentanyl Ingredients: U.S.

Criminal organizations in Mexico have been using several popular digital assets to buy the materials needed to make the drug fentanyl, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which cited the use of bitcoin and other tokens in a Thursday advisory.Source