Bernstein reaffirmed its $200,000 Bitcoin price forecast, labeling it “high- conviction but conservative,” based on accelerating institutional investment and structural market evolution. The firm cites the success of spot bitcoin ETFs, which now manage approximately $120 billion in assets, as validation of BTC’s role as a mainstream macro asset. This institutionalization is viewed as a foundational […]

Bitcoin’s $200K Price Forecast ‘Conservative,’ Says Bernstein

Trump’s CFTC nominee Brian Quintenz says blockchain will reshape industries 
beyond finance and calls for clear crypto rules to protect US leadership.

Trump’s CFTC pick calls blockchain a society-shaping technology

Ripple Labs will invest $5 million to strengthen blockchain education and 
research across the Asia-Pacific region. According to a June 10 announcement 
on the company’s blog, Ripple is expanding its University Blockchain Research 
Initiative in Asia-Pacific with a new $5…

Ripple commits additional $5M to Asia-Pacific blockchain research

Bitcoin demand in the US is rising, while spot exchanges see their reserves 
decline by one third in less than a year, per new data from CryptoQuant.

Bitcoin Coinbase Premium hits 4-month high as 550K BTC leaves exchanges

The NASDAQ has been bringing crypto and traditional investing together since 
2025. With the June 7 filing of a standard K-8 fund, the Nasdaq noted that its 
standard Nasdaq Crypto US Settlement Price Index (NCIUS) would add four new 
cryptos – Cardano, Solana, Stellar Lumens, and XRP Ledger – to its current 
roster of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The move sets up the potential for the first- 
ever multi-asset crypto ETF, and signals crypto’s continued ascension to the 
upper ranks of the financial world. The news comes on the back of reports that 
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF just became the fastest-ever ETF to reach $70B in 
total assets. Add it all together, and it’s clear that the finance world has 
expanded beyond recognizing just $BTC and $ETH. Solana’s $83.7B market cap 
could be set to swell even further on the back of a potential Nasdaq listing 
and possible ETF inclusion. And any growth could skyrocket when critical 
upgrades like Solaxy, Solana’s first-ever Layer-2, provide a much-needed boost 
to Solana scalability and reliability. ETFs: Kind Of A Big Deal Exchange- 
Traded Funds (ETFs) are pools of assets listed on exchanges, letting ordinary 
investors gain exposure to the underlying assets without purchasing them 
directly. That makes them great for retail investors who may not want the 
struggle of setting up a crypto wallet – even a simple wallet like Best Wallet 
app. However, ETFs are also appealing to institutional investors, who use ETFs 
to diversify their portfolios. $BTC and $ETH ETFs both caused a spike in the 
price of their respective cryptos when they launched last year, and have been 
widely credited with fueling a steady increase in demand. Currently, $BTC ETFs 
account for 6% of the total Bitcoin market cap; $ETH ETFs hold 3.13%. In both 
cases, that’s a significant percentage of the total market cap and adds buying 
pressure. A potential multi-asset ETF, from Nasdaq, no less, would do the same 
for any included cryptos, including Solana. Solana’s Ecosystem Set to Expand 
Solana has historically relied on a single Rust-based validator client. That 
was Agave, maintained by Anza, with over 90% of stake weight running on Jito- 
Solana, a fork built around MEV infrastructure. The Jito-Solana consolidation 
boosted performance and staking returns, but raised concerns that a failure at 
a single point could severely disrupt the network. In a positive sign, several 
competing clients are emerging: Jito‑Solana: the original MEV solution, which 
jump-started the trend of validator innovation Firedancer: developed by Jump 
Crypto, aimed at blazing-fast, modular performance Sig: Syndica’s rewrite in 
Zig, optimized for read-heavy workloads common in dApps Paladin: a lightweight 
MEV-focused fork of Jito featuring a protected ‘P3’ transaction lane to 
mitigate sandwich attacks and enhance fairness TinyDancer: an open-source 
light client designed for mobile environments, with SPV verification, data 
sampling, and fraud proofing Taken together, these clients represent a 
maturing Solana ecosystem: each addresses specific limitations and contributes 
to greater resilience, specialization, and decentralization. They lay the 
groundwork for further development on a Solana network that has seen some of 
the best meme coins and new crypto presales launched in recent years. And now 
there’s another improvement on the way, just in time for any potential ETF: 
the first-ever Solana Layer-2 solution, Solaxy. Solaxy ($SOLX): First-Ever 
Solana Layer-2 for Zero Down-Time Why have investors poured $46M into the 
Solaxy ($SOLX) presale so far? Because the potential for a Layer 2 solution 
that solves some of Solana’s nagging problems – like failed transactions and 
network congestion – is simply too great to miss. The Solaxy project brings 
together aspects of Ethereum’s scalability and reliability, blending them with 
Solana’s faster network speeds and lower transaction costs. The $SOLX token 
will be multi-chain, launching on Ethereum and bridging to the Solaxy Layer-2 
when fully deployed. In the meantime, the project is already well underway. 
The Solaxy Block Explorer and Bridge are live on the testnet. And the token 
launch is imminent; there are only six days left in the presale. Any investors 
eager to get in early on what could be the next generation of Solana 
development can check out our guide on how to buy Solaxy. Tokens currently 
cost $0.00175, but our price prediction shows the potential for the token to 
hit $0.025 by the end of 2025, a 1300% increase. Visit the Solaxy presale page 
today. Nasdaq Listing Positions Solana – and Solaxy – As Financial 
Cornerstones With Nasdaq listing Solana in its crypto index and a potential 
ETF on the horizon, institutional demand could surge. Paired with the 
emergence of Solaxy, Solana is no longer just fast – it’s becoming 
foundational, and a core part of crypto finance. Do your own research before 
investing; this is not financial advice. But be aware – time’s running out to 
get in on the ground floor, with under a week left in the Solaxy presale.

Solana Listed on Nasdaq as Solaxy, the First SOL Layer-2, Raises $46M

After a lengthy public discussion about its possible effects, Bitcoin Core has 
merged the code that lifts the guardrails to filter nonfinancial data 
transactions by default. The changes that will be implemented in the upcoming 
version of the Core client have sparked a heated debate about the project&#8217;s 
future. Bitcoin Core Finally Merges Data Carrier […]