ESMA said the MiCA transitional period will end on 1 July 2026 across all 27 EU member states, leaving crypto-asset service providers serving EU clients required to hold a MiCA licence. It warned that firms operating without authorisation after that date would be in breach of EU law and must stop offering those services.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) hovered around the $0.000005 psychological level as traders watched for a sustained move above it following an SEC decision. The regulator approved the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF, a product tied to an asset manager with $1.8 trillion in AUM that can include SHIB, with some analysts pointing to $0.00000680 and $0.00001344 as key levels if momentum follows.

Earlier this week, Tether's USDT briefly moved ahead of Ethereum by market capitalization, with trackers placing both assets in the $183–188B band during the crossover. One snapshot showed USDT at $187B versus ETH at $186B, a gap of under $1B, before Ethereum returned to second place as prices stabilized. The episode reflected continued USDT issuance alongside ongoing ETH price weakness rather than a sudden supply change on Ethereum.

MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation have set up a joint council to develop and co-issue a yen-pegged crypto stablecoin by the end of Japan’s fiscal year 2026, which runs through March 2027. The token is planned to be issued via a trust structure with the banks as joint settlors and a trust bank (or similar institution) acting as trustee. The effort sits within the FSA’s Payment Innovation Project and follows a late-2025 pilot on whether multi-bank co-issuance could be done legally.

BlackRock's spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs posted a combined net outflow of about $333.6 million over the past week. Most of the pressure came from iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which saw roughly $355 million leave over five days, even as late-week inflows on June 11 ($30.3 million) and June 12 ($57.7 million) signaled a partial rebound. BlackRock's spot Ethereum ETFs were steadier, with ETHA down about $7.2 million and ETHB up $28.6 million for a combined net inflow near $21.4 million.

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Economic Development Committee advanced a revised version of Bill 4212/25 aimed at curbing state powers if a CBDC is introduced. Separately, Rain said Latin America processed nearly $1.5 trillion in transactions from 2022 to 2025, while Bitfinex Securities argued tokenization could help Venezuelan firms raise $30 million to $50 million beyond thin local markets.

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty was adjusted earlier today, dropping by just over 10% and falling from nearly 138T to below 125T. The same data set also shows the network’s hash rate sliding to under 790 EH/s, while projections point to a possible 16% decline at the next adjustment.

Bitcoin (BTC) may be approaching a bear-market floor based on historical on-chain valuation signals, but weakening demand keeps any bottom unconfirmed. After dropping to a new cycle low of $59,000 last week, BTC is about 9% above its realized price of $53,600, while total demand and ETF-related flows show continued contraction.