The Tether (USDT) stablecoin has hit a new all-time-high (ATH) market capitalization of over $83 billion. The new ATH comes in a year when other stablecoin issuers struggle to stay afloat due to regulatory woes. The second-largest stablecoin, USDC’s market cap stands at $28.8 billion. ...

Sara Gherghelas, a blockchain research analyst at DappRadar, discusses the recent hype around memecoins. She says there have been multiple memecoin cycles in the cryptocurrency space, but this time is different because the trend has been sustained for a more extended period. She also provides insights on how other sectors, such as nonfungible tokens (NFTs), are faring. ...

Exchange.art head curator Haley Karren says digital art and traditional art spaces are moving together more and more. Karren: “It’s shifting some established norms in the art world that didn’t give artists enough ownership over their work” ...

Satoshi Nakamoto may have effectively disappeared over 12 years ago, but two artificial intelligence dabblers are seeking to revive the ability to chat with the famed Bitcoin creator. On May 31, Bitcoin FilmFest co-organizer Pierre Corbin and co-developer Hugo Ferrer released “Talk2Satoshi,” an AI chatbot that aims to answer questions about Bitcoin. ...

Blackrock CEO Laurence Fink believes the recent “drama” around the U.S. debt ceiling has deteriorated global trust in the dollar. Fink told the attendees of a Deutsche Bank financial services conference that he expects at least two more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve in the coming months. ...

Since January, there have been over 10 million inscriptions on the largest blockchain in the world. The Ordinals Protocol allows for the ordered identification of satoshis, the smallest subdivision of a Bitcoin. An underground group of individuals who identify, track and trade high-value historical sats has come to light. ...