🌍 Key Crypto News (June 27, 2025)

1. Bitcoin & Ethereum

Bitcoin$BTC is steady around $107K, holding firm despite a $40 billion options expiry looming, which often introduces volatility .

Ethereum $ETH slightly softer with ~1.5% drop to about $2,447, similarly reacting to broader market calm .

2. Market-wide activity

Overall crypto market cap fell ~2.6% over the past day, currently around $3.4 trillion on $85.5 billion of daily trading volume .

Major liquidations occurred recently: approximately $1.2 billion wiped out across BTC, $ETH , and altcoins .

3. Regulation & Institutional developments

Stablecoins are generating serious buzz: Senate’s GENIUS Act aims to regulate them as payment systems, prompting projections that stablecoin market cap could nearly double to $500 billion by end‑2026 .

The U.S. is exploring stablecoin-driven demand for T-bills, tied to growing Treasury reserves held by stablecoin issuers (~$200 billion currently) .

The SEC & Ripple couldn’t settle over XRP; a court refused to vacate the injunction or reduce penalties in a case involving $728 million in institutional sales .

4. Adoption & Policy shifts

The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to consider crypto holdings (on regulated exchanges) as assets for mortgage qualification .

Texas and Arizona are pushing forward state-level Bitcoin reserves: Texas made it official on June 22, joining Arizona in creating a public Bitcoin fund .

5. Altcoin and Industry Highlights

Analysts spot several hot altcoins for June including Little Pepe, PropBase, Chainlink, Avalanche, and Polkadot .

Innovative tech moves: Switzerland launched a regulated multi-crypto cloud mining app; Pi Network is prepping major updates at its Pi2Day event (June 28) .

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