Here are the top stories for each day in June 2018 in the cryptocurrency world (focus on U.S.):
- 1st – IMF Official Calls for Regulation, Tech Adoption by Banks to Fight ‘Crypto Competition’
- 2nd – Japan’s SBI Group Launched Cryptocurrency Trading Platform with Ripple
- 3rd – New York State May Launch a Cryptocurrency Task Force
- 4th – John McAfee Announces 2020 Presidential Bid to Serve Crypto Community
- 5th – Ripple Pumps $50 Million Into Academic Research on Blockchain
- 6th – SEC Names New Senior Advisor to Oversee Crypto Regulation
- 7th – Software Giant SAP Launches Blockchain-as-a-Service Platform
- 8th – Universities Have Started to Invest in Bitcoin, Start of Institutional Adoption
- 9th – CME and BTC Exchange Dispute Led US Regulators to Open Price Manipulation Probe
- 10th – Korean Crypto Exchange Coinrail Loses over $40m in Tokens Following a Hack
- 11th – Apple Bans Mining Cryptocurrency on iPhones
- 12th – Financial Action Task Force to Set Cryptocurrency Regulations in June
- 13th – Coinbase Index Fund Now Open to Accredited U.S. Investors
- 14th – The EOS Blockchain Is Now Officially Live
- 15th – Senior US Regulator Says Ethereum ‘in Its Present State’ Is Not a Security
- 16th – Bitcoin Price Manipulation: Study Suggests $2.5 Billion Tether Used to Create Artificial BTC Demand
- 17th – EOS Blockchain Temporarily Halted, Criticized For its Ability to Suspend User Accounts
- 18th – Crypto Not Scalable Enough to Be Money, Says Bank of International Settlements
- 19th – World’s Sixth Largest Crypto Exchange by Trade Volume Bithumb Hacked
- 20th – SEC Cracks Down: Fraudulent ICO’s Accounts Frozen
- 21st – Stanford Univ. Launches Blockchain Research Center, Supported by Ethereum Foundation
- 22nd – ‘Money Has Changed Over Time’: US Supreme Court Cites Bitcoin in Positive Light
- 23rd – Walmart To Use Blockchain For Medical Records
- 24th – Bahamians Soon to Have Government-Backed Cryptocurrency
- 25th – US Federal Reserve Bank Recognizes Cryptocurrency
- 26th – Overwinter Is Here: Zcash Claims ‘Successful’ First Hard Fork
- 27th – Coinbase CEO Launches Charitable Initiative to Help People in Emerging Markets
- 28th – US Judge Argues Centra Tech Tokens are Securities
- 29th – Bithumb Recovers Half of Stolen Funds From $31 Million Hack
- 30th – Bitcoin Creator, Whoever It Is, Hints at Telling All in Book
Let us know below what crypto news stories you thought were the most significant in June 2018, and what issue(s) are going to be most important in this space in the months to come!
