A new academic study has found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction contracts have created incentives for sophisticated traders to manipulate spot prices and profit at the expense of ordinary participants. According to researchers from Stanford University and Singapore Management University,…

Senate Democrats have intensified scrutiny of Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche during his confirmation hearing, accusing him of weakening crypto enforcement while President Donald Trump’s digital asset businesses have expanded. According to proceedings from the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing…

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Base creator Jesse Pollak has acknowledged that the network’s multi-year bet on onchain social products did not deliver the expected growth and has redirected Base toward trading, payments, and AI-powered financial infrastructure. Base returns to infrastructure after social experiment falls…

Ostium has halted trading after an exploit tied to a compromised oracle signer key drained nearly $18 million USDC from its liquidity vault, according to blockchain security firm Blockaid. Blockaid reported that the attacker gained control of an oracle signer…

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has secured a major regulatory win after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a fourfold increase in the ETF’s options position limit from 250,000 to 1 million contracts. According to a notice published by the…

Bitcoin has slipped below $65,000 after Iran rejected renewed prospects for peace talks with the United States, adding fresh pressure to risk assets as military operations continue. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said there are currently no plans for negotiations with the…

Aave has expanded its V4 lending protocol beyond Ethereum for the first time by deploying it on Avalanche to support tokenized real-world asset lending and institutional credit markets. According to an announcement from Aave, the deployment brings the protocol’s latest…

SpaceX stock has steadied above its IPO price after Needham raised its price target to $250 despite growing warnings that an AI stock bubble could threaten financial markets. According to Needham, the investment bank lifted its target on SpaceX shares…

XRP Ledger has entered the final two-week activation countdown for its fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment after validator support exceeded the network’s required 80% approval threshold. According to XRP Ledger governance data, the bundled maintenance amendment currently has 85.71% validator support, with 30…

Bitcoin has climbed above $65,000 after softer-than-expected U.S. producer inflation reduced expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike later this month. According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, June’s Producer Price Index (PPI) added fresh momentum to…

BlackRock has joined a Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation pilot that has begun tokenizing stocks and U.S. Treasuries within a market infrastructure that safeguards about $114 trillion in assets. According to a Wall Street Journal report, BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs,…

SBI Global Asset Management has launched the world’s first tokenized Japanese equity fund on the Solana blockchain through a partnership with DigiFT, bringing a high-dividend equity strategy on-chain for institutional and accredited investors. According to an announcement shared by SBI…

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has accused the CLARITY Act of protecting President Donald Trump’s crypto business interests, intensifying a Senate fight over the digital asset bill just as lawmakers prepare for a floor vote. According to statements made during a…

Binance has unveiled an $800,000 XRP airdrop campaign for eligible Ripple USD holders, introducing weekly rewards designed to encourage activity around Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin. According to a July 15 announcement from Binance, users holding RLUSD in Binance Earn, Margin, or…

JPMorgan has lowered its earnings forecasts for Circle and Coinbase after a new USDC revenue-sharing agreement with Hyperliquid changed how income from the stablecoin’s reserves will be divided. According to a JPMorgan research note, the revised agreement could reduce the…

Avalanche has reached $2.1 billion in distributed tokenized real-world asset value after a 60.47% monthly increase, supported by a newly announced $11 billion institutional tokenization deal with Bridgetower. According to data from RWA.xyz, Avalanche’s distributed tokenized asset value climbed to…

President Donald Trump has strengthened support for a new UK-US stablecoin framework as the Senate races to advance the CLARITY Act despite growing opposition from banking groups over its stablecoin provisions. According to a joint statement released through the Transatlantic…

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has begun preparing for a potential initial public offering while seeking a fresh funding round that could lift its valuation to about $71 billion. According to a report by the Financial Times, DeepSeek has entered…

Chainlink price has jumped more than 5% after Mantle completed the migration of its $2.5 billion Super Portal to Chainlink’s cross-chain infrastructure, extending a crypto market rally driven by softer U.S. inflation data. According to data from crypto.news, Chainlink (LINK)…

Dogecoin price has climbed more than 2% after softer US inflation boosted risk appetite, even as Binance traders have offloaded $1.2 billion in memecoins since October. According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, traders have reduced memecoin exposure because they consider these…

Coinbase Global stock has climbed more than 2% after the crypto exchange reportedly simplified its account registration process for users in mainland China. According to a report shared by Wu Blockchain, Coinbase now allows users in mainland China to complete…

Tether has expanded its push into the US financial system by leading a $7 million funding round for Pact Labs to bring its USAT stablecoin into a payroll market that processes more than $11 trillion in annual payments. According to…

Senator Thom Tillis has proposed new CLARITY Act language that would allow federal banking regulators to intervene if stablecoin yields trigger systemwide deposit flight from US banks. According to a report from Punchbowl, the North Carolina Republican has suggested adding…

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Ripple has joined the x402 Foundation as a Premier Member, adding support for XRP and RLUSD in the Foundation’s effort to build an open payment standard for AI agents. According to Ripple, AI agents are beginning to handle more of…

Bitcoin has climbed back toward the $65,000 level after softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data sharply reduced market expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike at the July policy meeting. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the consumer price index…

Cathie Wood has expanded ARK Invest’s position in SpaceX with a new $21.3 million purchase even as fresh warnings about a potential AI-driven market bubble have unsettled investor sentiment. According to data from Yahoo Finance, SpaceX stock continued its recent…

Ripple-backed Evernorth has unveiled a $44 million CEO equity package in a fresh SEC filing while advancing its merger to create a Nasdaq-listed XRP treasury company. According to Evernorth Holdings’ fourth amended Form S-4 registration statement filed with the U.S.…

Circle Internet Group shares have dropped more than 2% in pre-market trading after US banking groups urged the Senate to tighten stablecoin provisions in the CLARITY Act, adding fresh pressure to the stock. According to a joint letter from several…

The European Central Bank has selected 36 payment firms, including Deutsche Bank, for a digital euro pilot as Europe presses ahead with its CBDC plans. According to a July 14 announcement from the European Central Bank (ECB), the selected payment…

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will unveil newly declassified 2020 election intelligence during a Thursday night address alongside top U.S. national security officials. According to MS NOW, Trump is scheduled to speak to the nation on Thursday at…

Strategy has raised $466.7 million through fresh MSTR stock sales while leaving its Bitcoin holdings unchanged at 843,775 BTC for the week ending July 12. According to a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Michael…

Spain has recorded the largest fan token burn of the FIFA World Cup 2026 after more than 1.16 million SPAIN Fan Tokens were permanently removed from circulation following the team’s quarter-final victory. According to Chiliz, Spain’s 2-1 win over Belgium…

Gondor has introduced a portfolio-backed margin account that allows Polymarket traders to borrow against their entire prediction market holdings instead of individual positions. According to Gondor’s announcement on Monday, the new product, called V1, uses a cross-margin system that evaluates…

Jito has proposed a governance overhaul that would direct 100% of the DAO’s JTX revenue share toward open-market JTO buybacks and permanent token burns through at least Q4 2027. According to a governance proposal published by Jito on July 13,…

Bitcoin has entered a high-risk week as fresh inflation data and renewed Federal Reserve rate concerns have intensified pressure on crypto markets. According to Reuters, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller warned that the U.S. central bank could consider raising interest…

Coinbase Ventures has completed 30 startup investments during the first half of 2026, maintaining the industry’s most active venture pace despite a sharp slowdown in overall crypto fundraising. According to CryptoRank, the venture arm of Coinbase led all crypto-focused investors…

Aave has expanded its use of Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), making it the default infrastructure for cross-chain activity across its ecosystem. According to an announcement from Aave, the protocol has selected Chainlink CCIP to power cross-chain functions across the…

Bolivia has moved closer to recognizing Tether’s USDT as an official payment option alongside the boliviano and the U.S. dollar as the country continues to grapple with a prolonged shortage of foreign currency. According to reports from Bolivia, government officials…

Hyundai Motor’s U.S. and Mexican operations have completed a pilot cross-border treasury payment using Tether’s USDT stablecoin, settling a $20,000 transfer in about seven minutes over the Avalanche blockchain. According to Tether, the proof-of-concept involved Hyundai Motor America converting U.S.…

Bitcoin has slipped over 2% toward $62,000 after President Donald Trump reinstated an Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and announced new cargo fees for ships crossing the waterway. According to a July 13 Truth Social post by President…

SpaceX stock has fallen below the $140 level even after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration completed its review of the company’s Starship Flight 12 mishap and cleared the path for the next launch. According to data from Yahoo Finance, SpaceX…

Bitcoin and the broader crypto market have lost more than $20 billion in value after President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices higher and accelerated risk-off selling. Trump’s comments have intensified pressure across global…

President Donald Trump has urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act in honor of the late Senator Lindsey Graham as lawmakers face a narrowing window before the August recess. Trump links crypto bill to Graham’s legacy In a Truth…

Bitmine has expanded its Ethereum treasury by another 27,801 ETH, lifting its holdings above 5.77 million ETH, while Chairman Tom Lee has identified the Robinhood Chain as a fresh driver of Ethereum adoption. According to a press release from Bitmine,…

On July 8, Paul Grewal notified Coinbase that he was resigning as chief legal officer and corporate secretary, effective July 31. The company disclosed the departure in an 8-K filing the next day, and by Thursday evening the announcement had…

On July 6, Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, upgraded Ripple’s preliminary Crypto-Asset Service Provider authorization into a full license under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework. The approval means Ripple can passport regulated crypto…

Sometime in the week of July 13, according to people briefed on the negotiations, Senate staff will release a unified draft of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, merging months of parallel work by the Banking and Agriculture Committees into…

In the last week of June, XRP printed its weakest price since late 2024, briefly touching $1.01 before stabilizing in the $1.05 to $1.13 range where it has traded through early July. The token is down more than 25% for…

Robinhood Chain has processed 7.6 million daily transactions just 11 days after its mainnet launch, narrowing the gap with Coinbase’s Base and accelerating competition among Ethereum Layer 2 networks. According to on-chain data shared by MSBIntel and verified by Token…

Binance’s monthly futures trading volume has climbed to about $1.63 trillion in June, reaching its highest level of 2026 despite cautious crypto market sentiment and the seasonal slowdown that usually weighs on trading activity. According to CryptoQuant analyst JA Maartun,…

Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited has uncovered multiple counterfeit websites that use cash rewards and virtual wallet transactions to steal personal and banking information from users. According to a July 10 notice from Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL), the…

Tom Lee has reaffirmed that Ethereum will play the central role as traditional finance and cryptocurrency converge into a single market. According to a post published by Bitmine chairman Tom Lee on X, he believes the line separating traditional financial…

Morgan Stanley has increased its Bitcoin holdings by nearly 1,000 BTC over the past two weeks, lifting its tracked balance above 5,700 BTC, according to on-chain data. According to blockchain intelligence platform Arkham, the investment bank continued adding Bitcoin through…

Hedera’s native token HBAR has fallen more than 2% after blockchain security researchers reported that a suspected exploit had moved more than $5.8 million in assets from the Hedera network to Ethereum. According to blockchain security researcher Specter, the suspected…

Empery has sold 1,400 Bitcoin for about $87.1 million since May, using the proceeds to reduce debt, fund acquisitions, cover legal costs, and strengthen its cash position while scaling back part of its Bitcoin treasury. Bitcoin sales have strengthened Empery’s…

Vitalik Buterin has called on Elon Musk to reshape X into a platform where ordinary users can help coordinate global AI governance instead of leaving key decisions to governments and large institutions. According to a July 11 thread published by…

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a supervisory review of MiCA-authorized crypto custodians, moving its focus from licensing to testing how firms handle operational risks in practice. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority, the regulator…

Robinhood has introduced plans to let eligible U.S. customers authorize AI agents to execute cryptocurrency trades on their behalf, extending automated investing beyond stocks and options. Robinhood said during a Friday presentation that the upcoming feature will allow eligible U.S.-based…

The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly moved to dismiss its criminal case against the founder of BitClub Network despite allegations that the crypto mining scheme defrauded investors of $722 million. According to a report by Bloomberg Law, citing two…

Backpack has launched 24/7 trading for tokenized U.S. stocks across more than 150 countries, giving eligible investors direct ownership of selected equities with instant settlement. Backpack announced on Thursday that users outside the United States can now trade a group…

Kraken has launched an AI-powered investing assistant that delivers personalized portfolio recommendations and market insights while keeping final trading decisions in users’ hands. According to Kraken, the new mobile experience replaces a trading-first interface with a goal-based approach that asks…

South Korea has launched its first government-backed blockchain stablecoin pilot after Gyeonggi Province confirmed an eight-month proof-of-concept program scheduled to begin in August. According to blockchain media outlet NexBlock, Gyeonggi Province, the country’s most populous province, will begin testing a…

OpenAI has reportedly supplied AI technology to Chinese companies on the Pentagon’s military-linked blacklist, adding fresh scrutiny to U.S. controls over advanced artificial intelligence exports. According to the reported findings, OpenAI and Google provided access to their AI models to…

Pi Network entered July 2026 at a fresh all-time low near $0.10, its most oversold reading since launch, facing a supply-and-demand collision the whole market is watching. On the supply side, 103.7 million tokens unlock this month. On the demand…

XRP spent the first half of 2026 defending the one level that matters, the $1 mark, while a wall of bullish fundamentals, ETF inflows, whale accumulation, and a finished lawsuit failed to move the price. Now a delayed act of…

Bitcoin closed the worst half-year in its recent history near $60,000, down from $93,000 in January and fresh off a 21-month low, and almost none of the damage came from crypto itself. The Federal Reserve and record ETF outflows did…

Zcash price has rallied past $500 after open interest jumped to $1.02 billion and traders accumulated positions ahead of the July 28 Ironwood upgrade. According to data from crypto.news, Zcash (ZEC) price has risen more than 7% over the past…

Bitcoin has climbed above the $64,000 level after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that the United States has agreed to continue talks with Iran following a new request from Tehran. According to a post by President Trump on Truth Social,…

President Donald Trump has refused to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, even as the bill containing a provision blocking a U.S. central bank digital currency through 2031 has remained on course to become law. According to a…

Bitcoin has climbed back above $64,000 after Standard Chartered reaffirmed its $100,000 year-end 2026 price target and argued that recent selling linked to Strategy has not weakened Bitcoin’s long-term outlook. Standard Chartered said the recent decline in Bitcoin was driven…

Lawmakers have intensified calls for an investigation into President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency holdings as the Senate prepares to advance the CLARITY Act. According to a joint statement from Democratic senators, ranking members from five Senate committees have asked Congress to…

Bitcoin price has climbed toward the key $65,000 resistance zone after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran had reached out to Washington to discuss a possible agreement, easing geopolitical concerns and lifting demand across risk assets. According to data from…

Morgan Stanley and Barclays have raised their Robinhood price targets to $124 and $122, respectively, even as HOOD has fallen more than 5% toward key support near $109. Morgan Stanley reiterated its buy rating on Robinhood Markets on July 10…

Paul Grewal has announced that he will step down as Coinbase’s chief legal officer on July 31, handing over leadership of the exchange’s legal team just days before the US Senate is expected to resume work on the CLARITY Act.…

Bitdeer Technologies has unveiled a $36 million manufacturing facility in Nevada, bringing production of its SEALMINER Bitcoin mining machines to the United States. According to Bitdeer, the new plant in Sparks, Nevada, will manufacture key components for the company’s SEALMINER…

Bitcoin has climbed back above $63,000, gaining about 2% over the past 24 hours, as lower oil prices and softer U.S. bond yields have improved sentiment toward risk assets despite the crypto market remaining in extreme fear. According to data…

The Ethereum Foundation has revealed that the biggest challenge in AI-assisted security research has become proving which reported vulnerabilities are genuine rather than finding potential bugs. According to the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Security team, recent experiments with coordinated AI agents…

The Senate has entered what could be its final practical window to advance the CLARITY Act this year, with a merged draft expected as early as next week before lawmakers run out of time ahead of the August recess. According…

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6 across ChatGPT, Codex, and its API, introducing GPT-5.6 Sol with a four-agent reasoning system and two lower-cost models as the rollout begins worldwide. According to OpenAI, the GPT-5.6 family introduces a new three-tier lineup consisting of…

CME Group has faced a regulatory setback after the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission delayed the immediate launch of its planned 24/7 crude oil futures trading. According to a press release issued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the…

XRP price has climbed about 1.6% after SWIFT announced a blockchain payments pilot involving 17 banks, including several with Ripple ties. According to SWIFT, the pilot will evaluate whether distributed ledger technology can support international payments across participating financial institutions.…

SpaceX shares have gained fresh momentum after Raymond James initiated coverage with an $800 price target, implying about 440% upside from current levels. According to Raymond James, the brokerage has started coverage of SpaceX with a Strong Buy rating and…

The Trump White House has rejected accusations that it is refusing to nominate Democratic commissioners to the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission as the Senate moves closer to debating the CLARITY Act. According to a letter…

Kalshi has intensified its push into regulated perpetual futures by seeking approval to launch gold, foreign exchange, and energy contracts as competition with Robinhood expands beyond crypto. According to Reuters, the prediction markets platform is in advanced discussions with U.S.…

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has ordered licensed crypto trading platforms and online brokers to replace SMS-based authentication with phishing-resistant login methods within the next 12 months. According to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), virtual…

The Bank of Korea has reaffirmed that won-denominated stablecoins should initially be issued through bank-led consortiums, reinforcing its position as South Korea’s digital asset legislation remains stalled. According to local reports from Digital Asset and EDaily, the Bank of Korea…

MARA Holdings has expanded its AI and digital infrastructure footprint by acquiring a 1,200-acre powered land site in Texas, helping lift its shares more than 12% as the Bitcoin miner continues to outperform many publicly traded crypto companies. According to…

Wells Fargo has expanded its exposure to Strategy while reducing part of its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF position, according to its latest regulatory filing that also shows larger investments across Ethereum and Solana-linked products. According to the bank’s latest filing with…

Robinhood Chain has recorded $500 million in daily Uniswap trading volume within just eight days of launch, lifting total value locked above $106 million and pushing the Arbitrum-powered network into the top ranks of decentralized finance activity. DeFiLlama data shows…

The Bank of England has reaffirmed that its work on a potential digital pound has remained independent despite claims that political lobbying may have influenced its approach. Bailey says CBDC policy remained independent According to The Guardian, Bank of England…

The European Union has begun preparing changes to its Markets in Crypto-Assets framework after the United States enacted the GENIUS Act, with regulators expected to review stablecoin rules and other digital asset provisions from 2027. According to a report published…

The Federal Reserve has warned that strong artificial intelligence-related demand could keep inflation elevated, while market pricing for a U.S. interest rate hike this year has climbed above 59%. According to the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June Federal Open…

Circle stock has remained under pressure ahead of the July 18 deadline for U.S. regulators to publish implementation rules for the GENIUS Act, while technical indicators continue to point to downside risks for CRCL shares. According to the GENIUS Act…

More than $500 billion has been wiped from U.S. stock markets after President Donald Trump declared the U.S.-Iran ceasefire effectively over and warned that Washington could launch fresh military action against Iran. According to remarks Trump made to reporters, he…

The XRP Ledger has surpassed 1 million AI-driven payments through the x402 protocol as Ripple-backed t54.ai has launched a dedicated AI Hub for developers, payment services, and autonomous agents building on the network. According to a post on X from…

Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceXAI will release its Grok 4.5 artificial intelligence model to the public on Thursday after completing beta testing, setting up a direct contest with OpenAI’s upcoming GPT-5.6 launch. According to Elon Musk, the decision follows…

Google has updated its Chrome Web Store rules to prohibit prediction market extensions that facilitate real-money transactions, with enforcement set to begin on Aug. 1, 2026. According to Google’s latest update to its Developer Program policies, browser extensions that “facilitate…

Bitcoin has dropped below the $62,000 mark after U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened another round of military strikes against Iran, raising concerns that the conflict could intensify further. According to President Trump, speaking at the NATO Summit in Ankara,…

Ripple has secured a five-year sponsorship with the University of Kansas that will place the XRP logo on Jayhawks athletics uniforms, creating the first crypto jersey sponsorship for a major NCAA Division I athletics program. According to Ripple and Kansas…

SpaceX has transferred Bitcoin for the first time in six months, while its newly listed SPCX shares have fallen more than 25% from recent highs despite joining the Nasdaq-100. According to Arkham Intelligence, a wallet linked to Elon Musk’s SpaceX…

OpenAI has secured U.S. government clearance for its GPT-5.6 model, removing a key regulatory hurdle as traders turn their attention to the company’s pre-IPO perpetual futures market. Axios first reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce has granted general permission…

American CryptoFed has urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to recognize its Locke governance token registration ahead of an Aug. 17 deadline that the organization says should take effect automatically under federal securities law. According to a memorandum published…

Nigel Farage has resigned as a Member of Parliament after confirming he will seek re-election in a by-election while facing scrutiny over multimillion-dollar gifts from figures linked to the crypto industry. According to statements Farage made during an X livestream…

Kraken has secured a $22 million arbitration award against its former auditor Mazars USA, with co-CEO Arjun Sethi linking the dispute to what he described as Operation Chokepoint 2.0. According to a letter published Tuesday by Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi,…

Bitcoin Suisse has secured full regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi, allowing the Swiss crypto firm to expand its regulated digital asset business across the United Arab Emirates. ADGM approval opens regulated crypto services across the UAE According to a July…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has added three major crypto-related rule proposals to its 2026 regulatory agenda, expanding its work on digital asset regulation while Congress continues to debate the CLARITY Act. According to the SEC’s Agency Rule List,…

Mizuho has lowered its price target for Strategy while maintaining an outperform rating, signaling that it still expects MSTR shares to climb above the $200 level despite the company’s recent Bitcoin sale. Mizuho reduced its price target on Strategy to…

Ripple has secured full MiCA approval in Luxembourg as XRP spot ETFs have extended their inflow streak to eight consecutive weeks, even as XRP traded lower over the past 24 hours. According to Ripple, the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du…

The XRP Ledger has moved closer to activating its xrpld v3.2.0 upgrade after more than 55% of trusted validators adopted the latest software version. According to XRP Ledger Explorer data, 84 trusted validators, or 55.63% of the validator set, are…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured fresh buy ratings from several major Wall Street banks, with Morgan Stanley assigning a base-case price target of $300 as the stock prepares to join the Nasdaq-100 Index. According to research notes released by Morgan…

Grayscale Research has argued that Strategy’s recent $216 million Bitcoin sale has improved the company’s financial position while helping create conditions for a more stable Bitcoin price. According to a July 6 report from Grayscale Research, the market reaction to…

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has recorded its strongest inflow in weeks, helping lift total U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF demand to $265.7 million and adding fresh support to Bitcoin’s latest recovery. According to data from Farside Investors, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust…

Tether has invested $20 million in Mercado Bitcoin to support the Brazilian company’s expansion across tokenized assets, blockchain payments, lending, and on-chain capital markets. According to a July 7 announcement from Tether on Tuesday, the investment forms part of a…

EU lawmakers have approved a policy position calling for a review of whether decentralized finance, staking, crypto lending, borrowing and NFTs should be brought more clearly under the European Union’s crypto rulebook after MiCA’s rollout. According to the European Parliament,…

Ctrl Wallet has announced the permanent shutdown of its services after a recent security exploit, giving users until Aug. 3 to move their crypto assets before core wallet functions go offline. Ctrl Wallet said in a blog post published Tuesday…

BonkDAO has disclosed that attackers have drained roughly $20 million worth of BONK tokens from its treasury after exploiting a malicious governance proposal. According to a statement published by BonkDAO on X, the unauthorized proposal allowed an unknown entity to…

The United Nations Development Programme has expanded its partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation after blockchain payment pilots cut aid distribution costs from 10% to 2% and kept payments running during network outages. The United Nations Development Programme announced Monday…

South Korea has given Polymarket an opportunity to defend its operations before regulators decide whether to seek corrective action over concerns that the prediction market platform may violate the country’s gambling laws. The Broadcasting, Media and Communications Review Committee said…

Belgium’s financial markets regulator has added six crypto platforms to its warning list after finding they are operating in the country without the authorization required under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets MiCA framework. According to Belgium’s Financial Services and…

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published a 147-page roadmap warning that autonomous AI systems could transform retail financial services while increasing the need for programmable digital payment infrastructure. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has released a detailed review outlining…

Crypto-related losses have fallen 46.8% year over year to $1.32 billion during the first half of 2026, but blockchain security firm CertiK has warned that the decline does not indicate a safer digital asset ecosystem. According to CertiK’s H1 2026…

SpaceX shares have remained under pressure ahead of their Nasdaq-100 debut, even as the upcoming index inclusion is expected to trigger roughly $4.3 billion in passive fund buying. According to Nasdaq, SpaceX will officially join the Nasdaq-100 before the opening…

TeraWulf has secured a 20-year lease with Anthropic expected to generate nearly $19 billion in contracted revenue, sending the Bitcoin miner’s stock sharply higher despite weakness across crypto-related equities. AI infrastructure becomes TeraWulf’s biggest growth driver According to a press…

Solana price has held above key technical support even after slipping 1.7%, while U.S.-listed spot Solana ETFs have continued attracting fresh inflows as Bitcoin and Ethereum funds recorded weekly withdrawals. After climbing more than 15% last week, Solana (SOL) price…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies’ stock has climbed more than 4% after the company expanded its Ethereum treasury with another 42,197 ETH, even as Strategy shares slipped following a Bitcoin sale. According to Bitmine, the company purchased 42,197 ETH between June 29…

Robinhood shares have climbed more than 2% after the Trump administration officially launched the Trump Accounts savings program, even as the broader crypto market turned lower. The White House officially launched the Trump Accounts initiative on Monday with a ceremony…

SpaceX has been scheduled to enter the Nasdaq-100 Index on July 7, a move that JPMorgan estimates could generate about $4.3 billion in automatic buying from passive investment funds. According to a Nasdaq announcement, SpaceX will join the Nasdaq-100 before…

Binance has added spot trading for Strategy’s STRC perpetual preferred stock after the Bitcoin treasury firm sold 3,588 BTC for $216 million and increased its USD reserves to $2.55 billion. According to an official announcement published on July 6, Binance…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has unveiled a multi-year roadmap that places native privacy, quantum resistance, and protocol simplification at the center of Ethereum’s next major upgrade, describing it as the network’s largest transformation since The Merge. According to a roadmap…

Circle shares have climbed despite a bearish analyst note from Jefferies, as fresh data has shown USDC processed more than twice the adjusted stablecoin trading volume of Tether’s USDT in June. According to Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl, stablecoins…

June delivered the worst month in the history of United States spot Bitcoin ETFs, with more than $4 billion pulled and 2026 flows turning negative for the first time. Over the same 2 weeks, the largest wallets on the network…

On July 7, 3 weeks after the largest IPO in history, SPCX enters the Nasdaq-100 with billions in passive index buying behind it. The more interesting market is the one Wall Street does not run: tokenized shares on Solana, perpetual…

On June 30, more than 140 companies, including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, Google, and Circle’s most important ally, Coinbase, unveiled a stablecoin designed to give away the exact revenue stream Circle lives on. CRCL cratered 17% in a day and…

On July 1, Robinhood launched its own blockchain, joining Coinbase, Stripe, Circle, and Tether in the fastest-moving infrastructure race in crypto: giant consumer companies building their own rails instead of renting someone else’s. The land grab has a clear logic,…

French police have arrested two suspected fraudsters accused of stealing about $1.8 million in cryptoassets from a wealthy couple during a fake villa sale after a year-long investigation. According to French newspaper Var-Matin, French police from the Gassin–Saint-Tropez gendarmerie arrested…

Bitcoin investors have entered an average unrealized loss of about 20%, while a key on-chain cost basis indicator has climbed to roughly $76,700, creating a resistance level that analysts say is weighing on the market. According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost,…

President Donald Trump’s memecoin has generated a reported $636 million payout for him while nearly 1 million buyers have collectively lost $3.81 billion, according to newly analyzed blockchain data and financial disclosures. According to a report by The New York…

India has opened an investigation after reports alleged that Indian nationals were trafficked into Myanmar and forced to carry out crypto fraud operations inside cyber scam compounds. According to police in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities have registered…

Germany’s cooperative banking network has begun offering cryptocurrency trading through DZ Bank, opening digital asset access to millions of retail customers across the country. According to a Bloomberg report, the rollout gives customers of participating cooperative banks the ability to…

CryptoQuant has reported that Bitcoin’s realized profit and loss ratio has dropped to a 43-month low of -0.35, a level that has historically appeared near major market bottoms. According to blockchain analytics platform CryptoQuant, Bitcoin’s realized profit and loss ratio…

Revolut has confirmed it will remove Tether’s USDT from eligible European accounts after new European Union crypto rules took effect under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. According to an email sent by Revolut to affected customers, the fintech company…

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have recorded $221.7 million in net inflows, ending a 10-day withdrawal streak as softer U.S. economic data and easing Federal Reserve rate concerns helped Bitcoin recover from this week’s lows. According to data from SoSoValue,…

Nigel Farage has been reported to the UK Parliament’s standards watchdog over allegations that he lobbied the Bank of England on cryptocurrency policy in ways that could benefit one of his largest political backers, a major investor in stablecoin issuer…

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has vowed to hold his Bitcoin investment even if it falls to zero after revealing he is down millions on a position bought near $100,000. According to an interview with Fox Business host Stuart Varney,…

The Major County Sheriffs of America has withdrawn its opposition to the decentralized finance provision in the CLARITY Act, easing one of the main law enforcement concerns surrounding the proposed U.S. crypto market structure bill. According to a letter sent…

Shielded Labs has raised the possibility of delaying Zcash’s Ironwood network upgrade, citing readiness concerns among exchanges, mining pools and wallet providers ahead of the planned late July activation. According to a July 3 X post on the Zcash community…

Robinhood has emerged as a key platform in the rollout of the Trump Accounts program, with U.S. Treasury-backed child investment accounts scheduled to begin transfers ahead of the initiative’s July 4 launch. According to information surrounding the program, Robinhood is…

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has rejected claims that it is participating in the issuance of Open USD after being listed among more than 140 organizations associated with the proposed stablecoin. According to a statement issued by Upbit, the exchange…

Gnosis Pay has revealed that a software flaw dating back to October 2023 enabled the $1.5 million exploit of its card safe infrastructure, while confirming that all affected users have been fully reimbursed. According to a postmortem published by Gnosis…

President Donald Trump’s crypto income disclosure has intensified Senate ethics demands as lawmakers debate the CLARITY Act. In a Friday notice, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand reiterated her call for a ban on members of Congress and their spouses issuing or promoting…

Standard Chartered has secured a MiCA passport as the European Securities and Markets Authority has added 57 newly authorized crypto firms to its register following the end of the EU’s transition period. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority…

Europe’s securities regulator has warned that prediction market contracts offered in the European Union could already fall under existing financial rules, potentially triggering a long-standing retail ban on binary options. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), firms…

The CLARITY Act has regained momentum after Senator Bill Hagerty outlined a revised Senate timeline that points to floor action after lawmakers return from the July recess. According to reports citing Senator Bill Hagerty, the U.S. Senate is expected to…

Coinbase stock has climbed nearly 19% in the past five trading sessions even as Bank of America says investors are pulling money out of U.S. equities at the fastest pace since March. According to a Bloomberg report, Bank of America…

President Donald Trump has denied knowing about the at least $1.4 billion in crypto income disclosed in his latest financial filing, while defending both his personal gains and his family’s involvement in the digital asset industry. According to a CNBC…

Spotify has demanded that Kalshi remove its logo from the prediction market platform after manipulated streams influenced the settlement of a Spotify-based betting market. According to a Bloomberg report, Spotify has asked both Kalshi and Polymarket to remove its branding…

Bitwise has strengthened its proposed spot NEAR ETF with a staking feature in a new SEC filing, helping drive NEAR nearly 12% higher as the token broke above a multi-week downtrend. According to a revised S-1 registration statement submitted to…

Samsung has distanced itself from the founding consortium behind the proposed OUSD stablecoin after being named among more than 140 partners announced for the project. According to a report by Chosun, several South Korean companies listed as founding members of…

SpaceX stock has climbed after President Donald Trump said he believes Elon Musk may contribute SpaceX shares to the Trump Accounts program, adding to optimism ahead of the company’s expected Nasdaq-100 inclusion. According to market data, SpaceX ticker SPCX rose…

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has purchased nearly $38.1 million worth of Tesla shares after the electric vehicle maker suffered its sharpest one-day decline in weeks. According to ARK Invest’s latest daily trading disclosure, the investment firm bought 96,935 shares of…

In 2011, $2.7 billion of inflows sent Bitcoin up more than 55,000%. This cycle, $697 billion produced 689%. A leading analyst says the math has changed so much that the next parabolic run needs a trillion dollars. Here is the…

SLX exploded onto Korean exchanges, spiked to $0.47, then gave most of it back. Behind the volatility sits a Solana yield protocol with real total value locked. Here is the bull case, the bear case, and where SLX could go…

Venice pairs a real product, private, uncensored AI used by millions, with a buy-and-burn token and shrinking emissions. VVV touched $21 in June, then pulled back. Here is the bull case, the bear case, and where VVV could head next.…

Digital-first Erebor Bank has entered fundraising talks that could value the lender at at least $8 billion, nearly doubling its $4.35 billion valuation from the end of last year. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the discussions, reported that the proposed…

TradingView has expanded its market coverage by adding real-time data for Hyperliquid and Trade[XYZ], giving users access to onchain perpetual and spot markets directly through its charting platform. According to TradingView, the new integration brings live pricing for Hyperliquid’s crypto…

Anchorage Digital has integrated Lido into its institutional platform, allowing clients to access wrapped staked Ether (wstETH) while keeping assets inside its regulated custody environment. According to a July 2 announcement from Anchorage Digital, institutional clients can now connect directly…

The launch of the Ripple-backed Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin has been overshadowed by a suspected fake issuer account that XRP Ledger validators have warned users not to trust. Validators say the listed OUSD issuer cannot be verified According to XRP…