₿itcoin News and Finance: What You Need to Know

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden urged Senate leaders to preserve legal protections for non-custodial blockchain developers in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, drawing crypto policy support while leaving his final vote on the bill uncertain. Why Is Wyden Pushing to Preserve Developer Protections? U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter on July 8 to […]

North Carolina has broken with the wave of states fighting prediction markets in court, using its new budget to tax platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket at 6% while explicitly declining to regulate them – a posture that effectively recognizes federal authority over the sector even as other states sue to assert their own. Sportsbooks in […]

Robinhood Chain is seeing a sharp rise in speculative trading, with daily DEX volume topping $560 million and nearly 16,000 new tokens created in one day. Pumpfun has added support for Robinhood tokens, widening access for Solana-based traders without requiring bridging. Arbitrum Stands to Gain as Robinhood Chain Reaches 200,000 Active Addresses Robinhood Chain is […]

XRP will be featured on Jayhawk athletic uniforms following a partnership announcement between the University of Kansas and Ripple. The agreement marks what Ripple describes as the first cryptocurrency sponsorship to appear on the jersey of a major college athletics program. Why Is the Ripple-Kansas Partnership Drawing Attention? Kansas Athletics, the athletic department of the […]

LAB Trade’s native token collapses 90% in 48 hours, wiping out billions in market cap amid insider control and manipulation allegations. LAB Trade Blames ‘Large Market Participants’ LAB, the native token of the multi-chain trading platform LAB Trade, suffered a catastrophic collapse this week, plunging from just over $7 to $1.25 on Wednesday—a staggering 80% […]

Trust Wallet has integrated Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum-compatible Layer-2 network, into its mobile app and browser extension. Expanding Self-Custody Access Trust Wallet has integrated Robinhood Chain into its mobile application and browser extension, enabling users to manage assets on the network within a self-custody framework. According to a company announcement, the integration allows users to […]

Europe’s top securities regulator has clarified that many prediction-market event contracts already fall under the EU’s existing retail ban on binary options – meaning the restriction is live law, not a proposed rule – while contracts issued as blockchain tokens may instead be caught by the bloc’s crypto framework. The statement leaves platforms such as […]

XRP is showing growth across multiple adoption metrics, with approximately $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets, continued spot XRP ETF inflows, and rising wallet creation, according to XRP treasury company Evernorth. Together, the figures suggest expanding activity across institutional and retail participants. Why Are Multiple XRP Adoption Metrics Rising Together? A convergence of growth across […]

EDX Markets closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings, the Chicago-based crypto exchange operator announced Tuesday. The latest round adds a major Japanese financial backer to EDX’s cap table as the firm pushes deeper into institutional digital asset infrastructure. EDX operates an institution-only trading venue paired with a central clearinghouse, […]

Binance controls more crypto than any other exchange currently operating on earth, holding $130.1 billion in digital assets tracked across onchain wallets by Arkham Intelligence. That figure puts Binance well ahead of the next nine exchanges combined in some categories, according to portfolio data pulled from Arkham’s blockchain analytics platform. The rankings, logged on July […]

Polymarket traders are pricing a one-in-three chance that the U.S. government formally cuts off public access to a major Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model before the end of 2026, as Washington’s scrutiny of Deepseek and its peers intensifies. Washington’s Case Against Chinese Models The market, created earlier this month, asked whether the U.S. government would […]

Circle’s stock rebounded 7% on Monday following a 17% plummet the previous Tuesday, triggered by the announcement of a rival stablecoin, Open USD. The Battle for Reserve Yield The stock of Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, jumped 7% on Monday as investor panic following the announcement of the launch of rival coin Open […]

Bitcoin and ether funds closed the week in the red for an eighth straight week. Altcoin ETFs, however, showed more resilience, with XRP, Solana and HYPE products all attracting capital between June 29 and July 2. XRP ETFs Add $17.2 Million as Ether ETFs End Week Down $13.7 Million The crypto ETF market ended the […]

Twelve addresses on bitcoin’s rich list hold a combined 1,347,380 BTC, worth roughly $85.2 billion at current prices near $63,265. That’s 6.72% of all bitcoin in existence sitting behind twelve public keys. Some belong to exchanges moving customer funds around the clock. Others haven’t moved a satoshi out in years. Pulling onchain data from the […]

Michael Saylor pointed to a shift in bitcoin’s trajectory, arguing that its future will be shaped less by reduced issuance and more by its use as digital capital across credit markets, institutions, and global finance. Saylor Says Bitcoin’s Next Growth Story Starts With a New Role in Global Finance Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael […]

Securitize Corp. now holds the top spot among tokenized stocks, with $270 million in shares recorded onchain, according to data from rwa.xyz. The company’s ticker, SECZ, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday, July 2, after Securitize closed its business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II on July 1. Shares opened […]

The 32-player field for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves at the Esports World Cup 2026 is set after a Last Chance Qualifier in Paris that took place on July 5. AbaO took the final spot, beating WBG Xiaocai 3-1 in the LCQ grand final. SF|Gummy finished third, and Pida took the fourth and last […]

Central banks added a net 41 tonnes of gold to official reserves in May, World Gold Council data published July 2 shows, extending a buying wave that has averaged 1,000 tonnes a year over the past four years. A record 45% of reserve managers expect their own institutions to add more within the next 12 […]

The U.S. Treasury will accept philanthropic donations of publicly traded stock to fund Trump Accounts, Secretary Scott Bessent announced two days before the children’s savings program launched, with more than 6 million families already signed up. How the Stock Donation Pipeline Works The Treasury Department said it will accept large philanthropic contributions of readily tradable […]

President Donald Trump’s investment accounts made 327 previously undisclosed stock purchases worth as much as $12.8 million on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise tariff pause sent the S&P 500 up 9.5% in its eighth-best session in history, a new filing shows. A 927-Page Filing Lands More Than a Year Late The purchases […]

AI agents may soon begin transacting on their own, but the real tension lies in whether existing payment systems can handle machines that need programmable, always-on rails. Why Payment Infrastructure Is Becoming the Main Question AI and crypto payments are moving into the same discussion because autonomous agents may need more than intelligence to operate […]

Gold climbed on July 3 after weak U.S. jobs data undermined the market’s belief that the Federal Reserve will maintain higher interest rates for longer, raising concerns that investors may have misjudged the Fed’s trajectory. Why Did Gold Shift When the Fed Narrative Appeared Firm? Gold’s rally on July 3 challenged one of the market’s […]

Strategy has alternatives to selling bitcoin. A new research points to options that could raise cash without reducing its bitcoin holdings. After overhauling its capital management amid pressure on its preferred-stock structure, the key question is whether Strategy can generate liquidity without selling bitcoin. Why Selling Bitcoin Became the Central Concern Pressure built after weeks […]

Visa, M-Pesa and Onafriq have launched a pilot program in the Democratic Republic of Congo using U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins to settle cross-border mobile transactions. Blockchain Meets Mobile Money Financial services giant Visa, mobile money platform M-Pesa, and pan-African payments network Onafriq have launched a pilot program using stablecoins to settle cross-border mobile transactions in the […]

Senator Cynthia Lummis said the CLARITY Act contains more than 16 illicit finance safeguards, pushing back against claims that the legislation would create loopholes for money laundering and sanctions evasion. Lummis Says CLARITY Act Contains More Than 16 Anti-Money Laundering Safeguards U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) pushed back against criticism of the Digital Asset Market […]

The Senate faces mounting pressure to act on the CLARITY Act before its August recess, and failure to advance it now could stall years of bipartisan work while leaving the crypto industry in regulatory limbo. Limited July Schedule Raises Urgency for Floor Vote Efforts to pass a federal crypto market-structure bill have entered a critical […]

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged Usie Otukpa Osang with eight counts of fraud for his alleged role in a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency scam. EFCC Charges Suspect Over Crypto Fraud Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has charged a man accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar crypto investment scam that defrauded an Australian investor, officials announced. The […]

Metaplanet purchased 2,823 bitcoin during Q2 2026 for $225 million at an average price of $78,872 per bitcoin. This grew its total treasury to 43,000 BTC, with an aggregate lifetime cost basis of $4.09 billion. Treasury Growth and Portfolio Value Japanese listed bitcoin treasury, Metaplanet Inc., announced on July 1 that it purchased 2,823 bitcoins […]

As Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) rules took effect in the European Union, Binance said it is working to support affected users while implementing the required adjustments. The exchange emphasized that customer assets remain secure and outlined the options available to users as the transition continues. Binance Says User Assets Remain Safe as EU Crypto Rules […]