On Tuesday, a coalition of major payment, banking, and crypto firms, including Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Stripe, BlackRock (BLK), and Coinbase (COIN), is backing a new dollar-pegged stablecoin called Open USD (OUSD).The stablecoin was being developed by Open Standard in an effort that would challe…
Stablecoin wars were always going to arrive eventually. They just arrived wearing suits today. As Open USD officially launched on June 30 with backing from more than 140 businesses spanning payments, banking, fintech, crypto infrastructure, and global commerce. The list reads less like a startup ec…
Ethereum BITSTAMP:ETHUSD enters July 2026 trading near $1,570, close to multi-month lows, after recording its first run of three consecutive red quarterly candles in its history.On-chain data and price charts now tell competing stories. Network usage keeps falling, yet large holders appear to be bu…
TL;DRWhat HappenedMicroStrategy’s New Bitcoin Sale Authorization Puts Altcoin Traders On Edge. The update comes from Coindesk, with the core claim checked against SEC EDGAR Database – MicroStrategy Inc. Form 8-K Filed June 29, 2026. That matters because this is the sort of story that can quickly be…
TL;DRSolana’s meme coin machine appears to be waking up again. New celebrity-linked tokens have reportedly reached market caps in the millions after launching through Solana’s fast-moving retail token ecosystem, pushing traders back into a corner of the market that can feel euphoric one hour and br…
Bitcoin (BTC) miners just got a fresh yardstick for their AI ambitions, and one analyst said it shows how cheaply the market is pricing them.Digital Realty Trust (DLR) has agreed to purchase three fully leased AI data centers in Northern Virginia from Blackstone (BX) for $3.5 billion, a deal that V…
XRP BITSTAMP:XRPUSD is holding above the $1.00 support zone amid a broader downturn. Yet, on-chain activity is rising.New wallet, whale, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) activity suggest users are stepping in while the price looks fragile, pointing to demand below the surface.XRP Price Slump Meets St…
A US federal court has sentenced Chinese businessman Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of running a large-scale fraud scheme that raised more than $1 billion from followers, the BBC reported. The case drew attention due to Guo’s political profile and his claims of opposing C…
TL;DRWhat HappenedEthereum Options Traders Pay Up For Downside Protection As Skew Turns Cautious. The update comes from Tokenpost, with the core claim checked against Deribit Options Metrics Dashboard / Block Scholes reports. That matters because this is the sort of story that can quickly become no…
TL;DRStrategy’s Bitcoin story just picked up a new wrinkle, and it is the kind of detail traders will probably argue about for weeks. The company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, has adopted a new digital credit capital framework that opens the door to potential Bitcoin sales at scale under specif…
More than 140 companies, including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock and Coinbase have joined Open Standard to launch Open USD (OUSD), a new stablecoin that shares most of the earnings from its reserves.Open Standard said businesses will be able to mint and redeem Open USD without fees or volume…
Crypto exchange OKX has launched an agentic marketplace where autonomous AI agents can work for one another, and humans, to get paid in USDT or USDG stablecoins, according to an announcement on Tuesday."It's our biggest move into AI yet," an OKX representative told The Block. "Think Upwork for Agen…
Sovright, the non-profit successor organization to Zcash R&D firm Electric Coin Company, released a new wallet tool called Argos that will enable early Zcash users recover funds that became stuck after the old ZEC Wallet Lite stopped being maintained in 2022, according to an announcement shared wit…
Robinhood Markets’ HOOD growth story is increasingly shifting from a single-product trading app to a broader financial ecosystem. The company is expanding across brokerage, crypto, subscriptions, retirement, advisory, credit cards, private markets and prediction markets, aiming to become a more cen…
Bitcoin (BTC) slipped below $59,000 on Tuesday. The question hanging over the market is: Are we seeing the bottom forming, or just a pause before the next drop? Analysts are divided, and the disagreement is simply two ways of reading the same selloff.On-chain analyst Axel Adler Jr. said that the lo…
TL;DRWhat HappenedEthereum ETFs Bleed $8M As USDT Inflows Point To Capital Waiting On Sidelines. The update comes from Tokenpost, with the core claim checked against Farside Investors Ethereum ETF Tracker / Tether Transparency Portal. That matters because this is the sort of story that can quickly…
TL;DRCrypto bear markets rarely end because one chart suddenly looks better. They usually end when several pieces start lining up at the same time: supply dynamics, liquidity, investor access, macro conditions, and a reason for capital to believe the next cycle has a stronger foundation than the la…
MetaMask, a self-custodial wallet developed by Consensys, is launching a new product that it says lets users earn yield on its MetaMask USD (mUSD) stablecoin and spend it via a card exclusively on the Monad blockchain.The company on Tuesday announced the launch of Money Account, a product it says o…
MetaMask has launched Money Account, a new self-custodial feature inside its wallet that turns stablecoin balances into a productive, all-in-one financial account. The product was built on Monad, which will serve as its "home chain."According to Tuesday's announcement, Money Account will enable use…
Sharplink disclosed on Tuesday that it purchased 10,000 ETH and repurchased more shares under its ongoing buyback program, expanding one of the largest corporate ether treasuries in the public markets.The Miami-based company said the latest acquisition increased its total ether holdings to 886,725…