Ethereum Institutional launched Wednesday, the ecosystem’s second nonprofit in nine days, backed by Tom Lee’s BitMine, SharpLink Gaming and co-founder Joe Lubin.The launches show the backers doubling down while price stays weak. Ether BITSTAMP:ETHUSD trades near $1,600, down about 67% from its 2025…
World launched on July 1 as an onchain prediction market on Solana COINBASE:SOLUSD, live in Phantom Wallet and using Chainlink oracles to automatically settle trades in the CASH stablecoin.Its debut adds a Solana-native challenger to a sector Polymarket and Kalshi already lead, where volumes have h…
Bitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD reclaimed $60,000 on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said inflation risks had eased and struck an open-minded tone on artificial intelligence CAPITALCOM:AI, reviving appetite for risk assets and precious metals.The Fed chief declined to call the AI spending…
Ripple executed its scheduled monthly escrow unlock on Wednesday. The company released exactly 1 billion XRP in three separate transactions. The move follows a brutal June that dragged the token to a 19-month low across global crypto markets.The July unlock now places fresh attention on Ripple’s su…
Bitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD buyers in the United States have gone quiet. The Coinbase Premium Index, a gauge of US Bitcoin demand, has stayed negative since May 6, its longest weak stretch in more than a year.The signal matters because it shows who is stepping back. A negative premium means American in…
US-listed Bitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $4.5 billion in net outflows during June 2026. This was the worst monthly figure since the products launched in January 2024.The redemptions coincided with a sharp price decline. Bitcoin fell 20.48% over the month, its steepest…
The EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation hits its final deadline today, July 1. Licensed exchanges are pulling Tether’s USDT from their platforms. Circle is stepping into the gap.The split falls cleanly along regulatory lines. One issuer spent years building toward this deadline. The other bet…
Bitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD has dropped roughly 20% over the past month, pulling most cryptocurrencies down with it. Even so, top 5 altcoins for July 2026 enter the new month carrying concrete catalysts that could lift them against the trend.This selection favors dated July catalysts over raw momentum…
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms CAPITALCOM:RIOT has moved another 500 Bitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD to custody firm NYDIG, worth roughly $39 million, the latest move in a treasury strategy now funding its push beyond mining.On-chain monitors spotted the deposit, which fits a familiar pattern. Riot has sold…
SharpLink CAPITALCOM:SBET expanded its Ethereum BITSTAMP:ETHUSD treasury this week, buying 10,000 ETH to reach 886,725 ETH in total holdings. The purchase came while Fundstrat strategist Tom Lee said sentiment looked worse than after the FTX collapse.The company paired the purchase with a stock buy…
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…
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…
Solana COINBASE:SOLUSD is outperforming the broader crypto market, posting gains over the past seven days. The divergence is notable in a week of broad declines.Data shows SOL gaining ground as two different kinds of trading activity, real-world assets and speculation, pull users onto the network a…
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 29 that President Donald Trump cannot remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, for now. Still, the decision preserves the Fed’s independence at the worst possible time for Bitcoin.The ruling locks in a hawkish Fed that has already eliminated rate cut expecta…
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee tied Ethereum’s BITSTAMP:ETHUSD 8% weekly drop to quarter-end window dressing, arguing funds trimmed three-month losers.The executive made the comments as Bitmine reported holdings of 5,700,040 ETH worth roughly $9 billion.Lee Frames ETH Drop as Quarter-End Window DressingW…
Ukraine has placed more than $8.3 million in seized crypto under state management, the first time the country has moved confiscated digital assets into a government-controlled wallet.The National Agency for Finding, Tracing, and Management of Assets, known as ARMA, received the funds from wallets t…
Cardano BINANCE:ADAUSDT whales increased their holdings in late June even as on-chain activity cooled. Wallets in the 10 million to 100 million ADA range lifted their share of supply while transactions and smart contract use fell to multi-week lows.The accumulation arrives during a heavy upgrade cy…
Ripple ex-CTO David Schwartz has pushed back on claims that the XRP Ledger leaves everyday traders exposed to sandwich attacks, saying the risk is real but overstated.Concerns surfaced on X after an account argued that validators and well-connected nodes gain a timing edge by observing pending tran…
MicroStrategy announced a Digital Credit Capital Framework on June 29, 2026, that equips the company to treat Bitcoin as a flexible capital resource rather than a static holding.The plan centers on a $1.25 billion Bitcoin monetization program and $2 billion in repurchase authorizations across its p…
XRP BITSTAMP:XRPUSD spot exchange-traded funds extended their inflow streak to eight consecutive weeks through June 26, pulling in $22.99 million. Bitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD ETFs shed hundreds of millions over the same period as BTC slid to its lowest price since late 2024.The gap between the two asse…