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Bitcoin Treads Water as Traders Eye $140K: Crypto Daybook Americas
Your day-ahead look for July 18, 2025

ICP Gains Ground as AI Buzz, Valour ETP Listing Boost Institutional Visibility
ICP sees strong support and renewed interest after Valour lists staking exchange-traded product on SIX Swiss Exchange.

Asian Food Platform DDC Appoints Investing Professional After Animoca BTC Yield Deal
Kyu Ho has 20 years experience investing in traditional and digital assets, the company said.

Securitize Takes Tokenized Hamilton Lane Credit Fund Multichain, Bringing It Closer to DeFi
The on-chain credit fund, issued with $956 billion private investment firm Hamilton Lane, now spans Ethereum and Optimism, added daily liquidity and DeFi-ready token.

Ripple Developers Propose Metadata Standard for XRPL Tokens to Boost Discoverability, Interoperability
XLS-0089d is backward-compatible and opt-in. That means tokens that don’t follow this new metadata standard will still function normally on the XRP Ledger.

Altcoins Steal the Show as Bitcoin Builds Steam: Crypto Daybook Americas
Your day-ahead look for July 17, 2025

Strategy Hits Record $128.5B Market Cap as Bitcoin Buying Prompts Equity Sales
The company has tripled the number of shares outstanding since 2020 through major ATM offerings as investors reward its bitcoin-focused transformation.

Crypto Market Maker B2C2 Said to Be Raising up to $200M: Source
The transaction will allow majority holder SBI to reduce its stake in the crypto trading firm, the source said.

Jim Chanos Calls Strategy’s Premium 'Financial Gibberish'
The famed short seller is betting on a decline in Strategy’s stock while bitcoin advocate Pierre Rochard defends company’s premium valuation amid rising competition.

PayPal Blockchain Lead José Fernández da Ponte Joins Stellar
The Stellar Development Foundation also hired Jason Karsh, a former Block and Blockchain.com executive, as chief marketing officer.

