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Polymarket bets on U.S. marketing blitz to win back trust after 4-year ban: Report
The prediction market's head of U.S. operations says the business is taking steps to legitimize itself after years of legal scrutiny.
Crypto Long & Short: With MSTR concerns assuaged, look to traditional signals around BTC
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, FalconX’s Gaspar Martin writes that BTC is reaching a market bottom and is poised for a turnaround.
Crypto VC Paradigm launches $1.2 billion AI fund as it broadens beyond digital assets
The firm's latest fund backs AI and robotics startups but leadership says it remains committed to crypto investing.
Dinari, tZERO join forces on turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities
The move comes as firms race to build the infrastructure for blockchain-based stocks and debate how tokenized stocks should work.
Adam Back's BSTR scraps SPAC merger, seeks new deal
BSTR and Cantor Equity Partners will not complete their merger under the original July 2025 agreement, with the shareholder postponed indefinitely.
BNB Chain is building a new layer-1 for high-frequency trading and AI agents
The network aims to process over 100,000 transactions per second by streaming them directly, eliminating public queues to make trades faster and more secure.
Citadel abandons multi-year crypto lawsuit to focus on bankruptcy order against an ex-employee
After winning a 6 million-pound London arbitration award, Citadel dropped its U.S. trade secrets case, saying another judgment would likely go uncollected.
SpaceX's first bitcoin wallet movements in six months likely don't signal sales
Onchain trackers found the newly public company shifted a tiny amount of bitcoin between its own addresses. Nothing reached an exchange.
Bitcoin's inflation quagmire gets stickier as renewed MidEast conflict sends oil price soaring
Your day-ahead look for July 8, 2026
Crypto and stocks tumble after Trump declares ceasefire 'over' following Iran strikes
Bitcoin fell, altcoins slid after Trump said the ceasefire with Iran is "over" as U.S. and Iran traded airstrikes.
Reserve Bank of India still favors crypto prohibition to curtail tax evasion: Reuters
Indian regulators maintained a hawkish stance despite the growing embrace of digital assets and technology by governments worldwide.
Validators embrace XRP Ledger's recent upgrade. But not everyone’s on board yet
The new software leads among the network's validators, yet by node count it sits behind the older v3.1.3, and the security amendment bundled with it remains a separate, slower vote. The upgrade needs 80% of the trusted validator list to activate.
Live markets: Bitcoin drops to $62,000, stocks slide, oil soars as Iran ceasefire collapses
Hedge funds have turned the most bearish on the yen since 2007, boosting bets on further losses to nearly 138,000 contracts as of June 30.
Bitcoin under pressure as Trump says Iran ceasefire is over
Major cryptocurrencies are trading in the red as renewed U.S.-Iran airstrikes push oil higher.
BlackRock-backed Securitize slides 40% after SPAC debut despite tokenization boom
The decline fits into a pattern of recently-public digital asset companies sliding after debut, Arca's Jeff Dorman said.
Crypto exchange Kraken is trying to become a bank in Europe
Kraken's focus is on Lithuania as the jurisdiction to secure the license, according to a person familiar with the plans.
