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Bitcoin slips as traders lift July Fed rate hike bets ahead of Inflation report

Major cryptocurrencies have dropped by 2% or more in 24 hours as traders boosted bets of a July Fed rate hike.

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Binance.US CEO says exchange is rebuilding, eyes return to 20% U.S. market share

Binance.US is betting ultra-low fees, new regulated products and deeper liquidity will help it regain customers after two years of regulatory setbacks.

Binance.US CEO Stephen Gregory

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Franklin Crypto CIO says crypto prices are disconnected from fundamentals

Institutional adoption of crypto is accelerating even as digital asset prices fail to reflect the industry's strongest fundamentals in years, Seth Ginns said.

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TeraWulf CEO: 'Not All Megawatts Are Created Equally' in AI Race

TeraWulf says its $19 billion AI hosting agreement with Anthropic underscores its transformation from a Bitcoin miner into an AI infrastructure company.

TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager
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Policy

Trump's crypto riches loom over Clarity Act talks to ban conflicts for U.S. officials

Discussion among Democrats have fixed on the president's personal gains when hashing out the crypto market structure bill's ethics provision.

Tom Emmer, Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Mizuho says Circle bank approval doesn't solve USDC growth, stablecoin competition risks

Japanese investment bank Mizuho reiterated its neutral rating on Circle, saying OCC approval for a national trust bank doesn't address slowing USDC growth or rising competition.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

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Bitcoin panic-selling may be ending as sellers' profit margins disappear

Analysts point to bitcoin’s resilience amid fresh U.S.-Iran escalation and renewed spot ETF inflows as the clearest signs yet that the marginal seller has stepped away.

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Strategy pauses its Bitcoin buying spree to hoard a massive $3 billion cash cushion

Strategy now has more than 20 months of coverage for preferred-stock dividends and debt interest.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Nikhilesh De)
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Tech

Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks. Memecoins took over

Robinhood Chain has pulled in $135 million of value and 800,000 addresses since July 1. Almost none of it is doing what the chain was built for.

Baiju Bhatt (right) and Vlad Tenev, founders of Robinhood (Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

Finance

Bolivia weighs adding Tether's USDT to its national payments system

Crypto usage has spiked in the country, with transaction volumes hitting $430 million in the year after the central bank removed restrictions in mid-2024.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

UK Treasury report on tokenization cites Ripple as convergence model

A Treasury-backed report targets putting repo, gilts and funds onchain within two years, and warms to permissionless networks that firms like Ripple have been building on.

A man seated on a sofa works on a laptop under a Ripple Labs sign. (Ripple Labs)

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Tom Lee's BitMine ether holdings rise to 5.77 million tokens, or 4.8% of total supply

The company expanded its ETH treasury while Chairman Tom Lee pointed to Robinhood Chain's rapid growth on Ethereum.

Tom Lee Consensus Hong Kong 2026
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Policy

Wall Street transfer agents lobby SEC, warning that third-party tokens pose risks to market integrity

The Securities Transfer Association, an industry group for transfer agents, said company-authorized tokenization should receive preferential treatment under future rules.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Shutterstock)

Tech

Robinhood Chain surges into top five by DEX volume: Bernstein

Robinhood's new blockchain quickly became a top-five network by DEX volume, signaling strong early demand for its tokenized asset platform, the broker said.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)

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Michael Saylor’s Strategy added $467 million in cash, made no changes to bitcoin holdings

The company raised the fresh cash via sales of common stock; its USD Reserve now stands at $3 billion.

Michael Saylor & James Van Straten (CoinDesk)

Finance

SBI Holdings' blockchain initiative pivots to Solana for tokenization, stablecoin issuance

The SBI Solana Global joint venture now includes the Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that oversees the layer-1 network.

Tokyo, Japan (thetalkinglens/Unsplash)
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