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Wall Street can now hedge Hyperliquid’s HYPE, but weekends carry a real risk

Options on Bitwise’s HYPE ETF give traders a new way to bet on Hyperliquid volatility, linking Wall Street ETF desks with crypto-native spot and perp markets.

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Solana’s $1B USDC mint collides with DeFi app shutdown as users face unfinished Drift recovery

Pyra users face a September exit deadline while fresh Solana minting signals show liquidity moving faster than recovery systems.

1 day ago

Crypto PAC donation forms and campaign mailers beside a Bitcoin coin as voters watch a US Senate primary, illustrating how crypto-backed political spending is influencing elections faster than Congress can advance digital asset legislation.

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Crypto PACs are helping Senators win US primaries faster than the Senate can move the law they want

Crypto super PACs are winning nearly every primary they enter, but the market structure law all that money is meant to buy is still stuck on the Senate calendar with no vote in sight.

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#	Name	Price	24H %	7D %	MCap	24H Vol
1	Bitcoin BTC	$63,101.23	-0.54%	-1.86%	$1.26T	$28.2B
2	Ethereum ETH	$1,704.45	-1.55%	+1.05%	$205.7B	$10.62B
3	Tether USDT	$1.00	+0.04%	-0.01%	$186.3B	$59.98B
4	BNB BNB	$576.85	-1.75%	-5.69%	$77.75B	$1.04B
5	USDC USDC	$1.00	+0.02%	+0.01%	$74.91B	$8.91B
6	XRP XRP	$1.13	-1.89%	-1.78%	$70.37B	$1.71B
7	Solana SOL	$69.14	-2.04%	+0.73%	$40.11B	$2.34B
8	TRON TRX	$0.32	+0.47%	+2.14%	$30.4B	$535.21M
9	Hyperliquid HYPE	$69.20	+0.54%	+13.64%	$17.53B	$1B
10	Dogecoin DOGE	$0.083	-0.52%	-7.77%	$14.16B	$493.91M

Market data updates periodically. Data via CoinMarketCap

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Elon Musk’s wealth has now surpassed Bitcoin market cap amid SpaceX’s continued rally

SpaceX rally has lifted Musk’s fortune above Bitcoin’s market cap and made SPCX the clearest symbol of today’s risk appetite.

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Oil finally loses its grip on Bitcoin – but now liquidity takes over the sell pressure

Brent below $80 removed one pressure point, but BTC still needs rates, ETF flows, and risk appetite to turn.

2 days ago

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Prediction markets are drawing corporate hedgers, but payout disputes threaten trust

Event contracts let companies hedge specific risks like tariffs, oil shocks and regulatory rulings, but thin liquidity and oracle disputes could make the payout harder to trust.

2 days ago

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Mobile neobank app connected to a transparent DeFi vault system displaying stablecoin lending pools and automated crypto yield infrastructure

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The future of vaults: neobanks and invisible DeFi

Kraken’s early traction suggests the next wave of DeFi adoption will come through neobanks and fintech apps that hide vault complexity behind familiar savings products.

Vincent Maliepaard 6 days ago

Fantium CEO Jonathan Ludwig says sports tokenization needs utility, alignment, and real access

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Fantium CEO Jonathan Ludwig says sports tokenization needs utility, alignment, and real access

Moving beyond fan tokens, Fantium aims to integrate liquidity and access into the evolving sports token ecosystem.

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Wall Street can now hedge Hyperliquid’s HYPE, but weekends carry a real risk

Solana’s $1B USDC mint collides with DeFi app shutdown as users face unfinished Drift recovery

Crypto PACs are helping Senators win US primaries faster than the Senate can move the law they want

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