Solana Company Signs On to Help Build Kazakhstan’s Crypto Megacity
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The agreement expands Solana Company’s involvement in Kazakhstan by supporting blockchain infrastructure and the planned Alatau Crypto Cluster. Kazakhstan continues to deepen its engagement with the Solana ecosystem through initiatives including a Solana Economic Zone and a locally listed Solana ETF. While Alatau City is envisioned as a technology-driven smart city, regulatory hurdles and infrastructure […]

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Australia’s Crypto Travel Rule Goes Live: Every Transfer Now Needs a Name Attached
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Australian crypto exchanges must now collect identity information for all transfers, introducing additional verification for customers regardless of transaction size. The new obligations cover a broad range of virtual asset services while maintaining the ability to transfer funds to self-hosted wallets under specific compliance requirements. The reforms align Australia more closely with international crypto regulation […]

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Ethereum Options Traders Pay Up For Downside Protection As Skew Turns Cautious
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TL;DR Confirmed that the 25-delta put-call options skew has shifted positive for early July expiries, showing options traders are paying more for short-term downside protection. The key caveat: Avoid claiming options skew guarantees a price decline; portray it as a gauge of trader sentiment and hedging. For traders, the story matters because it affects how […]

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Crypto Strategist Details Bullish Scenario for Solana, Says SOL In ‘Absolutely Massive Spot’ – Here’s His Outlook
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A closely followed crypto analyst is suddenly turning bullish on one Ethereum (ETH) rival. Pseudonymous trader Cheds tells his 375,200 followers on X that Solana (SOL) is primed for a massive breakout as it rallies towards a key level. The analyst says if Solana increases more than 6% from its current value SOL would confirm […]

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Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD
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Bitcoin Magazine Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD A coalition of more than 140 companies — among them Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Coinbase — announced today the formation of Open Standard and the launch of Open USD (OUSD), a new dollar-pegged stablecoin built to redistribute the economics of the $300 […]

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Anthropic to bring back Fable 5 as US lifts export controls
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Claude Fable 5 will be redeployed with a new set of classifiers designed to identify and block a broader range of cybersecurity-related tasks.

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Falcon Finance Highlights a Shift From Tokenized to Composable RWAs in Its June Report
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TL;DR: Falcon closed June with $1.26 billion in USDf in circulation and a backing ratio of 103.32%, according to its transparency dashboard. The Falcon Staking Vaults allow tokenized assets like XAUt and SPYx to be converted into yield-generating positions within the blockchain. Tokenized assets from Ondo Global Markets and xStocks already operate as collateral to […]

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Crédit Agricole, World’s Largest Cooperative Bank, Launches Stablecoin EURXT
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Crédit Agricole S.A. has launched a euro-backed stablecoin called EURXT and used it to settle the first subscription into a tokenized money market fund in Europe. According to the announcement on Wednesday, the bank issued the token through CACEIS, its asset servicing arm, on the Ethereum blockchain. EURXT follows the ERC-20 standard and carries a […]

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'Only the First Round': Legendary Trader Peter Brandt Reacts to Potential $1.25 Billion Bitcoin Sale
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Peter Brandt predicts that Michael Saylor’s new framework could spark a massive Bitcoin supply cascade, not limited to $1.25 billion.

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Trump Discloses $1.4 Billion From His <b>Cryptocurrency</b> Businesses – Yahoo Finance UK
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AP Photo/Alex Brandon. President Donald Trump brought in more than $1 billion from his family's cryptocurrency businesses last year, a new federal …

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Goldman Sachs Says US Equities Still in ‘Buy Dip Mode’ Following Record-Breaking 34,000,000,000 Shares Traded in Just One Day
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Goldman Sachs says that the market remains in a bullish phase and that corrections are buying opportunities. On a new episode of the bank’s The Markets podcast, John Flood, head of Americas Equities Execution Services in Goldman Sachs Global Banking and Markets, says to expect market volatility and to invest when stocks decline in value […]

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Ripple’s OpenUSD Move: Payment Infrastructure Push or XRP Value Catalyst?
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Ripple has joined the OpenUSD (OUSD) consortium as a launch integration partner, placing itself inside a stablecoin initiative backed by more than 140 companies across payments, banking, fintech, and crypto. However, according to crypto analyst WrathofKahneman, there’s a catch: OpenUSD will be launching on Solana, Stellar, Base, and Polygon, but not on the XRP Ledger, […]

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MicroStrategy Opens Door To Bitcoin Sales Under New Capital Framework
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TL;DR Strategy has adopted a new digital credit capital framework tied to its preferred securities and corporate reserves. The framework authorizes potential Bitcoin sales of up to $1.25 billion, but that does not mean an immediate liquidation is underway. The bigger story is that corporate Bitcoin treasuries are becoming more complex as companies build financing […]

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Anchorage Digital and Binance Launch Off-Exchange Settlement for Institutional Crypto Trading
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Bitcoin Magazine Anchorage Digital and Binance Launch Off-Exchange Settlement for Institutional Crypto Trading Anchorage Digital has announced an integration with Binance to bring off-exchange settlement to institutional crypto traders, giving clients access to the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume without surrendering custody of their assets. The partnership, powered by Atlas — Anchorage Digital’s suite […]

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Open USD Launches With 140+ Giants, Challenging USDC With Zero-Fee Stablecoin Model
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Key Takeaways: Open Standard launched its new, enterprise-level stablecoin, Open USD, supported by over 140 businesses across the world. Minting and redemption are free, the reserve is owned and managed by the partners, and the stablecoin is governed by the community. Large firms like Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, BlackRock, and Shopify will be backing the […]

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Taiwan’s legislature passes crypto, stablecoin regulations
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Taiwan’s legislative branch has passed the nation’s first crypto and stablecoin rules, which aim to integrate the country with the global crypto market.

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SEC Opens 27-Question Review of Novel ETFs, Puts Crypto Products in Focus
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked the public on June 30, 2026, to weigh in on how it regulates exchange-traded funds built around crypto assets, event contracts, and other nontraditional holdings. SEC Opens Review With 27 Questions The agency published Release No. 33-11426, a formal request for comment that poses 27 questions but […]

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ENS Governance Reform Sparks Chaos After Founder Blocks Security Council Vote
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TL:DR: The founder of ENS used approximately half of the protocol’s active voting power to block an on-chain proposal to renew the Security Council. The ENS DAO treasury holds about $350 million in total assets, which drops to $88 million if native ENS tokens are excluded. The governance token is trading around $4.07, representing a […]

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Empery Digital Shifts From Bitcoin Treasury Strategy With $65M AI Data Center Deal
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TL;DR Empery Digital commits $65M for a 25% stake in a Midwest AI data center project targeting up to 300 MW capacity. The firm continues reducing exposure to its Bitcoin treasury after sales and shareholder pressure, holding 2,914 BTC. It is also phasing out its Bitcoin dashboard as it reallocates capital toward AI infrastructure and […]

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Ripple to Use New Stablecoin Backed by Mastercard, BlackRock and Google
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Ripple has joined an unprecedented consortium of over 140 financial, technological, and crypto heavyweights, including BlackRock, Mastercard, Google, and Visa, to adopt “Open USD.”

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Trump's financial disclosure lists $1.4 billion in crypto earnings, powered largely by meme coins
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There's also more than $290 million classified as income from cryptocurrency wallets associated with World Liberty. The $635 million was earned …

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SpaceX Dominates as Tokenized Pre-IPO Trading Volume Surges 1,060%: CoinGecko
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Trading activity in tokenized pre-IPO perpetual contracts surged sharply in May 2026 after several months of subdued activity, according to a new report by CoinGecko. Monthly trading volume climbed 1,059% from $60.51 million in April to $701.44 million in May. Interestingly, SpaceX pre-IPO perpetuals led the market with $305 million in monthly trading volume, as […]

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Whales Rotate Back To Bitcoin And Ethereum As Altcoin Risk Cools
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TL;DR Large wallets and whales rotated capital out of high-risk altcoins into BTC and ETH, treating them as safe collateral during the altcoin leverage flush. The key caveat: Note that this is portfolio rotation rather than net new fiat buying; it indicates a risk-off rotation within the crypto asset class. For traders, the story matters […]

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Former Goliath Ventures CEO pleads guilty in $400M crypto Ponzi case
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Former Goliath Ventures CEO Christopher Delgado pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering and agreed to forfeit properties, vehicles, luxury goods and crypto wallets.

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President Donald Trump Discloses More Than $50 Million in Bitcoin Held in Cold Storage
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Bitcoin Magazine President Donald Trump Discloses More Than $50 Million in Bitcoin Held in Cold Storage President Donald Trump holds more than $50 million in Bitcoin, stored in cold wallets, according to his 2025 annual financial disclosure released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The filing is a detailed federal accounting of the president’s […]

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Securitize Wins NYSE Approval for Public Market Debut
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Key Takeaways: Securitize closed the transaction to raise funds with shareholders on the NYSE via a merger to become a SPAC. The combined company is expected to trade as SECZ starting July 2. The listing marks another milestone for the fast-growing tokenized real-world assets sector. User Score 8.7 Follow us on Google News Securitize has […]

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Ark Invest Researcher Doubts Open USD Can Beat Circle After 16% Stock Drop
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Circle shares fell sharply on Tuesday, after a consortium of more than 140 companies, including Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, and Blackrock, unveiled a new stablecoin built to compete directly with USDC. The stock CRCL closed down approximately 16.5%, trading as low as $63.10 after opening near $72.46. The prior close on June 29 was $75.96. The […]

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Ripple's USD Stablecoin Isn't 'Eating' XRP, Evernorth Breaks Down
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Crypto treasury Evernorth breaks down why Ripple USD expansion isn’t hurting XRP, revealing how the stablecoin actually drives network activity.

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Trump made hundreds of millions from <b>cryptocurrency</b> ventures in first year back in office – WQOW
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President Donald Trump arrives for a "Rose Garden Club" dinner for National Police Week, at the White House on May 11.

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BlackRock’s IBIT Absorbs 77% of June Bitcoin ETF Outflows Amid Market Sell-Off
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TL;DR IBIT concentrated most of the pressure in June, absorbing around $3.3Bn, which equals roughly 77% of total US Bitcoin ETF outflows of $4.3Bn. The largest ETF issuer effect came from institutional repositioning as US Treasury yields increased and risk appetite weakened. Bitcoin dropped toward $59,558, while IBIT recorded repeated large-scale redemptions, including a single-day […]

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XRP Holds $1 Support As Wallet Growth Hits Three-Month High
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TL;DR Confirmed XRP network addresses grew at their fastest average pace since March 2026, helping defend the key $1.00 level during a leverage shakeout that flushed long open interest. The key caveat: Highlight that the $1.00 support is psychological and volatile; avoid implying a guaranteed rally from here. For traders, the story matters because it […]

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AI’s power crunch turns Bitcoin miners’ grid access into an asset
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Bitcoin miners have the power sites AI companies need, but turning old mining campuses into real data center revenue is no easy pivot.

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