Big News for XRP: Ripple Officially Listed on ESMA's MiCA Register
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Ripple becomes listed by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as an official crypto asset service provider in the region.

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JPMorgan slashes Coinbase price target – Crypto – TheStreet
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JPMorgan has slashed its price target on Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) to $196 from $283. This is nearly a 31% cut, while maintaining an …

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Crypto Biz: When dollars disappear, stablecoins step in
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Bolivia moves to recognize USDT amid a dollar shortage, while Bitcoin miners’ AI ambitions face fresh investor scrutiny.

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Dogecoin Consolidates As Retail Meme-Token Demand Cools
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Dogecoin is holding key levels, but the energy around the trade has clearly cooled. The meme-token market often moves in bursts. Retail attention returns quickly, volumes expand, social activity picks up, and tokens like DOGE can move sharply before the broader market has time to process the change. But those bursts do not always last. […]

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Bitcoin’s Surprising Reaction to Trump’s Iran Threats and Rising US Margin Debt
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Bitcoin recovered most of the losses seen during the day after dipping to $62,400 and is now back above $64,000. What’s intriguing about this rebound is that it came after some unfavorable reports for risk-on assets. The first one focused on more threatening developments on the US/Israel-Iran war front, while the second was on the […]

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Bitcoin Mining Giant Foundry Asks Miners To Vote on BIP-110 Soft Fork
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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Mining Giant Foundry Asks Miners To Vote on BIP-110 Soft Fork Foundry Digital, the world’s leading Bitcoin mining pool operator, has said it will allow mining clients how the pool should signal on the BIP-110. The Rochester, New York-based firm said Friday in an email to miners that they will be able […]

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Polygon Labs Nears Coinme Integration to Accelerate Blockchain Payments Strategy
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Key Takeaways: Polygon is closing its Coinme deal and moving away from blockchain payment solutions. As part of the company’s profitability plan for 2027, the company declared layoffs. The shift is driven by the growth in stablecoins and enterprise usage. User Score 8.7 Follow us on Google News Polygon Labs is continuing its evolution from […]

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Bybit Reports Lowest BTC Spot Slippage Among Major Crypto Exchanges in Q1 2026, Driven by Rapid Price Improvement Mechanism
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July 17th, 2026 – Dubai, UAE Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today released its Q1 2026 BTC spot execution analysis, showing that its Rapid Price Improvement (RPI) mechanism consistently delivered lower trading slippage than comparable execution measurements across major cryptocurrency exchanges. As digital asset markets continue to mature, execution quality has […]

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Elon Musk Quietly Buys Billion-Dollar Energy Firm in Florida To Power AI Needs
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Elon Musk has completed a low-profile acquisition of a major energy company valued at over $1 billion dollars. The transaction for New APR Energy appeared solely in Federal Trade Commission records, reports Teslarati. The Florida-based firm specializes in mobile gas and diesel turbine systems capable of rapid deployment for large-scale power needs. The fleet provides […]

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Stripe and Swift intensify race to control global crypto payments infrastructure
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TL;DR Stripe made an unsolicited $53 billion offer to acquire PayPal, seeking control of its network of 439 million accounts. Swift expanded its blockchain settlement network to more than 40 financial institutions, after completing pilots with 17 banks around the world. Experts agree that competition no longer revolves around blockchain technology, but around control of […]

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ECB’s Cipollone Warns Stablecoins May Hit Deposits
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ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said July 17 that rising stablecoin use could make commercial banks lose retail deposits as payments shift further toward digital platforms. In a speech on the digital euro, he framed the risk as part of a wider payments transition, making stablecoin adoption a direct pressure point for bank funding. […]

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Bitcoin Traders Pull BTC Below $63K as Middle East Tensions Trigger Fresh Risk-Off Selling
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Bitcoin fell for a second straight day, dropping 1.4% to trade just under $63,600. It hit a session low of $62,732 early Friday, trimming its market cap and dragging the aggregate crypto market capitalization down 1.8% to $2.26 trillion. Tech Sell-Off and Geopolitical Tensions Weigh on Markets Bitcoin trended lower for a second consecutive day […]

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Consensys unknowingly outsourced developer work to North Korean
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Through an introduction with a “reputable third-party service provider,“ the company took on a developer who, as part of an investigation, was revealed to be tied to North Korea.

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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 18.5%: Here Is Why It Matters
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Bitcoin network sees major difficulty reset with traders watching for what comes next.

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Raoul Pal Predicts: <b>Cryptocurrency</b> Market Cap Will Surpass $100 Trillion Between 2032 and 2034
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Real Vision founder and CEO Raoul Pal (@RaoulGMI) stated in a post that, based on the logarithmic regression curve presented by market adoption …

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Chainlink Holds Support As CCIP Adoption Becomes A Longer-Term Test
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Chainlink is holding near a key support area while the market continues to judge whether its cross-chain infrastructure story can turn into durable demand for LINK. The token has been trading around levels that matter to short-term traders, but the larger Chainlink conversation is not only about price. It is about whether CCIP, data feeds, […]

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Numerai Completes Third Strategic NMR Buyback, Bringing Total Repurchases to $3.2 Million
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July 17th, 2026 – San Francisco, CA class=”ql-align-center”>Crowdsourced Hedge Fund Completes Third Open-Market Purchase as Contributor Network and Assets Continue to Grow Numerai, the decentralized hedge fund powered by crowdsourced machine learning, today announced the completion of a third strategic purchase of Numeraire (NMR), acquiring an additional $1.2 million of the token from the open […]

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U.S. Freezes $131M in Crypto Linked to Iran Amid Escalating Conflict
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OFAC added four Tron wallet addresses to the Central Bank of Iran’s sanctions listing on July 14, and Tether froze about US$131 million in USDT held in them. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US is “committed to disrupting and degrading Iran’s illicit financial activities, including its abuse of digital assets”. The action follows an […]

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SBI Holdings Takes Majority Stake in Singapore’s Coinhako After MAS Approval
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Bitcoin Magazine SBI Holdings Takes Majority Stake in Singapore’s Coinhako After MAS Approval SBI Holdings has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Coinhako, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform, after securing approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).  The Japanese financial group made the purchase through its subsidiary SBI Ventures Asset Pte. Ltd., which […]

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BitPay Secures EU-Wide MiCA License, Unlocking Regulated Crypto Payments Across 27 Nations
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Key Takeaways: BitPay has received a MiCA license from the Dutch AFM. The decision will allow regulated crypto services throughout the EU. Its European strategy is still solid coin worldwide payments. User Score 8.7 Follow us on Google News BitPay has accomplished a crucial regulatory milestone in Europe with its authorization under the Markets in […]

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ZachXBT’s Hardware Wallet Criticism Ignites Debate Over Crypto Self-Custody
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ZachXBT has sparked debate after claiming on his Telegram channel that hardware wallets are “complete garbage” for serious crypto use. According to him, people who often handle huge amounts are better off using a spare iPhone as a sign-in device. ZachXBT Details the Daily Struggles of Hardware Wallet Users The crypto investigator’s Telegram message was […]

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$1.38 Billion in One Month: How Venezuela’s Binance P2P Market Now Rivals Its Oil Exports
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According to Econalitica, an economic consulting firm, Binance P2P volumes reached nearly 1.38 billion USDT between June 11 and July 13, a daily average of 44 million USDT. These numbers represent 75% of the national oil exports’ monthly volumes, underscoring the relevance of crypto markets. USDT Trading Hits Record Levels In Venezuela While Venezuela has […]

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Galaxy lands 15-year Texas Tech stadium naming rights deal
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Galaxy Digital will rename Texas Tech’s football stadium under a 15-year agreement, expanding its West Texas presence as the state attracts growing crypto investment.

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Eric Balchunas says Bitcoin ETFs mirror gold’s boom‑and‑bust trajectory today
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TL;DR: The BlackRock IBIT fund reduced its assets under management to $60 billion after briefly touching a temporary peak of $100 billion in October. The SPDR Gold Trust fund experienced a similar trajectory in 2011 of a boom and subsequent extended stagnation that lasted eight years before recovering its peak levels. US cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds […]

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Solana Lobbyist Weighs In on Clarity Act Mayhem
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The U.S. cryptocurrency industry is approaching its make-it-or-break-it moment amid heated negotiations over the Clarity Act.

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2 Nigerians, one other jailed in UK over N7.4bn <b>cryptocurrency</b> scam using fake police websites
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The trio reportedly posed as police officers and contacted victims, falsely claiming their cryptocurrency accounts had been compromised. Advertisement …

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Retail Investors Dump $370,000,000,000 in Stocks Including Tesla and Apple in Over Two Weeks
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Individual investors have offloaded stocks at an unprecedented pace, locking in gains from the recent bull market. Net retail sales in single stocks totaled $370 billion over two weeks, up sharply from $220 billion at the start of 2026, reports The Kobeissi Letter. Last week alone saw outflows of $125 million in SanDisk (SNDK) shares, […]

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Cardano Tests Support As ADA Traders Look For A Better Catalyst
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Cardano is trading near support as ADA investors look for a stronger reason to step back into the market. The project still has one of the most committed communities in crypto, and its development roadmap remains a central part of the long-term argument. But price action has been quieter, and traders are watching whether support […]

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Ocean Mining VP Jason Hughes: BIP-110 on Track to Fail as Miner Signaling Stays Below 1%
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Bitcoin Magazine Ocean Mining VP Jason Hughes: BIP-110 on Track to Fail as Miner Signaling Stays Below 1% BIP-110 – My Notes to Miners This is a guest post by Jason Hughes, VP of Development and Engineering at Ocean Mining. Opinions expressed are entirely his own and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc. […]

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Crypto.com Lands $400M From Citadel Securities at $20B Valuation to Fuel Tokenization Push
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Key Takeaways: Citadel Securities led Crypto.com’s first institutional round, which came in at $400 million at a valuation of $20bn. The investment will support expansion into tokenized securities, derivatives, and broader digital financial infrastructure. Both companies view crypto as the backbone for the future of 24/7 financial services and the future of capital markets. User […]

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FTX to distribute $900M to creditors in fifth payment round
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The FTX Recovery Trust and company have distributed about $10 billion since the exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, leaving users cut off from their funds.

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Injective Seeks SEC Approval to Bring Securities Record-Keeping Onchain
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Injective announced at its July 16 Summit that it has filed for SEC registration as a transfer agent, the entities that keep the official record of who owns a security. The company says its chain settles transactions in under a second, and registration would place it inside the regulated US securities system for issuing and […]

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