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Ripple wins full MiCA CASP license, clearing regulated crypto services across 30 EEA countries ↗
ZachXBT turns meme coin profits into $30,000 in verified donations for Venezuela earthquake relief ↗
Aspirational Absurdity: The Resupply & Convex Growth arqus
Aspirational Absurdity: The Resupply & Convex Growth arqus ↗
Strategy unloads 3,588 BTC for $216 million, trims its bitcoin stash while still sitting on heavy unrealized losses. ↗
Strategy’s bitcoin-fueled model is unraveling as its premium vanishes and its own valuation metric overstates reality. ↗
Sberbank plans crypto wallet by December as Russia readies licensed market with $3,800 yearly retail limit
Sberbank plans crypto wallet by December as Russia readies licensed market with $3,800 yearly retail limit ↗
Fake Maccy site ships PamStealer, macOS infostealer built to grab passwords, Keychain data, and wallet keys ↗
Summer.fi exploit drains ~$6M as Blockaid links attacker to Lazy Summer contracts ↗
Valr to launch cross-asset perpetuals with Hyperliquid integration on July 6
Valr to launch cross-asset perpetuals with Hyperliquid integration on July 6 ↗
Jupiter launches Trailing Stop Loss for limit orders, enabling traders to automatically lock in gains as token prices rise without setting fixed exit levels ↗
Solana tokenized asset spot volume jumps from $2.69B in Q1 2026 to $5.77B in Q2 2026 ↗
Hexens says patched Aptos Move VM bug could have put $70B at risk in $3K server test
Hexens says patched Aptos Move VM bug could have put $70B at risk in $3K server test ↗
World Cup pushes prediction market volume from $65M to $5.6B as Kalshi leads June surge ↗
ESMA says prediction market event contracts likely fall under EU retail ban on binary options ↗
Ondo-backed op-ed warns against turning tokenized securities into private walled gardens, calling for investor protections alongside open competition
Ondo-backed op-ed warns against turning tokenized securities into private walled gardens, calling for investor protections alongside open competition ↗
Aave teases upcoming consumer app launch, aiming to bring DeFi savings and yield products to mainstream users through a simplified experience ↗
Aave V4 surpasses $250M in deposits, marking a major liquidity milestone as the protocol gears up for its next phase of DeFi lending expansion ↗
KyberSwap upgrades limit orders with live order book, charts, and executable maker liquidity ↗
EtherFi proposes Aave V4 hub on OP Mainnet for EtherFi Cash with up to $175M in assets and 20% DAO revenue share ↗
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Binance posts $1.23B weekly outflows as ETH withdrawal transactions top 166,000 in one day ↗
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum's "Lean Ethereum" overhaul will rival the Merge in scale, replacing nearly every core protocol component over the next 3–4 years ↗
Vitalik’s recent research paper proposes an extremely lean Ethereum consensus design that minimizes state, shifts validator responsibilities offchain, and uses ZK-STARK proofs for scalable, privacy-preserving consensus.
Vitalik’s recent research paper proposes an extremely lean Ethereum consensus design that minimizes state, shifts validator responsibilities offchain, and uses ZK-STARK proofs for scalable, privacy-preserving consensus. ↗
Sovereign wealth funds are gaining crypto exposure through Bitcoin ETFs, blockchain firms and VC funds, favoring regulated vehicles over direct token ownership ↗
Michael Saylor says Bitcoin's next decade will be defined by protocol stability, with institutions, credit markets and financial products expanding around BTC rather than changing it ↗
Analysis of 514,915 crypto card wallets suggests float—not cashback—is the industry's biggest moat, with user balances revealing where trust truly resides
Analysis of 514,915 crypto card wallets suggests float—not cashback—is the industry's biggest moat, with user balances revealing where trust truly resides ↗
Open USD launches on Polygon as Q2 transactions hit 743M and CredibleFin flows top $152M ↗
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Stablecoin transaction volume hits record $1.79T in June as USDC handles 67% of adjusted flows ↗
Ex-OpenAI researcher Phil Chen says AI will automate answerable work, making problem discovery, reputation, relationships and judgment the decade's most valuable skills ↗
Varick argues private equity firms are undervaluing AI by focusing on cost cuts, while overlooking its potential to boost exit multiples and shorten holding periods
Varick argues private equity firms are undervaluing AI by focusing on cost cuts, while overlooking its potential to boost exit multiples and shorten holding periods ↗
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