Trump Meme Coin Update: TRUMP Near $1.60, Down 98% From Its Peak Even as Crypto Recovers
The Official Trump token sits near $1.60, down ~98% from its peak, and it has not recovered even as crypto broadly has. An evenhanded look at why hype doesn't bounce, substance does.
№ 002NewsEthereum Price Prediction: ETH Holds $1,900 as the Recovery Matures and the Staked-ETH ETF Looms
Ethereum holds around $1,925 above $1,900 as the recovery matures and the staked-ETH ETF looms. An honest ETH read: constructive if it holds the level, with $2,000 the next gate.
№ 003NewsPi Coin Price Prediction: PI Near $0.096 as Protocol v25 Goes Live Today
Pi Network trades near $0.096 as Protocol v25 goes live today, replacing v19. An honest PI read: a real catalyst into a cheap price, against persistent demand and token-unlock headwinds.
№ 004NewsChainlink Crypto Update: LINK Holds $8.50 as Spot ETFs Go Live and Banks Keep Buying
Chainlink holds around $8.55 as two spot LINK ETFs go live on NYSE Arca and bank adoption keeps building. An honest read on the widening gap between adoption and price.
№ 005NewsOstium Just Lost $18 Million to a Hacker Who Used Its Own Infrastructure Against It
A hacker exploited Ostium's own PriceUpKeep oracle system on Arbitrum, submitting fake future timestamps to manufacture profits and drain $18M in USDC.
№ 006NewsStripe Just Bid $53 Billion for PayPal, And Stablecoins Are at the Center of Why
Stripe and Advent offered $60.50 a share for PayPal, a 28% premium. Both companies are building rival stablecoin rails that could reshape digital payments.
№ 007NewsJPMorgan Just Told the Market That Hyperliquid Is Quietly Eating Circle and Coinbase's Lunch
JPMorgan lowered its earnings forecasts for Circle and Coinbase, saying Hyperliquid's USDC deal creates a "prisoner's dilemma" threatening stablecoin margins.
№ 008NewsRetail Traders Rush Into XRP and Ether Dip as History Warns of Another Sell-Off
Retail traders are buying the XRP and Ether dip, but past market cycles suggest caution as sentiment reaches extreme levels.
№ 009NewsSomeone With a $150 Bitcoin Miner Just Won $200,000 in Eight Hours And It's Completely Real
A solo miner using a $150 Bitaxe Gamma beat 18,000-year odds in just 8 hours, mining block #957382 for 3.1382 BTC worth $200,000 through Public Pool.
№ 010NewsBitcoin Is Being Pulled in Two Directions Today And I'm Watching Both Carefully
Bitcoin fell to $63K as U.S.-Iran hostilities resumed and oil rose 3%. But ETFs broke an 8-week outflow streak, and the Clarity Act keeps moving forward.
№ 011NewsThis Week Could Define Bitcoin's Next Big Move, Here's Everything I'm Watching
U.S. CPI, JPMorgan and Citi earnings, Iran tensions and Warsh's Congress testimony are set to drive crypto markets in the week of July 13.
№ 012NewsThe Fourth Round of the U.S. Strikes on Iran Moved Every Market, Except Bitcoin
U.S. strikes on Iran sent oil up 4%, gold down 1.6% and Asian stocks falling 1.6%, but Bitcoin barely moved, trading near $63,800 on Monday morning.
№ 013NewsEmpery Digital Just Sold Half Its Bitcoin And Replaced It With an AI Bet
Empery Digital sold 1,400 BTC for $87.1M to fund an AI data center, repay debt, and cover legal costs, becoming the latest treasury firm to liquidate Bitcoin.
№ 014NewsMeta's Chief Data Officer Just Told Me the Wallet Is Dead, Stablecoins and AI Agents Are What Comes Next
Meta's Alex Schultz says agentic commerce powered by stablecoins is inevitable, and decentralized identity is the one piece he wishes already existed.
№ 015NewsI Want Bitcoin to Hit $300,000, But the Halving Cycle Data Won't Let Me Believe It Easily
Each Bitcoin cycle peak has delivered shrinking multiples. The data shows $300K–$500K by 2029 would require a reversal of a very clear and consistent trend.
№ 016NewsCrypto Is Heading Into the Weekend Stronger Than Stocks And That Disconnect Is Actually Meaningful
Bitcoin retested $64,400 as stocks fell Friday, with ETH up 2.6%, LIT surging 200%+ and derivatives signaling a shift from speculation to strategic positioning.
№ 017NewsBitcoin's Most Reliable Momentum Gauge Just Flipped Bullish, And I Think This Time
Bitcoin's smoother 50/100/9 MACD histogram crossed above zero for the first time since the bear market began, pointing to further gains toward $65K–$71K.
№ 018NewsXRP Finally Pushed Through $1.10, And the Way It Happened Actually Matters
XRP broke above $1.10 on 88% above-average volume as Bitcoin climbed to $64K. Traders now watch $1.10 as key support with $1.13 as the next target.
№ 019NewsAave Just Built the Yield Layer That Every Fintech App Has Been Waiting For
Aave Labs launched Stable Vaults, letting fintech apps offer USDC, USDT and GHO yield without users touching crypto, challenging Morpho's growing dominance.
№ 020NewsSwift's Blockchain Ledger Goes Live With 17 Major Banks
Swift's new blockchain ledger goes live with HSBC, Citi, UBS and 14 more banks across six continents, enabling 24/7 cross-border payments using tokenized deposits.
№ 021NewsRobinhood Built a Blockchain for Stocks, And the First Millionaire Made It on a Cat Meme
A trader flipped $838 into over $1M trading CASHCAT, a cat memecoin on Robinhood's new blockchain. Its market cap hit $105M in days despite thin liquidity.
№ 022NewsTrump Said Three Words, "Ceasefire Is Over" And Crypto Markets Felt Every One of Them
Trump declared the Iran ceasefire "over" after U.S. and Iranian airstrikes. Bitcoin fell 2.5%, Solana wiped July gains, and $450M in liquidations hit altcoins.
№ 023NewsIndia Has 39 Million Crypto Investors, And Its Central Bank Still Wants to Ban It
India's RBI favors crypto prohibition amid tax evasion fears and capital outflow risks, even as 39 million Indians already hold $2.1B in digital assets.
№ 024NewsXRPL's Newest Upgrade Is Clearing the Validator Threshold, But Not Everyone Has Caught Up Yet
XRPL v3.2.0 has 89% validator adoption, clearing the 80% threshold, but only 43% of all nodes are upgraded and the security amendment is lagging far behind.
№ 025NewsCoinbase Just Got Approved to Sell Stocks in the UK, And This Changes What Kind of Company It Is
Coinbase secured UK MiFID authorization to offer equities, futures and derivatives alongside crypto, a major step in its "Everything Exchange" global strategy.
№ 026NewsBitcoin Touched $64,500 on Monday And I'm Already Questioning Whether It Holds
Bitcoin pulled back from $64,500 as open interest dropped to 740K BTC and ETF flows stayed weak, raising real doubts about July's short-squeeze rally lasting.
№ 027NewsBitcoin Just Got Another Macro Problem And It's Coming From Japan Again
Japan's 10-year bond yield hit a 30-year high of 2.85%, pulling U.S. Treasury yields back to 4.5%, a direct headwind for Bitcoin's recent 8% relief rally.
№ 028NewsStablecoin Trading Just Hit a Record $1.79 Trillion in a Single Month And USDC Is Running Away With It
Stablecoin trading volume jumped 63% to a record $1.79T in June as USDC took 70% market share and Wall Street banks adopted digital dollars for settlements.
№ 029NewsSpaceX Joins the Nasdaq 100 Tomorrow And I've Seen This Story Before
SpaceX entered the Nasdaq 100 on July 7, already down 28% from its all-time high. Palantir and Strategy both peaked around their inclusion dates, not after.
№ 030NewsCrypto Is Starting This Week in a Different Place Than It Ended the Last One
Bitcoin steadies at $62,800 after touching $58K last week. The Altcoin Season indicator hit 52/100, a 3-month high, while LIT surged 50% and PYTH gained 6%.
№ 031NewsVitalik's New Roadmap Changes Everything About Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin outlined Lean Ethereum, a 3–4 year plan replacing nearly every protocol component, elevating quantum resistance and privacy to top priorities.
№ 032NewsXRP Broke Through $1.14 This Morning, Then Immediately Hit a Wall
XRP surged 3% to $1.158 on 207% above-average volume before sellers capped the move. The $1.14 level is now the floor bulls must hold to stay constructive.
№ 033NewsBitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Rides the Relief Rally Toward $65k, but July 14 CPI Looms
Bitcoin rides the relief rally toward a $65,600 base case on eased inflation fears, but the July 14 CPI print is the pivot that decides the next big move. An honest BTC read.
№ 034NewsSolana Price Prediction: SOL Reclaims $80 and Eyes $97 as the Rally Rolls On
Solana reclaims $80 and eyes $97 as the relief rally rolls on. An honest SOL read: constructive while it holds its levels, with $120 in play if momentum builds, sharp downside if not.
№ 035NewsBitcoin Hit $63,000 on the Fourth of July And the Market Felt Completely Different From a Week Ago
Bitcoin hit its highest level in over a month on July 4 as XRP surged 10% weekly to overtake USDC, fueled by softer macro data and short squeezes.
№ 036NewsEurope's Regulators Just Declared War on the Prediction Markets Boom And the Timing Couldn't Be Worse
ESMA says prediction market event contracts may violate the EU's binary options ban if they function as financial derivatives, regardless of what they're called.
№ 037NewsAave Price Prediction: AAVE Near $91 as DeFi's Biggest Lender Rides the Bounce
Aave trades near $91, riding the relief rally as DeFi's biggest lending protocol. An honest AAVE read: firming short-term with strong fundamentals, but the long downtrend intact.
№ 038NewsXRP Price Prediction: XRP Holds $1.10 as the Relief Rally Builds Toward the CLARITY Act
XRP holds $1.10 near $1.12 as a market-wide relief rally builds on Fed-cut hopes. An honest XRP read: constructive while it holds, with the July 17 CLARITY Act as catalyst.
№ 039NewsBitcoin's Most Contentious Fork Fight in Years Just Got a Real Deadline And August Is Coming Fast
Bitcoin's BIP-110 proposal has only 0.42% miner support, but a mandatory-signaling window in August means exchanges can't afford to ignore it much longer.
№ 040NewsI've Been Staring at This Bitcoin Data All Morning And It Changes How I Think About the Next Bull Run
CryptoQuant data shows $697B drove only 689% gains this cycle. Bitcoin's next parabolic run may need over $1T in fresh institutional capital to happen.
№ 041NewsThe Trump Meme Coin Is Down 96% From Its Peak. Here's What Actually Happened.
The Official Trump token trades near $1.71, down roughly 96% from its peak, its market value collapsed from $15B to about $400M. What happened, and the lesson for buyers.
№ 042NewsEthereum Price Prediction: ETH Reclaims $1,600 as a Weak Jobs Report Lifts Crypto
Ethereum reclaims $1,600 after a weak jobs report revives rate-cut hopes. An honest ETH read: real upside if it holds above its moving averages, real risk if it fades.
№ 043NewsPi Coin Price Prediction: PI Hits an All-Time Low Near $0.11 as 100 Million Tokens Prepare to Unlock
Pi Network sits at an all-time low near $0.11 as over 100 million tokens prepare to unlock in July. An honest PI read: near-term pressure skewed to the downside.
№ 044NewsChainlink Holds $7.66 as Fidelity's $20M Tokenized Fund Goes Live on LINK
Chainlink holds around $7.66 as a $20M Fidelity tokenized fund goes live on LINK. The price sleeps while institutional adoption quietly accelerates. An honest read.
№ 045NewsXRP Just Surged 8%, And the Reason Behind It Is More Interesting Than the Price Move Itself
XRP climbed 8% to $1.14 as its MVRV ratios hit all-time lows near -47%, a sign of extreme capitulation that Santiment says improves the risk-reward setup.
№ 046NewsRussia Has a Sanctioned Stablecoin Claiming Billions in Volume, Blockchain Analysts Say the Numbers Don't Add Up
Russia's sanctioned A7A5 stablecoin claims $205M in daily volume, but TRM Labs and Elliptic say real usage is far lower and falling sharply since January.
№ 047NewsTrump Made $1.4 Billion From Crypto Last Year And He Sees Absolutely No Problem With That
Trump earned at least $1.4B in crypto from a memecoin, World Liberty Financial, and a stablecoin deal, while his administration writes the industry's rules.
№ 048NewsWhile Institutions Were Selling Bitcoin, Whales Were Buying Every Single Dip
Bitcoin whales accumulated 270,000 BTC worth $16.7B in two weeks while ETFs hit record $4B outflows, a divergence that has appeared near past cycle bottoms.
№ 049NewsBitcoin ETFs Just Broke a Painful 10-Day Losing Streak, And I Needed This More Than I Expected
U.S. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $221.7M in inflows on Thursday, their strongest day in two months, as Fidelity's FBTC led with $166M, ending a brutal 10-day bleed.
№ 050NewsOndo Just Did What Nobody Has Managed Before, Tokenized a U.S. Stock Inside the Actual U.S. Securities System
Ondo Finance tokenized BlackRock's IVV ETF and Micron shares on Ethereum using the SEC's third-party custodial model, a first for U.S.-compliant tokenized stocks.
№ 051NewsThe U.S. Treasury Just Sanctioned 134 ISIS-K Crypto Wallets And Tether Froze Every Single Tron Address Within Hours
OFAC sanctioned 134 crypto wallets tied to ISIS-K, which raised $1.4M via Tron, Monero, and Bitcoin. Tether immediately froze all 131 Tron addresses.
№ 052NewsXRP Whales Are Quietly Accumulating Near $1, But Retail Traders Are Nowhere to Be Found
XRP wallets hit a 3-month high in new creations and whale activity jumped, but retail stays cautious. The token needs to clear $1.10 to confirm recovery.
№ 053NewsFloki Price Prediction: FLOKI Sits Near $0.00002 as Meme Season Feels Far Off
Floki sits near $0.00002 as meme season feels far off. An honest FLOKI price read: likely rangebound-to-lower while crypto bleeds, explosive only if the market recovers.
№ 054NewsDogecoin Price Prediction: DOGE Slips Toward 7 Cents as the Meme Bull Case Runs Dry
Dogecoin starts July near $0.071 with the meme bull case running dry. An honest DOGE price read: likely rangebound-to-lower until the market turns, explosive only if it does.
№ 055NewsRobinhood Just Launched Its Own Blockchain, and I Think This Changes What "Brokerage" Even Means
Robinhood launched Robinhood Chain mainnet with tokenized stock trading in 120+ countries, 7% yield on USDG, AI trading tools, and crypto expansion into the UK.
№ 056NewsCantor Fitzgerald Just Told Me the Bitcoin Bear Market Is Almost Over, October Is the Month to Watch
Cantor Fitzgerald says Bitcoin's cycle points to an October bottom, urging investors to focus on tokens with durable value accrual like HYPE, BTC and ETH.
№ 057NewsStandard Chartered Just Gave Morpho a $60 Price Target, and I Think the Timing Is Deliberate
Standard Chartered initiated Morpho coverage with a $60 price target by 2030, implying 33x upside, as DeFi assets are forecast to grow 37x by decade end.
№ 058NewsI'm Heading Into the Second Half of 2026 With One Clear Conviction, It's Going to Be Messy
As H1 ends with Bitcoin down 46% and AI stocks at highs, analysts warn the second half brings tougher questions about who actually benefits from the AI trade.
№ 059NewsCrypto's First Half of 2026 Was Brutal. Here's the Review, and What H2 Could Hold.
Crypto's first half of 2026 was brutal, dragged down by macro, not crypto itself. A sober H1 review and an honest range for what the second half could hold.
№ 060NewsBitcoin Closes Out a Brutal June Near $60k, Down 18% on the Month
Bitcoin closed June near $60k, down roughly 18% on the month after breaking $62k support. An honest stock-take of a brutal month and what July inherits.
№ 061NewsI Think the SEC Just Quietly Opened the Door to a Whole New Generation of Crypto ETFs
The SEC launched a 60-day comment period on ETF rules that could pave the way for crypto, event-contract, and single-stock ETFs to list more easily.
№ 062NewsI Think MetaMask Just Quietly Redefined What a Crypto Wallet Is Supposed to Do
MetaMask launched Money Account, letting users earn up to 4% yield on USD stablecoin while spending via a Mastercard-linked card, all in one wallet.
№ 063NewsBitcoin's Quiet Week Looks Calm. I Don't Think It Is.
Bitcoin's calm five-day range near $59K-$60K mirrors 2024, but forming below key moving averages in a falling market, analysts warn it could break to $40,000.
№ 064NewsThe UK Just Made Its Stablecoin Rules Lighter Than the EU's And I Think the Timing Says Everything
The FCA cut stablecoin issuer capital requirements to 1%, below the EU's 2% MiCA threshold, as the UK positions itself as a lighter-touch crypto hub.
№ 065NewsThe Money Leaving Crypto Is Going to AI Stocks. Here's Why, and What Reverses It.
The money leaving crypto is flowing into AI stocks. Why crypto is losing the competition for risk capital right now, and what would make those flows reverse.
№ 066NewsCrypto Has Gone Quiet, and That's Either Healthy or the Calm Before More Pain
Bitcoin's gone quiet around $59.8k after weeks of carnage. Low volatility after a crash is either a base forming or the calm before more pain. How to read the silence.
№ 067NewsRipple Wants Banks to Borrow Against Tokenized Assets Directly on XRPL
Ripple's proposed XRPL Lending Protocol lets institutions borrow against tokenized assets, with blockchain enforcing loan terms and humans making credit decisions.
№ 068NewsTuesday Is the Last Day for Thousands of Unlicensed European Crypto Firms, and Most Won't Make It
Over 3,000 pre-MiCA crypto firms in Europe face closure by July 1, only 244 hold MiCA licenses. Poland could lose nearly all of its 2,000 registered VASPs.
№ 069NewsBitMEX Just Cleared Out Its Entire Executive Team, and I Think I Know Why
BitMEX removed CEO Stephan Lutz, CFO Ina Steiner, and CGO Raphael Polansky as the exchange reportedly hunts for a buyer amid the crypto downturn.
№ 070NewsSouth Korea Just Committed $518 Billion to AI, and Bitcoin Is Feeling Every Dollar of It
Samsung and SK Hynix committed $518B to AI chip plants, accelerating by a decade. Bitcoin ETFs hit record outflows as risk capital keeps flowing into AI.
№ 071NewsCrypto's Regulation Limbo Is Quietly Making This Bear Market Worse
A delay to the CLARITY Act is the quiet weight on this bear market nobody's discussing. Why regulatory limbo keeps big money waiting, and why it'll eventually turn.
№ 072NewsBitcoin Just Lost $60k. Now Watch the $58k Floor.
Bitcoin slipped under $60k to around $59k, but buyers are absorbing near $58k. Why that floor is the only level that matters now, and what a break would mean.
№ 073NewsBitcoin Is Down Over 50% From Its Peak. This Is a Real Bear Market Now.
Bitcoin is down over 50% from its October 2025 peak. This is a real bear market now. What's driving it, where it might go, and how to actually survive it.
№ 074NewsThe Fed Just Killed Rate-Cut Hopes, and Crypto Got the Bill
The Fed held rates but its dot plot jumped to 3.8%, erasing 2026 rate-cut hopes, and crypto paid the bill. Why this is a rates story first and a crypto story second.
№ 075NewsPolymarket Got Hacked for $3.1 Million, and the Timing Could Not Have Been Worse
Hackers stole $3.1M in PUSD from 11 Polymarket wallets via a phishing attack on a third-party vendor. Polymarket pledged full refunds but faces a federal probe.
№ 076NewsIn the Middle of Crypto's Worst Week, Aave and Solana Found a Way to Run
Aave surged 19% on Kraken stake talks and buyback hints, while Solana climbed 10% as tokenized stock volume hit $2.5B, a bright spot in crypto's worst week.
№ 077NewsMajors Fall 9% in Crypto's Worst Week as AI Stocks Rise
Crypto closed its worst first half in years with ETH down 8%, DOGE falling 10%, and Bitcoin clinging near $60K while AI stocks and the equal-weight S&P hit records.
№ 078NewsThe Tokenization Company That Helps BlackRock Is Going Public Next Week, and I Think It Matters
BlackRock-backed Securitize is raising $400M via a SPAC merger and listing on NYSE as SECZ on July 2, as tokenized assets approach a $30B market.
№ 079NewsI Watched Binance Promise It Wasn't Leaving Europe, Then It Emailed Millions of EU Users Goodbye
Binance told EU users in France, Italy, Poland and Spain it's suspending services before July 1 after failing to secure a MiCA license in Greece.
№ 080NewsI Think SBI Holdings Just Made One of the Smartest Crypto Bets in Asia This Year
SBI Holdings agreed to acquire Japan's Bitbank crypto exchange for $289M, closing in October, its second crypto exchange buy as Japan tightens regulation.
№ 081NewsI Covered BlackBerry's Death. Now I'm Watching Its Resurrection as an AI Powerhouse.
BlackBerry surged 23% after a massive earnings beat. Its QNX software powers AI robots and smart cars for Nvidia and AMD, and I think this is just the start.
№ 082NewsMore Bitcoin Is Underwater Than at Any Point in History, and the Long-Term Holders Aren't Moving
Glassnode data shows 10.83M BTC are now underwater, an all-time high. Yet long-term holders control a record 14.8M BTC and show no signs of selling.
№ 083NewsAnalysts Say Bitcoin Could Hit $55k Before Bottoming. Here's the Case.
Analysts at 10x Research say Bitcoin could fall to $55k before bottoming, maybe by autumn. Here's the case for and against, and why it argues for patience over panic.
№ 084NewsCrypto Is Just Following the Stock Market Down Right Now
Your crypto's red because the stock market is. Bitcoin's down ~4.5% on the week tracking a Nasdaq slide and a 10% AI-stock crash. Why this is a macro dip, not a crypto crisis.
№ 085NewsMax Pain Was Supposed to Pull Bitcoin to $72,000, It Didn't Even Come Close
Bitcoin sits $10K below the $72K max pain level ahead of Friday's $10.5B Deribit expiry. Experts say the pinning theory has largely stopped working in 2026.
№ 086NewsRipple Just Cleared Japan's Toughest Stablecoin Hurdle, RLUSD Is Now Live
Japan's FSA approved Ripple's RLUSD as an electronic payment instrument. SBI VC Trade now offers it to institutions and retail, but USDT and USDC still dominate.
№ 087NewsBinance Just Pulled Its European License Application, Days Before a Crucial Deadline
Binance withdrew its Greek MiCA license application days before the July 1 EU deadline and is now racing to secure authorization in another member state.
№ 088NewsBitcoin Is Back at $60,000 and the AI Trade Is the Reason Nobody Is Buying the Dip
Bitcoin fell back to $60K Wednesday as tech rebounded and SK Hynix filed a $30B IPO. A top hedge fund manager says BTC has "lost the plot" to AI stocks.
№ 089NewsBitcoin May Not Find Its Bottom Until $55,000, and That Could Take Until October
10x Research founder Markus Thielen warns Bitcoin could fall to $55K before bottoming in Aug–Oct as a strong dollar and hawkish Fed keep pressure on crypto.
№ 090NewsThe Trade That Defined 2025 Is Breaking Down, Gold, Silver and Bitcoin Are All Falling Together
Gold dropped 28% from its $5,600 peak, silver fell 50%, and Bitcoin sits below $62K as markets price in two Fed rate hikes and the debasement trade collapses.
№ 091NewsSpaceX Crashed 23% in Three Days. Bitcoin Held Its Ground. That Tells You Something.
SpaceX shed $600B in 3 days after its first bond sale, erasing nearly half of Bitcoin's market cap in value. Bitcoin fell less than 1% through it all.
№ 092NewsDeutsche Bank Just Explained Bitcoin's Drop Below $60,000, and the Reasons Are Structural
Deutsche Bank says Bitcoin's $60K crash reflects a hawkish Fed, $6B in ETF outflows, and AI stealing risk capital, calling BTC a maturing institutional asset.
№ 093NewsEthereum Slips Under $1.7k, and the ETF Story Isn't Helping
Ethereum slipped below $1,700 as spot ETFs bled and momentum faded. Why Ether's real problem right now is narrative, not fundamentals, and what could flip it.
№ 094NewsBitcoin Drops Back to $62k as the Bounce Gives It All Back
Bitcoin gave back the bounce, sliding to $62k as hawkish-Fed pressure and leveraged liquidations hit. Why I'm not catching this knife, and what would change my mind.
№ 095NewsBitcoin Volatility Is Historically Cheap, and Friday's $10.5 Billion Expiry Could Change That Fast
Bitcoin's DVOL sits at 41.5% ahead of Friday's $10.5B quarterly options expiry. Deribit says call spreads offer the best recovery exposure right now.
№ 096NewsXRP Is Running Out of Room, And the Clock Is Ticking on This Range
XRP fell 1.8% to $1.11 on above-average volume with momentum fading fast. The $1.05–$1.10 zone is now the only thing standing between bulls and $1.00.
№ 097NewsBitmine Is Still Buying Ethereum Every Week, and Tom Lee Isn't Changing His Outlook
Bitmine bought 52,203 ETH for $92M, lifting holdings to 5.67M ETH worth $10B. Tom Lee says crypto spring is underway despite Bitcoin missing his $76K target.
№ 098NewsMoneyGram Just Became a Solana Validator, and That's a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
MoneyGram joined Solana as a validator and the Solana Developer Platform as it builds stablecoin payment rails across Solana, Stellar, and Tempo.
№ 099NewsSaylor Just Made Two Moves at Once. One for Bitcoin, One to Fix His Preferred Stock Problem
Strategy bought 520 BTC for $35M and raised cash reserves to $1.4B via MSTR stock sales, a direct move to calm STRC investor fears after last week's crash.
№ 100NewsSolana's Alpenglow Upgrade Could Make It Feel Instant, and That's a Bigger Deal Than the Price
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade aims to cut finality from 12 seconds to 150 milliseconds. Why that quiet upgrade matters more than the price or the ETF inflows.
№ 101NewsThe Money Isn't Leaving Crypto, It's Just Leaving Bitcoin
Bitcoin ETFs are bleeding, but the money isn't leaving crypto, it's rotating. Solana's ETFs pulled over $1.1B in two weeks. Why this is a rotation trade, not a collapse.
№ 102NewsBitcoin Has a Small But Real Privacy Problem, Developers Want to Fix It Quietly
Bitcoin developers want to remove RBF opt-in signaling from wallets, it's now redundant since full-RBF is standard, and it creates on-chain privacy fingerprints.
№ 103NewsAnother Bridge Got Hacked, and It's a Reminder the Boring Risks Never Left
A $4.67M Axelar bridge hack and $6.35B of 30-day ETF outflows are the quieter story behind this week's bounce. Why the boring risks never actually left.
№ 104NewsBitcoin Claws Back Above $63.7k and the Altcoins Are Suddenly Awake Again
Bitcoin's back above $63.7k and altcoins like Solana and Hyperliquid are leading. Is the bottom in? Why I read this as a relief bounce, not a confirmed turn, yet.
№ 105NewsSomeone Is Trying to Legally Seize $238 Billion in Bitcoin, Including Satoshi's Wallets
Attorney Ian Cohen is fighting a lawsuit that claims 39,069 Bitcoin wallets holding $238B, including Satoshi's, are abandoned property under New York law.
№ 106NewsBitcoin Is Taking Back the Market, and the EU Just Made Privacy Coins a Compliance Problem
Bitcoin dominance is rising as Morgan Stanley adds $270M in BTC. The EU's new AML rules ban privacy coins at regulated firms from July 2027.
№ 107NewsAI Is About to Change What "Secure Enough" Means in Crypto
AI tools like Mythos are pushing smart contract audit costs toward zero and enabling continuous code reviews, but they can't stop social engineering hacks.
№ 108NewsFranklin Templeton Just Filed Two ETFs That Turn Stock Dividends Into Bitcoin
Franklin Templeton filed two new ETFs that reinvest corporate dividends into Bitcoin, targeting a 5% BTC allocation funded entirely by equity income.
№ 109NewsGoMining Wants Merchants to Keep Their Bitcoin, Not Convert It to Dollars
GoMining launched GoBTC Pay SDK and API to let merchants accept and keep Bitcoin, unlike Square, which converts BTC to fiat by default for sellers.
№ 110NewsMorgan Stanley Just Started a Fee War in Crypto ETFs, and That's Bigger Than This Week's Dip
Morgan Stanley filed amended ETH and SOL ETFs at a 0.14% fee with staking built in. Here's why that quiet fee war matters more than this week's price dip.
№ 111NewsBitcoin Steadies Near $62.6k on a Nervous Saturday, and the Charts Are Quietly Oversold
After a brutal week of Fed jitters and Mideast headlines, bitcoin is catching its breath at $62.6k. Fear is at 15, the RSI is oversold, and a weekend bounce is on the table. I'm watching, not buying yet.
№ 112NewsThe Worst Day in Digital Credit History Just Happened, Here's What Actually Caused It
Strive CEO Matt Cole blamed leveraged forced selling after STRC hit $82.50 and SATA fell below $93, calling it the worst day in digital credit history.
№ 113NewsAI Agents Can Now Shop on Visa, Alchemy Just Made That Real
Alchemy's AgentCard integrates with Visa Intelligent Commerce, letting AI agents book travel, order groceries, and pay online without human intervention.
№ 114NewsAnother One Leaves: Ethereum Foundation Loses Its Second Co-Executive Director in Months
Hsiao-Wei Wang resigned as Ethereum Foundation co-executive director, making her the 8th senior figure to leave in 5 months amid growing governance scrutiny.
№ 115NewsAlgorand Just Set the Most Aggressive Quantum Security Deadline in Crypto
Algorand Foundation unveiled a post-quantum roadmap targeting broad quantum resistance by end-2027
№ 116NewsToday's Fed Decision Is the Most Important Macro Event for Bitcoin This Month
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh holds rates today. Three specific signals from his dot plot, tone, and forward guidance could send Bitcoin sharply higher.
№ 117NewsSpaceX Just Quietly Became One of the Biggest Bitcoin Whales on Wall Street
A rocket company owns more Bitcoin than most hedge funds. Let that sit for a second.
№ 118NewsSpaceX Just Crossed $2.6 Trillion, Bitcoin's Entire Market Is Worth Half That.
Just 8 days after its IPO, SpaceX hit $2.6T, nearly double Bitcoin's entire market cap, pulling risk capital away from crypto into AI-driven equities.
№ 119NewsThe Ripple Case Is Finally, Actually Over, and the Ending Is Smaller Than Everyone Promised
After more than five years, the SEC and Ripple put it in writing. A joint status report filed June 16 confirmed the settlement is signed, and the long, exhausting fight that swallowed XRP's reputation since December 2020 is closing for good. I've followed this saga since the original complaint dropped, and let me tell you, the ending is a lot quieter than the holy war both sides waged to get here.