Corporate chain land grab: Base, Tempo, Robinhood Chain
On July 1, Robinhood launched its own blockchain, joining Coinbase, Stripe, Circle, and Tether in the fastest-moving infrastructure race in crypto: giant consumer companies building their own rails instead of renting someone else’s. The land grab has a clear logic,…
Ripple Joins America250’s Giving 4th Campaign, Pledges $10,000 XRP Donation Match for Veterans
Key Takeaways Ripple will match donations through the Call of Duty Endowment campaign in XRP, contributing up to a maximum of $10,000. Donors can give cash, stock or crypto, with XRP and RLUSD accepted for eligible campaign contributions. The fundraiser…
World Cup Fever Fuels $5.6B Explosion in Prediction Markets
Some exchanges reported that nearly half of new users placed their first-ever prediction trade on soccer matches. The FIFA World Cup’s round of 16 matches are set to kick off on July 4, and football, or soccer as it’s…
50 years of gold price history: What the charts reveal
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Gold’s modern market history reflects decades of price swings shaped by inflation, interest rates, central bank actions, and geopolitical…
US Treasury Opens ‘Trump Accounts’ to Stock Donations as 6 Million Families Enroll
Key Takeaways Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said stock gifts open a pathway for large-scale private giving to children. About 1.4 million children born between 2025 and 2028 qualify for $1,000 in federal seed money. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley now…
Can ETH Break Its Downtrend and Target $2.2K?
Ethereum has extended its recovery over the past several sessions, breaking above its recent consolidation range and approaching a major confluence resistance area. The rally has improved short-term sentiment, but the market is now testing a zone that could determine…
Whales bought $16.7B of Bitcoin as ETFs bled a record $4B
June delivered the worst month in the history of United States spot Bitcoin ETFs, with more than $4 billion pulled and 2026 flows turning negative for the first time. Over the same 2 weeks, the largest wallets on the network…
Strategy CEO Shares Personal Refugee Story Behind His Belief That Bitcoin Is Freedom
Key Takeaways Strategy’s CEO connected bitcoin with his refugee experience and America’s promise of individual opportunity. The executive compared bitcoin’s design with constitutional limits on discretion and centralized control. His argument presents bitcoin as monetary freedom shaped by rules, resilience…
Another Tough Week Despite a Few Bright Spots
We will also review the landscape around the Ethereum ETFs in this article. The last trading day of the previous business week finally brought some more net inflows rather than consistent outflows for the spot Bitcoin ETFs in the…
Crypto already owns the trade
On July 7, 3 weeks after the largest IPO in history, SPCX enters the Nasdaq-100 with billions in passive index buying behind it. The more interesting market is the one Wall Street does not run: tokenized shares on Solana, perpetual…
