XRP’s Rally Faces a Reality Check as Spot Trading Activity Dries Up
XRP’s price recovery has not revived spot trading. In fact, CryptoQuant data revealed that futures activity is dominating Binance’s market by a significant margin. XRP spot trading activity has plunged sharply in recent weeks, even as futures trading takes…
Bitcoin miners face uneven borrowing costs for AI expansion
Bitcoin miners have secured AI financing at sharply different rates, with IREN’s 6% and 9% agreements showing how project terms have shaped borrowing costs, according to BlocksBridge Consulting. Summary IREN secured separate $3.65 billion and $2.4 billion financing packages at…
Bitcoin Could Rally to $94K, but First It Must Break Through This Key Price Zone
Bitcoin’s ability to regain the $86,000 to $89,000 range will be a key factor in Doctor Profit’s forecast. Crypto analyst Doctor Profit expects the world’s largest crypto asset to resume its upward move soon, even though BTC failed to…
DoubleZero’s Federa says fast market data should not be private
DoubleZero has added Binance spot and futures data as Edge’s fifth venue in six months, with co-founder Austin Federa arguing that access to the fastest market feeds should be available to anyone willing to subscribe. Summary Binance joins Solana, Kalshi,…
Crypto Funds See 4th Week of Outflows, but XRP and SOL Shine: CoinShares Report
Four consecutive weeks of crypto fund outflows hit $3.74 billion, but altcoins outperform as US investors retreat from the market. Investment products linked to digital assets experienced their fourth consecutive week of outflows, recording $173 million and pushing cumulative…
Hayden Davis Resurfaces After LIBRA Crash, But His Latest Trades Are Deep in the Red
Bubblemaps found that Hayden Davis, who was involved with LIBRA and YZY tokens, has resumed on-chain trading, but recent Solana meme coin bets resulted in nearly $3 million losses. A year after Bubblemaps first detailed the on-chain mechanics behind…
Solana Growth Signals Hope Despite Woes
Data from Santiment shows new wallet creation rising even as prices slump, hinting network curiosity hasn’t faded with sentiment yet. The price of Solana’s native SOL token is near $84, after a steep, multi-month slide that erased nearly 67%…
How a Wallet Compromise Killed the Solana DeFi Aggregator
After exploring fundraising and acquisition options, the teams concluded that no sustainable recovery path existed following the breach. Solana-based DeFi aggregator, Step Finance, along with two other affiliate projects, SolanaFloor and Remora Markets, announced plans to shut down all…
PI and APX Crater by Double Digits, BTC Price Dipped Below $63K: Market Watch
In contrast, BEAT and DEXE have marked big gains. PI, though, continues to dig new lows. After a relatively quiet weekend, bitcoin’s price dipped by nearly two grand on Monday morning as the market priced in the new attacks…
BSP Urges Banks to Strengthen Cybersecurity Against AI-Powered Cyberattacks
Build, Regulate, Navigate. Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has urged financial institutions to overhaul their cybersecurity frameworks to counter the threat of…
XRP price drops to $1.08 as ETF outflows and whale demand fade
XRP traded at $1.08 on July 13 after losing 1.09% over 24 hours and 5.48% across seven days. Summary XRP trades near $1.08 as whale transfers and institutional fund demand weaken across the market. Transactions above $1 million fell sharply,…
Blackrock’s Tokenized Funds Hit $2.93B Onchain as Ethereum Leads With $1.1B
Key Takeaways Blackrock’s tokenized funds hold $2.93B onchain, led by Ethereum at $1.1B. Moody’s rated the $2.58B BUIDL fund AAA-mf in 2026, its top grade for a tokenized money market product. Blackrock filed with the SEC on May 8 for…
SEC Lifts Five-Year Moratorium on New Online Lending Platforms
Build, Regulate, Navigate. Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it will officially lift its nearly five-year moratorium on new online lending platforms…
Is Saylor’s leveraged Bitcoin play hurting the market?
Ross Gerber has renewed his criticism of Strategy founder Michael Saylor, saying the company’s financing model is hurting Bitcoin. Summary Gerber says Strategy’s leveraged Bitcoin model creates selling pressure instead of lasting value for investors. Strategy sold Bitcoin to fund…
Cambridge Report Reveals Ethereum’s Energy Consumption Dropped 99.98% Post-Merge
Key Takeaways Cambridge released a report detailing Ethereum’s massive energy efficiency gains following the 2022 Merge. The network’s annual power demand dropped to 7.87 GWh, causing total emissions to plummet by nearly 99.98%. Ethereum now consumes a tiny fraction of…
Which AI Sees the Biggest Rally and Why?
Is a new all-time high possible this year? Some AIs believe so. It’s that time of the week again, the weekend, in which the regular reader and investor might want to explore something lighter, fun, and more optimistic. In…
Hedera-Based Bonzo Lend Loses $9 Million in Oracle Exploit
Bonzo Lend, a lending protocol on the Hedera mainnet, has paused operations following an oracle exploit on July 11, 2026, resulting in an estimated loss of $9 million. Bonzo stated that the incident stemmed from the verification layer of a…
Lawson to test JPYC in Japan’s first POS-linked stablecoin trial
Japanese convenience store operator Lawson will test payments with the yen-denominated JPYC stablecoin in early August. Summary Lawson will connect JPYC payments directly to its POS system during a single-store Tokyo trial. Customers will scan mobile wallet barcodes, while HashPort…