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The FBI raided Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan's home last year.

New Zealander Julia DeLuney is accused of murdering her mother, Helen Gregory, after allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars in hidden cash to invest in cryptocurrency. New Zealander Julia DeLuney is accused of having murdered her 79-year-old mother, Helen Gregory, after funneling her money into crypto. According to a Tuesday report by Radio New Zealand, 53-year-old DeLuney is accused of killing her mother after stealing the money that she kept hidden in her home. Gregory reportedly distrusted banks and instead kept plastic packets hidden around the house. When Gregory was hospitalized after a fall in September 2023, DeLuney and her husband allegedly stayed at her house. The elder’s friends told the court that upon her return, she found the home in a poor state and noticed that money was missing. Read more

Solana is at the center of a “major milestone for DeFi” as the largest money market on its blockchain becomes the first to integrate tokenized xStocks as a collateral option. The post Solana Price Prediction: Stocks Are Coming to Solana – $1,000 SOL in 2025?  appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP (XRP) has jumped 27% in the past 7 days, reclaiming the $3 level for the first time in months as excitement builds around the launch of the first XRP-linked ETF.Yesterday, a regulatory filing indicated that the ProShares Ultra XRP ETF (UXRP) will hit the trading floor on July 18. This supports a bullish XRP […] The post XRP Price Prediction: Institutional Inflows Hit $3.7B – Could XRP Hit $100 in 2025? appeared first on Cryptonews.

DFINITY has officially launched Caffeine, an AI-powered Web3 platform built on ICP, at the "Hello, Self-Writing Internet" event in San Francisco

XRP saw profit booking at $3 but steady buying by large investors suggests the rally could send the altcoin’s price to $4. Key point: Whales continue to buy XRP, creating a steady tailwind on the altcoin’s price. XRP (XRP) broke out from its long-term range on Friday and soared to $3.03 on Monday. XRP has since given back some of its gains, indicating profit-booking at higher levels. Read more

PI is available for trading on Gate.io, Bitget, and other popular exchanges but not on Binance.

The California Breakthrough Project held its first meeting at Ripple’s San Francisco headquarters, according to journalist Eleanor Terrett. California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a new government efficiency task force that includes representatives from various crypto firms, potentially signaling the state’s recognition that blockchain technology could enhance public services. The task force, dubbed California Breakthrough Project, has tapped executives from Ripple, Coinbase, MoonPay and others to “advise and advance government efficiency and collaboration,” journalist Eleanor Terrett reported Tuesday.  According to Terrett, the task force held its inaugural meeting at Ripple’s San Francisco headquarters on June 6. It aims to foster collaboration between California regulators and industry leaders across the technology and business sectors, address government inefficiencies and boost transparency around public services. Read more

Most public sale participants either sold or transferred their PUMP tokens on its first day, following Pump.fun’s massive ICO.

[PRESS RELEASE – Hong Kong, PCR, July 15th, 2025] MultiBank Group, one of the most regulated providers of financial derivatives in the world, announced that its initial $MBG Token Pre-Sale concluded in under one hour, with 7 million tokens fully subscribed via MultiBank.io and Uniswap. Priced at $0.35 per token, the initial allocation was completed […]

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, July 15th, 2025] All 4 IDOs Sold Out on Komunitas, BSCS, Huostarter, and Spores Network $HAIO Token to List on KuCoin at 11:00 (UTC), July 16 220,000+ AI-generated tracks, 470,000+ Web3 wallets connected — Rapid Ecosystem Growth HAiO, the AI-powered Web3 music platform, is making waves with a major milestone: […]

Analyst Geoff Kendrick said stablecoins could hit $750 billion by 2026, pressuring debt issuance and USD demand.

The company started accumulating the asset just over a month ago.

BNB is celebrating its eighth anniversary and has recently undergone a $1 billion token burn.

Eric Jackson, the founder and president of EMJ Capital, a Toronto-based hedge fund, explains why his firm believes that ether (ETH) is going to $10,000 in this bull cycle.

The initial fall came alongside a market-wide sell off that saw BTC fall from $123,000 to $117,000.

As Bitcoin treasury bets stumble in 2025, Strategy thrives with disciplined capital, mNAV premiums and long-term focus. By 2025, the Bitcoin treasury model has reached critical mass. Over 250 organizations,  including public companies, private firms, ETFs and pension funds, now hold BTC on their balance sheets.  The Bitcoin (BTC) treasury model trend was ignited by Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin plan, with Strategy pioneering the use of Bitcoin as a corporate reserve asset in 2020.  Read more

The process involves daily on-chain holdings verification, reconciling balances with the number of fund shares outstanding.

U.S. authorities have stopped investigating crypto prediction markets platform Polymarket, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

With investigations from two major US agencies now reportedly closed, Polymarket has reached a critical regulatory milestone ahead of its $200 million funding round. The United States Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have reportedly closed their investigations into online betting platform Polymarket after several months. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, authorities ended investigations into Polymarket to investigate whether the platform was accepting trades from US-based users. The investigation reportedly ramped up after the 2024 US elections, when many Polymarket users were betting on the outcome of races.  The company reached a $1.4 million settlement with the CFTC in 2022. Amid the reported investigations in November 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, confiscating his electronic devices.  Read more