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The Czech National Bank boosted its investment in Palantir and entered the crypto space by acquiring Coinbase shares in Q2. The Czech National Bank adjusted its US investment portfolio in the second quarter by increasing its stake in Palantir Technologies and initiating a new position in cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global. These moves were disclosed in a Form 13F filing, which is a quarterly report filed by investment managers to the Securities and Exchange Commission that discloses their US equity holdings. The filing shows the bank has added 51,732 Coinbase shares, worth over $18 million. The Czech National Bank also added 49,135 Palantir shares in the second quarter of the year, bringing its total to 519,950 by the end of June. Read more

The corporate Bitcoin adoption race is “mostly being spearheaded by brand new companies or dying companies you’ve never heard of,” says Blockware. Blockware Intelligence predicts that by the end of 2025, at least 36 more public companies will have added Bitcoin to their balance sheets. “This is just the beginning. In the next 6 months, we expect at least three dozen more public companies to add Bitcoin to their treasury,” Blockware said in its Q3 2025 market update report. This would represent around a 25% increase from the current total of 141 public companies holding Bitcoin (BTC), according to the firm’s data. The intelligence unit, which is the research arm of Bitcoin mining company Blockware Solutions, reported that in 2025 alone, the number of publicly traded companies holding Bitcoin on their balance sheets surged 120%. “Bitcoin Treasury Companies are the aforementioned ‘bridge’ connecting equity and debt markets to Bitcoin,” the firm added. Read more

Bitcoin’s surge to all-time highs has barely moved the needle in Google search interest compared to the spike seen after Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November. Bitcoin has reached consecutive record highs this week, yet retail investors seem reluctant to jump back into the market, according to a crypto researcher. However, demand for spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is surging, with Thursday and Friday recording daily inflows of over $1 billion, the first time this has happened on two consecutive days. Bitwise head of research André Dragosch said in an X post on Friday, “Bitcoin is at new all-time highs but retail is almost nowhere to be found,” pointing to the lack of Google search interest in “Bitcoin” despite the asset setting consecutive all-time highs this week. Read more

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao or CZ threatened to sue news agency Bloomberg for a second time over its report alleging links between the exchange and the USD1 stablecoin. In an X post on Friday, CZ called the article “another hit piece” that was “sponsored by a competitor,” without explicitly naming the competitor. He dismissed it […] The post CZ threatens to sue Bloomberg over report linking Binance to Trump-backed USD1 stablecoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff calls Bitcoin a selling opportunity as it hits new highs, high-leverage trader James Wynn deactivates his X account, and other news. Attorneys for digital asset manager Grayscale pushed back against the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) delay on approving its Digital Large Cap exchange-traded fund (ETF) in a letter sent on Tuesday. The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets initially approved the ETF proposal, but the SEC’s Office of the Secretary decided to review the action immediately afterward, halting the decision, Grayscale’s attorneys said. This violates the “statutory approval or disapproval deadline” set by the SEC and conflicts with established procedure, according to the attorneys.  Read more

Bitcoin's rally and risk-on sentiment pushed crypto venture funding to its highest levels since 2022.

Pump.fun, a platform that enables anyone to create and launch memecoins, concluded one of the largest and fastest initial coin offerings (ICOs) on Saturday. Within 12 minutes of the ICO going live, the platform raised $600 million from the sale of 15% of its token supply for $0.0040 each. The ICO, which ended far quicker […] The post Memecoin platform PumpFun concludes one of the fastest ICOs, raising $600M in 12 minutes appeared first on CryptoSlate.

High-risk trader James Wynn lost hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of weeks by speculating on short-term price movements. Update (July 12, 2025 23:17 UTC This article has been updated to add more information on the last known state of James Wynn’s X profile. James Wynn, a crypto trader known for his high-leverage crypto bets, appears to have deactivated his X social media account, following nine-digit losses. Wynn’s X handle “JamesWynnReal” now routes to a page that says “This account doesn’t exist. Try searching for another.” Read more

When Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff started yet another rant about Bitcoin today, it was too much for Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz. As a salty Schiff began calling Bitcoin’s capped supply “meaningless” and “arbitrary,” Novogratz fired back: “Why do you hate $BTC so much? You have been wrong on it for a decade. A flexible mind […] The post Novogratz calls out Schiff’s decade-long Bitcoin blunders appeared first on CryptoSlate.

CoinDCX's CEO, Sumit Gupta, refuted allegations of moving user funds to non-compliant entities in Lithuania.

These blockchains played a foundational role in Tether’s growth; however, their USDT volume has significantly declined in the last two years.

Seamus Rocca warned that the next Bitcoin market downturn could be sparked organically and not through a single catastrophic event. The four-year Bitcoin (BTC) market cycle of forming new all-time highs followed by deep corrections is not dead, contrary to popular belief, according to Xapo Bank CEO Seamus Rocca. In an interview with Cointelegraph, the CEO said that the risk of a prolonged bear market is still very real and does not need a “cataclysmic” event to trigger it. Things as simple as a general slowdown in news, developments, or routine portfolio rebalancing could cause the next market-wide downturn. He added: “The contagion effect could be as simple as there's no new news in the market,” causing the crypto sector to “run out of steam,” in an organic, drawn-out process, the CEO added. Read more

Experts say launching tokens for crypto games applies unnecessary pressure on development—and makes failures even more public.

Animoca Brands joins a growing list of companies adopting a Bitcoin treasury strategy or expanding their existing Bitcoin reserves. Web3 company Animoca Brands signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DayDayCook (DDC) Enterprise, a meal-prep and packaged food company that recently adopted a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury strategy, to manage Animoca’s BTC holdings and generate a yield on those reserves. Animoca will allocate up to $100 million in BTC as part of the deal, according to a joint announcement from Thursday. Animoca Brands co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu told Cointelegraph that DDC Enterprise was chosen in part because of CEO Norma Chu and her ability to cultivate a “substantial non-crypto following,” introducing the asset sector to the general public, which may not have had an interest in crypto otherwise. Siu also said: Read more

On Saturday, Stellar's XLM surged 6% to $0.3880, making it the top performer by percent change among the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap.

Bitcoin Perception's report shows elite media's neglect of Bitcoin during Q2, despite billions in corporate treasuries and ETF surges.

Venture capitalists and the Solana community touted the ICO as a showcase for capital formation in the age of internet capital markets. Memecoin launch platform Pump.fun raised $500 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) on Saturday, which sold out in about 12 minutes. The PUMP token has a maximum supply of 1 trillion, and 33% of the supply was allocated to the ICO. 24% of the supply was allocated to the ecosystem and future community projects, while 13% was reserved for existing investors, according to the memecoin platform. Of the 33% ICO allotment, 18% went to institutional investors, and 15% was offered to retail traders. Pump.fun’s ICO may signal the return of the memecoin sector, which experienced a sharp downturn after being one of the highest-performing asset classes in 2024. The public token sale also portends the resurgence of initial coin offerings, which fizzled out due to regulatory pressure in the United States under the reign of former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary G...

Bitcoin to the moon? Not so fast, experts say, as the asset has matured and is now being used by traders for more sophisticated bets.

The investment adds to the growing public ether treasuries, which currently hold over 1.34 million ETH, according to a public tracker.

US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded over $1 billion in inflows for two straight days, a first since their launch in January 2024. The post US Spot Bitcoin ETFs See Two Consecutive $1B+ Inflow Days for First Time appeared first on Cryptonews.