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Kraken has announced the expansion of its xStocks product to Binance-backed BNB Chain, marking a significant step toward making tokenized US equities more accessible globally. According to a July 9 statement, Kraken’s users outside the United States will soon be able to deposit and withdraw tokenized stocks, such as AAPLx, TSLAx, SPYx, and NVDAx, via […] The post Kraken expands xStocks to BNB Chain enabling global access to tokenized equities appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Stellar rallies 14.3% on soaring volume and developer momentum as the "v23.0.0rc2" release reinforces protocol readiness

A new, decentralized movement is emerging — one that merges AI and blockchain to create open, scalable and trustless infrastructure, says ML Tech’s Leo Mindyuk.

Key metrics on Solana remain flat despite LetsBonk’s recent surge, but supporting data suggests memecoins may be staging a comeback. Pump.fun has lost its spot as Solana’s top memecoin launchpad for the first time since its breakout, overtaken by rookie platform LetsBonk. At first glance, Solana’s overall network activity suggests that the memecoin scene is more reshuffling than expanding. Total token launches on the network remain stable, daily transactions are trending downward and the number of new accounts created is roughly half of April’s peak. However, supporting metrics hint that Solana may be on the rise again, driven by a potential expansion in memecoin activity, according to Vugar Usi Zade, chief operating officer of Bitget. Read more

The cryptocurrency trading landscape has evolved from a decentralized, unregulated "wild west" to a more sophisticated and regulated environment, fostering institutional adoption and boosting investor confidence, says Patrick Murphy of Eightcap.

From exchanges and ETFs to sovereign treasuries and crypto billionaires, Bitcoin’s ownership map in 2025 reveals a mix of concentration and quiet decentralization. Exchanges top the list, with Binance and Robinhood holding the largest BTC wallets. Strategy leads corporate holdings with nearly 600,000 BTC. The US now holds 207,189 BTC, the largest sovereign stash. Read more

Judge Failla said mentioning the Van Loon ruling would confuse jurors, outweighing its limited value in Roman Storm’s upcoming trial.

Crypto analyst TradingShot says that while Bitcoin’s long-term outlook is still bullish, there might not be enough time for another leg up. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s long-term uptrend remains strong, but an analyst warns that the four-year cycle may limit another leg up. Analysts believe Bitcoin could move higher past the current all-time highs, with targets between $130,000-$168,000. Read more

ETH leads crypto majors higher, BTC dominance falls. US House taking steps for US to be crypto capital. Sharplink to buy $20m ETH, stock pops 12%. GameSquare raises $8m to buy ETH, stock +60%. Bit Digital stock keeps pumping on ETH pivot. BioSig, StreamEx to tokenise commodities on SOL. Phantom intros perps powered by Hyperliquid. GMX faces $40m exploit. Tether reveals $8b gold stock pile in Swiss vault. Expect us to be largest BTC miner this year: Tether. OpenAI stock tokens backed by SPV: Robinhood. Aevo offers 1000x lev on tokenised stocks. DoJ charges OmegaPro founders with $650m fraud. Tether is a money launderer’s dream: The Economist. EIGEN announces 25% reduction in staff

Pump.fun launches massive PUMP token ICO July 12 across major exchanges, but US and UK users banned from the potentially record-breaking sale.

Ripple’s CEO said the tie-up with BNY Mellon represents how regulatory headwinds are no longer a reality for the firm.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino has stepped down from Elon Musk's social media platform, one day after AI chatbot Grok pivoted to antisemitism.

Blockchain’s promise of democratized property ownership faces a potential roadblock. Integrating automated, blockchain-native succession protocols is essential to protect digital assets and enable true democratization of RWA ownership. Opinion by: Venket Naga, co-founder and CEO of Serenity The synergies between cryptocurrencies and the real estate market have shifted substantially in the last few years. Purchasing properties with crypto-backed loans evolved from groundbreaking news to the baseline.  There is a growing intersection between crypto and real-world assets (RWAs), and the possibilities are abundant.  Read more

ICP gains 3% on strong volume and DeFi traction, with rising ckBTC flows fueling demand and pushing price past key resistance

A portion of the stolen funds has already been bridged from Arbitrum to Ethereum.

Japanese energy consulting firm Remixpoint has raised approximately $215 million through a financing round dedicated exclusively to Bitcoin investments, with a short-term objective to acquire 3,000 BTC as the company becomes the first Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed entity to pay its CEO entirely in Bitcoin. The post Japanese Firm Remixpoint Secures $215 Million Funding to Purchase 3,000 Bitcoins appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin's bullish momentum fades as new buyers decline, but long-term holders reach 15-year highs while BTC dominance surges to 65%, says ARK Invest.

Ethereum’s proposed move to 6-second block times under EIP-7782 promises faster transactions and real-time responsiveness. Ethereum core developer Barnabé Mannot has proposed EIP-7782, which seeks to halve Ethereum block times from 12 to six seconds.  If accepted, it would become one of the most significant upgrades since The Merge, which introduced the new proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus layer. The EIP-7782 proposal put forward the promise of faster confirmations and improved decentralized finance (DeFi) efficiency. Read more

Bitcoin price performance frustrates bulls as $110,000 stays out of reach, but the clock is ticking to even more risk-asset volatility. Key points: Bitcoin tries and fails to crack $110,000 as overhead liquidity thickens. Traders say that more signs of strength are needed to reignite bull market momentum. Read more

A look inside the industrial-scale phone bot farms that fake activity to steal crypto airdrops away from genuine users. It was in a refrigerated tin shed just 40 minutes from Ho Chi Minh City that Mirai Labs CEO Corey Wilton finally understood the immense scale by which crypto airdrops are being gamed.  Its genuinely scary, Wilton tells Magazine shortly after visiting a phone farm in Southern Vietnam, which he estimates has at least 30,000 smartphones in a room no larger than a studio-sized apartment.  For four years, Winton had been hoping to get a first-hand look at the type of operation that undermined his flagship NFT horse-racing game Pegaxy in 2021.  Read more