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The London-based company is among a growing number of fintech firms leaning into faster, crypto-native payment systems.

SEC commissioner Hester Peirce echoed former chair Gary Gensler in calling for market participants to “consider meeting with the Commission and its staff.” US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Hester Peirce issued a blanket warning for companies considering distributing and trading tokenized securities. In a Wednesday statement, Peirce called on companies to discuss their potential tokenized offerings with SEC officials amid “new entrants and many traditional firms [...] embracing onchain products.” Though the SEC commissioner, who also heads the agency’s crypto task force, did not explicitly mention trading platform Robinhood, her notice came roughly two weeks after the company launched a tokenization-focused layer-2 blockchain. Read more

Tether is storing $8B in gold in a secret Swiss vault, making it one of the largest non-bank gold holders amid XAUT growth plans.

Major NFT and token trading platform OpenSea will increase its mobile focus after acquiring the team behind crypto portfolio app Rally.

ARK Invest's June report notes a 15-year high in holdings for long-term bitcoin holders amid declining new investor activity.

XRP has joined the likes of ETH by charting impressive daily gains.

Trump wants to slash the interest rates by a massive percentage.

A group of US Democratic senators has introduced a new bill to sanction El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and members of his administration. The legislation, titled the El Salvador Accountability Act (S.2058), was put forward by Senators Chris Van Hollen, Tim Kaine, and Alex Padilla. If passed, the bill would require President Donald Trump to […] The post US senators seek sanctions on El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele over Bitcoin misuse and human rights violations appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, unveiled her crypto market legislation framework during the committee’s July 9 hearing.Elizabeth Warren Introduces Crypto Priorities in Senate Hearing According to a Wednesday press release from the committee, Warren debuted a list of five priorities she believes should “guide” U.S. lawmakers’ legislative […] The post Senator Elizabeth Warren Unveils Crypto Market Structure Principles In Key Committee Hearing appeared first on Cryptonews.

John Kennedy (R-LA) and other senators raised concerns about crypto market structure legislation during a Senate hearing Wednesday.

XRP charts point to new highs. Will Ripple’s attendance in next week’s “From Wall Street to Web3” summit boost the altcoin’s price? Key point: XRP will complete a bullish pattern on a break above $2.34, which could propel the price toward new highs. Lawmakers with the US Senate Banking Committee will conduct a hearing on Wednesday titled “From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow’s Digital Asset Markets,” and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is one of the participants. Read more

GMX has offered the attacker a 10% "white-hat" bounty after some $40 million worth of assets were swiped from the crypto protocol.

FLOKI is now available on Webull Pay, a popular U.S. crypto trading platform, widening exposure to millions of retail traders despite volatile price action.

[PRESS RELEASE – Texas, United States, July 9th, 2025] Key Takeaways: Resolving Bitcoin’s Utility Paradox: tBTC on Sui Eliminates the Choice Between Security and Utility. Web3 Benefits with Web2 Ease: Experience Bitcoin DeFi with 400ms finality and near-zero fees on Sui’s high-performance network. Unprecedented Capital Efficiency: Bitcoin liquidity flows freely across an ecosystem of protocols, […]

Grok's Nazi-sympathizing responses sparked backlash this week, but the fix reveals how a single prompt instruction can shape an AI's entire political worldview.

Pump.fun, the prominent Solana-based memecoin launchpad, has announced that its public token sale will commence on Saturday, July 12, targeting up to $600 million in funding as the platform seeks to disrupt established social media giants including Facebook, TikTok, and Twitch. The post Pump.fun to Launch $PUMP Token via ICO on July 12 – Plans to Take on Facebook, TikTok, and Twitch appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Hellenic Anti-Money Laundering Authority issued a freezing order, locking the assets and preventing them from being transferred.

The newly launched SSK fund leads Solana ETF inflows as investors anticipate a spot ETF approval.

The exploit of the GMX V1 decentralized exchange is the latest in a string of attacks targeting crypto firms and users in 2025. The GMX protocol halted trading on GMX V1 after a liquidity pool suffered an exploit on Wednesday, leading to $40 million in funds being stolen and sent to an unknown wallet. GMX V1 is the first version of the GMX perpetual exchange deployed on the Arbitrum network. The attacked pool is a liquidity provider for the GMX protocol with a basket of underlying digital assets including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and stablecoins, according to the GMX team. The protocol has also announced a temporary suspension in minting and redemption of GLP tokens on both Arbitrum and the layer-1 Avalanche network to protect against any additional fallout from the cybersecurity exploit. Read more

Raj Parekh, Portal co-founder and a former Visa crypto director, will lead Monad’s stablecoin strategy following the acquisition.