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Bitcoin price made a weekend rush on the $109,000 resistance and HYPE, BCH, LINK and SEI could be the first altcoins to rally if BTC bulls secure new highs. Key points: Bitcoin aims for its highest weekly close above $109,000, but higher levels are likely to attract sellers. HYPE, BCH, LINK, and SEI could extend their rallies if Bitcoin price stays above $105,000. Read more

Ondo rose 1.5% on Sunday, nearly two weeks after the team announced a major alliance to expand global access to tokenized U.S. securities.

I had to hold two separate interviews with Sentient to sit with the information, digest it, and follow up. AI is not my area of expertise, and it’s a topic I’m wary of, given that I struggle to see favorable outcomes (and being labeled an “AI doomer” in this industry is enough to get you […] The post Utopia or dystopia? The race to build God-like AI is humanity’s ultimate gamble appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Miner revenues are low, and Bitcoin network hashrate has declined slightly, but miners, both old and new, have refrained from offloading their holdings.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that one-per-person digital ID systems, despite using zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs), carry risks to privacy. ZK proof wrapped IDs offered by World ID (formerly Worldcoin) using biometric data and ZK proofs have been gaining traction, recently crossing 10 million users. Therefore, in his blog on Saturday, Buterin suggested ‘pluralistic identity’ […] The post Vitalik Buterin says pluralistic ZK digital IDs are the ‘best realistic solution’ to preserve privacy appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Avalanche card game Raini: The Lords of Light is closing soon, Eve Frontier launched a free trial period, and more.

Michael Saylor's Strategy is up over 52% on its Bitcoin investment, representing an unrealized capital gain of over $21.8 billion. Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor signaled the company's 11th consecutive week of Bitcoin (BTC) purchases, a streak that began on April 14. "In 21 years, you'll wish you'd bought more," Saylor wrote to his 4.4 million followers on X. The Strategy co-founder has gained roughly 1 million followers on the social media platform over the last year. The company's most recent Bitcoin acquisition occurred on June 23, when Strategy purchased 245 BTC for $26 million, bringing its total holdings to 592,345 BTC, valued at over $63.6 billion. Read more

Financial advisors should be recommending clients to allocate between 10% to 40% of their portfolio to crypto, influential investment manager Ric Edelman told CNBC on Friday. According to Edelman, founder of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, the percentage of allocation to crypto should be decided based on the client’s risk appetite. Therefore, he […] The post Financial advisor Ric Edelman says crypto should make up 10-40% of a portfolio appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Alkanes metaprotocol enables the creation of apps, NFTs, and tokens on Bitcoin. Will it fuel a new wave of BTC innovation?

The growing sophistication of the mass surveillance state has created the need for new tools to obfuscate identity and restore anonymity. Mass decoy messaging between news agencies and readers can help protect the identity of whistleblowers, according to Dr. Manny Ahmed, the founder of CoverDrop, a whistleblower protection tool, and OpenOrigins, a blockchain firm that provides data provenance for images and videos to ensure authenticity. Both tools work in symbiosis to ensure trusted communications. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Dr. Ahmed said that CoverDrop works by sending out large amounts of decoy encrypted messaging traffic between the readers of a news platform and the news platform itself. This creates the illusion that every reader is a whistleblower, thus drowning out the identity of any true whistleblowers in a sea of digital noise. The executive outlined the problem whistleblowers currently face in the age of digital surveillance: Read more

Investors poured $1.39 billion into AI agents so far in 2025.

BTC’s rise is now tied to macro trends like the S&P 500 and Global Liquidity Index, cementing its role as a serious institutional asset.

Experts warn the real AI threat is not destruction, but subtle manipulation that makes us surrender willingly.

Decentralized AI breaks open the gates of intelligence, with communities worldwide building, customizing and governing their own tools. DeAI dismantles centralized control and empowers communities to create and govern their own AI systems. Opinion by: Matt Wright, co-founder and chief executive officer of Gaia In the mid-1400s, Gutenberg’s press removed the monopoly on written knowledge. Literacy expanded, institutions changed and the public finally gained access to ideas locked behind elite control. Today, decentralized artificial intelligence (DeAI) triggers a similar shift by expanding access to intelligence and reshaping who gets to build with it. Read more

July’s light on blockbusters, but Switch 2 shines with Donkey Kong Bananza, while Grounded 2 and Ninja Gaiden keep things interesting.

Stablecoins are now the “default settlement layer for the internet,” surpassing Visa and Mastercard in onchain transaction volume. Stablecoins have become the backbone of internet payments, with adoption now outpacing major traditional card networks in onchain volume, according to Noam Hurwitz, head of engineering at Alchemy. Hurwitz told Cointelegraph that stablecoins have seen “explosive” adoption, adding that they are “becoming the default settlement layer for the internet.” Companies like PayPal and Stripe are integrating stablecoins to leverage onchain infrastructure, enabling faster and cheaper transactions. “They’ve already surpassed Visa and Mastercard in onchain volume by 7%,” Hurwitz noted, signaling a decisive shift in how money moves online. Read more

Ethereum eyes a $10,000 target as it holds within a multi-cycle ascending channel. Analysts cite whale buying, network growth, and key resistance levels. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: $10,000 Target Returns Amid Multi-Cycle Ascending Channel – Is ETH Ready? appeared first on Cryptonews.

BTC solidified its position as an emerging hedge asset amid geopolitical uncertainty, while ETH recorded greater downside volatility and a more muted recovery.

XRP rises above $2.19 after Brad Garlinghouse declares 1000% commitment and Ripple drops appeal. Is a move toward $3.50 next for XRP investors? The post XRP Price Prediction: Brad Garlinghouse’s 1000% Tweet – Will This Push Ripple Beyond $3? appeared first on Cryptonews.

In the latest development for the ongoing LIBRA coin legal saga, Argentinian newspaper La Nacion reports that Hayden Mark Davis, CEO of Kelsier Ventures, submitted a voluntary statement last Monday to a federal court in New York. The case centers on a class action lawsuit brought by U.S. investors who suffered losses following the rapid […] The post US entrepreneur Hayden Davis testifies in LIBRA case in New York as legal proceedings advance appeared first on CryptoSlate.