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Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jul 29, 2025
Pyth Network has launched live, onchain price feeds for 85 major Hong Kong stocks, removing access barriers and enabling real-time financial data integration. Decentralized oracle network Pyth Network has begun publishing real-time, onchain prices for 85 of the most valuable stocks listed in Hong Kong, giving builders and traders worldwide direct access to one of Asia’s most important equity markets. The price feeds are sourced directly from institutional-grade venues and updated every 400 milliseconds across more than 100 blockchains, the project said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. “Whether you’re building trading strategies, structured products, tokenized portfolios, or simply want access to real-world stock prices from Asia’s financial gateway, these feeds bring Hong Kong’s equity market onchain openly, instantly, and permissionlessly,” the announcement said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:35 Jul 29, 2025
Binance and WazirX face scrutiny as India investigates cross-border wallet flows and security risks. Globally, investigative agencies have been acting against illicit crypto funding. India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) is investigating the global cryptocurrency exchange Binance and the Indian exchange WazirX, focusing on potential loopholes in cross-border digital asset transfers. The investigation is driven by concerns about unregulated wallet transactions linked to accounts from Pakistan. Authorities are particularly worried about activities near sensitive areas like Jammu and Kashmir, where such transfers could be used for illegal funding or money laundering. They are also investigating the funds sent from India to addresses located outside the country. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Jul 29, 2025
A critical access control bug in SuperRare’s staking contract — easily detectable by unit tests or even ChatGPT — allowed an attacker to steal $731,000 in RARE tokens. NFT trading platform SuperRare suffered a $730,000 exploit on Monday due to a basic smart contract bug that experts say could have easily been prevented with standard testing practices. SuperRare’s (RARE) staking contract was exploited on Monday with around $731,000 worth of RARE tokens stolen, according to crypto cybersecurity firm Cyvers. The vulnerability stems from a function meant to allow only specific addresses to modify the Merkle root, a critical data structure that determines user staking balances. However, the logic was mistakenly written to allow any address to interact with the function. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Jul 29, 2025
Legendary trader Peter Brandt says charts can’t accurately predict prices — and admits he sometimes trolls XRP and ETH bulls just for fun. Crypto traders who think they can make accurately price predictions are delusional, says veteran trader Peter Brandt. Anyone that looks at the charts and tries to tell you where anything is going is actually just kind of fooling themselves, the 79-year-old tells Magazine. There are a lot of people who will argue with me, of course, Brandt laughs. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Jul 29, 2025
InternetX partners with D3’s Doma Protocol to tokenize 22 million domains, aiming to bring traditional web domains into the Web3 ecosystem. InternetX, a domain registrar under the IONOS hosting umbrella, plans to tokenize its entire portfolio of 22 million domains using D3’s Doma Protocol, potentially bringing traditional domains onchain. The Doma Protocol is a DNS-compliant blockchain platform designed for domain finance. Through this partnership, InternetX will enable customers and partners to convert traditional domains into blockchain-based tokens, potentially unlocking use cases such as crypto trading, fractional ownership and other Web3 applications. InternetX customers will also gain access to new Web3 distribution channels via Doma, with bridging capabilities to major blockchain networks including Solana, Coinbase’s Base and Avalanche. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:24 Jul 29, 2025
Google Gemini Flash 2.5 can streamline research, spot patterns, analyze sentiment and refine your crypto trading strategies. Just remember: AI assists, but you’re still the one making the call. Gemini serves as a powerful tool for research and idea generation, but should not be seen as a source of trading signals or personalized advice. While it effectively summarizes project fundamentals and compares assets, some responses, like Pi Coin’s delayed mainnet claim, highlight the risks of outdated or incomplete information. Using Gemini to reflect on past trades can help traders identify better timing and risk considerations, but market conditions evolve and human judgment remains essential Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:11 Jul 29, 2025
Corporations have accumulated 1% of all Ether since June, with Standard Chartered forecasting 10% ownership as institutional appetite for ETH continues to grow. Corporations are buying Ether at a faster pace than Bitcoin, signaling a shift in institutional interest toward the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency as it prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary, according to a new report from Standard Chartered shared with Cointelegraph. Corporate cryptocurrency treasury firms have bought up 1% of the total Ether (ETH) supply since the beginning of June, the bank said in a Tuesday research report. Over the same period, Ether-focused treasury firms have doubled the pace of investments compared to their Bitcoin (BTC)-focused counterparts, helping ETH outperform Bitcoin’s price action, the report said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:00 Jul 29, 2025
Veda protocol has appointed former SEC senior counsel TuongVy Le as general counsel, weeks after securing $18 million in venture capital funding. Decentralized finance platform Veda has appointed a former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official to its ranks as it ramps up efforts to expand crosschain yield products aimed at institutional investors. TuongVy Le, who spent nearly six years at the SEC as chief counsel and senior adviser in the Enforcement Division and the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, has joined Veda as general counsel, the company announced Tuesday. During her SEC tenure, Le advised Congress on early drafts of digital asset legislation and served on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Global Markets Advisory Committee. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:46 Jul 29, 2025
China’s JD.com announced plans for a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin last summer and is now expected to be among the first issuers under HKMA’s stablecoin regime. China-based e-commerce giant JD.com has reportedly registered entities tied to a potential stablecoin rollout just days ahead of Hong Kong’s stablecoin regulations going into effect. JD.com, often referred to as China’s Amazon, has registered two potential stablecoin-linked entities, Jcoin and Joycoin, through its fintech subsidiary, JD Coinlink Technology, according to a report by Hong Kong news outlet Ming Pao on Tuesday. JD Coinlink is one of the official participants in the stablecoin issuer sandbox program by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), which launched last year. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:28 Jul 29, 2025
The HKMA completed stablecoin regulations set to take effect Aug. 1, warning no licenses have been issued and urging caution against hype and scams. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the special administrative region’s central banking authority, has finalized its regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers, releasing two sets of guidelines that will take effect on Aug. 1. On Tuesday, the HKMA released completed guidelines and consultation conclusions to clarify the upcoming rules. The documents addressed the supervision of licensed stablecoin issuers and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) rules for licensed stablecoin issuers. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:00 Jul 29, 2025
Declan Fox, global product lead for Linea, said there is no exact date for the token generation event yet, but details will be shared a week before. The Consensys-developed Linea network says it will become one of the first Ethereum layer-2 networks to commit to burning Ether as part of its network design, as it shared new details of its upcoming token generation event and airdrop. Linea announced new staking and burning mechanisms for its upcoming token launch in an effort to become more aligned with the layer-1 blockchain, which it hopes will make the network the “home for ETH capital,” according to a statement sent to Cointelegraph. The move comes amid growing concern that layer-2 networks have been leeching chain activity and fee income from the Ethereum mainnet. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:18 Jul 29, 2025
ETH price corrected at the weekly open, but futures data pinpoints the possibility of a breakout to $5,000. Key takeaways: ETH futures and options data show no signs of defensive positioning despite Ether's 7-month price high. Ether ETF inflows and corporate holdings signal growing conviction from institutional investors. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:52 Jul 29, 2025
Hedge fund manager Ray Dalio suggests investors put 15% into store-of-value assets amid America’s debt crisis. American billionaire and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has recommended a 15% portfolio allocation into Bitcoin or gold to optimize for the “best return-to-risk ratio” in light of America’s crippling debt problem and currency devaluation. “[If] you were optimizing your portfolio for the best return-to-risk ratio, you would have about 15% of your money in gold or Bitcoin,” the founder of hedge fund firm Bridgewater Associates said during an appearance on the Master Investor podcast on Sunday. Dalio said he has “some Bitcoin, but not much,” and is still “strongly preferring gold to Bitcoin,” however. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:45 Jul 28, 2025
Interactive Brokers joins a number of traditional finance institutions who are considering entering the stablecoin space, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup. Trading company Interactive Brokers is planning to expand its crypto footprint with services that could include a proprietary stablecoin. The move, reported by Reuters on Monday, would allow traders to fund brokerage accounts using the company's fiat-pegged cryptocurrency. Interactive is also exploring adding support for asset transfers for commonly traded cryptocurrencies. Interactive Brokers is a brokerage firm that provides trading and investment services across global markets. The company recently reported over 3.8 million active accounts at the end of the second quarter of 2025, a 32% increase from a year ago. It has more than $664 billion in assets under management. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:28 Jul 28, 2025
The SEC delayed decisions on the Truth Social Bitcoin ETF and Grayscale’s Solana Trust, extending review periods as the US Congress moves with crypto regulation. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday delayed its decision on the proposed Truth Social Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), extending the review deadline to Sept. 18 from Aug. 4. The fund, backed by the Trump Media and Technology group, is seeking approval to list the Truth Social Bitcoin ETF on the NYSE Arca exchange under the SEC’s commodity-based trust share framework. The agency, which can take up to 270 days to approve or reject ETF applications, said it extended the review period to allow more time to evaluate the proposal and any issues raised. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:43 Jul 28, 2025
ETH treasury buying and consistent spot ETF inflows have not been sufficient enough to send Ether price above $4,000. Is a correction incoming? Key point: Traders expect ETH to retest the $3,500 to $3,300 zone before a break to new year-to-date highs. Ether (ETH) gained 57% over the past month, but consistent selling near $4,000 is putting a cap on the price upside. Independent market analyst Adam pointed to sell walls in the zone and said that even though “ETH is so back,” its price could lose momentum until these are either filled or pulled.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:31 Jul 28, 2025
The US House of Representatives will be in recess for the month of August, but the Senate still has a week of business to address two crypto bills before breaking. Representative Tom Emmer, the sponsor of the US House’s Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, said the bill, if passed, would significantly limit the Federal Reserve’s ability to issue a central bank digital currency. In a Friday press call, the Minnesota representative spoke on the progress of the Anti-CBDC bill, which he introduced in the House in March. “If [the Fed] could emulate cash, then the law is going to afford them that ability, but right now, they can’t,” said Emmer on the US government issuing a CBDC. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:23 Jul 28, 2025
PayPal is rolling out a new crypto payment tool that will allow US merchants to receive payments with more than 100 cryptocurrencies. Payments platform PayPal is set to roll out a new feature for US merchants to accept payments with over 100 cryptocurrencies, targeting overseas transactions and more utility of its own stablecoin. According to a Monday announcement, businesses will be able to accept Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL), USDt (USDT), USD Coin (USDC) and XRP (XRP), among others. The tool integrates with crypto wallets including Coinbase Wallet, MetaMask, OKX, Kraken, Binance, Phantom, and Exodus. Transactions paid with cryptocurrencies will be automatically converted into PayPal's stablecoin PYUSD or fiat currency at checkout, allowing merchants to receive crypto payments without dealing with price volatility. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:46 Jul 28, 2025
SOL looks poised for a longer-term rally toward $260, but a few key changes need to happen first. Key takeaways: SOL futures and funding rates show moderate optimism, but no strong bullish positioning yet. Network activity and ETF anticipation support upside, but confidence among big players remains muted. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:59 Jul 28, 2025
Data shows Bitcoin is preparing for a sharp breakout from its range-bound action in the next few days. Key points: Bitcoin’s tightening range trading signals a possible range expansion in the next few days. Select altcoins also face selling pressure, but remain above their near-term support levels. Read more
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