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Cointelegraph.com - 15:30 Jul 09, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:25 Jul 09, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:20 Jul 09, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jul 09, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:40 Jul 09, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:39 Jul 09, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Jul 09, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:23 Jul 09, 2025
Tokyo-listed energy and fintech firm Remixpoint has raised 31.5 billion Japanese yen ($215 million) to expand its Bitcoin treasury, aiming to accumulate 3,000 BTC. Tokyo-based energy company Remixpoint raised 31.5 billion yen (around $215 million) to expand its Bitcoin treasury, according to a Wednesday announcement. Remixpoint will allocate the newly raised funds entirely to Bitcoin (BTC) acquisition, the company said in an X post. The funds were raised through Remixpoint’s 25th series of stock acquisition rights and fourth series of unsecured bonds, according to local media outlet CoinPost. This series of stock acquisition rights will create 55 million new shares, representing a 39.9% dilution. The issuance is made without any discount and is conducted at market price. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:20 Jul 09, 2025
Bullish chart setups hint at more upside for XRP, with price targets near $2.87 and possibly $3.72 if momentum holds. Key takeaways: XRP price jumped around 12% after Ripple named BNY Mellon as custodian for its RLUSD stablecoin. Traders are betting on increased XRP utility as RLUSD adoption potentially shifts from Ethereum to XRPL. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Jul 09, 2025
The growing role of blockchains in trade finance. The XDC Network offers a case study in cautious, incremental adoption. Trade finance rarely makes headlines. But behind the scenes, it underpins over $30 trillion in annual global commerce. Still, the systems that power it remain paper-heavy, slow and exclusionary. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still routinely denied financing due to fragmented infrastructure and therefore face barriers when participating in global commerce. In its latest report, Cointelegraph Research analyses increasing number of institutions and governments asking whether blockchain can offer a more efficient model. One notable project in this regard is the XDC Network. To learn more about how XDC utilizes blockchain to digitize trade documents, download the full report here Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:15 Jul 09, 2025
Polygon Foundation CEO Sandeep Nailwal described the upcoming Heimdall 2.0 upgrade as the “most complex” Polygon hard fork since 2020. Polygon is set to deploy its most complex hard fork to date on Thursday, upgrading its proof-of-stake blockchain with a new consensus layer dubbed Heimdall 2.0. In an X post, Polygon Foundation CEO Sandeep Nailwal said the upgrade enhances the backbone of Polygon’s proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. It will replace legacy components dating back to 2018 and 2019 with newer infrastructure. “This is the most technically complex hard fork Polygon PoS has seen since its launch in 2020,” Nailwal wrote, adding that it will improve finality, user experience and the network’s upgradeability. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:00 Jul 09, 2025
Elon Musk says that his new America Party will support Bitcoin, but does it have a chance in the American political system? The growing rift between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump turned into a gulf on July 5 when Musk announced the independent America Party, supposedly focused on Bitcoin and centrist policies. The move was catalyzed by Congress passing the Trump administration’s controversial One Big Beautiful Bill Act. According to Musk, the bill flies in the face of the administration’s initial efforts to cut government spending. The America Party has yet to hold a formative congress or issue a specific platform. Little is known about the party’s stance, beyond Musk’s vague comments of a preference for centrism, deregulation, reduction of government spending and support for Bitcoin (BTC). Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:59 Jul 09, 2025
Launched in late 2024, Ripple’s enterprise-focused RLUSD stablecoin has hit a $500 million market cap in less than seven months. Ripple’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD), has received a significant boost by integrating with Transak, a major cryptocurrency payments platform. Transak has officially integrated support for the Ripple USD stablecoin, enabling its 8.3 million users to purchase RLUSD using multiple fiat currencies, the company announced in a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Wednesday. “We worked closely with the Ripple team to understand how RLUSD could benefit from wider distribution across Transak’s global network — spanning more than 450 wallets, DApps [decentralized apps] and exchanges,” said Transak’s head of marketing, Harshit Gangwar. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:18 Jul 09, 2025
Bybit will host PumpFun’s PUMP token sale, but users in Europe will be excluded due to regulatory restrictions. Update (July 9, 2:10 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include token sale confirmation from Pump.fun. Bybit has confirmed details of the much-awaited Pump.fun token sale, revealing that users registered through its European Union-regulated platform, Bybit.eu, will not be able to participate, citing compliance with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The public sale of PUMP, the native token of the no-code memecoin launchpad Pump.fun, will open on Saturday at 14:00 UTC and run through Tuesday, according to a Wednesday press release shared with Cointelegraph. A total of 150 billion PUMP tokens, 15% of the 1 trillion total supply, will be offered at a fixed price of $0.004 USDT per token. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:51 Jul 09, 2025
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin said that corporate ETH treasuries are vital for driving ecosystem growth. Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin said ETH treasuries are crucial for the development of the Ethereum ecosystem. During an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Lubin said that a large amount of Ether (ETH) is in circulation, but there is insufficient activity to utilize it. He cited this as the reason he is involved in building the Ethereum treasury company SharpLink Gaming, where he serves as chairman. Lubin said Ether treasuries are “a great business to run.” He also said that “it’s going to be critical to enable the supply-demand dynamics of Ether to right-size as we build more and more applications.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:00 Jul 08, 2025
Bitcoin’s inflow/outflow ratio fell to 2022 lows, and the cumulative volume delta shows short-selling pressure failing to push prices lower. Time for a rally? Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s monthly outflow/inflow ratio has dropped to 0.9, signaling renewed long-term confidence and accumulation. Despite aggressive short-side pressure on Binance derivatives, BTC has remained in a tight range between $100,000 and $110,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:14 Jul 08, 2025
Soaring stablecoin reserves at Binance, falling Bitcoin dominance and a bullish chart pattern point to a possible altseason starting in the bottom half of 2025. Key takeaways: USDT and USDC balances on Binance hit a record $31 billion in June 2025. One analyst sees the reserve build-up as a “brewing liquidity explosion,” with investors waiting for clear altcoin trading opportunities. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:47 Jul 08, 2025
With eyes on tokenized gold, the companies plan to merge and launch a gold-backed treasury business. BioSig and Streamex have secured $1.1 billion in growth financing to support their pivot into onchain commodities, starting with gold. The companies, which signed a letter of intent to merge on May 5, say the funding will help establish a gold-backed treasury business focused on tokenized financial instruments. Of the total funding, $100 million comes in the form of convertible debentures, while the remaining $1 billion is an equity line of credit. BioSig’s share price has fallen 27.4% on the news on Tuesday, though it is still up 541% in the past six months. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:00 Jul 08, 2025
Blockchain competitors and recent decisions by institutional investors chip away at Solana’s market share. Will this impact SOL price? Key takeaways: SOL’s perpetual futures funding rate turned negative, highlighting a lack of confidence among traders. Despite strong fundamentals, institutional players continue to avoid Solana due to MEV concerns. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:55 Jul 08, 2025
The judge reportedly said she would not be inclined to have attorneys bring up the US Treasury’s 2022 sanctions against Tornado Cash after they were withdrawn in March. The judge overseeing the US criminal trial of Tornado Cash co-founder and developer Roman Storm said she was “inclined” to disallow any mention of the 2022 sanctions against the cryptocurrency mixing service in court. According to reporting from Inner City Press on Tuesday, Judge Katherine Failla of the US District Court of the Southern District of New York said she was unlikely to grant a motion prohibiting the mention of North Korea and the hackers in the Lazarus Group as part of prosecutors’ case against Storm. However, the judge reportedly said she was “inclined to keep out the August 2022 sanctions, since they were later withdrawn.” The sanctions in question referred to the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions adding addresses connected to Tornado Cash to its list of Specially Designated Nationals in 2022. Howe...
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