Bitcoin price gains to $66.3K as range breakout attempt sparks one-month high
Bitcoin beat out local resistance to pass $66,000 amid predictions of as much as 6% BTC price upside if momentum continued.
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Worldcoin’s WLD Jumps 8% on Grayscale ETF Filing
The asset manager’s S-1 for a spot WLD fund would be the first U.S. ETF tied to Sam Altman’s biometric crypto project.
UK Lawmakers Launch Inquiry Into Crypto Banking Access
A cross-party group is examining why UK banks block accounts and payments for crypto firms—and whether it’s holding the sector back.
UK parliamentary group probes banking barriers for crypto firms
A UK parliamentary group launched an inquiry into banking restrictions on crypto firms and consumers, including their impact on investment and competition.
Bitcoin ETFs post five-day inflow streak, longest since May
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $227 million in inflows as BTC climbed above $65,000, extending their longest winning streak since early May.
XRP jumps 4% as traders watch ‘triangle breakout’ toward $1.35
XRP pushed higher over 24 hours and tested short-term resistance, but the larger chart still needs a clean break above the $1.24-$1.28 supply zone to confirm a stronger reversal.
Base’s 1:1-backed tokenized equities launch ‘imminent,’ Pollak says
The Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 is preparing to expand its financial offerings as it pivots away from its earlier social-first strategy.
Live markets: Bitcoin ETFs post a fifth straight day of inflows in a first since April
The run has pulled in roughly $727 million, the most sustained stretch of buying since the record outflows of June.
UK Parliament begins inquiry into banking chokepoint for crypto businesses
The UK’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) is focused on banks that refused crypto firms accounts or introduced restrictions on crypto transactions.
Bitcoin hits a two-week high near $65,500 as the chip trade turns back into a tailwind
Asian semiconductor shares rebounded hard, a five-day ETF inflow streak passed $600 million, and oil pulled back on Middle East diplomacy.
Grayscale files S-1 for first US Worldcoin ETF
The filing expands Grayscale’s growing lineup of crypto-related exchange-traded products outside of Bitcoin and Ether.
Celsius co-founders Leon, Goldstein to pay FTC over $6M
The settlements add to former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky’s $10 million FTC settlement in April.
Binance & OKX users face $1900 fines in Vietnam, Coinbase in China? Asia Express
Retail users in Vietnam who trade on offshore crypto exchanges like Binance or OKX face heavy penalties. Network School controversy in Malaysia over Israeli citizen ban.
London Stock Exchange eyes overnight trading launch in 2027: FT
The move comes as traditional exchanges face growing competition from crypto markets and tokenized equity platforms that offer around-the-clock trading.
Patrick Witt defers military training as CLARITY heads to Senate
The decision keeps the administration’s chief crypto policy negotiator in place during what could be a decisive few weeks for the CLARITY Act.
Democrats added certain consumer protection rules to CLARITY: Coinbase exec
Coinbase vice chair Ryan VanGrack said that Democratic lawmakers had added provisions on customer protection to a digital asset market structure bill under consideration in the US Senate.
Tether Gold recognized as Accepted Spot Commodity in Abu Dhabi financial center
The recognition allows regulated firms in Abu Dhabi Global Market to offer services involving Tether Gold as tokenized commodities gain broader adoption.
Bitcoin defies recent tech stocks sell-off. Are bulls eyeing a $70K rally?
Despite muted derivatives sentiment, Bitcoin’s decoupling and Strategy’s cash raise set the stage for a potential rally to $70,000.
Bank of Korea Scales Up CBDC Pilot With Half a Million Users
Phase 1 of Project Hangang opened 81,000 wallets with 42% of them using the CBDC. Phase 2 is bigger, and this time it moves real government money.
SEC sues Mining Automatic and founder over alleged $22M crypto mining scheme
The SEC alleges Mining Automatic and its founder raised $22 million from investors by promising guaranteed crypto mining returns while spending only a fraction of the funds on mining operations.
Russia’s First Comprehensive Crypto Law Is Two Votes Away From Passing
The bill licenses exchanges, caps retail investors at about $3,800 a year, and creates a legal pathway for Russian companies to pay foreign partners in crypto—bypassing Western sanctions.
Exodus to cut 25% of staff in company reorganization
The wallet company said it expected the layoffs to generate between $10 million and $13 million in savings as part of its strategy to build a full-stack card issuance and payments platform.
Cardano Triggers Hard Fork With First Community-Voted Upgrade
For the first time in Cardano’s history, no company flipped the switch on a major protocol update.
Bitcoin ETFs Are Green Again—Here’s Why Investors Should Zoom Out
Two consecutive weeks of inflows ended the worst sustained outflow streak in Bitcoin ETF history. Here’s why patience may be required from investors.
Hut 8, IREN deals lift AI-focused Bitcoin mining stocks
Bitcoin miners rallied as investors cheered multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure contracts, underscoring the sector’s accelerating shift toward data centers and cloud computing.
Nigerian president signs order on approach to crypto regulation, taxes
The West African country’s executive order established a virtual asset council and addressed the fragmentation of crypto regulation for oversight and enforcement.
Bernstein raises Robinhood price target, cites tokenization and prediction markets
The brokerage’s blockchain strategy, including tokenized equities and its Arbitrum-based Robinhood Chain, could reduce its reliance on traditional crypto trading, analysts said.
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Taps the Brakes on ETH Buys, Pivots $86M Into Stock Buyback
“The reduced pace of buys reflects that Bitmine repurchased 5.5 million common shares,” Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said in a statement.
Strategy Pads Cash Reserve By $225M With MSTR Sale, Bitcoin Stash Remains Untouched
For the second consecutive week, Saylor’s company sold MSTR stock instead of BTC to pad its reserves to $3.2 billion.
Bitcoin price hits $65K wall as stocks battle ‘record’ institutional tech sell-off
Bitcoin faced troublesome resistance at $65,000 while traders still saw a potential BTC price breakout into a “bullish market structure.”