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BTC sees a relief bounce as Asian stocks wilt following sharp losses on Wall Street.

The $2.5 trillion asset manager deepens its blockchain push after taking over Superstate’s tokenized money market fund as fund manager earlier this year.

The incident temporarily halted transaction processing on one of Ethereum’s largest layer-2 networks.

The tightening correlation undermines STRC’s appeal as a relatively steadier income vehicle.

The DeFi lender is rebuilding after the fallout from April’s KelpDAO exploit sparked a multibillion-dollar exodus of deposits despite Aave itself not being hacked.

The startup formerly known as Story Protocol raised $140 million to secure internet rights and is now building an audit layer for data consent, licensing, and provenance for tech firms.

BlackBerry’s stock is surging after the company’s massive earnings beat and is pivoting into becoming a critical component of the AI and robotics boom.

STRC was marketed as a low volatility income product designed to trade near $100, and its sharp decline has undermined investor trust.

Hyperion Decimus’ Chris Sullivan said four historically reliable indicators have aligned, leaving bitcoin one move away from confirming a major turning point.

Derivatives markets signal that betting on further slide in prices is getting overcrowded, setting up for a potential snapback.

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An early miner says Strategy’s stock mNAV has fallen to 0.72, near the level that marked the last cycle’s turn, and that bitcoin historically bottoms about six months after that signal.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 5.8% from Wednesday, joined Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.

The protocols are building shared liquidity and trading infrastructure for a future with hundreds of competing digital currencies on blockchain rails.

The pardoned ex-CEO called prison a character-building “plus” as he’s pursued a venture-capital career, despite his majority stake in the world’s biggest crypto exchange.

The stablecoin giant and the Japanese financial corporation plan to deploy cross-border foreign exchange settlements as early as next year.

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Blockchain analysts TRM Labs says CoinEx facilitated more than $3.8 billion in blockchain-traced flows with sanctioned Iranian crypto entities. CoinEx disputes the findings.

A relief rally tied to recovering U.S. equities lifted BTC and ETH off weekly lows, but bearish derivatives positioning and negative CVD suggest the rebound may be fragile.

Almost 11 million bitcoin are now held at a loss, while long-term holders control a record 14.8 million coins.

Micron Technology surged after blockbuster earnings and strong guidance, lifting AI memory stocks.

The popular max pain theory isn’t working out as bitcoin trades far from the $72K level a day ahead of a $10 billion quarterly options settlement.

A liquidation flush took bitcoin to its lowest since early June before Micron’s blowout earnings and SK Hynix’s U.S. listing plans steadied the AI trade that crypto had been sliding alongside.

The token fell from nearly $3 to about $0.50 in hours, wiping out close to $3 billion in market value, with no exploit or announcement to explain it. Onchain investigator ZachXBT warned in April that M’s price had been propped up by insiders.

Japan’s financial regulator cleared the U.S. dollar-backed token as a new category of payment instrument, letting SBI VC Trade offer it to institutions and retail. RLUSD remains small, at about $1.7 billion.

The market has found a new support level and it could be tested following Thursday’s U.S. inflation data.

Sellers broke another support level on heavy volume, while the recovery failed to reclaim the zone that would ease downside pressure.

The token fell to about $59,000 before buyers stepped in, but the week’s losses are steep across the board. A blowout Micron forecast lifted stocks and oil kept sliding, yet crypto did not follow.

In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re looking at Ethereum’s eventful week that started off with the launch of EthLabs, plus the layoffs at the Ethereum Foundation, and what this all means for the network.

The prediction market operator, which is eyeing a potential public debut in 2027, could close a new funding round in Q3, according to a Financial Times report.