Crypto for Wednesday, July 8, 2026

• The New Grok 4.5 Is Out. Elon Musk Says It Competes With Last Year's Claude Opus
• SEC’s 2026 Agenda Has 38 Items, But Crypto and IPOs Are the Headliners
• Bitcoin tumbles back to key $60K support level: What’s behind the sell pressure?
• Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion Fund as Crypto VC Pushes Further Into AI
• Tokenized stock transfers surge 105% in a month to $8.4B
• BNB Chain makes 1,000,000 TPS moonshot bet on AI as BNB price slips to 2024 lows
• Charles Hoskinson Says Ethereum Is Adopting Cardano Ideas Without Credit
• XRP Price Prediction: Validators Welcome XRP Ledger Last Upgrade
• Bitcoin Stalls as Ethereum Flashes Worst Weekly Signal in Years: Analysis
• Bitcoin Mining Pools in 2026: Hashrate Consolidation Is Creating a Two-Tier Market — and Smaller Miners Are Feeling It
• Officials set to revise MiCA to cover non-EU stablecoin issuers: Report
• XRP cleaned out leverage, now ETF demand has to prove itself
• Bitcoin peels back to $62K as Fed-wary futures traders cut risk: Is the BTC rally over?
• Bitcoin Maxi Warns BIP-110 Failure Could Mean the End of Permissionless Money
• Bitcoin ETFs 'Turning a Corner' After Record Bleed Hits $8 Billion
• Pump Fun is unlocking $127M insider tokens worth double PUMP’s recent daily volume
• Adam Back’s Bitcoin treasury company seeks new terms with Cantor for SPAC merger
• Stablecoin-settled TradFi perpetual trading tops $1.1T: Binance Research
• Bank of England governor denies Farage lobbying swayed CBDC policy: Report
• Bitcoin’s rally has 4 weeks to get its Washington CLARITY catalyst before the clock runs out
• Lucky Trader Turns $85 Into $2 Million on Robinhood Chain Meme Coin
• Altcoin Market Reaches Extreme Underperformance, 40% of Coins Trade Near Their ATL
• BNB Chain Plans New Layer-1 for AI Agents and Quantum Future
• XRP Logo Lands on Kansas Jayhawks Jerseys as Ripple Inks Multi-Year Deal
• SEC’s 2026 Crypto Rulemaking Plan: Safe Harbors, Broker-Dealer Rules and ATS Amendments
• Bitcoin’s ETF comeback is relying on a $79B futures market betting the rebound holds
• Polymarket bets on U.S. marketing blitz to win back trust after 4-year ban: Report
• Malaysia Seizes Over 75,000 Crypto Mining Rigs in Power-Theft Crackdown
• Bitcoin slides as Iran ceasefire collapse sees $75 oil on Hormuz blockade threats
• Crypto Long & Short: With MSTR concerns assuaged, look to traditional signals around BTC
• Bitcoin 21M Cap Under Fire From Zcash Founder
• Crypto VC Paradigm launches $1.2 billion AI fund as it broadens beyond digital assets
• Bitcoin miners are using up to 12% of treasury BTC as collateral rather than selling coins
• Kraken Wins $22M From Auditor That Abandoned It During Operation Choke Point 2.0
• Ripple Price Analysis: The Critical Level XRP Must Defend to Avoid Another Breakdown
• Dinari, tZERO join forces on turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities
• Ethereum Price Analysis: Fresh Pullback Pushes ETH Further From $2K
• Adam Back's BSTR scraps SPAC merger, seeks new deal
• Hedge Funds Are Most Bearish onYen Since 2007: Could Japan Rotation Send XRP to $2.00?
• New Vanguard job posting could decide how crypto reaches 50 million investors
• BNB Chain is building a new layer-1 for high-frequency trading and AI agents
• Bull Bitcoin asks French court to strike down DAC8 implementing decree
• India crypto tax filings lag trading activity: Report
• The 5 types of real world assets being tokenized fastest onchain
• Kazakhstan president signs decree to accelerate crypto adoption
• Ripple Lands Major XRP Partnership as Garlinghouse Shares Rare Personal Moment
• One Bitcoin treasury’s paper loss just made Strategy’s stress everyone’s problem
• BTC speculators in focus as analysis says 'textbook Bitcoin bottom' is underway
• Morning Minute: Vanguard Hires 'Head of Digital Assets' in Crypto Capitulation
• Bitcoin Hasn’t Fully Capitulated Yet: Analysts Warn of Lower Levels Ahead
• Citadel abandons multi-year crypto lawsuit to focus on bankruptcy order against an ex-employee
• SpaceX's first bitcoin wallet movements in six months likely don't signal sales
• Eric Trump Doubles Down on Crypto as American Bitcoin Amasses 8,000 BTC
• Ripple’s $200M Rail Acquisition Loses AngelList as Crypto Payments Get Cut
• Bankers Filed Suspicious Activity Report Over Farage's £5M Gift From Tether Billionaire
• Lyn Alden says Bitcoin needs no savior as Strategy sells $216M of BTC
• Bitcoin looks calm but a July 17 oil deadline looms as Iran shock sends crude up 5%
• Mobile app Toss and blockchain Optimism to conduct Korean won stablecoin POC : report
• Cardano Whales Are Planning a Big Move: Will ADA Sink or Swim?
• Japanese Firms Are Boosting BTC and XRP Holdings – SBI VC Trade Reveals Why
• Bitcoin's inflation quagmire gets stickier as renewed MidEast conflict sends oil price soaring
• ESMA turns spotlight on crypto custody risks after MiCA transition
• Bitcoin miners have until 2027 to prove they deserve power on America’s overloaded grid
• Kalshi files same-day appeal of NY court's rejection of bid to block state gambling law enforcement
• Crypto and stocks tumble after Trump declares ceasefire 'over' following Iran strikes
• India’s Central Bank Renews Push for Crypto Ban: Report
• Ethereum Price Stabilizes as Tether Burns $2.5 Billion USDT Stablecoins
• Berachain hard fork to replace dual-token model with WBERA rewards
• MediaFuse expands beyond crypto with AI-optimized TechnologyWire launch
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Can Tether’s Brazil Push Boost BTC Despite Europe’s USDT Exit?
• SpaceX Bitcoin Wallet Wakes Up With a Tiny Transaction: What’s Next?
• Reserve Bank of India still favors crypto prohibition to curtail tax evasion: Reuters
• Pi Network’s Pi Crumbles to New ATL, Bitcoin (BTC) Halted at $64K: Market Watch
• Bitcoin ETFs draw $500M but weak demand leaves rebound exposed
• US-Iran Strikes and $7.7B Stablecoin Exit Put Bitcoin at $62,870
• Oil Soars, Bitcoin Plunges as Trump Declares Iran MoU ‘Is Over’
• Base to activate B20 standard for stablecoins, RWAs and other tokens
• Validators embrace XRP Ledger's recent upgrade. But not everyone’s on board yet
• Ethereum’s treasury boom now has one company nearing 5% of supply
• Crypto News, July 8: U.S. Strikes Iran Again, Ethereum Price Wobbles After Bitcoin Spot Sell-Off
• ZEC Briefly Tops $500 After Founder Says Formal Proof Is Nearly Ready
• Funds Never Held: GhostSwap’s Non-Custodial Model vs the 2026 Hack Wave
• EU to again vote to extend ‘chat control’ rules
• StarkWare CEO suggests 4% annual Bitcoin inflation to replace 21M cap
• Pi Network Unveils 2 Major Updates but PI Token Dumps to a New All-Time Low
• Swyftx eyes crypto payments after securing Australian license
• Live markets: Japan's collapsing yen is pushing companies into bitcoin and XRP
• Rapid Retail Mood Swings Signal Caution as BTC Retreats Amid Iran Strikes
• Bitcoin under pressure as U.S.-Iran escalation lifts oil
• Secret Network cites AI exploit risks in proposed Arbitrum move
• CFTC charges commodity, crypto pool operator with $14M fraud
• Strike launches ‘volatility-proof’ Bitcoin loans amid bear market, but at a cost