Crypto for Thursday, July 9, 2026

• Analyst Sees Upside for ETH Ahead of Glamsterdam Upgrade
• New Hampshire snuffs out trailblazing state-government bitcoin bond effort
• AI Agents Could Be Turned Into Botnets Through Hallucinations, Researchers Warn
• Coinbase chief legal officer to transition to advisory role on July 31
• ZachXBT Sounds Alarm Over AscendEX as Users Struggle to Withdraw Funds
• Avalanche Treasury Firm AVAX One Reclaims Nasdaq Compliance After Reverse Stock Split
• Grayscale's CFO exits after 7 years with crypto asset manager
• Perplexity Fine-Tuned a Chinese AI Model to Match Claude Opus 4.8 at One-Third the Cost
• With SEC fight over, Coinbase's top legal exec Grewal moves on, and others reassigned
• Arbitrum jumps 19% benefitting from Robinhood's $568 million onchain trading frenzy
• Anthropic AI Oversight Board Adds Ben Bernanke, Who Oversaw 2008 Financial Crisis at Fed
• Bitdeer stock jumps 14% as company expands US mining hardware production
• New Hampshire rejects $100M Bitcoin-backed bond after public finance hearing
• White House says it received no Democratic response related to SEC, CFTC vacancies
• Phantom, Hyperliquid ask CFTC to modernize rules for onchain derivatives
• Newest version of crypto Clarity Act may drop as soon as next week, sources say
• Solana (SOL) FUD Hits 2026 High: Why It Could Be a Bullish Twist
• Ethereum Foundation Turns AI Loose on ETH Network to Find Bugs Before Hackers Do
• Billions flowing out of bitcoin ETFs and private credit funds suggest rising market risks
• Kalshi’s court loss shows federal approval may still leave prediction markets fenced off by states
• Can Cardano (ADA) Reclaim $1 in 2026: 3 AIs Weigh in
• OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 Sol: Here’s How It Stacks Up Against Other AI Models
• Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot faces investor scrutiny over insider sales
• UK politicians mull permanent crypto donation ban in wake of Nigel Farage scandal
• Can Bitcoin hold $62K ahead of Friday’s $1.4 billion options expiry?
• MARA shares surge after 2 GW Texas infrastructure deal expands AI ambitions
• Robinhood launched a Wall Street layer 2 chain and the market crowned a $150M cat coin first
• Swift Readies Ledger for 24/7 Token Transfers—Though True Settlement Is Stuck on Old Rails
• Bitcoin Is in Deep Value Zone, Yet $53K Drop Cannot Be Ruled Out
• Bitcoin traders reveal key levels as BTC price passes $63K after Trump Iran 'deal' comments
• AI contracts, not bitcoin, now drive miner valuations, and Cipher and TeraWulf look cheap, says analyst
• MARA Stock Pops as Bitcoin Miner Agrees to Acquire Massive Powered Texas Land Plot
• Why Bitcoin ATMs are becoming the last stop in America’s $11B crypto scam pipeline
• Labour MPs Push to Make UK Crypto Donation Ban Permanent
• Ethereum's newest nonprofit wants to become Wall Street's guide to crypto
• Ripple (XRP) News Today: July 9
• Cardano’s wallet hack exposed the user layer holding its on-chain government together
• Shiba Inu Burn Rate Goes Parabolic, Yet SHIB Keeps Bleeding: Details
• Ripple (XRP) Price Predictions for This Week (July 9)
• CLARITY Act misses July target making August 7 a critical date for the bill
• Bitcoin’s quantum dilemma: Bigger blocks or STARK proofs?
• Why Is the Pi Network (PI) Price Down This Week?
• Criminal Complaint Against Circle Puts USDC Freeze Policy Under a Microscope
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Overlooked BTC Gold Ratio Is Flashing an Unexpected Signal
• Aave rolls out vaults for yield-hungry fintech investors
• MoonPay Brings Its AI Crypto Agents to Telegram
• PayPal’s Stablecoin Lands on Polygon With Built-In Compliance and Fiat Access
• Age verification is the surveillance nobody voted for
• Hong Kong regulator orders new anti-phishing measures for crypto platforms
• A $1 billion HYPE treasury trade is hitting public markets before liquidity has been tested
• Morning Minute: Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fund as Crypto’s Top VC Pushes Into AI
• EU Set to Revise MiCA in 2027 to Cover Foreign Stablecoin Issuers
• Peter Schiff: Bitcoiners Are In Denial About Strategy’s BTC Sale
• Over $7.2 billion have migrated from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP as Mantle joins exodus
• AscendEX Collapse: MiCA Deadline, Failed Financing, and Empty Hot Wallets
• Ethereum (ETH) Rises 8% Weekly: Is a Bigger Pump Coming Next?
• Bitcoin price shows resilience above $60,000 amid renewed US-Iran hostilities
• CASHCAT Turns $86 to $2 Million: Best Life-Changing Crypto to Buy?
• Pricing houses in bitcoin exposes dollar's loss of value
• XRP Price Prediction: Going Mainstream as Kansas Athletics Announces Strategic Jersey Patch
• Sony Bank gets US regulator nod to issue stablecoins
• Interpol operation exposes $122M crypto wallet tied to romance scam laundering
• Swift rolls out new blockchain ledger to bring 24/7 banking to 17 global giants
• Sony Bank Clears OCC Hurdle for Dollar Stablecoin
• Robinhood Chain: From Wall Street Roots to Onchain Memecoins – How to Bridge Safely
• Latin America’s biggest stock exchange now offers options on bitcoin, ether and solana futures
• Bitcoin’s bottom needs long-term holders to stop losing $280M a day
• Ethereum Price Prediction: Hoskinson Accuses ETH of Taking Cardano Ideas Without Credit
• Crypto for Advisors: Q2 2026 Digital Asset Review
• Crypto remains resilient in face of renewed Middle East tensions
• Revolut says USDT delisting is limited to EEA, Switzerland
• Singapore's Temasek investment fund says crypto is off the table, will focus on AI
• 5 Key Reasons Bitcoin’s Price Remains Under Heavy Pressure
• Hyperliquid shows how onchain perps could challenge Wall Street: Pantera
• Bitcoin ETFs end 'most overwhelming' $2.7B sell-off amid new $85M net outflow
• Crypto trader applies legendary HODL strategy to EUR/USD forex bet
• Sony secures conditional approval to set up U.S. stablecoin trust bank
• Sam Altman’s Worldcoin cuts WLD unlocks by 43% but 4.9B tokens still need to prove demand
• Two blockbuster AI IPO's on the horizon could leave crypto further behind
• A 20-Year-Old's Crypto Wallet Moved $123M in Romance-Scam Cash: Interpol Says
• Bank of Korea stands firm on bank-led stablecoin push as deposit token pilots advance
• SWIFT launches blockchain ledger with 17-bank tokenized deposit pilot
• Crypto News, July 9: Iran Market Fears Fade as Bitcoin and Ethereum Price Shrug Off Another Panic
• Bitcoin's dwindling exchange reserves don't pack the same bullish punch anymore
• Regulators invited Binance to seek new licenses after MiCA setback, co-CEO says
• Russia's largest private bank Alfa-Bank tests crypto trading
• MemeCore (M) Plunges Hard Again, Bitcoin (BTC) Eyes $63K: Market Watch
• Bitcoin Is Stuck in ‘No Man’s Land’ as $63K Emerges as Major Barrier
• Live markets: Second day of U.S, Iran conflict keeps markets volatile as oil drops
• Bank of Japan may speed up rate hikes, pushing borrowing costs above 2%, ex-BOJ official warns
• 'CASHCAT' trader turns $800 into over $1 million on Robinhood's brand new blockchain
• Pi Network’s Big July Upgrade Explained: What Pioneers Need to Know
• Wyden urges Senate leaders to keep dev protections in crypto bill
• Trader loses $1M after signing phishing token approval
• AI is shortening the shelf life of crypto security audits, researchers warn
• ‘Summer of Ethereum Love’ Gaining Steam, Says Lubin, But When Will ETH Price Follow? 
• XRP holds near $1.10 as traders watch long-term breakout setup
• Bitcoin, ether steady, gold slides as US-Iran tensions escalate again
• AI boom fuels inflation fears, complicating Fed’s next rate move
• Ripple Rolls Out New XRPL Upgrade, but Less Than Half of Nodes Have Upgraded
• Crypto VC Paradigm raises $1.2B to push into AI
• Mark Cuban-backed DeFi dashboard Zapper shutters after 7 years
• Crypto could benefit if Fed steps in to backstop US stock market: Analysts