Crypto

Your day-ahead look for July 25, 2025

Maple Finance’s SYRUP token defied the broader crypto market slump, soaring 23% following its listing on Upbit.

A record-breaking public sale, strategic acquisitions and ecosystem expansion mark Pump.fun’s rise, highlighting user-driven token distribution. Pump.fun limited token supply in the ICO and locked transfers for 72 hours, creating urgency and fueling retail FOMO. Over 10,000 wallets joined the sale, many pre-funded via PumpSwap, enabling rapid participation and fast capital inflow. The platform processed $448M directly on Solana, using its high-speed, low-fee design to complete the $500M sale in under 12 minutes. Read more

An Arizona woman was sentenced to 8.5 years for aiding DPRK hackers in infiltrating over 300 US crypto and tech firms, generating $17 million of illicit gains. An Arizona woman was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for helping North Korean operatives infiltrate US cryptocurrency and tech firms using stolen identities and fraudulent documents. According to a Thursday announcement by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Christina Marie Chapman was convicted of wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft and money laundering conspiracy. She was sentenced to 102 months, or about 8.5 years in prison. Prosecutors said Chapman worked with operatives tied to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to obtain remote IT positions at more than 300 US-based companies. The North Korean workers posed as US citizens and residents, and the scheme generated over $17 million in illicit revenue. Read more

Token demonstrates resilience with dramatic intraday breakout on elevated volume amid broader crypto market turbulence.

Bitcoin’s drop below $115,000 saw significant liquidations of late longs, but BTC’s bullish scenario remained intact, according to analysts and onchain metrics. Key takeaways: A whale bet $23.7 million targeting Bitcoin at $200,000 by year-end, signaling strong bullish conviction. Analysts say Bitcoin remains bullish, but $115,000 will be key for uptrend continuation. Read more

In the bank's most optimistic scenario, bitcoin could reach $199,000 by the end of the year, while a more bearish setup, pulls the forecast down to $64,000.

OSL also plans to use the capital to support acquisition plans and bolster its balance sheet

The transactions occurred shortly after XRP touched $3.60, its highest level since 2021, before pulling back to around nearly $3.

Despite record liquidity levels, traders are pulling back as leveraged positions unwind and profit-taking accelerates across major tokens.

Regulatory overhang, leveraged unwind, and profit-taking collide even as corporate adoption cases grow.

The broader cryptocurrency market, including ether and solana, also experienced losses of 2% to 3%.

It also sold 11,262 shares of Robinhood (HOOD), worth around $1.1 million based on Robinhood's last close.

Trading volatility futures involves betting on the expected amount of price fluctuation, rather than the direction of the price.

The Arizona woman helped North Korean operatives pose as U.S. IT workers and launder millions back to Pyongyang.

Nigeria is open to stablecoin firms, signaling a shift over a year after a Binance crackdown shook the local crypto industry.

OpenAI's new ChatGPT agent can automate web tasks like logging in and scheduling, but its launch comes with serious security warnings.

The surging borrowing rates in the Ethereum network may send “ripple effects across the Ethereum ecosystem,” says a crypto researcher. Ether may be heading for an unstable period in the near term, as the cost of borrowing wrapped Ether has spiked and technical indicators point to overvaluation, according to a crypto analyst.  “We believe Ethereum is looking vulnerable in the near term,” 10x Research head of research Markus Thielen told Cointelegraph on Wednesday. “The market is entering a quieter summer stretch — particularly in the US during August — while technical indicators remain deeply overbought.” Read more

Regulatory clarity is opening the door for banks, asset managers, and crypto firms to roll out new stablecoin products. The ink on the GENIUS Act is barely dry, but its ripple effects are already visible across the crypto industry. In just seven days, the sector added nearly $4 billion, pushing the stablecoin market cap above $264 billion and fueling corporate interest in related ventures. The surge is no surprise. The landmark legislation provides banks, asset managers, and other institutional investors with a federal framework for fiat-backed stablecoins without the looming threat of enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). With regulatory clarity comes new capital, new players, and intensified competition. Signs of this shift had already emerged even before the GENIUS Act was enacted. Read more

BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust has reached $10 billion, faster than all but two funds in the ETF industry's 32-year history.