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BTC price action returned to $64,000 on low US CPI inflation but traders stayed wary of rejection at key resistance. Bitcoin (BTC) spiked past $64,000 into Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US inflation saw a surprise sudden downturn. Key points: Read more

Bolivia's government is evaluating whether to include USDT in its regulated payment system alongside the boliviano and the US dollar, according to local media. Cryptoassets are authorized in the country with no legal-tender status attached. The country's finance minister described the current state as a prohibition lifted without a clear regulatory framework, with the technical […] The post The next currency crisis could turn $300 billion in stablecoins into national currencies appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The spinout comes amid one of the biggest organizational shakeups at the Ethereum Foundation in years.

Fidelity International’s Giselle Lai argues that the most compelling long-term use case for tokenized funds is balance-sheet management for large, global institutions, not 24/7 liquidity.

The 2,931 BTC balance moved twice and still sits in an unlabeled second-hop address with no outbound transaction. The post Is a Bitcoin whale from 2018 about to cash in after awakening to transfer $188 million? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ripple has joined the newly launched x402 Foundation as a premier member, backing an open protocol designed to enable seamless internet-native payments for AI agents and applications.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT now displays Kalshi’s World Cup prediction market odds in search results, marking the AI firm’s first reported deal with a prediction market platform. Sam Altman’s OpenAI is bringing prediction market data to ChatGPT, giving World Cup fans a new way to track match predictions. OpenAI has started displaying Kalshi’s prediction market odds for FIFA World Cup matches in ChatGPT search results, according to a report by The New York Times. The integration had not been publicly announced at the time of publication. Kalshi declined to comment to Cointelegraph, while OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Read more

MicroStrategy blew up during the dot-com era, before Michael Saylor transformed it into the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder. Did he learn his lesson? In March 2000, Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor watched more than $6 billion disappear from his fortune in a single day. MicroStrategy's shares had plummeted more than 60%, thrusting the thirty-five year old software entrepreneur into the center of the dot-com crash. The company later settled civil fraud charges with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting practices without admitting or denying wrongdoing. MicroStrategy did not cause the dot-com bubble to burst, but the saga was one of the era's high-profile corporate blowups and the company became a symbol of the periods excesses and risks. Read more

Bitcoin jumped after June CPI dropped to 3.5%, but energy prices drove the beat, and the Fed still eyes a September rate hike. The post June CPI Beat Sparks Bitcoin Surge, but the Fed’s September Hike Looms appeared first on Cryptonews.

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Humanity Protocol’s founder said they will refocus on operational security, as malicious actors are switching from smart contract vulnerabilities to exploiting human behavior. Humanity Protocol will refocus its cybersecurity efforts on operational security following a June $36 million exploit that was traced back to a compromised employee laptop, according to the founder of the decentralized identity company, Terence Kwok. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Kwok said that the exploit stemmed from last year’s mainnet launch, when several production keys were inadvertently backed up onto the laptop that was compromised, including admin hot wallet keys and a quorum of multisig owner keys across both chains.  He said: The exploit and Humanity Protocol’s action highlight an increase in cryptocurrency hackers refocusing their attacks on staff-level vulnerabilities and operational shortcomings, rather than exploiting smart contract code. Read more

FBTC and IBIT drove the $424.7 million reversal, leaving the July 6-13 balance $227.3 million in the red. The post Bitcoin ETFs lose over $424M, wiping out last week’s gains as recovery fails first test appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Morgan Creek Capital's Mark Yusko calls Dogecoin and SpaceX valuations "silly," warning DOGE could go to zero if Elon Musk sells. Here's what the price data and whale risk actually mean for traders. The post Mark Yusko Says Dogecoin and SpaceX Valuations Are ‘Silly’ appeared first on Cryptonews.

Mark Palmer said Hut 8's Beacon Point project transforms the company into an AI infrastructure platform with a long growth runway.

XRP trades at $1.07 with crowd sentiment at a 5-week high while price falls. Santiment data, technicals, and three price scenarios for XRP — plus what the data actually signals. The post XRP Price Prediction: Key Metrics Point to a Crash appeared first on Cryptonews.

This morning's report could go a long way toward determining whether the Federal Reserve raises interest rates at its late-July meeting.

BTC had stalled below $63,000 before the CPI numbers went out.

Strategy’s Bitcoin-buying machine stayed in neutral, while BTC and crypto majors chop and oil spikes ahead of a key CPI print this morning.

The pilot will test a beta version of the digital euro for online, offline, in-store, and e-commerce payments with ECB and central bank staff as users.

JCB and Circle will explore using USDC for cross-border payments and merchant transactions as Japan ramps up efforts to bring stablecoins into everyday commerce.