Crypto

The initial fall came alongside a market-wide sell off that saw BTC fall from $123,000 to $117,000.

As Bitcoin treasury bets stumble in 2025, Strategy thrives with disciplined capital, mNAV premiums and long-term focus. By 2025, the Bitcoin treasury model has reached critical mass. Over 250 organizations,  including public companies, private firms, ETFs and pension funds, now hold BTC on their balance sheets.  The Bitcoin (BTC) treasury model trend was ignited by Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin plan, with Strategy pioneering the use of Bitcoin as a corporate reserve asset in 2020.  Read more

The process involves daily on-chain holdings verification, reconciling balances with the number of fund shares outstanding.

U.S. authorities have stopped investigating crypto prediction markets platform Polymarket, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

With investigations from two major US agencies now reportedly closed, Polymarket has reached a critical regulatory milestone ahead of its $200 million funding round. The United States Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have reportedly closed their investigations into online betting platform Polymarket after several months. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, authorities ended investigations into Polymarket to investigate whether the platform was accepting trades from US-based users. The investigation reportedly ramped up after the 2024 US elections, when many Polymarket users were betting on the outcome of races.  The company reached a $1.4 million settlement with the CFTC in 2022. Amid the reported investigations in November 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, confiscating his electronic devices.  Read more

The firm now holds 280,706 ETH worth about $840 million after last week's purchases.

DOGE leads majors in crypto selloff. Banks can hold crypto under strict rules: Fed. Whale sends $2b BTC to Galaxy Digital for sale. Sequans buys $79m BTC. BTC backed loans cross $1b collateral on Coinbase. StanChart first global bank to offer BTC, ETH trading. Bitmine immersion buys $500m ETH. Sharplink bought another $73m ETH, now top holder. BofA launches crypto weekly research, bullish on ETH. Ripple, Circle, BitGo seek US bank trust license. xStocks can now be used as collateral on Kamino. Grayscale files for IPO. Revolut Pay on Moonpay available across UK, EEA. Tornado cash trial to begin today. Kazakhstan details crypto reserve plans

BONK rallies as institutional appetite rises and a trillion-token burn plan fuels scarcity-driven momentum

Bitcoin may retest the $114,000–$115,000 zone, its former resistance turned support, before BTC price continues its rally toward $160,000. Key takeaways: Bitcoin has confirmed an inverted head-and-shoulders breakout. A short-term pullback toward $114K–$115K may retest former resistance as support. Read more

The crypto industry is sitting on a massive $141 million to spend on the next round of congressional elections, offering a constant reminder to lawmakers.

Programmable regulation could be the solution to legacy regulatory frameworks struggling to keep pace with DeFi’s rapidly evolving ecosystems. Embedding compliance in code can bring legal clarity, reduce risk and foster innovation in DeFi. Opinion by: Raks Sondhi, chief operating officer of Freedx Governing composable, borderless and programmable ecosystems with rules made for simple, static financial systems presents a fundamental challenge. In the past year alone, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms held over $60 billion worth of crypto assets locked in their protocols. Yet most jurisdictions still lack a clear definition of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). This confusion is slowing innovation and undermining the credibility of regulatory institutions. Read more

ATOM fell in line with the wider crypto market on Tuesday as BTC also retreated from $123,000 to $117,000.

Spain’s BBVA opens retail access to Bitcoin and Ether through its mobile app, offering bank-grade custody and MiCA-backed compliance without the complexity of crypto exchanges. BBVA launched its crypto trading and custody service for retail customers in Spain on July 4, 2025, making it the first traditional bank in the country to offer such a service under the EU’s new MiCA regulations. BBVA’s crypto offering provides buy, sell and custody services for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), integrated directly into the bank’s mobile banking app. The service is designed to bring cryptocurrency access to retail investors without requiring them to use third-party exchanges or separate custodians. Read more

XRP price retreats from multimonth highs as overhead resistance from the $3 psychological level remains the most important barrier for the bulls. Key takeaways: XRP price must break the $3 resistance level to clear a path to new all-time highs. Increasing futures open interest supports further upside potential for XRP. Read more

BONK trades above key support after breakout, with rising volume and RSI showing strong momentum above 75.

Bitcoin OG Willy Woo believes that his more recent investments have the potential for even higher returns than simply holding Bitcoin. Veteran Bitcoiner Willy Woo has done the unthinkable and cashed out most of his stack. Ive sold most of my Bitcoin now, the legendary onchain analyst cheerfully tells Magazine. But what on earth possessed the industrys best-known onchain analyst to give up on the hardest money known to man? Has he gone mad? It turns out that Woo believes he can make more money selling shovels during the gold rush, than buying gold, with most of the proceeds of his Bitcoin sales reinvested into Bitcoin infrastructure. The co-founder of crypto quant fund Crest explains that Bitcoins market capitalization is around $2 trillion, which means it probably has at best 50x growth to $100 trillion, which he believes will be near the ceiling. Woos thesis is that early-stage Bitcoin startups have the potential for even better returns from here on in. If you were to look at a Bitcoin venture, youve got, yo...

BTC slipped below $117,000 after suring past $123,000.

The EU’s MiCA regulation surprised some doubters as major crypto exchanges lined up to get licenses. Despite initial concerns about its effect on the European crypto industry, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation is proving a benefit to crypto customers and exchanges alike. The EU’s first regulatory package concerning cryptocurrencies has been in effect for almost 200 days, and since then, a number of prominent exchanges has set up operations on the continent. In its first two quarters of operation, MiCA has shirked critics’ expectations that it would “destroy” the European crypto industry by overburdening exchanges with regulations and requiring users to identify themselves to stay on regulated platforms.  Read more

Citizenship and residency via crypto are now possible in countries like Vanuatu, El Salvador and Portugal, with investment requirements ranging from $100,000 to $1 million. Vanuatu is one of the fastest countries to offer citizenship, with crypto accepted through licensed agents. Dominica and Saint Lucia offer Caribbean citizenship in months using crypto converted via trusted agencies. Portugal offers EU residency and a path to citizenship through crypto-linked investment funds. Read more

Wynn previously claimed that his leveraged positions were deliberately “hunted” by crypto market makers looking to sink Bitcoin’s price below his liquidation threshold. Multimillionaire cryptocurrency trader James Wynn returned despite numerous previous liquidations, signaling renewed confidence in Bitcoin’s near-term upside momentum. Wynn returned with two new leveraged positions, including a 40x leveraged Bitcoin (BTC) long position worth over $19.5 million at $117,000, which could be liquidated if the price fell below $115,750. Wynn has already incurred $1.4 million worth of funding fees to maintain the position, which has a current unrealized profit of $78,000. Wynn’s second position is a 10x leveraged long on the popular Pepe (PEPE) memecoin, worth over $102,000, was opened at $0.01201, but the position’s liquidation price remains unknown, according to blockchain data from Hypurrscan. Read more