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Altcoins are seeing heavy trading, with their futures volume spiking to multi-month highs, while BTC lags with a declining market dominance.

The newly formed company's ETH holdings have overtaken those of the Ethereum Foundation, which maintains the blockchain.

A Deloitte survey shows 99% of CFOs at billion-dollar firms expect to adopt crypto long term, with nearly a quarter planning integration within two years. Cryptocurrency is becoming a financial planning priority, with 99% of chief financial officers at billion-dollar firms expecting to use it for business in the long term, according to Deloitte’s Q2 2025 survey of CFOs. The survey, conducted among 200 CFOs at companies with over $1 billion in revenue, revealed that 23% expect their treasury departments to use crypto for investments or payments within the next two years. This figure climbs to almost 40% among CFOs at firms with revenue of more than $10 billion. Despite the momentum, finance chiefs remain cautious. Concerns about price volatility top the list, with 43% of respondents citing it as a primary barrier to adopting non-stable cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Read more

As blockchain interoperability matures, this episode of the Clear Crypto Podcast unpacks how solutions like Hyperlane are reshaping crypto infrastructure and enhancing security. Blockchain interoperability was once seen as a distant technical challenge and aspiration for the decentralized world. However, this challenge may become virtually invisible to users within the next two years. On the latest episode of the Clear Crypto Podcast, hosts Nathan Jeffay and Gareth Jenkinson speak with Jon Kol, co-founder of interoperability project Hyperlane, about the rapid evolution of blockchain infrastructure and how emerging solutions are solving long-standing communication issues between blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. According to Kol, seamless interoperability similar to Web2 platforms, where users remain unaware of underlying hosting environments, will soon become the standard in Web3. Read more

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Aptos (APT) was also among the top performers, rising 5% from Wednesday.

BTC bulls need to overcome the 161.8% Fib extension, the so-called golden ratio.

By running proofs in parallel, GOAT Network claims the testnet can resolve transactions in under three seconds.

The blockchain aims to enable fast, low-cost and stable digital payments using USDT as its gas token.

The new Grayscale Story Trust offers investors exposure to $IP, the token powering programmable digital rights on blockchain.

Police said hackers duped the employee into installing malware on his office computer using a fake freelance job offer.

Support has now been established at $2.38, with resistance at $2.55.

Crypto treasury companies are emerging as a new category, bringing significant liquidity to the crypto industry. Corporate cryptocurrency treasuries are emerging as a new class of public companies bridging traditional finance and digital assets, signaling increasing institutional interest in crypto. Corporate cryptocurrency treasury firms including Strategy, Metaplanet and SharpLink have collectively amassed about $100 billion worth of digital assets, according to a Galaxy Research report released Thursday. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury firms hold the lion’s share, with over 791,662 BTC worth about $93 billion on their books, representing 3.98% of the circulating supply. Ether (ETH) treasury firms hold 1.3 million ETH tokens, worth more than $4 billion, representing 1.09% of the Ether supply, the report said. Read more

Solana meme token gains momentum as deflationary pressure builds with 1T token burn on the horizon

The guidelines are expected to cover leverage limits, user eligibility and risk disclosures for crypto lending activities. South Korea’s financial regulators plan to release guidelines on cryptocurrency lending services next month in an effort to tighten oversight and protect investors amid growing concerns over leveraged crypto products. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) on Thursday announced the formation of a joint task force to develop a regulatory framework for crypto lending, according to local media Yonhap News Agency (YNA). The move follows new lending services introduced by South Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb. According to YNA, Bithumb has allowed users to borrow as much as four times their collateral, while Upbit has offered loans worth up to 80% of users’ asset value. Read more

Violations of the new law could incur prison sentences of up to a year, and thousands of dollars in fines.

Coinbase’s satirical video takes aim at Britain’s struggling economy as data shows almost half of UK adults are financially vulnerable. Coinbase has taken aim at the United Kingdom’s financial system in a darkly satirical video, which comes as data reveals an increase in financial hardship across the country. Titled “Everything is fine,” the video uses a musical tone and lyrics to brag about the UK's strong finances while showing grim scenes of inflation, poverty, debt and financial struggle, a hint at the gap between what people are told and what they actually face. “We ain’t got no troubles. No reason to complain,” the video starts, as damaged homes and cash-strapped individuals fill the screen. “The streets can’t get no cleaner. Nor the rat meat any leaner. No. Life is just as great,” it claims, as dirty streets flash across the screen. Read more

The Philippine government launched a blockchain-based document validation system on Polygon, despite the network suffering a partial outage on the same day. The government of the Philippines announced that it will notarize its documents on the Polygon blockchain — on the same day that the network’s Heimdall v2 mainnet suffered a temporary outage. Maria Francesca Montes Del Rosario, undersecretary at the Philippine Department of Budget and Management, announced in a Wednesday Facebook post that the government’s blockchain transparency was live. According to a Thursday report by local crypto news outlet BitPinas, Del Rosario said at the launch event that blockchain addresses the issue presented by artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes and prevents bad actors from falsifying government documents. Read more

XRP price needs to beat its January record monthly close above $3.03 for a renewed push toward new all-time highs. Key takeaways: July’s monthly candle close can become XRP’s highest ever. A close above $3.03 could stage a rally to $7-$11, according to analysts. Read more

CoinDCX operator Neblio reportedly filed a complaint against software engineer Rahul Agarwal after discovering that his credentials had been compromised through his work laptop. An employee of CoinDCX, a cryptocurrency exchange that was hacked for $44 million in mid-July, was arrested in India in connection with a security breach, according to multiple local reports. Bengaluru City police detained CoinDCX software engineer Rahul Agarwal after hackers allegedly managed to compromise his login credentials to siphon the exchange’s assets, The Times of India reported on Thursday. The arrest followed a complaint and internal investigation by CoinDCX operator Neblio Technologies, which determined that Agarwal’s credentials had been compromised via his work laptop, allowing unauthorized access to the company’s servers. Read more