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Strategy's stock price started sliding again on Tuesday, one day after breaking a nine-day losing streak.

Ethereum continues to trade within a firmly bearish market structure despite showing signs of stabilization around a major support zone. While buyers have managed to defend the recent lows, both the daily and 4-hour charts suggest that any recovery attempt still faces significant overhead resistance. Meanwhile, exchange price data indicates that institutional demand through Coinbase […]

The bank said the bill faces major hurdles, with passage boosting institutional crypto adoption and delays prolonging regulatory uncertainty.

Open Standard's Open USD aims to let partners keep reserve income and eliminate minting fees, challenging Circle's USDC.

US agencies are formalizing identity checks at the issuer gate while leaving the transfer layer politically exposed. The post US starts clock to bring in ID checks for converting dollars to stablecoins but DeFi stays outside the rules appeared first on CryptoSlate.

David Schwartz proposes a two-part reservation mechanism to prevent front-running and sandwich attacks on XRPL's native DEX and AMM ahead of a validator vote. The post Ripple CTO Proposes ReservedTxns to Block Front-Running on XRPL DEX appeared first on Cryptonews.

PI has plummeted by over 96% since its historic peak of $3 witnessed at the start of 2025.

MetaMask is packaging stablecoin yield, payments, and trading into a single self-custody account as crypto firms compete to make digital dollars more useful.

MetaMask launches Money Account it says offers up to 4% variable APY on mUSD stablecoin balances and card spending, with DeFi-powered yield via vaults, excluding the UK and sanctioned jurisdictions. Update, June 30, 6:13 pm UTC: This article has been updated to correct the availability of MetaMask Money Account. Consensys said the Money Account is unavailable in the United Kingdom and sanctioned jurisdictions, not the European Union. MetaMask, a self-custodial wallet developed by Consensys, is launching a new product that it says lets users earn yield on its MetaMask USD (mUSD) stablecoin and spend it via a card exclusively on the Monad blockchain. The company on Tuesday announced the launch of Money Account, a product it says offers up to 4% variable annual percentage yield (APY) on eligible stablecoin deposits in supported jurisdictions. Read more

The launch reflects a broader push to make stablecoins more useful beyond trading and transfers.

OKX launched a beta marketplace for the agentic economy, enabling AI agents to autonomously find work and collaborate with other agents. Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has rolled out the beta launch of its marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The OKX AI platform enables users to list their own AI agents, enables AI agents to find work, transact autonomously and build an onchain reputation, according to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The platform connects two marketplaces: An agent marketplace where builders can earn income by listing their AI agents for services and a task marketplace where agents post work and find other agents for their tasks. Read more

Securitize begins trading on the NYSE July 2 as SECZ, raising $400M at a $1.25B valuation to lead real-world asset tokenization infrastructure. The post Securitize Lists on NYSE as SECZ: Backed by $400M Raise and BlackRock BUIDL appeared first on Cryptonews.

Innovation thrives when investors have choices. For tokenized securities, Washington shouldn't pick winners before the market has a chance to learn what works, argues Patrick McHenry, vice chairman at Ondo Finance and former Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

JPMorgan has warned that Congress could create new gaps in financial oversight if it moves too quickly to write new rules for the crypto industry. The warning comes as Senate leaders try to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a broad bill that would divide federal oversight of digital assets between the Securities and […] The post JPMorgan warns rushed US crypto rules could create market loopholes as Senate races toward July CLARITY Act vote appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Strategy’s new Bitcoin capital framework draws Wall Street backing from Benchmark with a $570 per share target even as traders question long-term demand risk. Michael Saylor’s Strategy won support from some Wall Street analysts after unveiling a new capital framework, but the changes also sparked debate over the company’s long-term Bitcoin strategy and sustainability. Benchmark Equity Research on Monday reiterated its Buy rating on Strategy’s Class A stock MSTR and maintained a 12-month price target of $570, according to a report reviewed by Cointelegraph. Strategy's common Class A stock, MSTR, rose 12.6% to about $92.70 on Monday, while its STRC preferred shares climbed 12.2% to around $83.70, according to TradingView and Yahoo Finance. Read more

Anthropic’s Claude AI predicts a major institutional divergence for XRP price prediction, forecasting a $2.20 to $3.00 macro recovery. The post Claude AI Opus Predicts Stunning XRP Price by End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The onchain capital markets platform allocated $20 million to Fidelity International's tokenized liquidity fund as tokenized Treasury products continue to attract institutional capital. Theo, an onchain capital markets platform, has invested $20 million in Fidelity International's USD Digital Liquidity Fund (FILQ). Theo said the investment makes it the first crypto-native platform to allocate capital to the asset manager's tokenized fund. Executed through Sygnum, a Swiss digital asset bank that provides regulated banking, custody and tokenization services for institutional clients, the allocation adds FILQ to Theo's institutional tokenized Treasury product, thBILL. FILQ is a Moody's Aaa-mf-rated tokenized US dollar liquidity fund built on Sygnum's Desygnate platform that invests in diversified short-term money market instruments designed to preserve capital and liquidity. Chainlink provides onchain net asset value and distribution data for the fund through its Runtime Environment, while JPMorgan receives and ...

The exchange operator will offer its TotalView data feed through Pyth's marketplace as financial firms increasingly build applications on blockchain rails.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee believes that Ethereum price decline stems from quarter-end positioning and not changing the company's prediction. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: Tom Lee Blames ETH Decline on Q2 Window Dressing appeared first on Cryptonews.

The record Bitcoin supply held by long-term holders may suggest that the crypto market bottom will come early, according to Swan’s Cory Klippsten. The Bitcoin holding level of long-term investors has reached a record high of 14.7 million Bitcoin, which could suggest that the crypto market bottom will come early, according to Cory Klippsten, CEO of Swan Bitcoin.  “We're at an all-time high of BTC held in addresses of long-term holders,” Klippsten told Cointelegraph in an interview, which he said has “marked cycle lows historically.” Bitcoin (BTC) supply held by long-term holders reached 14.7 million BTC on Wednesday, an all-time high that “signals continued conviction” among seasoned investors, according to crypto analytics platform Glassnode.  Read more