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Sequans, K33, Tao Alpha and The Blockchain Group also expand their bitcoin treasuries as corporate crypto buying gathers momentum.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy made a fresh $472.5 million investment in Bitcoin to see total holdings cross 600,000 BTC as the cryptocurrency surged past new highs. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, made another major investment in the asset during the past week as BTC surged to new historic highs of $118,000. Strategy acquired 4,225 Bitcoin (BTC) for $472.5 million last week, the company announced in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. Strategy’s new Bitcoin buy averaged $111,827 per coin, with BTC surging from about $108,000 on July 7 to $118,000 by the end of the week, according to CoinGecko. Read more

Bitcoin hit a new all-time high on Monday, propelling altcoins including Sui, XRP, and DOGE to notable gains.

The group pleading and shared branding weren't enough to prove D&G USA controlled or misled in the NFT project, said the judge.

South Korean regulators have approved a takeover of SGA Co. by investors tied to Metaplanet and Sora Ventures.

Sovereign Bitcoin reserves may become a long-term strategy for nations as El Salvador’s gains show multi-year value, Decrypt was told.

Storm’s legal counsel alleges prosecutors misattributed a journalist's message and failed to disclose the mistake immediately.

The Nasdaq-listed gaming firm turned strategic reserve, has made consecutive eight-figure buys of Ethereum.

Bitcoin’s record-breaking rally is being fueled by tariff-driven trade flows, high Treasury payouts, and a broader shift toward risk assets.

Coinbase's 'A New Day One' event is set to highlight where Base is going in the era of memecoins – and it all starts with a wallet rebrand.

The following is a guest post and opinion from Michael Egorov, Founder of Curve Finance. As DeFi edges closer to mainstream finance, it must balance neutrality, security, and throughput. In 2025, that balance is increasingly defined by two competing architectural visions. The evolution of DeFi has always hinged on one core question: what kind of […] The post Ethereum vs. Solana in 2025: Why decentralization may surpass speed in DeFi’s next chapter appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey joins a growing list of European officials concerned with the rise of stablecoins. Bank of England (BOE) governor Andrew Bailey recently warned against banks issuing stablecoins, saying that the Bank of England should focus on tokenizing deposits instead. Stablecoins introduce systemic risks to banking institutions that could destabilize the entire financial system, causing sovereign governments to lose control over their currencies, the BOE official told The Sunday Times in an interview.  He also added that the United Kingdom’s central bank should not adopt a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or otherwise seek to launch a centrally-managed digital fiat token. Read more

OFAC sanctioned a DPRK hacker funding Pyongyang's regime while DOJ charged OmegaPro founders in a $650 million crypto investment scam.

Tokens are a new financial wrapper, akin to the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that debuted on US exchanges in 1993, Christopher Perkins said. Real-world asset (RWA) tokens can democratize access to investments previously inaccessible to retail traders, similar to how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) expanded retail access to financial instruments when they debuted in 1993, according to Christopher Perkins, president and managing partner of investment firm CoinFund. “I believe tokens are the new ETFs,” Perkins told Cointelegraph in an interview. The executive said tokenized RWAs, which trade 24/7 on globally accessible markets, reduce the information asymmetry that has typically kept retail investors out of private placements under existing accreditation laws. He added: Essentially, that leaves ordinary people, normal people, very little access to what are the most exciting, the most innovative companies,” he continued. Read more

Caffeine, which calls itself “the first complete tech stack designed for AI,” launches July 15 in San Francisco.

Off the Grid's GUN token has expanded from Avalanche to Solana, while the list of crypto games shut down in 2025 only grew last week.

GameSquare’s $100M ETH push joins a wave of corporate Ethereum plays, with firms like SharpLink and Bit Digital also going big on ETH.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm took to Twitter with an urgent plea for support, ahead of his high-profile trial date tomorrow. Storm, who has been battling legal charges for nearly two years, is calling on the crypto community to help raise $500,000 in the next few days and $1.5 million in the coming weeks to […] The post Urgent appeal to help defend Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm and the right to financial privacy appeared first on CryptoSlate.

As the bitcoin price breaks records and institutional demand ramps up, the once-theoretical endgame of hyperbitcoinization is starting to look more like a macro trend than just a crypto dream.

A former voting tech auditor claims that voting machines still lack key security fixes flagged in 2006, leaving U.S. elections vulnerable.