Crypto

AMINA Bank becomes the first global bank to support Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, offering custody and trading services to institutional clients.

Lever CEO Jullian Duran joins the Clear Crypto Podcast to explore how using Bitcoin as collateral, rather than cashing out, can create a new path to financial independence. What if you could use your Bitcoin (BTC) to buy a house, fund a child’s education or invest in a new business, without ever selling it?  In the latest episode of the Clear Crypto Podcast, the CEO of Lever, Jullian Duran, makes the case for a new kind of financial firepower; using Bitcoin not to cash out, but to unlock opportunity. Duran, who previously worked at Bridgewater and Marathon Digital, said his mission is rooted in personal experience and in the unrealized potential of Bitcoin-rich users who find themselves asset-rich but liquidity-poor. Read more

Growth in companies adding to their ETH treasuries and the acceleration of Ethereum adoption in TradFi could send Ether price to $2,800. Key point: Ether price is showing strength as increasing demand from companies buying and building ETH treasuries accelerates. BitMine Immersion Technologies and Bit Digital recently announced plans to make Ether (ETH) a part of their treasury strategy. Additionally, sports betting company SharpLink Gaming boosted its Ether holdings to 188,000 Ether after the latest purchase of 12,207 Ether in the week ending June 20. Read more

Blockchain isn’t a speculative detour; it’s a modern financial operating system, says Tuongvy Le.

The license was granted after a new policy from Singapore's Monetary Authority required all crypto firms based in the country to register. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted crypto exchange Bitstamp a license to provide services to residents of the Southeast Asian country, the company announced on Thursday. Bitstamp's license is part of the exchange's broader expansion into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, the company said. In June, MAS ordered all crypto exchanges serving overseas customers to get licensed or face expulsion, imprisonment, and financial penalties. The regulator also warned that obtaining a license would be very difficult. MAS officials wrote: Read more

Uniswap has advanced 15% to $7.73 after bottoming at $6.26 in June. The January launch of v4 has consolidated liquidity, reaching $1 B TVL and $86B total volume in six months. Daily fees average $2.3M, and SEC guidance has supported growing institutional demand, lifting weekly turnover above $350M. The post Uniswap Rallies 24% in 48-Hour V-Bounce – Can Bulls Defy Looming $7.60 Test? appeared first on Cryptonews.

DeFi Dev Corp expands its SOL holdings to over 640K tokens and increases staking activity, reinforcing its long-term commitment to the Solana ecosystem.

Sharplink Gaming skyrocketed over 4,000% following its $450 million fundraising announcement, only to plunge 90% in the next few weeks.

Cardano's native token hits a 5-month high amid global economic uncertainty and technical developments.

Bitcoin bulls will have to maintain the price above $109,000 to enhance the prospects of a breakout to a new all-time high above $111,980. Key point: BTC’s rally above $109,000 has invalidated a bearish pattern, setting the stage for bulls to make a run at a new all-time high. Bitcoin (BTC) rallied sharply on Wednesday and is trying to continue its uptrend on Thursday, indicating sustained demand from the bulls. 10x Research head of research Markus Thielen told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin could surge to $116,000, supported by strong inflows into the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, US Federal Reserve uncertainty and the sharp drop in Bitcoin supply on crypto exchanges. Read more

More than 16 billion passwords were leaked in 2025, not from a single breach, but from years of silent malware infections. In June 2025, cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews uncovered one of the most significant credential leaks ever recorded: More than 16 billion login details compiled into roughly 30 massive data sets were freely circulating online. Rather than a single catastrophic breach, this was the accumulation of years’ worth of infostealer malware silently infecting devices, scraping everything from passwords and cookies to active session tokens and web login histories.  Read more

The Solana-based token sees a massive volume spike to 2.9 trillion amid potential ETF launch speculation and an upcoming token burn event.

Based on an evaluation between December 2023 and January 2025, the IRS Criminal Investigation did not always follow guidelines around seizing and holding crypto in cases. A US government watchdog has recommended reforms to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) criminal investigation division’s handling of digital assets, citing repeated failures to follow established protocols. In a Tuesday report, the US Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said its evaluation of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) revealed shortcomings around the seizure and safeguarding of digital assets. According to the government watchdog, the IRS failed to follow all guidelines between December 2023 and January 2025 for seizure memorandums around confiscated crypto, detailing the addresses, dates, and amounts.  Read more

Bullish momentum drives NEAR token to $2.36 high before sellers step in, establishing new support at $2.26 Fibonacci level.

Dogwifhat has advanced 21% in 24 hours, jumping from $0.78 to almost $0.95 as traders return to memecoins. Fresh listings such as Slex and the token’s first Solana validator node have broadened access, yet over 35% of $WIF remains in whale wallets, tempering hopes for a sustained breakout. The post Dogwifhat ($WIF) Defies Memecoin Stereotypes With 21% Jump and Solana Validator Launch appeared first on Cryptonews.

BTC nears ATH, touches $110k. ETH leads broad crypto rally in altcoins. Committed to advancing tokenisation: SEC Chair. Institutions buying, big whales selling BTC. Addentax Group to buy $1.2b BTC. Bit Digital raises $163m to buy ETH. DFDV raises $112.5m to buy SOL. ETH ETFs could do $10b H2 inflows: Bitwise. Top banks will buy ETH for stablecoin ops: Lee. OpenAI tokens ‘not equity’, OpenAI isn’t involved. Your equity is fake: Elon to OpenAI. Rex-Osprey SOL+Staking ETF goes live. BounceBit to launch tokenised stocks in Q4. Ripple seeks US banking license. Blackrock IBIT making more fees than S&P 500 fund. Thiel launches digital bank for crypto. Belgium’s KBC Bank to launch crypto trading

The altcoin making is cooling down as bitcoin attempts to form a new record high.

Europe's largest asset manager says the US GENIUS Act could unintentionally weaken the greenback and disrupt global payments. European asset manager Amundi believes that the US GENIUS Act could trigger a surge in dollar-backed stablecoins, potentially causing unintended consequences for the global payment system, and even threatening the long-term dominance of the greenback itself. “It could be genius, or it could be evil, said Vincent Mortier, Amundi’s chief investment officer, in a recent interview with Reuters.  While dollar-backed stablecoins have long been seen as a way to guarantee the dollar’s global hegemony, promoting a stablecoin could actually create “an alternative to the US dollar [...] that can could lead to more weakening of the dollar,” said Mortier. Read more

PENGU flipped WIF, FLOKI, and other popular meme coins as it climbed the crypto ladder.

Senator Cynthia Lummis has introduced a standalone bill to pursue the same objectives to ease up on several tax concerns involving digital assets activity.