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Cartwright Pension Trusts helped a pioneering pension scheme to secure returns of about 60% from its BTC allocation in under a year.

Will bears or bulls win the short-term battle?

The Layer 1 (L1) blockchain is designed to combine and secure modular blockchains in its ecosystem. 

The GENIUS act will cement stablecoins as the basis of the global crypto economy. Can Bitcoin reach it’s full potential if that happens? Theres been an unprecedented tailwind in Washington DC this year for stablecoins. From the embrace of the assets by politicians and the industry to the GENIUS stablecoin legislation passing the Senate, 2025 marks an important turning point. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent even tasked stablecoins with nothing less important than ensuring the greenback remains the worlds number one currency. As President Trump has directed, we are going to keep the U.S. the dominant reserve currency in the world, and we will use stablecoins to do that,” he said at the Digital Assets Summit in March. Which is why its almost bizarre to realize that stablecoins a descendant of Bitcoin a decentralized currency designed to level the playing field in a world of rigged centralized banking systems and overzealous governments. Stablecoins and Bitcoin would seem to have two irreconcilable aims the form...

Most deals are designed for quick exits rather than durable enterprise revenue, says Romeo Kuok, board member at BGX Ventures.

The acquisition, the fifth this year for the exchange, will help early-stage projects, Coinbase said in a blog post.

Solana is one of the fastest-growing ecosystems when it comes to web3 project creation. However, many people believe that advanced technical knowledge, programming skills, or an expensive development team are necessary to create a Solana Token. Well, nothing could be further from the truth: anyone can learn how to create a Solana token without programming […]

Belgium’s KBC Bank plans to let retail customers invest in Bitcoin and Ether via its Bolero platform, pending regulatory approval later this year. Update (July 2 at 11:03 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from KBC Bank. KBC Bank, one of Belgium’s largest financial institutions, is preparing to allow its customers to invest in cryptocurrencies through its Bolero subsidiary. Bolero, an online investment platform operated by KBC, will roll out access to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) investments on its platform later this year, KBC confirmed to Cointelegraph. Read more

Flappy Racquet puts a tennis twist on Flappy Bird, implementing Wimbledon stars as playable NFT characters ahead of the SCOR airdrop.

PancakeSwap posted $325 billion in June trading volume, its highest ever, as crosschain swaps and Solana expansion fueled growth and dominance on BNB Chain. PancakeSwap, a multichain decentralized exchange (DEX), reported a record-breaking $325 billion in trading volume for June, the highest monthly trading volume in the platform’s five-year history.  The June total surpassed May’s $174 billion and pushed PancakeSwap’s second-quarter volume to $530 billion, more than doubling the $211 billion recorded in the first quarter, according to data from Dune Analytics. Related: PancakeSwap launches one-click crosschain swaps to simplify DeFi UX Read more

Bullish catalysts include sustained ETF inflows, corporate treasury adoption and U.S. regulatory moves, the report said.

AllUnity, a stablecoin joint venture by Deutsche Bank and DWS, has received a BaFin license in Germany to issue a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin, EURAU. AllUnity, a joint stablecoin venture by asset manager DWS and banking giant Deutsche Bank, received a license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), according to a Wednesday announcement. BaFin has granted an E-Money Institution (EMI) license to AllUnity. With the license, the company plans to issue a regulated and BaFin-licensed euro-pegged stablecoin, EURAU, in compliance with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework. AllUnity said EURAU will feature institutional-grade proof-of-reserves and financial reporting. Read more

The previously roughed-up shares have been on a tear in recent weeks, now sporting more than a 100% year-to-date advance.

Binance Pay and Lyzi team up to bring crypto payments to over 80 businesses across the French Riviera, spanning Cannes, Nice, Antibes and Monaco. Binance Pay has partnered with French fintech Lyzi to enable over 80 businesses across the French Riviera to embrace cryptocurrency payments, according to a Wednesday press release. The rollout, spanning cities including Cannes, Nice, Antibes and Monaco, would integrate digital assets into the region’s luxury tourism and retail economy. The French Riviera, also known as the Côte d’Azur, is a popular tourist destination. The partnership gives visitors and locals the ability to pay with stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies at a wide range of establishments, including hotels, restaurants, beach clubs, luxury retailers and service providers. Read more

Coinbase’s acquisition of Liquifi aims to address the complexity of token launches by onchain builders by making them faster and easier. Major US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase continued its 2025 buying spree, acquiring token management platform Liquifi. Coinbase on Wednesday announced a strategic acquisition of Liquifi, a token management platform focused on early-stage tokenization projects. “Acquiring Liquifi gives us best-in-class capabilities in token cap table management, vesting, and compliance, and positions Coinbase to support builders earlier in their journey,” Coinbase’s vice president of institutional product, Greg Tusar, said in the announcement. Read more

Multiple onchain Bitcoin metrics suggest that traders are holding back from making any risk moves. Key takeaways: Over $342.2 million in ETF outflows on Tuesday and weaker futures activity show traders becoming more defensive. Bitcoin traders are watching $106,500 support and significant resistance at $109,000. Read more

The European Central Bank will launch a blockchain settlement pilot by late 2026 under its new Pontes initiative, aiming to connect DLT platforms with the eurozone’s core payment systems. The European Central Bank (ECB) has approved a two-track plan to settle distributed ledger technology (DLT) transactions using central bank money, which could pave the way to modernizing Europe’s financial system. The first track, dubbed Pontes, will focus on a short-term solution by linking blockchain-based DLT platforms with TARGET Services, a suite of financial services developed and operated by the Eurosystem designed to facilitate the flow of payments and securities within the eurozone. A pilot for Pontes is expected to launch by the end of the third quarter of 2026, the ECB said Tuesday. This pilot will use insights from the ECB’s exploratory DLT trials in 2024, which involved over 50 experiments and 64 participants, to test a unified settlement system with central bank money. Read more

With the Fed signaling it will maintain its restrictive monetary policy stance, investors are rethinking their exposure to Bitcoin ETFs.

Bybit and OKX have both launched MiCA-compliant crypto exchanges in the EU, marking a significant push into Europe’s newly unified regulatory landscape. Update (July 2, 2025, at 2:10 pm UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by Erald Ghoos, OKX Europe CEO. Crypto exchanges Bybit and OKX both launched fully regulated platforms in Europe this week as regulatory clarity continues to attract major exchanges to the bloc. According to a Wednesday announcement, crypto exchange Bybit.eu launched to serve European Economic Area (EEA) users with a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework. Under the rules, Bybit’s Austria-based operations, established in late May, are licensed in 29 EEA countries. Read more

The Bitcoin halving cycle is unlikely to hurt the BTC price in the second half of 2025 due to strong ETF and corporate buying, Standard Chartered forecasts. Global bank Standard Chartered is bullish on Bitcoin for the rest of the year, citing increasing corporate treasury buying and strong exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows. Standard Chartered expects Bitcoin (BTC) to print new highs of $135,000 by the end of the third quarter and then break $200,000 by the end of the year, the bank’s digital asset research head, Geoff Kendrick, said in a Wednesday report shared with Cointelegraph. “Thanks to increased investor flows, we believe BTC has moved beyond the previous dynamic whereby prices fell 18 months after a ‘halving’ cycle,” Kendrick said, adding that the common halving trend would have led to price declines in September or October 2025. Read more