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Cointelegraph.com - 10:53 Jul 10, 2025
Elon Musk said Grok may soon discover new physics as xAI works on a more advanced, vision-capable model. The xAI team revealed its latest development plans following the launch of Grok 4, as founder Elon Musk shared bold predictions about artificial intelligence. During a Thursday livestream on X, the xAI team said the first public release of Grok 4 is based on the company’s sixth foundation model. A seventh version is currently in training and expected to be completed “in a few weeks,” with improvements focused on “weakness on the vision side.” The update is significant in light of Musk’s broader plans. During the livestream, he said that Grok will be able to interact with the real world through Tesla’s Optimus robot. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:23 Jul 10, 2025
Ripple ranks as one of the top 10 pre-IPO companies on EquityZen, while major crypto firms like Tether and Gemini saw the largest spike in popularity in Q2 2025. The bankruptcy of Linqto, a private investment marketplace holding 4.7 million secondary shares of Ripple, will have no impact on the broader pre-initial public offering (IPO) markets, according to EquityZen. Linqto filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, fueling investor concerns about the status of private investments. The company previously allowed users to invest in private companies such as Ripple ahead of potential public listings. According to EquityZen, one of the largest secondary trading platforms for private shares, Linqto’s bankruptcy has no impact on other businesses in the pre-IPO market. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:06 Jul 10, 2025
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s investment firm is backing the creation of a company that will buy and hold BNB with plans to go public in the US. Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao’s family office, YZi Labs, is set to back a new treasury firm that will offer investors exposure to BNB with aims of going public in the US. YZi Labs said on Wednesday it will support the investment firm 10X Capital in spinning up a BNB (BNB) treasury company that will pursue a listing on “a major US exchange,” according to a statement shared with Cointelegraph. Called “The BNB Treasury Company,” the company will appoint David Namdar as CEO. He’s a senior partner at 10X Capital and a co-founder of Galaxy Digital, where he was formerly co-head of trading. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:39 Jul 09, 2025
BONK is facing profit-booking near $0.000026, but the pullback is likely to find buyers near $0.000020. Key point: BONK has pulled back after the sharp rally, but no topping signs are visible on the charts yet. Solana memecoin launchpad LetsBonk’s 24-hour revenue surged to $1.04 million on Monday, nearly double the revenue of Pump.fun at $533,412, according to data aggregated by decentralized finance platform DefiLlama. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:55 Jul 09, 2025
The motion to pause repayments to residents of certain countries has added a new wrinkle to the FTX saga. A Chinese creditor has filed an objection to a motion from the FTX estate that would pause payouts to residents in jurisdictions with laws or regulations restricting cryptocurrency transactions, according to a Tuesday court filing. The creditor, Weiwei Ji, stated that although they reside in Singapore, they have been classified as a Chinese creditor due to holding a Chinese passport. Ji noted that the objection was submitted on behalf of Ji and a growing group of Chinese creditors — reportedly over 300 individuals, according to the filing. The objection raises two key arguments: First, that FTX settlements are made in US dollars, which are a standard legal repayment method. Second, it notes that cryptocurrency distributions are legal in China, with digital assets constituting “personal property.” “My family holds four KYC-verified accounts with aggregate claims exceeding $15 million USD… We have fully com... -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:26 Jul 09, 2025
The Thumzup Media Corporation provides a platform for influencers to market various products on social media to earn revenue. Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US president, disclosed an investment in Thumzup Media Corp, a social media marketing company that has adopted the Bitcoin (BTC) treasury strategy. Trump Jr. currently holds 350,000 shares of the company, valued at nearly $3.3 million, according to Bloomberg, and the stock is currently trading hands at roughly $9.50 per share. The company’s board of directors approved the use of Bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset in November 2024 by green-lighting the purchase of up to $1 million in BTC. Company CEO Robert Steele said following the decision: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:00 Jul 09, 2025
Bitcoin price hit new highs today, but surging US debt and concerning housing data raise fears of a recession-led Bitcoin drop toward $95,000. Key takeaways: Exploding US debt and housing market stress could trigger a sharp BTC correction toward $95,000. Bitcoin’s price remains closely tied to macro trends, including Fed policy and institutional flows. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:36 Jul 09, 2025
The proposal, which launched voting on Wednesday, had more than 99% support from roughly five billion tokens at the time of publication. World Liberty Financial, the crypto company backed by US President Donald Trump and his sons, has opened a proposal for voting to make the platform’s governance token tradable. As of Wednesday, a proposal to make the World Liberty Financial token (WLFI) tradable had received more than 99% support from users, with voting scheduled to end on July 16. If approved, the plan could unlock significant amounts of WLFI tokens, though it stated that “founders, team, and advisor tokens” — seemingly including those held by Trump and his family — would not be immediately available for trading. “This would mark a major milestone in the development of the World Liberty Financial ecosystem and opens the door for broader community participation, access, and protocol development,” said the proposal. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:10 Jul 09, 2025
Bitcoin price roared to a new all-time high above $112,000. Cointelegraph explains why. Bitcoin soared to another record high, driven by growing global investor demand for risk assets and a $200 million liquidation of BTC shorts near a critical overhead resistance level. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price surpassed the $112,000 all-time high for the first time on Wednesday, after rising 5.95% during the past week. Bitcoin’s price appreciation helped the total crypto market capitalization recapture $3.47 trillion, a level last seen in June 2025. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:33 Jul 09, 2025
Hyperliquid’s expansion across the DEX landscape and its growing user base could trigger a HYPE price rally above $45. Key point: Hyperliquid’s solid growth trajectory could retain investors’ interest in HYPE. Hyperliquid (HYPE) has witnessed a strong growth trajectory in the past year, with average trading volume soaring, reaching $3 billion to $5 billion from less than $100 million, according to CoinGlass’ semi-annual crypto derivatives outlook. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:29 Jul 09, 2025
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce echoed former chair Gary Gensler in calling for market participants to “consider meeting with the Commission and its staff.” US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Hester Peirce issued a blanket warning for companies considering distributing and trading tokenized securities. In a Wednesday statement, Peirce called on companies to discuss their potential tokenized offerings with SEC officials amid “new entrants and many traditional firms [...] embracing onchain products.” Though the SEC commissioner, who also heads the agency’s crypto task force, did not explicitly mention trading platform Robinhood, her notice came roughly two weeks after the company launched a tokenization-focused layer-2 blockchain. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:27 Jul 09, 2025
XRP charts point to new highs. Will Ripple’s attendance in next week’s “From Wall Street to Web3” summit boost the altcoin’s price? Key point: XRP will complete a bullish pattern on a break above $2.34, which could propel the price toward new highs. Lawmakers with the US Senate Banking Committee will conduct a hearing on Wednesday titled “From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow’s Digital Asset Markets,” and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is one of the participants. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:55 Jul 09, 2025
The exploit of the GMX V1 decentralized exchange is the latest in a string of attacks targeting crypto firms and users in 2025. The GMX protocol halted trading on GMX V1 after a liquidity pool suffered an exploit on Wednesday, leading to $40 million in funds being stolen and sent to an unknown wallet. GMX V1 is the first version of the GMX perpetual exchange deployed on the Arbitrum network. The attacked pool is a liquidity provider for the GMX protocol with a basket of underlying digital assets including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and stablecoins, according to the GMX team. The protocol has also announced a temporary suspension in minting and redemption of GLP tokens on both Arbitrum and the layer-1 Avalanche network to protect against any additional fallout from the cybersecurity exploit. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:59 Jul 09, 2025
The legislation to establish crypto market structure is one of three bills the US House of Representatives is expected to consider starting next week. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is sounding the alarm about how publicly traded companies could essentially bypass US securities laws if a bill to regulate cryptocurrency markets becomes law. In a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Banking Committee to address crypto market structure legislation, ranking member Warren said she would be in favor of digital asset regulations strengthening the US financial system, but expressed concerns about the Digital Asset Market Clarity, or CLARITY, Act under consideration in the House of Representatives. The Massachusetts senator suggested that “non-crypto companies” could tokenize their assets to evade regulations enforced by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:20 Jul 09, 2025
Robinhood is trading near all-time highs as its expanded push into crypto and blockchain continues to pay off. Robinhood’s strategic embrace of blockchain technology and tokenization has fueled a nearly 30% rally in its stock over the past month, highlighting the brokerage’s new growth drivers despite regulatory scrutiny of some of its products. Robinhood stock, trading under the ticker HOOD, surged on Wednesday to $94.65 in New York trading, putting it within 4% of its all-time closing high set on July 2. The stock has climbed more than 27% over the past month and is up 137% year-to-date, lifting its market capitalization to over $82 billion. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:55 Jul 09, 2025
Germany’s top banks, including Deutsche Bank and Sparkassen, are entering crypto with regulated trading and custody services by 2026. In a move set to redefine EU finance, some of Germany’s most powerful banks are entering crypto — on their own terms. Deutsche Bank, with more than 1.6 trillion euro ($1.9 trillion) in assets under management, and the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, which oversees over $2.3 trillion, are preparing to launch regulated crypto services for institutional and retail clients by 2026. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:30 Jul 09, 2025
Key metrics on Solana remain flat despite LetsBonk’s recent surge, but supporting data suggests memecoins may be staging a comeback. Pump.fun has lost its spot as Solana’s top memecoin launchpad for the first time since its breakout, overtaken by rookie platform LetsBonk. At first glance, Solana’s overall network activity suggests that the memecoin scene is more reshuffling than expanding. Total token launches on the network remain stable, daily transactions are trending downward and the number of new accounts created is roughly half of April’s peak. However, supporting metrics hint that Solana may be on the rise again, driven by a potential expansion in memecoin activity, according to Vugar Usi Zade, chief operating officer of Bitget. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:25 Jul 09, 2025
From exchanges and ETFs to sovereign treasuries and crypto billionaires, Bitcoin’s ownership map in 2025 reveals a mix of concentration and quiet decentralization. Exchanges top the list, with Binance and Robinhood holding the largest BTC wallets. Strategy leads corporate holdings with nearly 600,000 BTC. The US now holds 207,189 BTC, the largest sovereign stash. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:20 Jul 09, 2025
Crypto analyst TradingShot says that while Bitcoin’s long-term outlook is still bullish, there might not be enough time for another leg up. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s long-term uptrend remains strong, but an analyst warns that the four-year cycle may limit another leg up. Analysts believe Bitcoin could move higher past the current all-time highs, with targets between $130,000-$168,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jul 09, 2025
Blockchain’s promise of democratized property ownership faces a potential roadblock. Integrating automated, blockchain-native succession protocols is essential to protect digital assets and enable true democratization of RWA ownership. Opinion by: Venket Naga, co-founder and CEO of Serenity The synergies between cryptocurrencies and the real estate market have shifted substantially in the last few years. Purchasing properties with crypto-backed loans evolved from groundbreaking news to the baseline. There is a growing intersection between crypto and real-world assets (RWAs), and the possibilities are abundant. Read more
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