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Cointelegraph.com - 20:15 Jul 24, 2025
XRP vastly outperformed ETH over the past year, but institutional investor demand for Ether could change the trend. Key takeaways: XRP leads in yearly gains, surging 552% since July 2024 and 49% year-to-date. ETH sees major institutional adoption, with over $4.4 billion in holdings from firms like Bit Digital and BlackRock. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:14 Jul 24, 2025
After about two weeks of hearing from US government witnesses, Roman Storm’s legal team called Preston Van Loon to the stand to kick off its defense case. Prosecutors in the criminal trial of Tornado Cash co-founder and developer Roman Storm rested their case on Thursday, opening the door for defense counsel to call an Ethereum core developer as its first witness. According to reporting by Inner City Press on Thursday from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Ethereum core developer Preston Van Loon testified in Storm’s defense case, which is expected to last about a week. The developer reportedly described Tornado Cash as a “privacy tool for Ethereum” and said he had used the mixing service four times to send a combined 43 Ether (ETH) in 2019 or 2020, citing safety concerns. “If [hackers] know the scope of my assets I can become a target,” said Van Loon, according to reporting from the courtroom. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:50 Jul 24, 2025
A new More Perfect Union video sheds light on what life is like for Granbury, Texas, residents living with the near-constant noise of a Bitcoin mining operation. Many residents of a Texas town southwest of Dallas, facing health problems allegedly associated with constant noise, don’t seem to have anything good to say about a crypto mining facility run by MARA Holdings. In a video released Thursday by the nonprofit advocacy organization More Perfect Union, reporter Dan Lieberman spoke to residents of Granbury, Texas, some of whom lived less than a mile from MARA’s 300-megawatt Bitcoin (BTC) mining facility. Many long-term residents and retirees described life as “hell” under the near-constant noise of the mining operation, which lies in an unincorporated area of Hood County. “It never goes away, headaches never go away,” said one elderly resident on camera, with the sound of the facility easily heard in the background. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:30 Jul 24, 2025
Bit Origin’s DOGE purchase for its crypto treasury could improve sentiment and boost the altcoin above the $0.29 resistance. Key point: Bit Origin’s DOGE purchases for its crypto treasury could limit the downside and open the doors for a rally above $0.29. China-based pork processing company and Bitcoin miner Bit Origin said on Monday that it had completed the acquisition of 40.5 million Dogecoin (DOGE) for its crypto treasury. Earlier, the firm said on July 17 that it aims to become the largest publicly traded DOGE holder. For that, the firm has entered into agreements with investors to raise $500 million via a combination of share sales and debt offerings. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:10 Jul 24, 2025
Crypto and fintech groups are urging Trump to defend open banking rules, warning the case could affect access to wallets, DeFi apps, and stablecoins. A coalition of trade groups representing the crypto, fintech, retail, and restaurant industries is urging President Donald Trump to defend open banking rules under a so-called legal attack by the nation’s largest banks. In a letter sent July 23, organizations including the Blockchain Association, Crypto Council for Innovation, and the Financial Technology Association claim that the US’s most powerful banks are undermining innovation by suing to block the implementation of new open banking rules and imposing “stunning” new data fees on fintech and crypto apps. On July 11, Bloomberg reported that JPMorgan plans to start charging fintech firms fees for access to their customers’ bank account data. According to pricing sheets sent to customers, the fees vary based on how the information is used, with higher charges applied to payments companies. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:49 Jul 24, 2025
ChatGPT Agents can assist with crypto trading in 2025 by automating research and analysis, while keeping users in control through built-in safety features. ChatGPT Agent can automate crypto trading tasks like research, charting and strategy execution. It integrates real-time data, onchain metrics and sentiment analysis into a single workflow. While powerful, it requires human oversight to avoid hallucinations, API errors or security risks. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:46 Jul 24, 2025
Ether versus Bitcoin in the US spot ETF world becomes a major talking point, with Swissblock research seeing ETH coming out winning in the long term. Key points: US spot ETF flows show Ether coming out on top against Bitcoin this week. Institutional capital is “rotating” into ETH, Swissblock says — a move that has implications beyond the short term. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:33 Jul 24, 2025
Bitcoin’s narrowing trading range could result in a springboard move to $135,000. Key point: BTC faces selling at $120,000, but the bulls have not ceded much ground, hinting at a breakout to new highs. Bitcoin (BTC) turned down from the $120,000 resistance on Wednesday, indicating that the bears are fiercely defending the level. The failure to break above the overhead resistance has resulted in net outflows of $285.2 million in the past three days in the US-based spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), per Farside Investors data. That suggests the investors have turned cautious in the near term. However, a positive sign is that the bulls have not allowed the price to dip below $115,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:55 Jul 24, 2025
Michael Saylor’s company has accumulated 607,770 BTC since adopting its Bitcoin treasury strategy in 2020. Business intelligence firm–turned–Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has reportedly increased its preferred stock offering to $2 billion, up from the previously planned $500 million, as it continues raising capital to fund additional Bitcoin purchases. The Series A Perpetual Stretch preferred shares were priced at $90 each at noon Eastern Time on Thursday and carry an initial dividend of 9%, Bloomberg reported, citing an anonymous source. This update comes just days after Bloomberg first revealed the preferred equity sale, which at the time was expected to be marketed between $90 and $95 per share. As Cointelegraph reported, the offering includes 5 million preferred shares. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:40 Jul 24, 2025
The hack only affected a limited number of user wallets, but withdrawals have been temporarily paused for additional safety, the team said. Crypto trading platform Woo X paused withdrawal services after a cybersecurity breach affected several accounts, leading to $14 million in losses. Nine user accounts experienced “unauthorized withdrawals” on Thursday, the Woo X team said in an X post. The team added that the incident has since been contained: Cointelegraph reached out to Woo X but was unable to obtain a response from the trading platform by the time of publication. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:00 Jul 24, 2025
The digital asset service company joins a growing list of firms making stablecoin moves following the GENIUS bill's passage into law. Anchorage Digital, an institutionally-focused digital asset service provider, announced the launch of a stablecoin issuance platform on Thursday, tapping synthetic dollar and stablecoin issuer Ethena as its first partner client. The company will launch Ethena’s USDtb stablecoin in the United States, according to an announcement made on Thursday. Currently, USDtb is issued offshore. Issuing USDtb in the US will make the stablecoin fully compliant under the GENIUS stablecoin regulation, signed into law by US President Donald Trump in July. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:01 Jul 24, 2025
Buyers aggressively defended ADA’s $0.75 support level, possibly kickstarting a rally back to $1. Key point: ADA rebounded off a strong support, increasing the likelihood of a break above the $0.94 resistance. Strong rallies are generally followed by equally sharp declines. That is what happened with several altcoins, and Cardano (ADA) is no exception. Usually, the pullback shakes out the weak hands before resuming the uptrend. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:57 Jul 24, 2025
Bitzero is among several Bitcoin mining companies that have embraced the HPC and data center business. Bitzero has secured $25 million in funding to expand its business operations, as the Bitcoin miner and data center operator continues its strategic shift toward high-margin, high-performance computing (HPC) while emphasizing environmental sustainability. The funds will be used to acquire 2,900 Bitmain S21 Pro miners, with deployment scheduled over the next four to six months. This expansion is projected to generate an additional $10 million in revenue. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Bitzero operates data centers across North America and Europe. The company counts investor and Shark Tank personality Kevin O’Leary among its backers. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:15 Jul 24, 2025
Ethereum price has more room to run, with big overhead resistance at $4,500 in place and several key support levels below. Key takeaways: Ether dropped to $3,500 on Thursday, but onchain data shows no signs of a deeper drop, suggesting more growth potential in 2025. ETH price resistance at $4,500 remains the main barrier for now. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jul 24, 2025
Traditional staking rewards capital over contribution, creating unsustainable token economies. Tokenomics' future lies in performance-based tokenomics that reward measurable work. Opinion by: Naman Kabra, co-founder and CEO of NodeOps For years, staking was the gold standard in crypto. Stake tokens, secure the network and earn simple, elegant and trustless rewards. Somewhere along the way, we drifted. Staking stopped being about contribution and started being about capital. Rewards ballooned, emissions exploded and tokenomics shifted from supporting long-term infrastructure to chasing short-term yield. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jul 24, 2025
The Solana Foundation’s 2027 roadmap called market microstructures the “most important problem in Solana today.” The team behind the Solana blockchain has released a long-term roadmap detailing their strategy to make the Solana blockchain the foundational layer for global internet capital markets (ICMs) by 2027. ICMs, a term coined by former Solana Foundation core team member Akshay, refers to a “globally accessible ledger where entities, currencies, and cultures are tokenized,” allowing “anyone with an internet connection access to capital markets.” Solana’s “original mission” was to build the “decentralized backbone” for ICMs, according to Solana’s new Internet Capital Markets Roadmap, shared with Cointelegraph. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:35 Jul 24, 2025
A $44-million breach at CoinDCX has rocked India’s CoinDCX exchange, exposing silent vulnerabilities, delayed disclosures and the fragile infrastructure. India’s largest crypto exchange, CoinDCX, fell victim to a sophisticated $44.2-million hack on July 19, 2025. Attackers managed to gain access to an operational wallet and drained it within minutes. Fortunately, the security architecture of CoinDCX meant all customer funds were kept completely safe. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Jul 24, 2025
The controversy over Robinhood’s OpenAI private stock tokens is only the beginning of a wider legal battle over tokenized equities. Robinhoods tokenized stock offerings in Europe have ignited debate over the legality of tokenizing equity, especially that of private companies like OpenAI. OpenAI said Robinhoods unapproved OpenAI tokens offer no equity ownership rights, causing regulators in Lithuania to open a formal inquiry. But thats just the start. With concerns over how different jurisdictions approach tokenized shares, the boundary between innovation and illegality, and whether there are sufficient legal protections for stock token holders. To unpack the legal complexities behind tokenized stocks, Magazine spoke with Yuriy Brisov of Digital & Analogue Partners, Joshua Chu of the Hong Kong Web3 Association and Yulia Murat, head of regulatory affairs at Global Ledger. The conversation has been edited for clarity and length. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:24 Jul 24, 2025
BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum ETF reached $10 billion in assets in just 251 days since its launch one year ago, while its Bitcoin ETF took only 34 days to break the milestone. BlackRock’s spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) has emerged as one of the fastest-growing ETFs ever, joining the ranks alongside two other cryptocurrency funds. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum ETF (ETHA) has become the third-fastest ETF to hit $10 billion in total assets under management (AUM), Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas reported on Thursday. “Amazingly, it [ETHA] went from $5 billion to $10 billion in just 10 days,” Balchunas noted, calling the surge the “equivalent of a God candle.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Jul 24, 2025
The crypto industry in the UK is pushing for the government to change the rules of the road, and it just may be working. Despite promises from past prime ministers to turn the UK into a crypto hub, the UK is still cautious about regulating the crypto industry. In 2022, then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to amend laws governing the crypto industry in the UK, making them friendlier to blockchain businesses. The rhetoric may have relieved entrepreneurs, but executives and observers from the industry say that progress is slow and that it still doesn’t have the rules it wants in order to expand. The Labour government under PM Keir Starmer has done little to further this agenda; crypto has taken a back seat to other concerns. Tom Spiller, a partner at crypto-focused Rosenblatt Law, told Cointelegraph that Labour “appears more cautious and there is not a clear focus that sits within the government’s key missions.” Read more
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