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Cointelegraph.com - 20:53 Jul 22, 2025
Institutional interest in crypto has been rising as regulatory clarity increases in the United States. PNC Bank is set to offer crypto services to clients through a new partnership with Coinbase, following the signing of federal crypto legislation. PNC Bank announced its crypto move on Tuesday. With Coinbase support, the US bank will offer its clients the ability to buy, sell and hold digital assets without logging out of their accounts. The move will be made possible through Coinbase’s Crypto-as-a-Service platform. In turn, PNC Bank will offer Coinbase some of its banking services. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:37 Jul 22, 2025
SSK, the first US ETF to combine spot Solana exposure with on-chain staking rewards, attracted over $100M in 12 trading days. SSK, the Solana staking exchange-traded fund (ETF) from REX-Osprey, surpassed $100 million in assets under management (AUM) since its launch on July 2. The fund is the first US-listed ETF to combine spot Solana (SOL) exposure with onchain staking rewards. While most crypto ETFs are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, which doesn’t allow funds to distribute staking rewards, SSK is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. That structure permits the fund to pay out staking income like dividends, important to investors seeking yield, not just speculation on asset prices. According to Rex-Opsprey founder and CEO REX-Osprey Greg King, the ETF’s growth shows investor demand for blockchain-native investment products in familiar formats. In a press release, he said SSK is “opening the door for mainstream investors to access the power of Solana staking through the familiar E... -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:04 Jul 22, 2025
Meme stocks are rallying in lockstep with crypto and the broader stock market, with gains reminiscent of the pandemic era. Shares of Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) have skyrocketed more than 170% over the past five trading days after being crowned this season’s meme stock by traders on Reddit’s WallStreetBets. Shares of the online real estate marketplace have seen an upsurge in speculative interest and trading volumes over the past month after gaining traction among traders on Reddit’s WallStreetBets — a community known for spotlighting meme stocks. Previously a penny stock, Opendoor shares have soared more than 500% over the past 30 days, trading at $3.11 at the time of writing. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:45 Jul 22, 2025
SharePoint’s cloud-based platform remains unaffected, with the vulnerabilities limited to on-premises installations, Microsoft said. Microsoft has published emergency security patches to protect users from zero-day vulnerabilities affecting its SharePoint work management software, the company said on its website. The vulnerabilities, which have led to spoofing attacks that steal sensitive data and passwords, have impacted governments, businesses and universities worldwide. “Microsoft is aware of active attacks targeting on-premises SharePoint Server customers by exploiting vulnerabilities partially addressed by the July Security Update,” a company blog post published on Sunday read. The vulnerabilities affect SharePoint software that operates on-premises and not the SharePoint 365 version that runs on the cloud, Microsoft said. The patches Microsoft has released, which are cumulative, are geared toward the “SharePoint Server Subscription Edition,” “SharePoint Server 2019” and “SharePoint Server 2016.” Read mo... -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:25 Jul 22, 2025
Republican leaders on the Senate Banking Committee said the legislation “built on” the CLARITY Act passed in the House of Representatives last week. Republican leaders on the US Senate Banking Committee have released their version of legislation for a digital asset market structure, suggesting they may be combining their efforts with a bill passed in the House of Representatives. In a Tuesday notice, four Republican senators, including banking committee chair Tim Scott and digital assets subcommittee chair Cynthia Lummis, released a discussion draft of crypto market structure legislation. According to lawmakers, the tentatively titled Responsible Financial Innovation Act “builds on” the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, which was passed in the House on July 17. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:09 Jul 22, 2025
SpaceX transferred $153 million in Bitcoin as political tensions rise and the Pentagon opens defense contracts to new bidders. SpaceX has moved 1,308 Bitcoin, worth approximately $153 million, in its first onchain activity in three years. The movement was flagged by Arkham Intelligence, which tracks wallets tied to the company. The Bitcoin (BTC) was withdrawn from 16 Pay-to-Public-Key-Hash (P2PKH) addresses and consolidated into a single SegWit-compatible Pay-to-Witness-Public-Key-Hash (P2WPKH) address, where it remained at time of publication. The movement of BTC from 16 separate addresses into one could make it easier to manage and possibly cheaper to spend the funds later. While the reason for moving the assets is unclear, the nature of the transfer suggests a strategic adjustment rather than a reactive action. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:01 Jul 22, 2025
It is essential to secure your BTC, altcoins and NFTs with a crypto inheritance plan that safeguards keys and simplifies wealth transfer for heirs. A crypto inheritance plan is vital because losing private keys or seed phrases can permanently make assets like Bitcoin, Ether and NFTs unrecoverable. A strong inheritance plan includes asset inventories, secure access instructions and a trusted executor, ensuring heirs can safely and legally access holdings. Privacy must be protected using encrypted files, sealed documents or decentralized identity tools rather than exposing sensitive details in public wills. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:54 Jul 22, 2025
As the US regulator explores streamlined rules for securities tokenization, Citadel Securities urges a focus on meaningful innovation. The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) plan to streamline securities tokenization may sound promising, but it is unlikely to benefit investors unless it delivers genuine innovation and efficiency, according to market maker Citadel Securities. “Tokenized securities must achieve success by delivering real innovation and efficiency to market participants, rather than through self-serving regulatory arbitrage,” Citadel wrote in a statement to the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, as reported by Bloomberg. Tokenization — the process of representing real-world assets on a blockchain with digital tokens — is often touted for its potential to reduce costs and boost efficiency by minimizing the role of intermediaries, shortening settlement times and enabling fractional ownership of financial assets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:26 Jul 22, 2025
The investigation was reportedly not connected to Jesse Powell’s activities within the crypto industry. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly ended its investigation of Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell and returned property belonging to him that was seized in a 2023 search of his home. According to a Tuesday Fortune report, the FBI had returned devices to Powell and ended its probe over allegations he had hacked and cyberstalked the Verge Center for the Arts, a nonprofit he helped found in 2008. The investigation, reportedly not connected to Powell’s association with Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange he co-founded, or the crypto industry, resulted in the FBI searching his home and seizing electronic devices that could have contained digital assets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:00 Jul 22, 2025
Poseidon secures $15 million led by a16z Crypto to build a decentralized, IP-cleared data pipeline for AI training. Poseidon has secured $15 million in seed funding led by a16z Crypto to build a decentralized data layer designed for artificial intelligence training. The San Francisco-based full-stack AI data layer said it aims to tackle the scarcity of high-quality, IP-cleared training data in AI development, according to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. “LLMs and compute are no longer the bottlenecks; it’s high-quality data that’s missing,” said Sandeep Chinchali, Poseidon’s chief scientist and also chief AI officer at its incubator, Story Protocol. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:45 Jul 22, 2025
The Genius Act is a US law aimed at establishing federal oversight for stablecoin issuers, setting rules for reserves, redemption rights, and licensing requirements. The GENIUS Act is a United States federal law that creates a comprehensive regulatory framework for stablecoins. The Guiding and Empowering Nation’s Innovation for US Stablecoins Act, better known as the GENIUS Act, is the United States’ first federal law focused exclusively on payment stablecoins. The White House categorically states it is a historic piece of legislation that will pave the way for the US to lead the global digital asset revolution. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jul 22, 2025
DeFi’s obsession with maximum decentralization sacrifices performance. Minimum viable decentralization offers a pragmatic path to compete with TradFi. Opinion by: Doug Colkitt, a founding contributor at Fogo To adhere to its ethos of decentralization above all else, the crypto industry often forgets its core user: the trader. What exists today is an ecosystem that has prioritized philosophical principles instead of practical use cases — something that has simultaneously barred the most serious traders from participating and driven decentralized finance (DeFi) users to more centralized offerings. If DeFi is set to scale beyond speculation alone — and offer a meaningful alternative to TradFi — then the core focus must be performance. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Jul 22, 2025
Gaming tokens lag altcoins, but history hints at big surge. SaruTobi Bitcoin game returns to App Store a decade after 2015 ban. Web3 Gamer. The crypto market is printing green candles across the board, with 80% of altcoins outperforming Bitcoin this month but gaming tokens seem to have missed the memo. While the broader market is soaring alongside Bitcoin and Ethereums recent rally, gaming-related tokens are showing signs of life, but still lagging. According to MMORPG game Calamity co-founder Seva, its a credibility problem. Trust is broken. Too many raised millions, delivered zero, Seva said of blockchain games in a recent X post. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:15 Jul 22, 2025
Bitcoin price consolidation after a powerful rally to record highs is normal. Will the current bull pennant confirm and send BTC beyond $136,000? Key takeaways: A Bitcoin price pullback to $115,000 is possible before continuing the uptrend. A bull pennant suggests that the BTC price could rally by 15% to new highs above $136,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:10 Jul 22, 2025
Fewer than 1 million people on Earth hold a full Bitcoin. That’s less than 0.02% of the global population and even fewer in crypto. If you own at least 1 Bitcoin, get ready for your ego to be tickled. According to blockchain data, around 827,000-900,000 addresses currently hold at least 1 Bitcoin (BTC). But many of these wallets are controlled by exchanges, institutions or individuals who split holdings across multiple addresses. The real number of unique people who own 1 Bitcoin is likely closer to 800,000-850,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:02 Jul 22, 2025
PancakeSwap Infinity, the latest version of the DEX, has launched on Coinbase’s Base network as its TVL and DEX activity hit all-time highs. PancakeSwap Infinity, the fourth version of the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange (DEX), has made it to Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base. According to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, PancakeSwap Infinity is now live on Base. The announcement follows the launch of PancakeSwap Infinity on BNB Chain at the end of April. The announcement comes as Base’s total value locked (TVL) reached a new high of $4.295 billion, according to DefiLlama data. This represents a 33.75% increase from its TVL of $3.211 billion reported on Jan. 1. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:36 Jul 22, 2025
Telegram rolls out TON Wallet to US users, enabling self-custodial crypto transactions, DeFi access and off-ramp features within the app. Telegram began rolling out its native cryptocurrency wallet to users in the US, marking a significant expansion of its blockchain-based services. Built on The Open Network (TON) blockchain, TON Wallet is the first self-custodial crypto wallet to be integrated into a major social platform available to US users, according to a Tuesday news release shared with Cointelegraph. Supported by the TON Foundation, the wallet allows users to send, receive and store digital assets directly within the Telegram app, eliminating the need for external downloads or browser extensions, according to the announcement. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:09 Jul 22, 2025
SharpLink bought 79,949 ETH — its largest such purchase — to reclaim its status as the world’s largest public ETH holder. Sports betting platform SharpLink Gaming kept accumulating Ether (ETH) after briefly slipping to the second-largest public ETH holder behind BitMine Immersion Technologies. SharpLink acquired a record-breaking amount of Ether for the company in the past week ending Sunday, reporting a purchase of 79,949 ETH on Tuesday. The acquisition was completed at an average ETH purchase price of $3,238, totaling about $258.9 million. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:06 Jul 22, 2025
Western Union is exploring stablecoin integration for cross-border transfers, conversions and digital wallets, positioning it as an innovation opportunity. Western Union is exploring ways to integrate stablecoins into its services as the firm seeks to modernize cross-border payments. During a Monday interview with Bloomberg, Western Union CEO Devin McGranahan said that the company views stablecoins as an opportunity. He also said it is exploring partnerships with major crypto industry players to offer stablecoin on-ramp and off-ramp services, as well as a digital wallet. “We see stablecoin really as an opportunity, not as a threat. […] We’re 175 years old, and we’ve been innovative across [those] 175 years. And stablecoin is just yet one more opportunity to innovate,” McGranahan said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:45 Jul 22, 2025
Pump.fun whales have sent over $160 million in tokens to exchanges as PUMP drops below its ICO price, triggering fears of a broader memecoin market correction. Private sale investors of the Pump.fun (PUMP) memecoin began offloading billions of tokens to exchanges, raising concerns of a sell-off as the token dropped below its initial sale value. Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain flagged that two early backers of the memecoin token, labeled in Solscan as “PUMP Top Fund 1” and “PUMP Top Fund 2,” collectively sent over $160 million in PUMP tokens to centralized exchanges. During the private sale, the Top Fund 1 wallet acquired 25 billion tokens for $100 million in USDC (USDC). In the last week, the wallet deposited 17 billion tokens worth almost $90 million to exchanges. While the whale started offloading, it still holds tokens worth $29.5 million. Read more
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