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  • OpenUSD’s partner mix-up puts its stablecoin alliance under scrutiny
    CryptoSlate - 17:00 Jul 04, 2026
    A stablecoin built around a giant partner list now faces the question every coalition coin must answer: who is actually committed, and what does participation mean? The post OpenUSD’s partner mix-up puts its stablecoin alliance under scrutiny appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Americans lost hundreds of billions on crypto speculation. Why is only some of it considered gambling?
    CryptoSlate - 15:00 Jul 04, 2026
    Americans are on pace to lose more money on legal gambling this year than at any point in the country's history. A new analysis by economics writer Joseph Politano projects that the total will exceed a quarter trillion dollars in 2026. Losses have climbed 67% since the start of COVID-19 and another 8% over the past […] The post Americans lost hundreds of billions on crypto speculation. Why is only some of it considered gambling? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Reported Riot 500 BTC custody transfer exposes Bitcoin miners’ AI funding pressure
    CryptoSlate - 13:00 Jul 04, 2026
    The transfer is not confirmed as a sale, but it points to a harder funding question for public miners. The post Reported Riot 500 BTC custody transfer exposes Bitcoin miners’ AI funding pressure appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Crypto wanted to replace Wall Street – Instead, Wall Street took over crypto
    CryptoSlate - 11:30 Jul 04, 2026
    Crypto was founded on a simple premise: people should be able to send, hold, and manage money without going through a bank. Fifteen years later, some of the industry's most significant developments involve banks doing that, on blockchains, for their own institutional clients. JPMorgan now settles payments in its own deposit token on a public […] The post Crypto wanted to replace Wall Street – Instead, Wall Street took over crypto appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Crypto Instead Wall Street
  • Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork fight gives exchanges an August deadline before miners signal support
    CryptoSlate - 10:00 Jul 04, 2026
    BGeometrics shows support at 0.42% since May 1, while Farside's alerts make the August lock-in window harder for exchanges, wallets, pools, and node operators to ignore. The post Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork fight gives exchanges an August deadline before miners signal support appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Crypto exchanges are selling stock options and tokenized stocks but users may not own what they think
    CryptoSlate - 08:30 Jul 04, 2026
    Bitget launched US stock options this week and says no other major crypto exchange offers them. The product starts with the simplest version of options trading, where eligible users buy single call or put contracts, with more complex strategies planned as it matures. It sits alongside Bitget's existing crypto markets, tokenized stocks, and contract-for-difference products […] The post Crypto exchanges are selling stock options and tokenized stocks but users may not own what they think appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Strategy bought time but Bitcoin’s next cycle may need buyers beyond Saylor
    CryptoSlate - 18:55 Jul 03, 2026
    Michael Saylor’s Strategy has calmed the immediate panic around its preferred-stock complex, but the company’s latest overhaul points to a more complicated phase for one of Bitcoin’s most visible corporate buyers. Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, announced a new capital-management framework this week after STRC, its flagship preferred stock, fell to a low of $71.25 […] The post Strategy bought time but Bitcoin’s next cycle may need buyers beyond Saylor appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • The fight over the UK’s digital pound has become a battle over crypto’s political influence
    CryptoSlate - 16:44 Jul 03, 2026
    The standards request pushes the CBDC debate toward disclosure, political money, and who gets access while payment rules are still open. The post The fight over the UK’s digital pound has become a battle over crypto’s political influence appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoin ETFs see biggest inflow since May after weak US jobs report sparks BTC price rebound
    CryptoSlate - 16:05 Jul 03, 2026
    US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew their largest daily inflow since May after a weaker-than-expected jobs report eased rate-hike concerns and helped the digital asset recover from a fresh bear-market low earlier in the week. The funds recorded $223 million in net inflows on Thursday, ending a 10-day stretch of withdrawals that had drained […] The post Bitcoin ETFs see biggest inflow since May after weak US jobs report sparks BTC price rebound appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin whales send 49,000 BTC to exchanges as $60K rebound shows signs of weakness
    CryptoSlate - 14:05 Jul 03, 2026
    Bitcoin’s recovery above $60,000 is facing a fresh test from exchange-flow and derivatives data after large holders moved one of the year’s largest daily BTC inflows onto trading platforms during the latest selloff. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the flagship digital asset was trading at $61,528 at press time, after dropping below $58,000 earlier in […] The post Bitcoin whales send 49,000 BTC to exchanges as $60K rebound shows signs of weakness appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Solana stakers get a new way to force the next SOL inflation fight
    CryptoSlate - 12:05 Jul 03, 2026
    Solana just gave delegators a new governance tool called Solana Governance Proposals (SGP), which hands them a lever for the next round of the inflation fight. The proposing validator’s vote account must have at least 100,000 SOL staked, worth about $7.8 million at $77.97 per token. To advance from proposal to vote, validators representing 15% […] The post Solana stakers get a new way to force the next SOL inflation fight appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin rally hinges on whether the Fed buys into the weak jobs report after bad miss
    CryptoSlate - 11:05 Jul 03, 2026
    June payrolls missed badly, and traders read it as the rate-cut catalyst Bitcoin needed. Payrolls rose by just 57,000, against an estimate of 110,000. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also cut the prior two months by a combined 74,000, April down 31,000, and May down 43,000. Unemployment fell to 4.2%, and wages held at 3.5% […] The post Bitcoin rally hinges on whether the Fed buys into the weak jobs report after bad miss appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin’s 14% Q2 drop came as stablecoin market contracts for first time since 2023
    CryptoSlate - 10:15 Jul 03, 2026
    Bitcoin’s second-quarter slide unfolded alongside a rare contraction in the stablecoin market, adding another sign that crypto liquidity weakened beyond spot prices alone. Bitcoin traded below $60,000 during the quarter, reaching its lowest level since 2024, and fell 14% across Q2. At the same time, total stablecoin supply slipped to $312 billion, down more than $3 […] The post Bitcoin’s 14% Q2 drop came as stablecoin market contracts for first time since 2023 appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • GENIUS made stablecoins legal, July 18 decides which stablecoins stay competitive
    CryptoSlate - 08:50 Jul 03, 2026
    The GENIUS Act's one-year rulemaking deadline lands on July 18, and markets have mostly priced it as a legitimacy milestone for stablecoins. Mike McCluskey, CEO of tx, and Zaheer Ebtikar, chief strategy officer at Plasma, read it as a cost-visibility event that decides which issuers can afford to keep operating. GENIUS became law on July […] The post GENIUS made stablecoins legal, July 18 decides which stablecoins stay competitive appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • How tokenized stocks fail as collateral even when the stock price does not move
    CryptoSlate - 18:30 Jul 02, 2026
    DeFi lending protocol Edel disclosed a $403,000 exploit that hit the layer where tokenized stocks are trying to become DeFi collateral. Edel said no depositor would bear losses, and the team would absorb the bad debt, restore affected balances one-to-one, and rebuild the protocol's oracle architecture for a version two release. The attack manipulated the […] The post How tokenized stocks fail as collateral even when the stock price does not move appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • France’s crypto kidnapping surge exposes the personal data trail behind wrench attacks
    CryptoSlate - 17:15 Jul 02, 2026
    France’s response shows why visible crypto wealth now demands offline threat planning, data controls, and faster law-enforcement coordination. The post France’s crypto kidnapping surge exposes the personal data trail behind wrench attacks appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: France
  • Tether freezes 134 ISIS terror wallets as stablecoins now sit inside the sanctions machine
    CryptoSlate - 16:00 Jul 02, 2026
    The 131-wallet freeze exposes how public-chain intelligence and issuer controls are becoming real-time enforcement infrastructure. The post Tether freezes 134 ISIS terror wallets as stablecoins now sit inside the sanctions machine appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: ISIS Tether
  • Mystery owner challenges the $200B ‘lost’ Satoshi Bitcoin claim in New York court
    CryptoSlate - 15:00 Jul 02, 2026
    A pseudonymous respondent has appeared in New York court to challenge a lawsuit seeking control of over $200 billion worth of long-dormant coins tied to the network’s earliest days, including those linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin's pseudonymous founder. The respondent, using the name John Doe 33, filed a notice of appearance on June 30 in […] The post Mystery owner challenges the $200B ‘lost’ Satoshi Bitcoin claim in New York court appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: New York MYSTERY Satoshi Bitcoin
  • Wall Street is selling Bitcoin but the old holders are now buying it back
    CryptoSlate - 13:45 Jul 02, 2026
    Glassnode's latest Week Onchain report shows that roughly 10.83 million BTC are now in the red, against 9.22 million still in profit. Loss-making supply now accounts for roughly 54% of the measured total, compared with 46% still in profit, meaning underwater coins exceed profitable coins by about 1.61 million BTC. Glassnode describes this as one […] The post Wall Street is selling Bitcoin but the old holders are now buying it back appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Wall Street Bitcoin
  • Venice’s $65M raise makes VVV holders ask how much of Venice’s growth reaches the token
    CryptoSlate - 12:30 Jul 02, 2026
    Venice, the AI platform behind the VVV token, raised $65 million in a Series A led by Dragonfly at a $1 billion equity valuation, its first outside capital raise. The company chose stock over its own token, and the market is already arguing about what that choice means for VVV holders. Series A investors received […] The post Venice’s $65M raise makes VVV holders ask how much of Venice’s growth reaches the token appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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