The company plans to offer the most popular US stocks as ERC-20 tokens on the Ethereum network, enabling 24/5 trading and DeFi integration.
XRP futures data shows neutral sentiment despite the altcoin’s double-digit price drop from $3.66.
If passed, the legislation could give more weight to a US housing regulatory agency’s June order to consider certain digital assets for mortgage loan risk assessments.
BlackRock stated that stablecoins now sit at the heart of the “future of finance,” and the recently approved GENIUS Act gives them a clear lane as everyday payment instruments. In a July 28 report, the BlackRock Investment Institute wrote that stablecoins “look here to stay” and that recent legislation cements their use in payments rather […]
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Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson says Bitcoin wasn’t the only story in crypto’s early days. In the last 12 months, ADA climbed 90%, leaving Bitcoin’s 70% gain behind. Related Reading: Countdown To August 15: What XRP Investors Need To Know He argues that this gap isn’t new—it’s been widening ever since Cardano switched hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of BTC into building its own network. Cardano Vs. Bitcoin Returns According to interviews with Blockworks co‑founder Jason Yanowitz, Cardano’s early backers traded yen contributions into 108,000 BTC. That stash would be worth about nearly $13 billion today if it had just sat there. Instead, those coins went straight into building Cardano’s network. Based on reports, ADA’s market cap now sits at $30 billion—about 150% higher than the value of the Bitcoin reserve and roughly 2.8 times as much. Really enjoyed this conversation with @IOHK_Charles We covered a lot: politics, psychedelics, his bison + black hawk, his alien search, Japan’s influence on Cardano, personal security, and of course… Why he believes ADA is a better investment than BTC.pic.twitter.com/rB26dLLVpP — Yano ???? (@JasonYanowitz) July 28, 2025 Since launch, ADA has jumped nearly 4,000% from its $0.02 debut in September 2017. Bitcoin has rallied 2,400% from a $4,337 price point in that same stretch. Many investors see those raw numbers and wonder whether they should have picked ADA over BTC from the start. They lay out a clear record of gains. Yet gains aren’t the full picture. Each network serves a different purpose. Bitcoin leans on being a store of value. Cardano mixes staking, smart contracts and on‑chain governance. Future Growth Prospects Hoskinson isn’t stopping at history. He predicts Bitcoin could still make a 10× move to reach $1 million per coin. ADA, by his math, could expand 100× to 1,000×. That puts Cardano’s potential market cap in the $2.8 trillion to $28 trillion range. He points to projects like Midnight, which aims to bring data privacy to blockchains, and to Cardano’s role as a possible “DeFi layer” for Bitcoin. Those are the levers he says can drive the next big leg up. That vision carries plenty of risk. Blockchains often launch big ideas that take time—or never—find their footing. And pushing ADA to a multitrillion‑dollar valuation would demand major real‑world use, plus a flood of new users and developers. Even a 100× gain would redraw the charts, let alone 1,000×. Related Reading: Bitcoin Is A Lifeline, Says Billionaire, As US Faces Debt Time Bomb A Balanced Take ADA’s run has been impressive. It’s clear that building a living network, rather than simply holding coins, can pay off. But calling ADA “significantly better” than BTC turns on much more than past returns. It hinges on successful rollouts, deep user engagement, and fresh use cases that catch fire. Whether Cardano will rewrite blockchain history remains to be seen. For now, investors can look at the numbers, weigh the risks, and decide if they want a piece of a project that bets on being more than just money. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR, STRK, STRF, STRD), the largest corporate Bitcoin (BTC) holder, has made a bold move to strengthen its balance sheet. The Bitcoin treasury company announced on Tuesday, July 29, that it had closed its initial public offering of around 28 million shares of Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) at …
SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the new rules will make crypto exchange-traded products "less costly and more efficient."
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved orders allowing authorized participants to create and redeem shares of spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange‑traded products (ETP) in kind. According to a July 29 statement, the agency framed the move as aligning crypto funds with standard practice in commodity‑based ETPs. Additionally, it said the change should […]
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Bitcoin eyes upside breakout to $122,000, but fading spot ETF flows, lack of volumes and seasonality could stall bullish momentum thereafter.
After three days of witness testimony, Storm’s defense team rested their case on Tuesday.
The SEC has approved in-kind creation and redemption for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, aligning them with traditional commodity ETPs.
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Market expert Mark Moss has drawn the crypto community’s attention to an indicator that has perfectly nailed Bitcoin cycle tops. Based on this indicator, the expert revealed that the cycle top is unlikely to happen this year, as other analysts may have predicted. Pi Cycle Top Indicator Reveals Next Bitcoin Cycle Top In an X post, Moss stated that the indicator is predicting a Bitcoin cycle top in the first quarter of 2027, not at the end of this year. He made this comment while describing the Pi Cycle Top indicator as the “Holy Grail” of Bitcoin indicators. The expert noted that the indicator nailed the Bitcoin cycle tops in 2013, 2017, and 2021. Related Reading: Analyst Sounds Alarm For 50% Crash If Bitcoin Doesn’t Make A New ATH Soon Moss admitted that this latest cycle top prediction is hard to believe, as everyone is expecting Bitcoin to peak in the fourth quarter of this year. However, the Pi Cycle Top indicator suggests that the Bitcoin cycle top will occur in Q1 2027 and that the BTC price could reach $395,000 by then. Crypto analyst Rekt Capital also recently alluded to the Pi Cycle Top indicator, noting how it was hinting at a possible cycle extension. He also confirmed that the indicator predicts a Bitcoin cycle top will occur in Q1 2027, with the flagship crypto possibly reaching $400,000. The analyst noted that, based on previous cycles, the Bitcoin cycle top is expected to happen in the fourth quarter of this year. However, the recent BTC rallies have caused the Moving Averages (MA) to shift to higher prices. With these MAs shifting with every Bitcoin rally, Rekt Capital stated that it could take at least until mid-early 2026 before a Pi Cycle Top crossover occurs. However, the analyst advised that it is still important to be cautious about Q4 of this year and possibly develop an exit strategy in case the Bitcoin cycle peaks then. The BTC 4-Year Cycle Is Over In a recent podcast, Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart and Bitwise Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Matt Hougan gave their opinions on whether the 4-year Bitcoin cycle is over. Seyffart stated that he expects the amplitude of these cycles to reduce as more institutional investors enter the BTC ecosystem. Related Reading: The Final Bitcoin Act: Here’s What To Expect As BTC Trends Sideways Based on his statement, a Bitcoin cycle top might not happen as many expect, as the analyst predicts there won’t be massive drawdowns again with the flagship crypto maturing. On the other hand, the Bitwise CIO opined that the 4-year cycle for BTC is over. He explained that the factors that drove this four-year cycle are now watered down. Meanwhile, there is a growing inflow into Bitcoin, which would continue to drive demand. In line with this, Hougan declared that 2026 will be an up year for Bitcoin. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $119,000, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
The decision allows authorized participants to create and redeem ETF shares directly in BTC or ETH, rather than having to use cash.
Both prosecutors and defense attorneys have made statements in court about a T-shirt Roman Storm wore at a 2019 Ethereum conference in Boston.
The firm days ago sold nearly $2.5 billion of its new preferred series, dubbed STRC or "stretch," and quickly deployed the funds into BTC.
With its stock trading below net asset value, BitMine has chosen to focus on buybacks instead of further growing its ETH reserve.
Strategy buys 21K BTC using proceeds from its $2.5B STRC stock IPO, bringing total holdings to 628,791 BTC.
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Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill both previously pleaded not guilty, but are expected to change their pleas in Manhattan on Wednesday morning.
Surging ETH and BNB activity, alongside shifting USDT flows, are all signals that traders are pivoting into altcoins.
Billionaire Bill Miller IV says proof‑of‑stake blockchains such as Ethereum and Solana are unlikely to “win at the end of the day,” arguing that Bitcoin’s proof‑of‑work design confers a durability other networks can’t match. In a July 28 interview with CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” the billionaire investor said recent US policy moves may give proof‑of‑stake assets […]
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Coinbase adds Samsung Pay support for crypto purchases in US and Canada, aiming to simplify mobile crypto access.
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On-chain data shows old XRP tokens have been moving back into circulation recently, a potential sign that long-term holders have been taking profits. XRP Mean Dollar Invested Age Has Seen A Drop Recently According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, the XRP network has seen signs of movement from veteran hands. Two key metrics highlight this trend: Mean Dollar Invested Age and Age Consumed. The first of these, the Mean Dollar Invested Age, keeps track of the average age (in days) of every dollar invested into the cryptocurrency. The ‘age’ of a coin or the USD value invested in it is tracked from the point of the coin’s last transaction. Related Reading: Ethereum Exchange Reserve Plummets: Over 1 Million ETH Withdrawn For example, if a coin remains dormant for 10 days, it accumulates 10 coin days. If the price at the time of its last movement was $2, then it’s carrying 20 coin-dollar days. The Mean Dollar Invested Age per dollar in this case is, therefore, 10 coin-dollar days. Now, what happens when a coin that has been dormant for some period is finally moved? Both the coin days and coin-dollar days associated to it reset back to zero. In other words, its age is ‘consumed.’ The second indicator of relevance here, the Age Consumed, keeps track of the coin days being destroyed in this manner across the network every day. Below is a chart that shows how the Mean Dollar Invested Age and Age Consumed have changed for XRP over the past year. As is visible in the graph, the XRP Mean Dollar Invested Age has witnessed a decline during the last few weeks, indicating that the average dollar invested into the asset is becoming younger. The indicator’s value has now come down to 593 days, which is 91 days lower compared to one month ago. The Age Consumed has seen some notable spikes alongside this decline, which means that long-term holders have been making moves. The long-term holders refer to the HODLers of the market, who hold for long periods with strong conviction and, in the process, amass a large number of coin days. When these diamond hands finally make moves, the Age Consumed tends to register spikes as large-scale coin days destruction accompanies them. From the chart, it’s apparent that most of the recent large spikes came just as XRP hit its price top. This could be a potential sign that the long-term holders were cashing in on the rally. Related Reading: Bitcoin Remains Flat—And The SSR Ratio Might Explain Why Since then, the cryptocurrency has plunged. It now remains to be seen whether the Age Consumed would continue to spike in the near future or if the HODLers are done for now. XRP Price At the time of writing, XRP is trading around $3.15, down more than 10% in the last week. Featured image from Dall-E, Santiment.net, chart from TradingView.com
A new report by Standard Chartered identifies publicly traded Ethereum (ETH) treasury companies as a distinct and rapidly evolving asset class, separate from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and traditional crypto investment vehicles. According to the report, these firms are not holding ETH for speculative purposes. Instead, they are positioning their balance sheets around staking yields, DeFi […]
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Traders are betting big on Bitcoin as calm markets and record-low volatility mask the bull’s intentions.
A vote on prospective CFTC Chair Brian Quintenz was taken off the Senate Agriculture Committee’s agenda on Monday as the chamber heads into recess.
The crypto market is heating up once again as Bitcoin consolidates just below its all-time highs and Ethereum approaches critical resistance near the $4,000 level. Momentum is building across major assets, and volatility is picking up as capital rotates into altcoins. Traders are closely watching for a breakout, with many expecting a decisive move in the coming days. Related Reading: TRON Sees $1B USDT Mint: Liquidity Wave Incoming? Adding to the intensity, blockchain analytics platform Arkham (ARKM) has revealed that Abraxas Capital—a London-based investment management firm known for its aggressive crypto strategies—is currently down over $100 million on its short positions. Arkham specializes in deanonymizing blockchain transactions and linking them to real-world entities, offering deep insight into the strategies and exposures of major players. With prices steadily climbing, the firm’s unrealized losses are mounting, highlighting the risks of betting against a rising market. This revelation has sparked conversation across the industry, as it not only underscores growing institutional involvement but also reveals the shifting dynamics between smart money and market momentum in this stage of the cycle. Crypto traders now watch closely to see how this unfolds. Abraxas Capital Faces Mounting Losses On $800M Crypto Shorts According to Arkham Intelligence, Abraxas Capital currently holds nearly $800 million in short positions across Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and HYPE on the Hyperliquid platform. Notably, the largest BTC and ETH shorts on Hyperliquid belong to Abraxas, with data revealing a current unrealized loss (uPnL) of approximately $106.3 million on their account. These positions reflect a high-stakes strategy that may serve as a hedge against spot holdings or other long-term crypto exposures. However, this hedge is becoming increasingly costly as market conditions remain bullish. Bitcoin continues to consolidate near all-time highs, and any breakout above the $122K–$123K range could push prices toward the $150K–$160K zone—close to Abraxas’ BTC liquidation level at $156,000. As volatility returns to the market and altcoins start gaining momentum, these leveraged short positions face growing risk. If BTC and ETH break to new highs, unrealized losses on Abraxas’ account could accelerate sharply. While some analysts still expect a market correction, especially given the failure to set new highs in recent weeks, others see the consolidation as a bullish continuation pattern. Related Reading: Bitcoin Demand Builds at $117K: Cost Basis Distribution Defines Key Support Level Bitcoin Consolidates Between Key Levels The 12-hour chart shows Bitcoin locked in a tight range between $115,724 and $122,077, with the price currently trading at $118,497. After a sharp rally earlier in July, BTC has entered a consolidation phase, forming a sideways structure with diminishing volume—a typical sign of market indecision. Despite the lack of breakout, the price remains above all major moving averages: the 50 SMA at $115,943, the 100 SMA at $111,170, and the 200 SMA at $106,348. This alignment supports a bullish trend, with buyers still in control of the broader structure. Related Reading: Ethereum CME Futures Open Interest Hits Record $7.85B – Is ETH Overheating? However, momentum has stalled. Each attempt to break above $122,000 has been met with resistance, while dips toward $116K have been absorbed quickly. The narrowing price action and falling volume suggest a breakout—or breakdown—is approaching. If bulls manage to clear the $122K level with strong volume, a new rally toward all-time highs could follow. On the flip side, a close below $115K would break the structure and potentially trigger a deeper correction. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) acknowledged on July 29 a Nasdaq proposal to amend BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) so the fund may stake the ETH it holds. Nasdaq’s filing would delete a prior representation that neither BlackRock nor the custodian would use any ETH held by the exchange-traded fund (ETF) to validate […]
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The Nasdaq-listed biotechnology firm is raising $425 million for its ETH strategy, joining a parade of penny stocks investing in cryptocurrencies as their business flounders.
Bitcoin prepares for an impulse move, and if the upside is taken, ETH, BNB, AVAX and PENGU could explode higher.
The White House is slated to release a report Wednesday that's expected to reveal details on how federal officials view cryptocurrency.