Ethereum price has reclaimed the $1,850 resistance after softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data triggered a sharp short squeeze, putting the $2,000 level back into focus for traders.
Summary
Ethereum price broke above $1,850 after softer U.S. CPI data sparked a broad crypto rally. Technical charts and liquidation clusters suggest $2,000 is the next major price target. Analysts say holding $1,850 as support is key to sustaining the current bullish trend. The second-largest cryptocurrency climbed nearly 5% on July 15 after June’s Consumer Price Index came in below expectations, easing concerns that Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh would resume aggressive rate hikes. Risk assets rallied across global markets, with tech stocks advancing alongside cryptocurrencies as investors priced in a more accommodative policy outlook.
Derivatives markets amplified the move. CoinGlass liquidation data shows a dense cluster of leveraged short positions between $1,800 and $1,850 was wiped out as Ethereum broke through resistance. Forced buybacks accelerated the rally toward $1,900, while the latest liquidation heatmap now shows fresh liquidity pockets concentrated around $1,900-$1,950.
Ethereum liquidation heatmap | Source: CoinGlass A successful push through that zone could expose another wave of liquidations and open a path toward the psychological $2,000 level.
Technical breakout puts $2,000 back in play Ethereum’s daily chart shows the recovery has developed from a series of rounded-bottom formations that formed after June’s selloff to nearly $1,500. Price has now completed a breakout above the neckline near $1,850, a level that capped several recovery attempts over recent weeks. The measured move from the pattern projects a target close to $2,190, matching a major resistance zone from earlier this year.
Ethereum daily price chart — July 15 | Source: crypto.news Momentum indicators continue to favor buyers. The Aroon Up indicator stands above 92 while Aroon Down has dropped to zero, suggesting bulls retain control of the prevailing trend. Relative Strength Index has climbed to around 63, leaving room for additional gains before reaching overbought territory.
The 4-hour chart reinforces the bullish structure. Ethereum has reclaimed the 100% Fibonacci retracement level near $1,897 after holding above the 78.6% retracement around $1,815. MACD remains in positive territory with widening bullish momentum, while the Chaikin Money Flow reading above zero suggests capital continues to enter the market rather than leave it.
Ethereum 4-hour price chart — July 15 | Source: crypto.news Commenting on the breakout, crypto analyst Daan Crypto Trades wrote on X:
“ETH Breaking above the $1.8K level and saw some good continuation so far. The market structure has flipped back to bullish on this timeframe.”
He added that the next major high-timeframe resistance sits near the $2,100 region, while maintaining $1,800 as support remains critical for bullish momentum.
Another closely followed trader, Ted Pillows, believes the next milestone could arrive quickly if buyers defend current levels. “$ETH has fully reclaimed its key resistance level. If Ethereum manages to hold above the $1,850 level, the pump towards $2,000 will be next,” he wrote.
Outside the charts, Ethereum continues to benefit from tightening on-chain supply. A large share of circulating ETH remains locked in staking, limiting readily available exchange balances even as demand improves.
At the same time, regulatory progress surrounding U.S. crypto legislation and spot ETF adoption has kept institutional interest intact after several weeks of macro-driven volatility tied to Middle East tensions and government-linked crypto transfers.
Loss of $1,850 support would weaken the bullish case Despite the improving setup, Ethereum still faces several hurdles before reclaiming $2,000. The liquidation heatmap shows heavy leveraged positioning between $1,900 and $1,950, where sellers may attempt to defend resistance. Failure to absorb that supply could trigger another round of profit-taking after the recent rally.
Macro risks also remain. Any resurgence in inflation, renewed geopolitical tensions that drive oil prices sharply higher, or unexpectedly hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials could reverse sentiment across risk assets.
From a technical perspective, losing the newly reclaimed $1,850 support would invalidate the breakout and shift attention back toward $1,815, followed by the stronger demand zone around $1,750. As long as Ethereum continues to post higher highs while defending $1,850, however, the probability of a move toward $2,000 and potentially the $2,100-$2,190 resistance region remains favorable.
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Ethereum (ETH), günlük grafikte oluşan çift dip formasyonunu tamamlayarak kısa vadede yükseliş beklentilerini güçlendirdi. Kritik direnç seviyesinin üzerine çıkan ETH, son 24 saatte yüzde 6,88 değer kazanırken analistler 2.163 dolar seviyesinin bir sonraki önemli hedef olabileceğini değerlendiriyor. Teknik görünümün yanı sıra Ethereum ekosistemindeki yeni gelişmeler ve beklentilerin altında gelen ABD enflasyon verileri de yükselişi destekleyen başlıca faktörler arasında yer alıyor.
Çift Dip Formasyonu 2.163 Dolar Hedefine İşaret Ediyor Teknik analizlere göre Ethereum, 1.510 dolar seviyesinde iki kez destek bularak klasik çift dip formasyonunu oluşturdu. Fiyatın 1.842 dolar seviyesindeki boyun çizgisi direncini yukarı yönlü kırmasıyla birlikte formasyon resmen tamamlanmış oldu. Deneyimli analist Aksel Kibar’a göre bu teknik yapı, Ethereum için yaklaşık 2.163 dolar seviyesine kadar yeni bir yükseliş potansiyeline işaret ediyor. Analist, son günlerde oluşan fiyat hareketlerinin yükseliş senaryosunu desteklediğini ve alıcıların piyasadaki kontrolünü artırdığını belirtiyor.
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Şubat ayından bu yana oluşan daha yüksek dip seviyeleri, Ethereum’da yükselen trendin devam ettiğini gösteriyor. Çok aylık yükseliş trend çizgisinin korunması, yatırımcıların geri çekilmelerde alım yapmaya devam ettiğine işaret ediyor. Bu görünüm, çift dip formasyonundan gelen yükseliş sinyaliyle birleşerek teknik açıdan Ethereum’un pozitif görünümünü güçlendiriyor.
EthSystems ve Makro Veriler ETH’yi Destekledi Ethereum fiyatındaki yükseliş yalnızca teknik görünümden kaynaklanmıyor. Ethereum Vakfı’nın iştiraki olarak kurulan EthSystems’in bağımsız araştırma ve mühendislik şirketi olarak faaliyetlerine başlaması, topluluk tarafından olumlu karşılandı. Öte yandan ABD’de açıklanan beklenti altı enflasyon verileri, yatırımcıların yeniden riskli varlıklara yönelmesini sağladı. Bu gelişme hem Bitcoin hem de Ethereum başta olmak üzere kripto para piyasasında güçlü alımları beraberinde getirdi. Kurumsal yatırımcı ilgisinin de devam ettiği görülüyor.
Analistlere göre kısa vadede en önemli destek bölgesi 1.842 ile 1.850 dolar aralığı olarak öne çıkıyor. Ethereum’un bu seviyenin üzerinde kalmayı başarması, yükseliş senaryosunun devamı açısından kritik önem taşıyor. Yukarı yönlü hareketlerde ise ilk güçlü direnç bölgesi 1.900 ile 2.000 dolar arasında bulunuyor. Bu alanın yüksek işlem hacmiyle aşılması durumunda teknik görünüm, 2.163 dolar hedefinin önünü açabilir. Buna karşılık fiyatın yeniden 1.842 dolar seviyesinin altına gerilemesi halinde çift dip formasyonu geçerliliğini kaybedebilir ve kısa vadeli görünüm zayıflayabilir.
Değerlendirme Ethereum, hem teknik göstergeler hem de temel gelişmelerin desteğiyle yeniden güçlü bir yükseliş ivmesi yakalamış görünüyor. Çift dip formasyonunun tamamlanması ve kritik boyun çizgisi direncinin aşılması, 2.163 dolar hedefini kısa vadede öne çıkarıyor. Bununla birlikte yatırımcıların 1.842 dolar desteği ile 1.900-2.000 dolar direnç bölgesini yakından takip etmesi gerekiyor. Makroekonomik gelişmeler, kurumsal talep ve Ethereum ekosistemindeki yenilikler, ETH fiyatının önümüzdeki dönemdeki yönü üzerinde belirleyici olmaya devam edecek.
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In brief EthSystems launched Tuesday to build "confidential systems for institutional Ethereum," founded by the team that ran the Ethereum Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force. It is the third organization to spin out of the Foundation this summer, and the first for-profit one, backed by Ethereum treasury firms Bitmine and Sharplink and co-founder Joe Lubin. The firm argues that institutions won't move stablecoins, tokenized assets, and settlement onto a public ledger until they can hide trade details, positions, and client identities. The group that spent the past year running the Ethereum Foundation's institutional privacy work has spun out to start its own company. EthSystems launched Tuesday as an independent, for-profit firm building privacy and compliance technology designed to let banks and asset managers transact on Ethereum without exposing sensitive information like trade details or client identities.
The founders, Mo Jalil, Oskar Thorén, and Aaryamann Challani, built and led the Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force, a year-long effort that held hundreds of conversations with central banks, regulators, tier-one banks, and asset managers. Jalil, the CEO, previously worked at Goldman Sachs; Thorén spent "close to a decade" on crypto privacy infrastructure, building peer-to-peer messaging and the Waku protocols now part of Logos.
Today we're launching EthSystems.
We build confidential systems for institutional Ethereum.
Institutions want to use Ethereum, but one of the biggest problems is the lack of built-in, modular privacy tools.
We were the Ethereum Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force… pic.twitter.com/Gp75lgoP0z
— EthSystems (@eth_systems) July 14, 2026
Ethereum's privacy gapThe company's thesis is that Wall Street has embraced crypto "as an asset class, but not yet as commercial infrastructure." Banks and asset managers are already exploring stablecoins, tokenized assets, and on-chain settlement, but none will run real flows in full public view. On a shared, public ledger, the founders argue, confidentiality is the hard part: each party to a transaction should see only what it has a right to see, and nothing more.
EthSystems launches with a year of open-source work already published, including proofs of concept for private bonds, confidential stablecoin transfers, private cross-chain settlement, hardened shielded pools, and an Ethereum Privacy Map cataloging institutional requirements across the ecosystem. Its business model is bespoke consulting: workshops, architecture reviews, protocol specifications, and production systems, or as the company put it, continuing the work it was already doing, only now charging for it. It says it will keep publishing open-source work alongside the paid engagements.
The latest spin-outEthSystems is the latest team to break away from the Ethereum Foundation, which has spent 2026 shrinking and restructuring. The Foundation cut 20% of its staff in June, trimmed its budget, wound down its in-house privacy and scaling research unit, and reorganized around a leaner mandate after at least nine senior figures departed over the year.
In the space of weeks, three groups have spun out to take on work the Foundation is stepping back from. Ethlabs, a non-profit, handles core protocol research; Ethereum Institutional, also a non-profit, coordinates outreach to banks and asset managers; and EthSystems, the for-profit, builds the applied privacy technology. EthSystems said it left the Foundation on good terms and sees itself as complementary, focused on "depth over breadth."
EthSystems is funded by many of the same names behind the other spin-outs: Bitmine Immersion Technologies and Sharplink, the two largest publicly traded Ethereum treasury companies, along with Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin and Asia-focused investment firm SNZ. (Disclaimer: Lubin, through his company Consensys, and Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee are investors in Dastan, Decrypt's parent company.)
Those backers have a direct stake in EthSystems’ thesis. Bitmine holds some 5.7 million ETH and Sharplink around 888,000, and both have pitched public-market investors on Ethereum's role as settlement infrastructure for stablecoins and tokenized assets. Lee framed EthSystems as filling a gap, saying in a launch announcement that "the next $100 trillion of assets won't migrate on-chain without it." Lubin, meanwhile, contrasted the team with others that he said had offered institutions privacy technology that amounted to "permissioned systems with extra steps."
With Ethereum already hosting $16 billion in tokenized real-world assets and $159 billion in stablecoins, according to RWA.xyz, Jalil argued that privacy is "the difference between Ethereum holding billions today and running trillions tomorrow."
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In brief EthSystems launched Tuesday to build "confidential systems for institutional Ethereum," founded by the team that ran the Ethereum Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force. It is the third organization to spin out of the Foundation this summer, and the first for-profit one, backed by Ethereum treasury firms Bitmine and Sharplink and co-founder Joe Lubin. The firm argues that institutions won't move stablecoins, tokenized assets, and settlement onto a public ledger until they can hide trade details, positions, and client identities. The group that spent the past year running the Ethereum Foundation's institutional privacy work has spun out to start its own company. EthSystems launched Tuesday as an independent, for-profit firm building privacy and compliance technology designed to let banks and asset managers transact on Ethereum without exposing sensitive information like trade details or client identities.
The founders, Mo Jalil, Oskar Thorén, and Aaryamann Challani, built and led the Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force, a year-long effort that held hundreds of conversations with central banks, regulators, tier-one banks, and asset managers. Jalil, the CEO, previously worked at Goldman Sachs; Thorén spent "close to a decade" on crypto privacy infrastructure, building peer-to-peer messaging and the Waku protocols now part of Logos.
Today we're launching EthSystems.
We build confidential systems for institutional Ethereum.
Institutions want to use Ethereum, but one of the biggest problems is the lack of built-in, modular privacy tools.
We were the Ethereum Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force… pic.twitter.com/Gp75lgoP0z
— EthSystems (@eth_systems) July 14, 2026
Ethereum's privacy gapThe company's thesis is that Wall Street has embraced crypto "as an asset class, but not yet as commercial infrastructure." Banks and asset managers are already exploring stablecoins, tokenized assets, and on-chain settlement, but none will run real flows in full public view. On a shared, public ledger, the founders argue, confidentiality is the hard part: each party to a transaction should see only what it has a right to see, and nothing more.
EthSystems launches with a year of open-source work already published, including proofs of concept for private bonds, confidential stablecoin transfers, private cross-chain settlement, hardened shielded pools, and an Ethereum Privacy Map cataloging institutional requirements across the ecosystem. Its business model is bespoke consulting: workshops, architecture reviews, protocol specifications, and production systems, or as the company put it, continuing the work it was already doing, only now charging for it. It says it will keep publishing open-source work alongside the paid engagements.
The latest spin-outEthSystems is the latest team to break away from the Ethereum Foundation, which has spent 2026 shrinking and restructuring. The Foundation cut 20% of its staff in June, trimmed its budget, wound down its in-house privacy and scaling research unit, and reorganized around a leaner mandate after at least nine senior figures departed over the year.
In the space of weeks, three groups have spun out to take on work the Foundation is stepping back from. Ethlabs, a non-profit, handles core protocol research; Ethereum Institutional, also a non-profit, coordinates outreach to banks and asset managers; and EthSystems, the for-profit, builds the applied privacy technology. EthSystems said it left the Foundation on good terms and sees itself as complementary, focused on "depth over breadth."
EthSystems is funded by many of the same names behind the other spin-outs: Bitmine Immersion Technologies and Sharplink, the two largest publicly traded Ethereum treasury companies, along with Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin and Asia-focused investment firm SNZ. (Disclaimer: Lubin, through his company Consensys, and Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee are investors in Dastan, Decrypt's parent company.)
Those backers have a direct stake in EthSystems’ thesis. Bitmine holds some 5.7 million ETH and Sharplink around 888,000, and both have pitched public-market investors on Ethereum's role as settlement infrastructure for stablecoins and tokenized assets. Lee framed EthSystems as filling a gap, saying in a launch announcement that "the next $100 trillion of assets won't migrate on-chain without it." Lubin, meanwhile, contrasted the team with others that he said had offered institutions privacy technology that amounted to "permissioned systems with extra steps."
With Ethereum already hosting $16 billion in tokenized real-world assets and $159 billion in stablecoins, according to RWA.xyz, Jalil argued that privacy is "the difference between Ethereum holding billions today and running trillions tomorrow."
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Japan’s House of Councillors passed an amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, which officially recognizes cryptocurrencies as financial products rather than payment tools.
With this, the country is now planning to cut crypto taxes from 55% to 20% and open the door to Bitcoin ETFs.
Japan Moves Crypto Under Financial Product RulesJapan’s parliament has officially passed a landmark law amendment reclassifying cryptocurrencies as “financial assets.” Until now, cryptocurrencies have been mainly regulated under the Payment Services Act as a payment method.
Under the new law, Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and other cryptocurrencies will be classified as financial products under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA), bringing them closer to stocks and other investment assets.
The new law also clears the way for spot crypto ETFs in Japan.
Regulators are aiming to launch them on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2027 or 2028, while major firms like Nomura Holdings and SBI Holdings are already preparing crypto ETF products.
List of Changes Under the New LawThe new framework introduces several rules that already apply to traditional financial markets. These include,
Insider trading ban: Trading using non-public information will be strictly prohibited.Annual disclosures: Token issuers must publish annual operational and financial disclosures.Strict penalties: Violators face up to 10 years in prison or 10 million Japanese yen fines.Retail investment cap: High-risk tokens will have a 2 million Japanese yen retail investment limitBigger Fines and Lower Crypto TaxesThe new law also brings stricter rules for the crypto industry. However, the maximum jail term for running an illegal crypto business will increase from three years to 10 years.
And the maximum fine will also increase from 3 million yen to 10 million yen, approximately $18,500 to $61,600. The government says these changes will help make the crypto market safer and protect investors.
Along with the bill, lawmakers are planning to cut the tax on crypto profits from the current maximum of 55% to a flat 20%, the same tax rate used for stock investments.
Another planned change is a three-year loss carryforward. This means investors will be able to use their past trading losses to reduce taxes on future crypto profits. If approved, these tax changes are expected to start in 2028.
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BitMine Immersion Technologies generated $45.7 million from Ethereum staking and validation during the three months ended May 31, making staking its main source of revenue.
Summary
Ethereum staking generated $45.7 million, accounting for 98% of BitMine’s total quarterly revenue in May. BitMine now stakes 4.9 million ETH, equal to roughly 85% of its Ethereum treasury holdings. Tom Lee projects $284 million in annual rewards once BitMine fully stakes its ETH treasury. The figure represented 98% of the company’s $46.5 million in total quarterly revenue, according to its latest 10-Q filing with the SEC.
A year earlier, BitMine reported total quarterly revenue of just $2.05 million. Machine leasing contributed $1.08 million, while Bitcoin self-mining generated $813,000. The latest results show how sharply the company’s business has shifted toward Ethereum after building one of the world’s largest corporate ETH treasuries.
Bitmine Generated $45.7M from ETH Staking Last Quarter, 98% of Revenue
According to Bitmine’s latest 10-Q filing, Bitmine Immersion Technologies generated $45.7 million in Ethereum staking and validation revenue for the quarter ended May 31, accounting for 98% of total revenue.… pic.twitter.com/eRUisDAyYl
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) July 15, 2026 Ethereum staking becomes BitMine’s core revenue source BitMine began native Ethereum staking in November 2025 and later launched the Made in America Validator Network, or MAVAN, in March 2026. The institutional platform provides validator and staking infrastructure and is designed to expand beyond BitMine’s own treasury to serve custodians and other institutional clients.
The company also acquired Australian staking infrastructure provider Pier Two in March. The business contributed $3.53 million of quarterly staking revenue and now operates under the MAVAN brand. BitMine said staking and validation generated $56.9 million during the nine months ended May 31, or 95% of its total revenue for the period.
BitMine now has 4.9 million ETH staked BitMine has continued expanding its Ethereum position since the quarter ended. As of July 12, the company held 5.77 million ETH and had 4,917,189 ETH staked through its operations and staking partners, equal to about 85% of its total holdings.
Notably, BitMine has steadily increased both its ETH treasury and the share placed into staking. Its long-term strategy targets ownership of 5% of Ethereum’s total supply, a goal Chairman Tom Lee calls the “Alchemy of 5%.”
Tom Lee projects $284M in annual staking rewards Lee said BitMine could generate about $284 million in annualized ETH staking rewards once its entire Ethereum balance is staked through MAVAN and partner platforms. The estimate uses a recent seven-day annualized yield of 2.70%. The figure remains a projection and could change as Ethereum staking yields, ETH prices and validator conditions move.
The company itself identified that dependence as a business risk. Its SEC filing said staking and validation revenue is highly concentrated in MAVAN-related operations. Lower staking yields, validator disruption, Ethereum protocol changes or regulatory developments could therefore have a direct effect on future revenue.
BitMine shifts away from its Bitcoin mining roots The quarter also showed how small BitMine’s older business lines have become. Bitcoin self-mining generated $624,000, while consulting brought in $168,000. Machine leasing and mining equipment sales produced no revenue after the company ended those operations.
Despite the revenue increase, BitMine reported a quarterly net loss of $83.6 million, driven partly by derivative losses and other expenses. The results show that staking has become the company’s dominant operating revenue engine, but its overall financial performance remains exposed to Ethereum prices, staking economics and its wider treasury strategy.
Recent crypto.news coverage showed BitMine’s ETH holdings reaching 5.77 million tokens as it moved closer to its 5% supply target. With about 4.9 million ETH already staked, future earnings will increasingly depend on whether MAVAN can maintain its validator performance and expand into institutional staking services.
Leading cryptocurrencies rallied alongside stocks on Tuesday following cooler-than-expected inflation numbers, despite elevated geopolitical tensions remaining in place.
Crypto Market RalliesBitcoin hit $65,000 for the first time in over three weeks, while Ethereum came close to reclaiming $1,900, amid a broader market rally.
Over $350 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market in the last 24 hours, with bearish short traders bearing the brunt of the losses, according to Coinglass data
Bitcoin’s open interest rose 2.09% over the last 24 hours. Interestingly, Binance derivatives traders, both retail and whale, drastically lowered their long exposure to the leading cryptocurrency.
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The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2.15 trillion, contracting 2.06% over the last 24 hours.
Stocks Rally On Soft Inflation PrintStocks bounced back on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 9.63 points, or 0.02%, to end at 52,508.27. The S&P 500 advanced 0.38% to settle at 7,543.59, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed up 0.9% at 26,107.01.
The June Consumer Price Index came in cooler than expected, sharply lowering odds that the Federal Reserve would increase rates at its policy meeting later this month, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
In other news, the U.S. military carried out an “additional round of strikes” against Iran in response to alleged attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. also reimposed the naval blockade against Iranian ports.
Bitcoin To Break Out?Michaël van de Poppe, a widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader, identified a “strong bullish divergence on Bitcoin’s daily chart.
Van De Poppe stated that Bitcoin needs a decisive break above $65,000 to enter a key range, with the next upside target shifting toward the range high between $88,000 and $92,000.
On-chain analytics firm Santiment noted cryptocurrency chatter on social media nearing its lowest levels since the summer of 2024.
“The bullish case is simple: quiet crowd, low enthusiasm, and plenty of sidelined disbelief,” Santiment added. “When attention is this washed out, even a modest shift in demand can feel much bigger than the headline mood suggests.”
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Key Takeaways DOGE climbs 2.25% to reach $0.073 following US inflation figures showing CPI declining to 3.5% Meme coin selloff on Binance totals $1.2 billion since October 2025 Dogecoin has plummeted 73% from its October 2025 peak of $0.26 ETF products for Dogecoin show zero capital inflows since June 17, holding only $9.9M in total assets Critical support level identified at $0.071; breakdown could trigger decline toward $0.068–$0.064 range Dogecoin has climbed to $0.073 as of July 14, posting a 2.25% daily increase. The modest recovery follows the release of US Consumer Price Index data revealing inflation cooled to 3.5%, providing temporary support for risk-oriented assets.
Dogecoin (DOGE) Price While the token shows short-term strength, the broader trend for DOGE remains deeply negative. The cryptocurrency has collapsed 73% from its October 2025 high near $0.26. During the same timeframe, Bitcoin declined approximately 50%, highlighting DOGE’s substantial underperformance relative to the leading digital asset.
Data from CryptoQuant reveals that Binance users have liquidated $1.2 billion in meme-based cryptocurrencies since October 2025. Market analyst Darkfost characterizes meme coins as the “riskiest assets” within the cryptocurrency ecosystem, cautioning that today’s price increase may prove fleeting without a significant return of sustained buying activity.
Source: CryptoQuant Market commentator Kamran Asghar highlighted on X that $DOGE maintains a crucial weekly accumulation zone around $0.07, where previous cycle lows have established themselves, suggesting the possibility remains for a macro-level recovery toward elevated price objectives.
$DOGE is holding a key weekly accumulation zone near $0.07 where previous cycle bottoms formed keeping the door open for a macro recovery toward higher price targets pic.twitter.com/8AjI9HlTpP
— 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐫 (@Karman_1s) July 14, 2026
Chart Analysis Points to Continued Weakness DOGE currently trades beneath its 200-day, 100-day, and 50-day exponential moving averages. The Relative Strength Index registers at 41, remaining in bearish territory despite showing upward momentum. Should the RSI breach the 50 level, momentum could shift favorably and drive prices toward the 50-day EMA positioned at $0.082.
Examining the daily timeframe, DOGE has violated the $0.0715 support threshold following an unsuccessful recovery effort near $0.078. Should the closing price settle below $0.0715, technical analysts are monitoring $0.068 and the $0.064–$0.066 area as subsequent downside destinations.
A potential double-bottom formation is developing on the daily chart provided DOGE maintains the $0.071 support floor. If this pattern materializes, the initial objective stands at the July 4 peak of $0.079, with a secondary target representing a 10% advance to $0.087.
Analyst Trader Tardigrade references the monthly timeframe, suggesting the 2021–2026 pattern resembles the 2014–2017 cycle, which preceded Dogecoin’s substantial 2017–2021 bull run. The chart displays a descending wedge formation that could indicate a longer-duration trend reversal if DOGE achieves a breakout and sustains the movement.
$Doge/monthly#Dogecoin is following the exact same sequence — and we're almost at the end.
🔴 Red arrow: Bearish trend
🟣 Purple arrow: Mild recovery
🟠 Orange Falling Wedge: Final compression
🟡 Yellow arrow: Bull run
— Trader Tardigrade 🧬 (@TATrader_Alan) July 13, 2026
Investment Product Interest and Derivatives Activity Decline Dogecoin exchange-traded fund products have registered zero capital inflows since June 17. These investment vehicles have experienced no activity for six straight trading sessions beginning July 2 and maintain merely $9.9 million in aggregate net assets — representing 0.09% of DOGE’s complete market capitalization.
Open interest has contracted from $1.76 billion in May 2026 to $1 billion as of July 14. The long-to-short position ratio has declined to 0.88 according to CoinGlass analytics, indicating more market participants are betting on additional downside rather than upward price movement.
The introduction of Robinhood Chain on July 1 has generated renewed attention in select meme cryptocurrencies, with its native token CASHCAT achieving a $138 million market valuation since its debut.
Cardano (ADA) is showing renewed strength after testing a key support level, with traders closely monitoring whether bullish momentum will be sustained. ADA’s recent performance has reignited investor interest and brought whale accumulation trends to the forefront.
Cardano price action strengthens bullish outlookADA is currently trading at $0.1629 with a 24-hour trading volume of $302.62 million and a market capitalization of $5.94 billion. The cryptocurrency has recorded a 3.52% increase in the last 24 hours, stabilizing its market structure and sparking anticipation of a further push upwards.
Crypto analyst Sjuul noted that Cardano recently confirmed a bullish break on its higher-timeframe chart, establishing a new higher high and drawing renewed attention from market participants. This price movement suggested growing buyer confidence and hinted at the possibility of a sustained rally if key supports are defended.
Cardano’s confirmation of a higher high on higher timeframes has brought renewed hope of a bullish reversal, signaling that buyers are regaining control and may set the stage for another upward move in the sessions ahead.
The altcoin is now entering a corrective phase, testing a critical support area that is likely to determine its near-term trajectory. Analysts stated that maintaining this support zone would allow the bullish structure to persist, providing conditions for a push back towards resistance at $0.19. Conversely, a breakdown could put further gains at risk and potentially trigger a market correction.
Whale accumulation indicates growing long-term confidenceOn-chain data from Everstake revealed that large Cardano investors have continued to increase their holdings. Wallets containing between 100,000 and 100 million ADA have grown by 1.8% over the last four months, reaching their highest ownership share since February 2023.
In parallel, the proportion of ADA held by smaller wallets with less than 100 tokens has seen a slight decline in recent weeks. The trend suggests a consolidation of ADA supply among larger stakeholders despite ongoing market volatility.
Mini dictionary: Everstake, a prominent staking service provider, monitors blockchain network data and investor behavior, offering analytics on wallet distributions and staking trends.
This fresh accumulation is taking place as Cardano continues to make progress in network development and ecosystem growth, factors that historically have supported long-term investor enthusiasm.
Wallet TypeADA HoldingsRecent ChangeWhale Wallets100k – 100m ADA+1.8% (last 4 months)Small Wallets<100 ADADecrease in stakeMarket sentiment and outlookDespite ongoing volatility, both price analysis and whale accumulation point to an overall positive sentiment in Cardano. As Bitcoin’s price trend also turns upward, market optimism is further bolstered. However, analysts warn that ADA’s next move will hinge on the ability of bulls to defend critical support levels established after the recent breakout.
If bulls succeed in holding the current support area, ADA may rally towards $0.19, its immediate resistance. Should this effort falter, Cardano might face increased selling pressure, leading to a short-term correction. The next sessions will be crucial in defining Cardano’s direction as the market weighs ongoing network progress against immediate price action.
Market projections suggest that continued whale accumulation and network development could underpin further growth for Cardano, but near-term performance will depend heavily on how well the current support is defended following the breakout.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has expressed strong confidence in the network’s RealFi initiative, arguing that it could significantly expand Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem.
His remarks come shortly after the launch of RealFi’s Phase 1 testnet, which has already attracted strong early participation and fueled community growth.
Hoskinson Explains How RealFi Can Increase Cardano’s TVL In a statement today, Hoskinson highlighted RealFi’s ability to increase Cardano’s total value locked (TVL), one of the most important metrics for measuring capital deposited across DeFi protocols.
According to him, users who participate in RealFi must deposit assets into the protocol’s smart contracts. Those funds remain locked while generating yield, which the protocol later distributes back to participants.
As more users deposit assets and interact with the platform, Cardano’s TVL naturally grows. In addition, every deposit, withdrawal, and yield distribution generates new on-chain transactions, increasing overall network activity.
“The cool thing about RealFi is that it is gonna be a big TVL and TX generator for Cardano,” Hoskinson said.
A Catalyst for Cardano’s DeFi Expansion Furthermore, Hoskinson described RealFi as a key pillar of Cardano’s long-term DeFi strategy. He expects it to become one of the network’s most important financial applications since the protocol revolves around yield-generating deposits.
He also argued that initiatives like RealFi will strengthen Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem by attracting more liquidity and expanding the network’s financial infrastructure.
Since users deposit assets into yield-generating smart contracts, the protocol creates additional opportunities to issue and utilize stablecoins within the network. As a result, RealFi could improve liquidity while supporting the broader growth of Cardano’s on-chain financial ecosystem.
Phase 1 Testnet Gains Strong Early Traction Hoskinson’s optimism follows encouraging progress during RealFi’s Phase 1 testnet.
Earlier, he described the launch as a “wonderful start” after the RealFi team released participation figures from its Pioneer Season. According to the update, more than 1,000 users have joined the testnet, while nearly 500 verified wallets are actively participating in Phase 1. In addition, the project has attracted over 2,000 followers on X and more than 420 new members on its Discord server in just over a week.
The RealFi team emphasized that these numbers represent more than simple user growth. Instead, they reflect rising interest in developing a transparent stablecoin backed by real-world assets.
RealFi Aims to Connect DeFi With the Real Economy Cardano’s RealFi is designed to connect DeFi with real-world financial services by using blockchain liquidity to support initiatives such as microfinance and small business lending. The project aims to improve financial access for underserved communities while showcasing practical blockchain applications beyond trading.
During its initial testing phase, users can swap test assets for USDr, stake USDr for sUSDr, and later redeem their tokens. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said RealFi is progressing toward mainnet launch, which could boost Cardano’s DeFi growth and expand its real-world adoption.
In the meantime, Cardano’s TVL stands at $71.56 million, which is significantly lower than Ethereum’s $41.09 billion and Solana’s $4.91 billion.
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The ADA community has reacted strongly after Intersect confirmed that responsibility for delivering Cardano’s presence at TOKEN2049 Singapore will shift from EMURGO to the Cardano Foundation.
The decision has sparked a governance debate across the Cardano ecosystem, with several community members arguing that the transfer bypasses the treasury governance process approved by Delegated Representatives (DReps).
Intersect Explains Why the Cardano Foundation Will Lead TOKEN2049 In a recent announcement, Intersect revealed that EMURGO has been focusing its resources on managing the aftermath of the SecondFi incident. Consequently, the company informed Intersect that it could no longer allocate the personnel required to organize and execute Cardano’s participation at TOKEN2049.
Following discussions among EMURGO, the Cardano Foundation, and Intersect, the three parties agreed to transfer delivery responsibility for the event to the Cardano Foundation.
As the administrator of the treasury process, Intersect emphasized that its priority is to ensure approved governance actions are successfully delivered. Therefore, it described the change in the executing entity as the most practical solution, citing the limited time before the October conference and the need to avoid uncertainty surrounding Cardano’s participation.
The controversy traces back to an earlier governance decision. Cardano’s DReps previously approved EMURGO’s standalone treasury proposal requesting 3.3 million ADA to fund an official Cardano presence at TOKEN2049 Singapore.
Now, Intersect confirmed that the Cardano Foundation would receive the approved funds and execute the project instead.
Community Questions Governance Process Meanwhile, Intersect’s announcement immediately drew criticism from several community members, who argued that the approved proposal specifically authorized EMURGO, not the Cardano Foundation, to execute the project.
Popular DRep Chris O described the decision as a breach of Cardano’s governance framework. According to him, DReps approved a proposal that explicitly assigned execution to EMURGO. Therefore, if EMURGO could no longer fulfill its obligations, the treasury funds should have been returned rather than reassigned to another entity.
Chris also argued that the Cardano Foundation should submit its own treasury proposal if it intends to organize the event. He also criticized what he viewed as Intersect and the Foundation unilaterally changing the terms of an approved governance action without seeking another DRep vote.
Additionally, community member Dramz called for the funds to be returned entirely, expressing frustration with EMURGO’s role in the situation.
Similarly, another community member questioned why Intersect decided on behalf of the broader Cardano ecosystem. He urged the organization to return the funds to the treasury and allow a fresh governance proposal rather than modify the existing one.
Just one quick problem with this. The DReps didn’t vote to fund CF to do Token2049. They voted Emurgo. I think it’d’ve been proper to at least seek DReps’ opinions on the swap before it happened rather than telling us about it after the event.
— Kit Willow 𖤍 (@willow_kit) July 14, 2026
Despite the criticism, not everyone opposed the decision. Some Cardano supporters argued that maintaining an official presence at TOKEN2049 outweighs the need to restart the treasury process.
They contend that requiring a new proposal could delay preparations and potentially jeopardize Cardano’s participation in one of the cryptocurrency industry’s largest conferences. From their perspective, transferring execution to the Cardano Foundation ensures the original objective of the approved proposal is achieved despite EMURGO’s operational constraints.
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The Cardano Foundation has joined the newly launched x402 Foundation as an Associate Member, strengthening Cardano’s position in the next generation of internet-native digital payments.
The announcement places the Cardano ecosystem alongside some of the world’s largest technology, payment, and blockchain organizations as they collaborate to develop an open standard for machine-to-machine and AI-powered transactions across the internet.
Cardano Foundation Becomes Part of the x402 Ecosystem According to the Linux Foundation, the Cardano Foundation is now an Associate Member of the x402 Foundation. It joins an expanding group of industry leaders that includes Ripple, the Solana Foundation, Coinbase, American Express, Google, AWS, Stripe, Shopify, and Visa.
The announcement has generated excitement within the Cardano community. Supporters believe the Foundation’s participation could position Cardano to benefit from the rapid growth of AI-driven payments and autonomous financial applications.
Many community members have also argued that the move lays the groundwork for ADA to support agentic payments at scale as the emerging payment standard evolves.
Linux Foundation Launches Open Governance for x402 Notably, the Linux Foundation officially launched the x402 Foundation to provide neutral, community-driven governance for the x402 protocol.
Originally contributed by Coinbase, x402 transforms the decades-old HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code into a native payment layer for the internet. Instead of treating payments as separate processes, the protocol enables AI agents, APIs, and applications to exchange value over HTTP just as seamlessly as they exchange data.
Linux Foundation CEO Jim Zemlin said AI agents and automated systems are becoming important participants in the global economy. However, they still lack a secure, standardized way to conduct transactions online.
He explained that the x402 Foundation aims to establish an open, vendor-neutral payment standard that remains interoperable while supporting the next generation of internet commerce.
What Cardano Foundation Membership Means Although the announcement does not introduce a direct technical integration between Cardano and the x402 protocol, the Foundation’s membership gives it a voice in the governance process that will shape the protocol’s future.
As an Associate Member, the Cardano Foundation can contribute to discussions on protocol development while helping advance open standards for internet-native payments. This role also gives Cardano greater visibility among technology companies, financial institutions, cloud providers, and developers building AI-powered applications.
The Cardano Foundation’s involvement also aligns with broader efforts to enable frictionless blockchain payments for AI systems.
Meanwhile, Cardano-native projects are already exploring these capabilities. For example, Masumi Network is exploring x402 to power automated payments, escrow services, refunds, and reputation systems for AI-driven applications.
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Djed Spence just became the first Muslim player to wear an England jersey at a FIFA World Cup. The 25-year-old Tottenham Hotspur full-back took the pitch during the 2026 tournament, a milestone that sent waves of pride across Britain and sparked a predictable amount of confusion in crypto circles.
Because yes, there is a Djed stablecoin on Cardano. And no, the two have absolutely nothing to do with each other. But the intersection of naming coincidence, massive global attention, and a crypto-literate internet means this story landed squarely in our territory. Here’s what actually matters.
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The football story that broke through Born on August 9, 2000, Spence plays full-back for Tottenham Hotspur, wearing kit number 24. England’s World Cup campaign has included a match against Croatia in Dallas. Spence’s Instagram posts surrounding his selection have featured faith-inspired messages, including the phrase “GOD IS THE GREATEST,” blending personal belief with national team pride.
The Djed stablecoin: same name, different universe For those unfamiliar, Djed is an algorithmic stablecoin protocol built on the Cardano blockchain. It was designed by IOG (Input Output Global) and launched with the goal of providing a decentralized, over-collateralized stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. The protocol uses a reserve coin mechanism, where holders of the reserve token absorb volatility to keep the stablecoin’s peg stable.
There is zero connection between Djed Spence the footballer and Djed the stablecoin protocol. No sponsorship deals. No token endorsements. No NFT collections. No blockchain partnerships.
The name “Djed” itself has ancient Egyptian origins, referring to a pillar-like symbol representing stability and endurance.
What this means for crypto investors Djed the stablecoin protocol will rise or fall based on Cardano ecosystem adoption, collateralization ratios, and DeFi usage patterns. For investors watching the Cardano ecosystem specifically, the relevant metrics remain on-chain: total value locked in Djed’s smart contracts, the ratio of stablecoin supply to reserve coin backing, and broader Cardano DeFi activity.
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Tether is shifting stablecoin adoption from crypto markets toward everyday financial infrastructure. By leading Pact Labs’ $7 million Series A, the company is targeting payroll, earned wage access, and real-time payments through USA₮.
That strategy addresses a U.S. payroll system processing more than $11 trillion annually, where legacy settlement still delays access to earned wages.
Supporting this, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino noted,
This confirms what our transaction data has shown for years: the demand for dollar-denominated settlement is a wages story.
Source: Tether on X Rather than competing for trading volume, Tether is pursuing recurring payment flows that generate consistent stablecoin demand. This marks a structural expansion of stablecoin utility beyond speculative markets.
Still, enterprise integrations, payroll adoption, and transaction growth will determine whether USA₮ becomes embedded in mainstream finance or remains a niche payment alternative.
Compliance reinforces Tether’s expansion On one hand, building payment rails addresses just one-half of the problem. That makes Chainalysis’ support for Stable, a USDT-native Layer 1, more significant than another blockchain integration.
As Tether continues to push stablecoins into payroll and daily transactions, institutions will require continuous monitoring prior to committing larger transactional volume on-chain.
Chainalysis provides this critical layer. This is via real-time transaction screening, entity monitoring, and fund flow analysis.
Source: Chainalysis Chainalysis’s automatic support for additional ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens enables Stable to continue to grow. It does so while providing ongoing compliance coverage. Thus, the opportunities for Stable extend far beyond fast settlement.
If payment activity and institutional adoption grow together, compliance could become the catalyst that transforms stablecoins into trusted financial infrastructure.
Payment infrastructure now faces its most important challenge. It must show resilience in generating sustained real-world activity. Faster settlement and strong compliance have removed many of the regulatory hurdles for enterprises to adopt blockchain technology.
Rising enterprise wallets, larger transaction sizes, and expanding payment flows would signal businesses are moving beyond pilot programs.
That momentum gradually shifts blockchain’s role from facilitating digital asset transfers to supporting everyday financial services.
The competitive advantage is also changing. Networks that attract recurring payment activity, rather than simply launching new infrastructure, are increasingly positioning themselves at the center of mainstream finance.
Final Summary Tether is expanding beyond trading by positioning stablecoins as infrastructure for payroll and everyday payments. Stablecoin adoption now depends on recurring payment activity supported by scalable infrastructure and institutional-grade compliance.
Cryptocurrency bettors sharply increased the odds that Lucid Group Inc. (NASDAQ:LCID) might file for bankruptcy this year, despite the company denying such rumors.
Prediction Markets Bet On Firm FailuresPolygon (CRYPTO: POL)-based Polymarket currently prices at 46% odds, up 9 percentage points in a day, and 12 percentage points from last week.
The jump in possibility followed a report that the California-headquartered company is considering going private or filing for Chapter 11. Lucid dismissed the report as “false,” adding that it hasn’t formed any special Board committee to explore such scenarios.
Beyond Meat Also At Risk?Beyond Meat Inc. (NASDAQ:BYND) is estimated to have a 35% chance of filing for bankruptcy before the year ends.
The plant-based meat company reported a sharp drop in revenue in the first quarter, as it faced falling U.S. demand and supply chain problems.
The stock price has fallen below $1, triggering a deficiency warning from the Nasdaq regarding the minimum bid price rule.
Price Action: Lucid shares traded down 3.92 in pre-market trading after closing 16.15% lower at $4.62 during Tuesday’s regular trading session. Year-to-date, the stock has collapsed 56%.
Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings show LCID stock maintaining weaker price trends over the short, medium, and long term, with a poor value score
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Anchorage Digital, home to America’s first federally chartered crypto bank, today announced expanded support for the TRON Network with native TRX staking and custody for TRC-20 assets. The expansion enables institutions to securely custody TRON-based assets and participate in network staking through the same regulated platform they already use for digital asset custody. TRON Network is governed by TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps).
Institutions can now stake TRX directly through Anchorage Digital, enabling them to earn protocol staking rewards while maintaining the security, operational controls, and regulatory standards they expect. Staking rewards are generated by the TRON protocol and vary based on validator selection and applicable platform fees. The launch also includes support for TRC-20 assets, giving institutions broader access to tokens issued on the TRON network.
Earlier this year, Anchorage Digital added custody support for the TRON blockchain, allowing institutions to hold TRX through both its regulated platform and Porto, Anchorage Digital’s self-custody wallet. Today’s launch builds on that foundation by adding native staking and broader support for the TRON ecosystem.
“Institutions are looking for the ability to participate in leading networks where on-chain activity and adoption continue to grow,” said Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital. “TRX staking is another step in our commitment to supporting the digital asset ecosystems our clients care about. By adding native staking alongside custody, we’re giving institutions a compliant way to engage more deeply with TRON, a network that sits at the center of the stablecoin economy.”
“Expanding support with Anchorage Digital is an important milestone for the TRON ecosystem and the institutions building on it,” said Justin Sun, Founder of TRON. “Custody is the first step, but staking allows institutions to become active participants in the network. Secure, regulated infrastructure is what helps turn institutional interest into participation.”
TRON has become a leading blockchain for stablecoin settlement, with the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT), which currently exceeds $90 billion. The network has also grown to more than 392 million total user accounts, processed over 14 billion transactions, and reached more than $26 billion in total value locked.
As institutional adoption of digital assets grows, Anchorage Digital’s expanded TRON integration provides secure, regulated access to one of the world’s most active blockchain networks. Through this integration, Anchorage Digital is broadening institutional participation in the TRON ecosystem, while TRON continues to strengthen the infrastructure supporting stablecoin settlement and on-chain financial activity.
Anchorage Digital is a global crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through trading, staking, custody, governance, settlement, stablecoin issuance, and the industry’s leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, which is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore; Anchorage Digital NY, which holds a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services; and self-custody wallet Porto by Anchorage Digital. Anchorage Digital Bank also offers fiat custody services through the use of an FDIC-insured, licensed sub-custodian. Anchorage Digital is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with a valuation of $4.2 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.
Founded in September 2017, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Until recently, TRON hosted the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, which currently exceeds $90 billion. As of July 2026, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 392 million in total user accounts, more than 14 billion in total transactions, and over $26 billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN. Recognized as the global settlement layer for stablecoin transactions and everyday purchases with proven success, TRON is “Moving Trillions, Empowering Billions.”
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Tether froze 4 TRON wallets holding around $131M in USDT linked to Iran’s IRGC and central bank. The frozen addresses are associated with entities sanctioned by the U.S. Tether has frozen four wallets on the TRON network holding a combined $131 million in USDT. The funds have been linked to two of the most heavily sanctioned entities, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Central Bank of Iran. Moreover, both are sitting on the U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctions list.
The move did not happen in isolation. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the action publicly, stating the Treasury is committed to disrupting Iran’s use of digital assets for illicit financial activity. Furthermore, OFAC sanctioned the wallets directly, and the freeze followed.
Where Did the Money Come From? Most of the funds are traced back to two sources: DTC Pay, a payment service provider, and Bitso, a cryptocurrency exchange.
Neither has been accused of wrongdoing at this stage, but the fact that $131 million moved through identifiable platforms before landing in sanctioned wallets. It raises serious questions about the due diligence happening across the payment and exchange layer.
Tether has not yet disclosed the official reason for the blacklisting publicly. However, the established nexus between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Central Bank of Iran provides the most comprehensive explanation of the situation.
How This Moves the Needle for the Broader Market? On the surface, a freeze of this size does not move markets directly. But what it does is send a very clear signal: stablecoin issuers are now active participants in sanctions enforcement. Not passive infrastructure. Significantly, for the broader crypto market, it shows that Tether can and will cooperate with regulators when pushed. That’s reassuring for institutional players who worry about regulatory exposure.
On the other hand, it proves that USDT on TRON can be frozen at any point, which quietly rattles the narrative around censorship resistance that a large portion of the crypto community still holds onto.
Additionally, the statement of Bessent made one thing clear: that the U.S. is far from finished. Treasury will continue tracking illicit crypto flows, and more freezes could follow.
For exchanges and payment providers moving large USDT volumes, the pressure to tighten compliance is no longer optional. Also, the broader implications are straightforward: the inherent traceability of distributed ledger technology ensures that the movement of funds remains permanently auditable.
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The exchange's user base represents about 43% of the estimated 741 million people worldwide who currently own cryptocurrency.
Binance has marked its ninth anniversary by highlighting strong user growth and expanding beyond digital assets into traditional financial products. The exchange now reports 323 million registered users across more than 100 countries, reflecting its growing global presence.
The scale of that user base becomes clearer when placed in the context of global cryptocurrency adoption. According to the firm’s report, its users represent about 43% of the estimated 741 million people worldwide who currently own cryptocurrency. Notably, this compares with a global crypto user population of fewer than six million when Binance launched in July 2017.
User Growth and Trading Activity Registered users on Binance grew by another 7% during the first half of 2026 despite mixed market conditions. The company also reported a 9% rise in institutional users over the same period, pointing to continued participation from larger market players.
This growth in user activity was accompanied by higher trading volumes. Binance’s cumulative trading volume reached $156 trillion after adding $11.4 trillion during the first six months of the year. That pushed total trading activity 7.8% above the level recorded at the end of 2025.
Expansion Into Traditional Financial Products The exchange also reported steady activity outside its crypto business through newer financial products. Monthly trading volume for its traditional finance offerings has remained above $80 billion since March, according to the company.
One of the latest additions to that business is direct stock trading, which Binance introduced in June as part of its broader financial services strategy. The product reached $1 billion in assets under management within 30 days and generated more than $3 billion in cumulative trading volume.
The company’s tokenized U.S. equities, known as bStocks, also recorded early growth after launch. Binance said the offering reached $100 million in assets under management within two weeks, while 47% of trading activity occurred outside regular U.S. market hours.
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To celebrate the milestone, Binance launched a community campaign called “Built by You,” featuring up to $4.5 million in rewards and an interactive virtual experience. The anniversary comes as regulatory frameworks continue to evolve in major markets and institutional participation in digital assets remains a key industry trend.
ANSEM and CASHCAT have become two of the biggest memecoin success stories of 2026. Both started with relatively small communities before attracting millions of dollars in trading volume and producing remarkable returns for early participants. Their rapid rise has once again shifted investor attention toward projects that are still in the presale stage.
Among those gaining interest is MemeToro ($MT), a BNB Chain project combining AI-driven launch tools with a broader SocialFi ecosystem rather than focusing on a single memecoin.
ANSEM and CASHCAT Took Different Paths to Success Although both tokens generated significant returns, they reached the spotlight through different narratives.
ANSEM, also known as The Black Bull, is a Solana memecoin inspired by crypto commentator Ansem. During July 2026, the token surged more than 166,000% in one week, reaching a market capitalization between $370 million and $417 million. At one point, it even overtook the Official TRUMP token in market value while generating more than twice its daily trading volume.
Its distribution model also attracted attention.
Instead of locking founder tokens, large portions of the supply were gradually distributed to the community through airdrops, encouraging wider participation and social engagement.
CASHCAT followed a different story.
Built on Robinhood Chain shortly after the network launched, the token became the chain’s flagship memecoin within days. Several early buyers reportedly turned investments worth only a few hundred dollars into more than $1 million as the market capitalization climbed above $120 million.
The success of both projects demonstrates that strong community narratives, timing, and blockchain adoption often work together to drive memecoin momentum.
Why AI Is Becoming Part of New Token Launches The next stage of memecoin development may involve more automation than previous cycles.
Instead of depending entirely on manual research or social media trends, newer platforms are beginning to integrate AI into the token creation process.
MemeToro’s AI agent has been designed to monitor market discussions, online communities, news events, and social activity continuously. When the system identifies a growing narrative, it assists users by generating the core elements needed for a new token, including branding assets, token concepts, and launch information.
Every proposed launch can be reviewed before deployment under a fair-launch model, reducing many of the manual steps traditionally involved in creating new blockchain projects.
This approach reflects a broader industry trend where artificial intelligence is increasingly being used as a development tool rather than simply a trading assistant.
Every Memecoin Cycle Creates New Winners ANSEM and CASHCAT illustrate how quickly new narratives can reshape the cryptocurrency market. Both projects benefited from strong communities, favorable timing, and growing blockchain ecosystems.
As the market continues evolving, attention is gradually expanding beyond individual memecoins toward platforms that help create and support future projects.
MemeToro ($MT) represents that changing direction by combining AI-powered launch technology with SocialFi, staking, and prediction markets, giving investors another segment of the memecoin market to evaluate alongside today’s leading community tokens.
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The BNB Foundation has officially announced the successful completion of the 36th quarterly BNB token burn by BNB Chain.
Here are the facts and figures from the latest burn:
Total BNB burned: 1,615,827.795 BNB Approximate value in USD around the time of burn: ~$931,702,464 Transaction ID (TXID) for BNB burn: View transactionRemaining to be burned: Check real-time data hereRemaining total supply: 133,166,127.91 BNB*at time of writing 15 July, 2026 at 10:35AM UTC.
What You Need to Know About the BNB BurnBNB is the native coin of the BNB Chain ecosystem, essential for powering its multifaceted Web3 environment. It supports transactions on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC), the opBNB L2s, and BNB Greenfield blockchain. Besides transaction fees, BNB serves as a governance token, granting holders the ability to participate in the BNB Chain’s decentralized on-chain governance. Additionally, BNB functions as a strategic reserve asset and enters the radar of more mainstream financial institutions, driving ecosystem growth and incentivizing adoption.
Following its mainnet launch on April 18, 2019, BNB transitioned from the Ethereum Network to BNB Chain. "Build and Build" is the philosophy behind BNB, reflecting its role in fostering development within the ecosystem. BNB employs an Auto-Burn system to gradually reduce its total supply to 100,000,000 BNB. The burn amount is adjusted based on BNB's price and the number of blocks generated on BSC during a quarter, ensuring transparency and predictability.
BNB Auto BurnThe BNB Auto-Burn provides an independently auditable, objective process. The figures are reported quarterly, and the mechanism is independent of the Binance centralized exchange.
This quarter's burn and future burns will occur directly on BSC due to the BNB Chain Fusion. The corresponding BNB amount will be sent to the "blackhole" address: 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD.
Note: Due to the recent Lorentz, Maxwell and Fermi upgrades, BSC is producing blocks more frequently, compared with the time when the Auto Burn formula was originally defined. The parameters used in the formula have been adjusted to keep the idea and spirit consistent.
BNB Real-time BurnAdditionally, BNB implements a real-time burning mechanism based on gas fees. BSC validators determine the ratio of gas fees collected in each block, which is burned at a fixed rate. Since the introduction of BEP95, roughly 291K BNB has been burnt under this mechanism.
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BNB Chain just torched another $932 million worth of its native token. The network’s 36th quarterly Auto-Burn removed approximately 1.62 million BNB from circulation in mid-July, continuing a yearslong campaign to cut the token’s total supply in half.
How the burn works BNB Chain’s Auto-Burn is a formula-driven mechanism that calculates how many tokens to destroy based on two inputs: the average price of BNB during the quarter and the number of blocks produced on the network.
When BNB’s price drops, the formula actually burns more tokens. When the price rises, fewer get destroyed. It’s a built-in stabilizer designed to maintain consistent dollar-value burns regardless of market conditions.
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This latest burn slightly exceeded the pre-estimated target of 1.615 million BNB, coming in at 1.62 million tokens. The previous burn on April 15, 2026, destroyed 1,569,307.34 BNB valued at approximately $1.02 billion.
This mechanism operates independently from the Binance centralized exchange. BNB Chain is its own network, and the Auto-Burn is a protocol-level function, not a corporate treasury decision by Binance the company.
The long road to 100 million BNB launched with a total supply of 200 million tokens. The stated goal has always been to reduce that number to 100 million through a combination of burn mechanisms, effectively halving the supply over time.
With this latest burn, the network has now destroyed over 67 million BNB tokens since the program began. That puts it roughly two-thirds of the way toward the 100 million target, with about 33 million more tokens needing to be destroyed before the mission is complete.
What this means for investors The fact that this burn came in at $932 million compared to the previous quarter’s $1.02 billion largely reflects price movement rather than any decline in network activity, given that the Auto-Burn formula adjusts based on BNB’s price. Investors should pay attention to the underlying metrics: block production, transaction counts, and DeFi activity on the chain, not just the headline burn number.
Complementing the Auto-Burn are ongoing real-time burns that apply to a portion of gas fees as dictated by BEP-95, along with the Pioneer Burn Program, which compensates users for specific lost tokens.
The next quarterly burn will likely occur in October 2026, consistent with the program’s schedule of burns in January, April, July, and October each year. By then, the total destroyed supply should cross 68.5 million tokens, leaving roughly 31.5 million to go before the network reaches its halving target.
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Stellar (XLM) has shown little price movement following the Stellar Development Foundation’s announcement of its new partnership with the x402 Foundation. Technical analysis suggests the market is lacking a clear direction, with traders waiting on a decisive catalyst to trigger fresh momentum for XLM.
SDF Partners with x402 FoundationThe Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the nonprofit organization driving development and growth for the Stellar network, revealed that it has joined the x402 Foundation as a Premier member. SDF described the x402 Foundation as aiming to establish open standards for internet-native payments over HTTP, seeking to build broader frameworks for programmable and interoperable payment solutions.
SDF highlighted the potential benefits of the partnership, emphasizing that joining the x402 Foundation aligns Stellar with initiatives focused on scalable and programmable payments infrastructure. This move signals an intent to solidify Stellar’s position as a leading force in the future of internet payments, according to the foundation’s social media update.
The x402 Foundation, officially launched under the Linux Foundation’s oversight, focuses on stewarding x402—a set of open standards for modern payment protocols over the web.
Mini dictionary: x402 Foundation, a nonprofit organization governed by the Linux Foundation, focuses on developing open standards for internet-native payments, particularly through the HTTP protocol, to improve interoperability, programmability, and scalability in global financial systems.
Despite this significant collaboration, XLM’s price has not registered a substantial upward move, suggesting that market participants are taking a wait-and-see approach.
XLM’s role in programmable payment infrastructure could expand following SDF’s Premier membership in the x402 Foundation, yet traders have not shown strong buying interest to date.
Technical Analysis: Rangebound MarketThe current price of Stellar sits near $0.1846, marginally below the middle band of the Bollinger Bands, which stands at $0.1882. The next major resistance is positioned at the upper Bollinger Band at $0.2088, while support remains solid around the $0.1677 level at the lower band.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) currently hovers around 45, indicating neither clear bullish nor bearish momentum. While buyers are maintaining present price levels, the momentum has not been strong enough to confirm a breakout. As XLM continues to trade beneath the Bollinger Bands midline, it points to continued indecision in the market.
IndicatorValueImplicationCurrent Price$0.1846Near Bollinger Bands midlineBollinger Bands Midline$0.1882Key resistanceBollinger Bands Upper Band$0.2088Next major resistanceBollinger Bands Lower Band$0.1677Key supportRSI45Neutral-to-slightly bearishA firm daily close above $0.1882 could prompt further buying, while a move below $0.1677 may draw renewed selling pressure. For now, the price action remains within a well-defined range.
Stable Open Interest and Network ActivityAccording to CoinGlass, open interest in Stellar derivatives stands around $180 million, reflecting a cautious market environment where traders are not adding significant new leverage. This level of activity suggests that participants prefer to maintain their current positions, pending new developments that could shift sentiment.
On-chain data from DeFiLlama reveals that the number of active addresses on the Stellar network has remained relatively unchanged in recent weeks. This steady participation supports the network’s resilience, even as price movements have stalled.
If the price secures a close above $0.1882 resistance, XLM could target $0.2088. If support near $0.1677 fails, buyers may be prompted to defend that level, as seen previously.
Overall, the SDF’s collaboration with the x402 Foundation underlines the foundation’s commitment to long-term utility in payment infrastructure. However, charts and sentiment remain mixed, and the market appears to need a stronger catalyst for a significant price move.
While the latest partnership strengthens Stellar’s long-term narrative, traders continue to adopt a cautious stance, awaiting further developments that could influence direction.
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Key TakeawaysThe RWA Crypto Platforms Capitalizing on Tokenization’s MomentumOndo Finance: Bridging Traditional Treasuries to BlockchainChainlink: Essential Infrastructure Powering RWA EcosystemsCentrifuge: Bringing Business Credit Markets On-Chain Tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) is drawing participation from institutional powerhouses including BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Franklin Templeton Ondo Finance concentrates on bringing U.S. Treasury products and yield-generating instruments to blockchain for institutional clients Chainlink delivers the oracle technology and blockchain connectivity essential for RWA platform operations Centrifuge targets the tokenization of private credit markets, business invoices, and commercial receivables for decentralized lending Each platform provides distinct investment exposure to the expanding tokenization ecosystem The RWA Crypto Platforms Capitalizing on Tokenization’s Momentum Tokenization of real-world assets represents one of the most rapidly expanding sectors within cryptocurrency today. The concept is simple: convert conventional financial instruments—including bonds, credit facilities, and property holdings—into blockchain-based tokens.
Established financial giants have already entered this space. Firms such as BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and JPMorgan have either introduced or investigated tokenized investment vehicles over the past few years.
Three blockchain platforms stand out as key beneficiaries of this movement: Ondo Finance, Chainlink, and Centrifuge. Their strategies for capturing this market vary significantly.
Ondo Finance: Bridging Traditional Treasuries to Blockchain Ondo Finance specializes in migrating conventional financial instruments to distributed ledger technology. The platform primarily concentrates on tokenized versions of U.S. Treasury securities and other interest-bearing products.
Ondo Price Investors gain entry to compliant, yield-producing digital securities via blockchain infrastructure through this platform. The approach merges cryptocurrency’s transparency advantages with the security profile of government-issued financial instruments.
Ondo has cultivated partnerships with institutional entities and progressively broadened its offering portfolio. The platform is recognized as among the most straightforward investment vehicles for accessing the tokenization sector.
Investors seeking blockchain-based exposure to traditional financial products find Ondo among the most reputable options currently available.
The platform has strengthened its market position through strategic focus. Instead of diversifying into peripheral ventures, it has maintained concentration on tokenized financial instrument development.
Chainlink: Essential Infrastructure Powering RWA Ecosystems Chainlink operates as infrastructure rather than a tokenization platform. The network delivers decentralized oracle capabilities, establishing connections between blockchain smart contracts and external data sources.
This encompasses market valuations, interest rate information, reserve verification data, and additional metrics that tokenized instruments require for proper functioning. RWA platforms cannot maintain reliability without trustworthy data provision.
Chainlink has also engineered its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, abbreviated as CCIP. This technology enables separate blockchain networks to exchange information and transfer assets securely.
With RWA markets developing across numerous blockchain ecosystems, cross-chain capabilities gain strategic importance. Chainlink maintains partnerships with prominent financial institutions and blockchain initiatives.
An investment in Chainlink provides exposure to comprehensive blockchain infrastructure expansion rather than a single tokenization platform.
Centrifuge: Bringing Business Credit Markets On-Chain Centrifuge has pursued real-world asset tokenization longer than most competitors. The platform emphasizes private credit markets, business invoicing, and commercial receivables.
Companies utilize Centrifuge to convert their financial instruments into tokens and secure financing through decentralized finance channels. This approach connects traditional borrowers with blockchain-based capital markets.
Private credit markets represent one of tokenization’s most substantial opportunities. Centrifuge has accumulated specialized expertise in this segment across multiple years.
While the platform maintains a smaller profile compared to Ondo or Chainlink, it delivers focused exposure to blockchain-enabled business financing.
Should institutional participation in DeFi lending accelerate, Centrifuge stands positioned to experience heightened service demand. The platform maintains distinction as one of few projects with extended operational history specifically within tokenized private credit markets.
Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol has now facilitated more than $21 billion in cumulative transferred volume and supports over $62 billion in cross-chain tokens. The milestone was announced on July 10, 2026.
The protocol now operates across more than 60 blockchains. Monthly transaction volume hit roughly $18 billion earlier in 2026. Earlier this year, CCIP added 26 new integrations spanning 17 different blockchains.
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From oracle network to interoperability giant Chainlink first introduced the CCIP concept back in August 2021. The mainnet launch followed in July 2023, with general availability rolling out by April 2024.
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What this means for investors The LINK token currently trades around $8.30 to $8.40, with a market capitalization of approximately $6 billion.
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Retail demand holds firm in LINKRetail demand for Chainlink holds firm as the broader crypto market risk-off sentiment eases amid reduced inflation risks in the US. In addition, adoption of Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for cross-chain bridges and enterprise-grade security by Mantle's Super Portal and Aave's Stable Vaults reflects industry-level demand, boosting retail support, as previously reported by FXStreet.
CoinGlass data shows the LINK futures Open Interest (OI) surged 6% over the last 24 hours, indicating an increase in leverage-based positional buildup. The funding rate stands at 0.0079%, reflecting a bullish bias among traders.
LINK derivatives data. Source: CoinGlassWill LINK price extend its gains?Chainlink holds steady on Wednesday above its 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $8.12, holding its 5% gains from Tuesday. LINK maintains a constructive near-term bullish bias as price advances toward the overhead trendline near $9.20, projecting roughly 10% upside.
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator rises with its signal line into positive territory, while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) hovers just above 60, together suggesting building upside momentum rather than overbought stress.
LINK/USDT daily price chart.On the downside, immediate support is seen at the 50-day EMA at $8.12, with the previous swing low zone between $7.15 and $6.99 providing the next cushion.
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Mizuho has downgraded Circle Internet Group from Neutral to Underperform and cut its price target from $85 to $50, citing competition from Open USD.
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Mizuho cut Circle’s price target to $50, warning Open USD could further squeeze stablecoin margins. Open USD shares reserve earnings with partners, challenging Circle’s existing distribution economics around USDC globally. Circle also faces margin pressure from Hyperliquid revenue-sharing terms despite recent federal banking approval milestone. The Japanese investment bank said the stablecoin model could pressure the economics behind Circle’s USDC business.
According to a CoinDesk report, analysts led by Dan Dolev said Open USD “could fundamentally alter CRCL’s business model” by changing how reserve income flows to distributors. Circle shares traded at $62.63 when the report was published.
Mizuho cuts Circle’s 2027 earnings outlook Mizuho raised its estimate for Circle’s distribution and transaction expense ratio in 2027 from 64% to 73%. The bank also lowered its adjusted EBITDA forecast from $1.09 billion to $699 million, about 25% below the analyst consensus cited in the report.
The bank said higher interest rates could support reserve income but may not fully offset pressure from changing stablecoin economics. Its concern centers on how much yield Circle can retain after paying distribution partners, including companies that help USDC reach users and financial platforms.
Open USD challenges the existing stablecoin model Open USD was announced on June 30 by Open Standard, with more than 140 companies participating in its ecosystem. Partners include Coinbase, Mastercard, Stripe and BlackRock. The project says businesses will be able to mint and redeem the stablecoin without fees or artificial volume limits.
Under the model, partners receive reserve earnings after a small management fee covers operating costs. That differs from Circle’s structure, where reserve income is generated before revenue-sharing payments to major distribution partners. As previously reported, Open USD’s announcement raised questions over whether Circle’s own partners could support a rival while continuing to distribute USDC.
Coinbase relationship adds another pressure point Mizuho also pointed to Circle’s revenue-sharing relationship with Coinbase. The bank said the agreement is expected to come up for renegotiation in August, and Coinbase’s participation in Open USD could give it more leverage in future talks.
A separate warning came from JPMorgan. As reported by crypto.news, the bank cut earnings forecasts for Circle and Coinbase after a new USDC revenue-sharing arrangement with Hyperliquid. JPMorgan said the deal could reduce reserve income retained by both companies even if USDC usage grows.
Circle continues to expand USDC infrastructure The downgrade comes as Circle expands its regulatory and payments footprint.Circle data showed USDC circulation at about $73 billion as of July 13, down from $77 billion at the end of the first quarter.
Circle also recently received final approval to establish Circle National Trust. The federally regulated entity will initially focus on digital asset custody for Circle and its affiliates, with possible future services for selected institutional clients.
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Mizuho’s downgrade focuses on Circle’s ability to protect margins as stablecoin competition changes how reserve income is shared. Open USD has not proved it can match USDC’s distribution or liquidity, but its partner-led model creates a new pricing benchmark. Circle’s earnings path will depend partly on USDC supply, interest rates and future revenue-sharing agreements.
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15 July 2026 | 10:12 Interactive Brokers has added nine cryptocurrencies to its trading platform and enabled clients to move dollar value out of their brokerage accounts through stablecoins, extending a service that previously focused on inbound funding.
According to the company’s July 14 announcement, eligible clients can now convert U.S. dollars held at Interactive Brokers into USDC, PayPal USD (PYUSD) or Ripple USD (RLUSD) and send the tokens to an external wallet. Transfers are processed around the clock, including weekends and holidays.
Nine Tokens Join the Trading Platform AAVE, UNI and PAXG are also available through Paxos Trust Company. PAXG differs from the other additions because each token represents ownership of allocated physical gold held in professional vaults, giving brokerage clients tokenized commodity exposure alongside conventional cryptocurrencies.
The convenience comes with a custody trade-off. Interactive Brokers states that it neither executes nor custodies the digital assets: positions are held with Paxos or Zero Hash and fall outside SIPC protection. SEC staff has noted that non-security crypto assets may not be covered by a specific insolvency framework, leaving recovery dependent on the custodian’s account structure and applicable bankruptcy law. IBKR still receives part of each trading commission as a referral fee while its partners retain the custody exposure.
Stablecoins Become a Two-Way Brokerage Rail Interactive Brokers began allowing clients to fund accounts with stablecoins earlier in 2026. The latest update completes the opposite side of that process: cash can now leave an IBKR account as a supported digital dollar and arrive in a custodial or self-custody wallet.
The change makes stablecoins more than a deposit method. Clients can move capital between blockchain wallets and a brokerage account without waiting for traditional banking hours, then use the converted funds to access stocks, bonds, options, futures and other products available through IBKR.
“We believe digital assets should be integrated into a client’s broader financial experience, not treated separately,” Interactive Brokers CEO Milan Galik said.
Eligible clients can also transfer supported cryptocurrencies directly between external wallets and their IBKR-linked Paxos or Zero Hash accounts instead of selling the assets before moving platforms.
IBKR Is Opening Its Brokerage Ledger to Onchain Liquidity The nine listings expand the trading menu, but bidirectional transfers change the platform’s underlying function. Stablecoin deposits previously allowed clients to move onchain dollars into an IBKR account, where they were converted into cash. The new withdrawal route reverses that flow, allowing brokerage balances to leave as USDC, PYUSD or RLUSD without first passing through a bank wire.
This effectively turns Interactive Brokers into a bridge between traditional securities and external blockchain markets. A client could sell an asset inside the brokerage account, convert the resulting dollars into a stablecoin and transfer that value to a self-custody wallet outside banking hours. The funding rail operates continuously, although the stocks, bonds and other instruments available through IBKR remain subject to their respective market hours.
Interactive Brokers is not taking direct custody risk to provide that connection. Its official disclosures state that Paxos or Zero Hash execute the trades and hold each client’s digital assets in a separate account outside IBKR. The brokerage receives part of the trading commission as a referral fee, giving it a way to monetize crypto access without building its own exchange and custody infrastructure.
External-wallet support also should not be confused with unrestricted transfers. Zero Hash screens wallet addresses against sanctions and internal risk lists before processing movements, and incoming assets linked to high-risk addresses may be placed in quarantine rather than credited immediately. The service therefore combines self-custody access with the compliance controls of a regulated intermediary.
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According to Lookonchain monitoring, a prediction market trader has reversed a massive profit and loss swing in just two weeks. The account had previously accumulated a loss of approximately $10.8 million, but has turned a profit of over $8 million via recent trades. Its notable large wins include: France vs. Spain: $9.9 million in profit; Switzerland vs. Colombia: $3.765 million; Argentina vs. Switzerland: $1.867 million; United States vs. Belgium: $1.759 million.
TLDR: Mizuho downgraded Circle to Underperform, cutting its price target from $85 to $50. OpenUSD’s revenue-sharing model threatens Circle’s core USDC business economics. Mizuho slashed 2027 adjusted EBITDA forecast to $699 million from $1.09 billion. Circle’s August Coinbase renegotiation looms as a key risk to distribution costs. Mizuho, a major Japanese investment bank, has downgraded Circle from Neutral to Underperform. The bank also slashed its price target on the stablecoin issuer sharply.
Circle’s target price dropped from $85 to just $50 per share. Analysts cited emerging competitive threats that could weigh heavily on future earnings.
Mizuho Cites Growing Threat From Rival Stablecoin Model The downgrade stems largely from concerns over OpenUSD, a newly launched stablecoin. Analysts led by Dan Dolev outlined the threat in a Tuesday research note.
The team warned that OpenUSD “could fundamentally alter CRCL’s business model, which relies on retaining a large portion of the treasury yield to drive revenues.” That assessment forms the basis for Mizuho’s sharply lowered outlook.
OpenUSD was unveiled on June 30 by the Open Standard consortium. This group already counts more than 140 partners across major financial sectors.
Notable backers include Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and BlackRock among others. Their involvement gives OpenUSD substantial credibility and reach within the industry.
Circle’s existing USDC model captures most reserve income before sharing with partners. OpenUSD instead charges a small fee and passes most income along.
This structural difference could force Circle to share more revenue eventually. Distribution partners may push for larger cuts as OpenUSD gains traction.
The timing is notable given Circle’s upcoming negotiation with Coinbase in August. Coinbase remains Circle’s largest and most important distribution partner currently.
Coinbase has already shown support for the OpenUSD initiative publicly. Mizuho’s note suggests this backing could strengthen Coinbase’s position in talks.
Revised Estimates Reflect Deeper Margin Concerns Mizuho adjusted several key financial estimates to reflect these emerging pressures. The bank raised its 2027 distribution and transaction expense ratio forecast.
That figure now sits at 73%, up notably from a prior 64% estimate. Higher costs directly reduce the amount of profit Circle can retain.
Adjusted EBITDA projections fell as a result of these revised assumptions. Mizuho now forecasts $699 million, down from $1.09 billion previously.
This updated figure lands roughly 25% below current Wall Street consensus estimates. Consensus estimates currently sit near $941 million for the same period.
Mizuho noted that higher interest rates alone will not offset the damage. Even improved reserve yields cannot fully counter mounting distribution cost pressures.
Circle shares reacted to the news, slipping about 0.6% in trading. Shares were last seen near $62.63 at the time of publication.
Beyond OpenUSD, Circle faces additional headwinds from other market participants. JPMorgan flagged separate concerns tied to Circle’s partnership with Hyperliquid.
That bank described the arrangement as creating a prisoner’s dilemma dynamic. Together, these reports paint a more cautious picture for Circle’s near-term outlook.
The broader stablecoin sector has also cooled somewhat in recent months. USDC’s circulating supply dropped to roughly $73 billion from March highs.
Total stablecoin market value has shrunk close to $10 billion since May. Softer trading volumes and rising competition both contributed to that decline.
In December 2023, Circle quietly pulled the plug on Heka Funds, a Malta-based trading firm with deep ties to Tether. The reason: suspected market manipulation designed to benefit USDT at USDC’s expense. The full story stayed under wraps until July 14, 2026, when the Financial Times published findings from the subsequent arbitration.
The arbitrator sided with Circle. Heka had sought $49 million in lost profits. It walked away with nothing.
What Heka was actually doing Heka Funds, associated with London’s Abraxas Capital Management, was not some small-time operation. The firm ran large-scale USDC redemptions and arbitrage strategies through Circle’s platform, and by its own account, those strategies had delivered returns exceeding 100% since inception.
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Tether was historically one of Heka’s largest clients. That relationship never made it into Heka’s disclosures to Circle.
The arbitrator found that Heka intentionally withheld its connection to Tether, a fact that turned out to be central to the entire dispute. The arbitrator’s finding on non-disclosure was enough to end Heka’s claim.
The stablecoin market context The stablecoin market had grown to approximately $307 billion by the time the arbitration findings became public, with USDC and USDT accounting for the dominant share of that figure.
Tether has not been named as a direct party to the dispute. The connection runs through Heka’s client relationships, not any formal Tether instruction to manipulate Circle’s markets.
What investors and traders should take from this Heka’s entire arbitration claim collapsed not because Circle couldn’t prove manipulation, but because Heka couldn’t prove it was operating in good faith when it hid a material conflict of interest.
Circle’s willingness to fight a $49 million arbitration claim rather than settle signals that it views platform integrity as a non-negotiable. For retail and institutional investors holding USDC, the short version is that Circle won, and the redemption mechanism functioned as intended under stress. The less comfortable version is that a sophisticated firm with ties to the world’s largest stablecoin issuer was running strategies on Circle’s platform that Circle considered manipulative, and nobody found out for nearly three years.
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KuCoin’s partnership goes much beyond standard sponsorship as Tomorrowland’s Official Exclusive Crypto Exchange and Crypto Payments Partner. The new stage is envisioned as a legendary guardian in the shape of a celestial butterfly—a timeless emblem of change, development, and fresh starts—inspired by the Tomorrowland universe’s Celestia tale. The Celestia Stage, a brand-new immersive destination at Tomorrowland Belgium 2026, was formally launched today by KuCoin, a renowned global cryptocurrency platform founded on trust. The launch is more than just a stage announcement; it’s the start of a new phase in the multi-year strategic cooperation between KuCoin and Tomorrowland, uniting two international brands that share the conviction that genuine human connection, curiosity, and trust determine the future.
KuCoin’s partnership goes much beyond standard sponsorship as Tomorrowland’s Official Exclusive Crypto Exchange and Crypto Payments Partner. Instead of just putting a brand within the festival, both partners aimed to create an experience that embodied their shared philosophy of encouraging people to accept change, explore the unknown with confidence, and develop relationships through shared experiences.
A Tale That Starts with Trust Every stage at Tomorrowland starts with a narrative. The new stage is envisioned as a legendary guardian in the shape of a celestial butterfly—a timeless emblem of change, development, and fresh starts—inspired by the Tomorrowland universe’s Celestia tale. Celestia enables the People of Tomorrow to embrace the future together and explore new views by guiding guests via inquiry and trust rather than teaching.
KuCoin’s own vision is quite similar to that idea. KuCoin aims to become a reliable guide into the future of digital finance by making innovation more accessible, human, and intuitive rather than only pitching itself as a platform for digital assets. Thus, the Celestia Stage is much more than just a venue with a trademark. It is a shared narrative that combines music, culture, technology, and creativity to show how trust is the cornerstone of community, creativity, and discovery.
The stage, which is based on the elegant shape of a butterfly in flight, combines crystalline structures, organic landscapes, and flowing digital elements to create a living space where technology and nature coexist together. The KuCoin Guardians, whose presence reflects direction, curiosity, and discovery throughout the Tomorrowland experience, carry the tale beyond the stage throughout the festival.
Two Communities, One Common Goal Through music, creativity, and shared experiences, Tomorrowland has brought millions of people from all over the globe together for over 20 years. KuCoin adheres to the same community-first mentality. Currently serving over 40 million users in more than 200 countries and regions, the platform creates reliable infrastructure that enables people worldwide to comfortably engage in the rapidly changing digital economy.
Tomorrowland and KuCoin share the belief that communities who embrace technology together will shape the future rather than technology alone. The Celestia Stage offers a place where people from all over the globe may explore, interact, and dream what’s possible together by fusing culture, innovation, and trust.
“Tomorrowland has always inspired people to discover something beyond themselves through music, creativity and imagination,” said BC Wong, CEO of KuCoin. “That philosophy closely reflects our own vision. At KuCoin, we believe trust is what empowers people to embrace the future with confidence. Celestia is much more than a stage. It is a shared symbol of transformation, curiosity and connection. Together with Tomorrowland, we hope to create an experience where innovation feels approachable, communities feel connected, and every visitor is inspired to explore what comes next.”
This Summer is When the Journey Starts The Celestia Stage will come to life at Tomorrowland Belgium 2026 thanks to a carefully chosen electronic music program, immersive artistic experiences, and interactive storytelling that draws inspiration from Celestia’s mythology. The KuCoin Guardians will also be present around the event grounds, spreading the spirit of guiding and exploration beyond of the stage.
As Tomorrowland and KuCoin continue to bring the world of Celestia to life, more information will be revealed in the next weeks, including the complete artist roster, immersive stage experiences, and special community activations.
Celestia’s adventure is only getting started. Together, Tomorrowland and KuCoin welcome the People of Tomorrow to explore the next chapter—inspired by trust, unified by shared experiences, and driven by curiosity.
KuCoin, a well-known international cryptocurrency platform with over 40 million users in more than 200 countries and regions, was founded in 2017 and is based on trust and security. The platform, which is renowned for its dependability and user-first philosophy, blends cutting-edge technology, substantial liquidity, and robust security measures to provide a smooth trading experience. Supported by SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 Certifications, KuCoin is dedicated to developing transparent, compliant, and user-centric digital asset infrastructure for the future of finance and offers access to more than 1,500 digital assets via a wide range of products. With significant achievements like AUSTRAC registration in Australia, a MiCA license in Europe, and regulatory advancements in other areas, we have established a solid platform for worldwide compliance in recent years.
Manu and Michiel Beers, brothers from Belgium, founded Tomorrowland 20 years ago, and it is still a family-run company with a dedicated and innovative staff. Tomorrowland has developed into a well-known worldwide entertainment brand over time.
Festival & Events, Music, Experiences, Leisure, Products, and Fiction are some of the business divisions that make up the WEAREONE.world company. Today, the company’s headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium, together with local offices in Brazil, France, Ibiza, and Thailand, employ over 350 people who work together to create magic.
One of the most well-known and significant festival brands in the world, Tomorrowland is renowned for uniting people via music, art, and narrative. It has inspired millions of people with life-changing events and a common goal of connection.
KuCoin Web3 Wallet, self-custody multi-chain wallet of KuCoin exchange, has integrated the Ethereum-compatible L2 chain Robinhood Chain. The integration permits users to delve into Robinhood Chain’s widening stack of financial services on-chain via a streamlined interface. As KuCoin Web3 Wallet mentioned in its official X announcement, by supporting the exclusive mainnet, it attempts to offer seamless access to DeFi opportunities and tokenized assets. Hence, the move underscores the rising demand for diverse interoperable blockchain networks.
KuCoin Web3 Wallet Offers Immediate Support for Robinhood Chain Mainnet The integration of Robinhood Chain Mainnet into the KuCoin Web3 Wallet reflects the rising interest in interoperable blockchain networks. The move also underscores the growing focus on expanding the accessibility of tokenized finance for the global user base. KuCoin Wallet now completely supports Robinhood Chain Mainnet, providing immediate access. With this, consumers can effectively manage their digital assets, take part in the broadening financial infrastructure of the network, and leverage decentralized applications from an inclusive platform.
Apart from that, Robinhood Chain has become popular for emphasizing the onboarding of tokenized financial assets on-chain. The platform is set to back an exclusive class of blockchain-based finance with the provision of issuance, management, and transaction of advanced tokenized assets within the decentralized setting. Amid the continuously rising interest in RWA tokenization, infrastructure providers are incorporating ecosystems that enable blockchain-powered financial products.
Additionally, this integration also allows KuCoin Web3 Wallet to expand the number of blockchain networks that it makes available to consumers. At the moment, the wallet supports diverse public blockchains, letting clients securely interact with, transfer, and store digital assets across networks. Robinhood Chain’s inclusion further fortifies the multi-chain capabilities of KuCoin Web3 Wallet. At the same time, it increases the number of options for DeFi market members.
Improving Web3 Accessibility and Streamlining On-Chain Finance According to KuCoin Web3 Wallet, the integration is anticipated to enhance consumer accessibility with a seamless gateway to the applications of Robinhood Chain. Additionally, by providing an inclusive interface, this approach minimizes complexity while promoting wider engagement with blockchain-driven financial services. Ultimately, the development reaffirms KuCoin Web3 Wallet’s endeavors to bolster multi-chain connectivity along with a convenient way to interact with the Robinhood Chain network and tokenized assets.
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The broader cryptocurrency market shows near-term recovery signals with a weaker-than-expected US Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for June, easing inflation risks. Bitcoin (BTC) price hovers above $64,000 on Wednesday, testing the breakout of its 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $65,146, which capped its previous day’s 4% rebound.
Among top altcoins, Zcash (ZEC) and Pump.fun (PUMP) are leading the gains over the last 24 hours, emerging as top performers while the broader market risk-off sentiment eases.
Bitcoin tests 50-day EMA breakout rally amid easing inflation risksThe US CPI data for June fell to 3.5%, below expectations of 3.8%, marking its largest monthly drop since May 2020. As a result, the odds of the Federal Reserve (Fed) hiking rates at the next meeting on July 29 dropped to 8%, prompting the quick recovery in the crypto market.
Bitcoin edges below $65,000 on Wednesday as the 50-day EMA at $65,146 capped the 4% gains from the previous day. Still, BTC maintains a recovery tone in the near term, testing a breakout above its 50-day EMA at $65,146, while the overhead 200-day EMA at $75,222 reflects a broader-term bearish trend.
A potential daily close above $65,146 would be needed to ease downside pressure before the more significant barrier at the $70,000 round figure, followed by the 200-day EMA near $75,222.
Momentum shows some stabilization on the daily chart, with the Relative Strength Index (RSI) hovering around 54 with further room to the upside, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) rises with its signal line.
BTC/USDT daily price chart.On the downside, the key structural floor is the horizontal support zone at $60,000, where a deeper pullback could seek demand if sellers extend control from current levels.
Zcash and Pump.fun gain bullish momentumZcash trades above $550 on Wednesday, extending its advance above the 50-day EMA at $471 and the 200-day EMA at $389, which together reinforce a bullish near-term bias. The privacy coin also holds comfortably above the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement at $520, underscoring a well-supported structure.
Momentum aligns with this constructive backdrop, as the RSI at 62 is in positive territory without yet reaching overbought extremes, while the MACD stays firmly positive with its signal line, hinting at persistent buying pressure.
On the topside, immediate resistance emerges at the previous all-time high of $690, followed by the 127.2% Fibonacci extension level at $987.
ZEC/USDT daily price chart.On the downside, initial support is seen at the 78.6% retracement at $520, followed by the 50-day EMA at $471.
Pump.fun shows a short-term recovery, challenging its capped tone, with gains of around 7% above its 50-day EMA at $0.001547 at press time on Wednesday. Still, PUMP token's broader structure remains capped below a descending resistance trendline near $0.001725 and its 200-day EMA at $0.001919.
Price is testing the 50% retracement near $0.001610, measured from $0.002251 to $0.001151, and a decisive close could target the 200-day EMA at $0.001919, near the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement at $0.001950.
The RSI at 57 remains in constructive territory, signaling renewed buying pressure, while an uptick in the MACD above its signal line suggests a lagging recovery, hinting at modest bullish momentum that has yet to challenge the broader downtrend.
PUMP/USDT daily price chart.Looking down, immediate support is provided by the 50-day EMA at $0.001547, with further protection at the recent swing low zone anchored around $0.001151.
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2016 yılında piyasaya sürülen ZEC (Zcash), kullanıcılarına gizlilik odaklı işlem yapma imkânı sunan en önemli kripto para projelerinden biridir. Sıfır bilgi kanıtı (zk-SNARKs) teknolojisini kullanan Zcash, işlem bilgilerinin isteğe bağlı olarak gizlenebilmesini sağlayarak diğer birçok blokzincir projesinden ayrışmaktadır. Zaman içerisinde hem gizlilik özellikleri hem de güçlü topluluğu sayesinde kripto ekosisteminde kendine önemli bir yer edinmiştir. Her ne kadar piyasa koşullarına bağlı olarak sert fiyat hareketleri yaşamış olsa da, dönem dönem yatırımcı ilgisini yeniden üzerine çekmeyi başarmaktadır.
Özellikle geçmiş boğa döngülerinde yüksek volatilitesiyle dikkat çeken ZEC, kısa süre içerisinde güçlü yükselişler ve sert geri çekilmeler yaşayabilen projeler arasında yer alıyor. Madencilik altyapısını koruyan yapısı ve arz mekanizması sayesinde uzun yıllardır piyasada varlığını sürdüren proje, zaman zaman artan işlem hacmiyle yatırımcıların yeniden radarına girmektedir. Gizlilik odaklı kripto paralara yönelik ilginin arttığı dönemlerde ZEC’in de pozitif ayrışabildiğini görüyoruz. Bu nedenle mevcut fiyat hareketini değerlendirirken yalnızca teknik görünümü değil, piyasa duyarlılığı ve işlem hacmindeki değişimleri de yakından takip etmek büyük önem taşıyor.
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ZEC/USDT paritesi 4-saatlik grafiği. 543$ seviyesinin üzerinde günlük kapanış yaparak yeni bir tepe oluşturan ZEC, 370$ bölgesinden başlattığı yükseliş trendini sürdürmeye devam ediyor. Oldukça güçlü bir fiyat yapısı sergileyen ZEC, 250$ seviyelerinden aldığı tepki sonrasında %100’ün üzerinde değer kazanmayı başardı. Ancak şu an için en kritik seviye 543$ olarak öne çıkıyor. Günlük kapanışların bu seviyenin altına sarkması durumunda gerçekleşen kırılımın sahte (fake breakout) olma ihtimali artacaktır. Gün içi fiyatın 512$ seviyelerine kadar geri çekilmesi ise tek başına olumsuz bir görünüm oluşturmaz. Önemli olan, alınacak tepkinin ardından günlük mumun yeniden 543$ seviyesinin üzerinde kapanmasıdır.
Kırılımın gerçekleştiği 512$ bölgesi ise artık paritenin en güçlü destek alanı konumunda bulunuyor. Bu seviyede alıcıların oldukça güçlü olduğunu daha önce gördüğümüz için, olası bir geri çekilmede akıllı para olarak adlandırılan büyük yatırımcıların yeniden bu bölgeden alım yapması beklenebilir. Ancak 512$ desteğinin kaybedilmesi durumunda satış baskısı artabilir ve fiyatın 427$ seviyesindeki likidite bölgesine kadar geri çekilme ihtimali gündeme gelebilir. Bu nedenle ZEC’i önümüzdeki süreçte bu kritik seviyeler üzerinden yakından takip etmek, oluşabilecek fırsatları değerlendirmek açısından önemli olacaktır.
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Aave, the largest decentralized lending protocol, has designated Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as its default infrastructure for all cross-chain operations. The decision caps a two-month stretch in which roughly $7.2 billion in liquidity has migrated away from LayerZero-powered bridges to Chainlink’s rival system.
LINK was trading near $8.32 following the announcement, reflecting what looks like a market endorsement of Chainlink’s growing grip on cross-chain plumbing.
What happened and why it matters On July 13, Aave formally expanded its Chainlink CCIP integration to cover essentially everything the protocol does across multiple blockchains. That includes deposits, withdrawals, Stable Vaults rebalancing, yield optimization, GHO stablecoin transfers, and governance execution through Aave’s Delivery Infrastructure, known as a.DI.
The relationship between the two protocols is not new. Aave first started using Chainlink Data Feeds back in January 2020, and CCIP was already handling GHO bridging and multi-chain governance tasks before this expansion. But making CCIP the default standard across the entire Aave ecosystem is a different magnitude of commitment.
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CCIP now facilitates GHO and Savings GHO transfers across 8 networks using Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Token standard.
The exploit that changed everything In April 2026, an exploit drained $292 million from a LayerZero-secured bridge connected to Kelp DAO. That single incident appears to have been the catalyst for a broad reassessment of cross-chain security across DeFi.
Since May, approximately $7.2 billion has relocated from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP.
LlamaRisk’s Aave Risk Framework, which evaluates cross-chain solutions on security parameters, rated CCIP as the top option. Critically, the assessment found that CCIP introduces no new trust assumptions.
Aave’s decision to go with the framework’s recommendation signals something broader: major DeFi protocols are increasingly letting formal risk assessments, rather than partnerships or convenience, drive infrastructure choices.
The competitive fallout Mantle’s $2.5 billion Super Portal has also switched to CCIP, adding to the momentum.
For Chainlink, this is arguably the most significant validation of CCIP since its launch. The protocol has long been the dominant oracle provider in DeFi, but oracles and cross-chain messaging are different markets with different competitive dynamics. Winning Aave as a default client positions CCIP as the infrastructure layer that serious protocols trust with serious money.
What this means for investors LINK’s move to $8.32 after the announcement is worth watching in context. Chainlink has historically struggled to translate protocol adoption into sustained token price appreciation, partly because LINK’s tokenomics do not directly capture the full economic value of network usage in the way that, say, ETH captures gas fees.
If $7.2 billion in cross-chain activity is now flowing through Chainlink infrastructure, the fee revenue and staking demand implications could be meaningful. But investors should track the actual transaction volume through CCIP rather than taking the headline liquidity number at face value. Assets sitting in a protocol that uses CCIP and assets actively transacting through CCIP are different things.
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Aave (AAVE), a leading lending protocol in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, has announced a significant strategic decision regarding its cross-chain infrastructure. According to the project’s statement, Aave has adopted Chainlink’s (LINK) Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as its official cross-chain standard. This step aims to make transactions between different blockchain networks more secure and efficient for Aave.
Currently, Chainlink CCIP supports cross-chain transfers of the decentralized stablecoin GHO within the Aave ecosystem and multi-chain governance operations via Aave Delivery Infrastructure (a.DI). With this new decision, the use case of CCIP will be further expanded, forming the core infrastructure for cross-chain functionality in the Aave application.
According to the announcement, the Stable Vaults system will allow users to more easily perform various transactions between the Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum networks. These transactions include important functions such as vault rebalancing, yield optimization, asset deposits, and cross-chain transfers. The aim is to enable users to more effectively manage their assets across different blockchain networks through a single platform.
Aave management states that security, scalability, and interoperability were key factors in choosing Chainlink CCIP. In recent years, solutions that enable secure data and asset transfer between different blockchain networks have begun to play a critical role in the growth of the DeFi ecosystem. Therefore, cross-chain infrastructures are seen as one of the most important technological focus areas of the sector.
Experts point out that Aave’s adoption of CCIP as a standard is a significant development not only for the project but also for the Chainlink ecosystem. This integration is expected to contribute to the wider adoption of Chainlink’s interoperability solution.
According to market analysts, infrastructures that enable seamless transactions between different blockchain networks could become a fundamental component of decentralized finance applications in the future. Aave’s move is seen as a significant milestone that could accelerate the development of the multi-chain DeFi ecosystem.
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Lloyds Banking Group, asset manager Aberdeen, and digital asset exchange Archax have completed the United Kingdom’s first foreign exchange (FX) trades backed by tokenized real-world assets as collateral. These transactions were conducted on the Hedera blockchain, using a regulated digital asset framework.
Tokenized collateral supports institutional FX tradesThe pilot project leveraged tokenized shares in Aberdeen’s money market fund and digitized UK government bonds, also known as gilts, as collateral for the FX trades between Lloyds and Aberdeen. Both assets were created in digital form and managed on-chain, representing a new method for handling transaction guarantees in financial markets.
The United Kingdom processes roughly $5.4 trillion in daily FX and interest rate derivatives, placing significant importance on innovations that improve collateral management and efficiency for institutions.
Traditional collateral and margining mechanisms often encounter delays, high costs, and operational friction, particularly during periods of market stress. Many existing workflows rely on manual checks and delayed settlements, making rapid asset movement difficult when it is most critical.
Lloyds, Aberdeen, and Archax piloted a system using regulated, tokenized assets for collateral in the FX market, aiming to address long-standing inefficiencies in collateral movement and reduce operational risks.
In FX markets, firms must quickly move collateral in response to price swings, as any lag can increase pressure and force asset sales. The tokenized model demonstrated by the pilot allowed for near real-time movements, improving liquidity management between financial entities.
Archax issues tokenized assets via Hedera blockchainArchax, the UK’s first FCA-regulated digital asset exchange and tokenization platform, was responsible for issuing, transferring, and safeguarding the tokenized money market fund units and UK gilts on Hedera. This integration connected regulated oversight with blockchain-based asset exchange.
The trial also utilized Archax’s Nest permissioned DeFi collateral transfer network. Permissioned DeFi restricts access to authorized users, enabling financial institutions to explore blockchain features in a secure and compliant context.
The system allowed banks, asset managers, and trading firms to program and transfer tokenized assets on-chain almost instantaneously. This streamlined process reduced the complexity and workload of settlement and margin activities.
Mini dictionary: Archax – A UK-based digital asset exchange and tokenization platform, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), facilitating the issuance and trading of tokenized securities for institutions.
ParticipantRoleContributionLloyds Banking GroupBankFX trades, collateral participantAberdeenAsset ManagerTokenized money market funds, FX tradesArchaxDigital Asset ExchangeIssuing and custody of tokenized assetsHederaBlockchain NetworkOn-chain settlement infrastructureTreasury report recognizes pilot as industry milestoneThe HM Treasury-backed Wholesale Digital Markets Champion report recognized the pilot as a leading example in the field of digital wholesale markets. It highlighted the project’s demonstration of tokenized collateral as tangible industry progress.
The report examined how to scale digital wholesale markets across the UK, emphasizing projects led by regulated financial firms to advance adoption of blockchain-based solutions. Tokenization of collateral was identified as a key area for innovation and broader adoption.
Allan Trimmer, Head of Product at Aberdeen, emphasized the company’s alignment with Hedera, citing the network’s strengths in transparency, robust governance, and environmental sustainability. He described Hedera as one of the most energy-efficient blockchain platforms available.
Aberdeen highlighted Hedera’s transparency, governance structure, and low energy consumption as deciding factors in its use during the FX collateral pilot.
Hedera provided the necessary technology for fast settlements and institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure, managed by a council of major global organizations. This structure offers both security and scalability for large-scale financial operations.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
A sharp drop in WBTC held on exchanges could be a positive sign for Bitcoin.
326 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) tokens on Ethereum were withdrawn from exchanges in a single day. According to fresh data shared by Santiment, this is the largest net exchange outflow since early June.
This transfer of coins has reduced the amount of WBTC immediately available on trading platforms.
Exchange Outflow The latest outflows come as Bitcoin continues to trade through a “risk-heavy stretch.” Even as the crypto asset briefly climbed to $65,000 on Wednesday, market pressure from geopolitical tensions and ETF flow swings persists, Santiment stated in its findings. The large exchange withdrawals, however, could potentially serve as a positive signal for the broader crypto market recovery. The analytics platform added,
“Wrapped Bitcoin’s 6-week high exchange outflows provide more good news to crypto’s rebound “
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) was launched in 2019 following a joint initiative by BitGo, Kyber Network, and Ren. It remains the largest tokenized version of Bitcoin, with a market capitalization of about $7.6 billion. Coinbase entered the space with cbBTC in 2024, which has grown to nearly $6 billion in market value. This space has become increasingly competitive in 2026.
Last month, stablecoin issuer Circle expanded the market by launching cirBTC on Ethereum.
Recovery Near? As for Bitcoin’s price, the crypto asset moved higher after the latest US inflation report came in cooler than expected. Consumer prices fell 0.4% in June, bringing annual inflation to 3.5%. Economists had expected a 0.2% monthly decline and a 3.8% annual rate.
Meanwhile, Bitfinex analysts said that the asset is approaching what has historically been the final stage of its typical bear market period. According to the report, the BTC often spends five to six months trading below the Short-Term Holder Realized Price before entering a broader recovery. With July being identified as the fifth month of the current cycle, analysts believe the market could be closing in on a significant rebound.
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You press send on a crypto transaction and nothing happens. The wallet says pending. The block explorer shows your transaction floating in limbo, unconfirmed, with no clear indication of when, or whether, it will land.
Most people meet the mempool for the first time in exactly this moment of mild panic, and most of the advice they find assumes they already know what a mempool is. This guide starts from zero.
The mempool, short for memory pool, is the waiting room where every blockchain transaction sits between the moment you broadcast it and the moment a miner or validator writes it into a block. It is one of the least glamorous components of a public blockchain and one of the most consequential. The mempool decides how much you pay in fees, how long you wait, and, on some networks, whether a trading bot gets to see your order before it executes and profit at your expense. Understanding it turns confirmation delays from a mystery into a readable market signal.
This guide explains what the mempool actually is, why blockchains need a waiting room at all, how transactions move through it step by step, how fee markets decide who gets confirmed first, why there is no single mempool but thousands of slightly different ones, what happens when the queue overflows, how the mempool became the hunting ground for extractive trading bots, why Solana took the radical step of removing the public mempool entirely, and what practical steps you can take when your own transaction gets stuck.
What a mempool actually is A mempool is a database of unconfirmed transactions that every full node on a blockchain network maintains in its working memory. When you sign a transaction in your wallet and hit send, the transaction does not travel to some central server for processing, because no such server exists. Instead, your wallet hands the signed transaction to a node, and that node begins spreading it to its peers, who spread it to their peers, until most of the network has a copy. Each node that receives the transaction runs a series of checks and, if the transaction passes, places it in its local mempool to wait.
The word itself is a contraction of memory and pool, and the memory part matters. Nodes keep the mempool in RAM instead of writing it to disk, because speed is the point. When a miner assembles a candidate block, it needs to sort thousands of pending transactions by fee and select the most profitable set in a fraction of a second. When a new block arrives from elsewhere on the network, a node can validate it faster if most of the block’s transactions are already sitting in its own mempool, checked and ready.
The mempool is a staging area, a buffer between the chaotic, continuous stream of user activity and the rigid, periodic heartbeat of block production.
Why blockchains need a waiting room A traditional payment processor confirms transactions the instant they arrive because a single company controls the ledger and can simply write the entry. A public blockchain has no such authority. Thousands of independent nodes must agree on a single history, and they reach that agreement in discrete steps, one block at a time. Between blocks, the network needs a shared, informal picture of what users want to happen next, and the mempool provides it.
The waiting period also does critical security work. Before a node admits a transaction to its mempool, it verifies that the digital signature is valid, that the sender actually controls the funds being spent, that the transaction is correctly formatted, and that the same coins are not being spent twice. This last check matters more than it sounds. It is entirely possible for two conflicting transactions, both spending the same coins, to enter the network at the same time from different points. Some nodes see one first, some see the other. Each node rejects whichever conflicting transaction arrives second, and the conflict is finally settled when a miner includes one of the two in a block. The mempool is where these races are held and resolved.
The mempool also functions as the network’s early warning system. A rapidly filling mempool signals a surge of demand, a panic, an airdrop claim window, or a fee spike before any of it shows up in confirmed blocks. Traders, miners, and wallet fee estimators all read the mempool the way meteorologists read pressure systems.
The life of a transaction, step by step Following a single transaction through the pipeline makes the mechanics concrete. First comes creation: your wallet constructs the transaction, specifying the amount, the recipient, and the fee you are willing to pay, and signs it with your private key. The signature proves ownership without revealing the key itself.
Second comes broadcast. The wallet sends the signed transaction to one or more nodes, which begin relaying it across the peer to peer network. Propagation to most of the network typically takes a few seconds, and nothing about this step requires trust in the first node, since every subsequent node re-validates the transaction independently before passing it along.
Third comes validation. Every node that receives the transaction independently checks it. Invalid transactions, bad signatures, insufficient funds, malformed data, are dropped on the spot and never reach a mempool.
Fourth comes the wait. The transaction now sits in thousands of mempools across the network, visible to anyone running a node or using a public mempool explorer. How long it waits depends almost entirely on the fee attached relative to everyone else’s fees.
Fifth comes selection. A miner on a proof of work chain, or a validator on a proof of stake chain, assembles a candidate block by picking pending transactions from its mempool, almost always sorting by fee density so the block earns the maximum reward.
Sixth comes confirmation. The block is mined or proposed, propagated, and accepted by the network. Every node removes the block’s transactions from its mempool, and your transaction is now part of the chain. Each additional block built on top adds another confirmation and makes reversal exponentially harder.
How the fee market decides who goes first Block space is scarce and demand fluctuates, so blockchains ration space by auction. On Bitcoin, fees are measured in satoshis per virtual byte, a unit of transaction data size, so a transaction’s fee rate depends on both what you pay and how much space the transaction occupies. On Ethereum, the fee is gas, with a base fee that the protocol burns and a priority tip that goes to the validator. In both systems the logic is identical: block producers are profit maximizers, so they fill blocks with the highest paying transactions first.
This means your position in the queue is not fixed. A transaction that looked competitively priced at noon can be hopelessly underpriced by evening if demand surges. Wallets estimate fees by reading the current mempool, looking at what pending transactions are offering and how full recent blocks have been, then suggesting a rate likely to confirm within your chosen time window. Those estimates are educated guesses, not guarantees, and they go stale quickly during volatile markets. A fee that clears in the next block during a quiet Sunday can leave you waiting hours during a liquidation cascade, because everyone else’s willingness to pay moved while yours stood still. The auction never closes, and it reprices continuously.
When you underpay, most networks offer escape hatches. Bitcoin supports replace by fee, which lets you rebroadcast the same transaction with a higher fee that supersedes the original. A related trick, child pays for parent, attaches a high fee follow up transaction that spends the stuck one’s output, giving miners an incentive to confirm both together. Ethereum wallets let you resubmit a transaction with the same nonce and a higher gas price, which replaces the pending version. Knowing these tools exist converts a stuck transaction from an emergency into an inconvenience.
There is no single mempool People say the mempool as if one canonical queue existed somewhere, but the reality is messier and more interesting. Every node maintains its own mempool, and no two are exactly identical. Transactions reach different nodes at different times, nodes apply slightly different acceptance policies, and each node manages its own memory limits. What we call the mempool is really the loose statistical overlap of thousands of private ones.
In practice the overlap is large, because most node operators run default settings. A typical Bitcoin node caps its mempool around 300 megabytes, keeps transactions for up to two weeks, and refuses anything paying less than a minimum relay fee of roughly one satoshi per virtual byte. When the pool exceeds its size cap, the node evicts the lowest fee transactions first and raises its minimum acceptance rate, which is why very cheap transactions can vanish entirely during congestion instead of merely waiting. Once evicted everywhere, a transaction is effectively cancelled, and the funds simply remain unspent in the sender’s wallet.
The distributed nature of the mempool has a subtle consequence: pending status is not a promise. A transaction shown as pending in an explorer exists only as a claim in some nodes’ memory. It can be evicted, replaced, or double spent until it lands in a block. Merchants who accept zero confirmation payments learn this lesson the hard way, and it is exactly the mechanism a 51% attack exploits at chain level, where an attacker rewrites recent blocks and dumps the reversed transactions back into the mempool as if they had never confirmed. The 2025 reorganization attacks on Monero pushed more than one hundred confirmed transactions back into the pending queue in exactly this way.
Policy, standardness, and why nodes reject valid transactions Consensus rules define what a blockchain will accept in a block. Mempool policy defines what an individual node will hold and relay, and the two are not the same thing. A transaction can be perfectly valid under consensus rules and still be refused by most mempools because it violates what Bitcoin developers call standardness: informal policy rules that filter dust outputs, oversized scripts, absurdly low fees, and exotic transaction shapes that could burden the network. Policy is a node level immune system, a first line of defense that keeps the shared queue usable.
This distinction produces real world confusion. A transaction rejected by public mempools can still be mined if it reaches a miner directly, which is why services exist that accept nonstandard transactions out of band and submit them straight to mining pools. It also means the mempool you observe through an explorer reflects that node’s policy, not some universal truth. Two explorers can disagree about whether your transaction is pending simply because their nodes apply different filters.
Policy also evolves faster than consensus. Nodes have tightened and loosened relay rules around data inscriptions, dust limits, and replacement behavior repeatedly over the years, each change reshaping what the pending queue looks like without touching consensus at all. For users the practical takeaway is simple: if a wallet warns that a transaction is nonstandard, the problem is usually the transaction’s construction, not the funds behind it.
The mempool also has a quieter institutional audience. Exchanges watch pending deposits to credit accounts faster, compliance teams screen incoming transactions before confirmation, and payment processors estimate risk on zero confirmation transfers by checking how well a transaction is propagating and whether any conflicting spend is circulating. A transaction that most of the network’s mempools agree on is far less likely to be double spent than one propagating poorly, and firms price that difference.
Congestion, spam, and what a full mempool feels like Mempool congestion is the network catching its breath. Demand exceeds block space, the queue grows, and the fee needed for timely confirmation climbs. Users experience it as expensive transactions and long waits. Bitcoin’s late 2017 mania, the DeFi summer of 2020, NFT minting waves, and the ordinals inscription craze of 2023 each produced mempool backlogs measured in days, with hundreds of thousands of transactions queued and fee rates multiplying overnight. During the worst stretches, low fee transactions waited more than a week, and node operators watched their mempools hit size limits and begin shedding the cheapest traffic.
Congestion can also be manufactured. Spam attacks flood the network with masses of low value transactions to clog the queue and degrade service for everyone else, a cheap form of denial of service. Networks defend themselves with the minimum relay fee, with eviction policies, and ultimately with economics, since sustained spam costs the attacker real money in fees. The 2017 spam attack on an Ethereum test network showed how effective flooding could be against a chain with weak fee pressure, and it pushed fee market design higher up the research agenda.
Congestion is also information. A swollen mempool alongside rising fees signals urgent demand, often around exchange runs, liquidation cascades, or major market moves. Sophisticated observers watch mempool depth the way bond traders watch yields, and several analytics firms sell exactly that feed.
The dark forest: MEV and the watchers in the pool The mempool’s defining feature, total transparency, is also its greatest vulnerability. Every pending transaction is public before it executes, which means anyone can read your intentions and act on them first. On smart contract chains this gave rise to an entire extractive industry built around maximal extractable value, or MEV, the profit available to whoever controls transaction ordering.
The canonical attack is the sandwich. A bot spots your large pending swap on a decentralized exchange, buys the same token first to push the price up, lets your trade execute at the worse price, then immediately sells for a profit carved directly out of your execution. Front running, back running, and liquidation sniping follow the same principle: see the pending transaction, position around it, capture the difference. One researcher famously described the public mempool as a dark forest, a place where anything visible gets hunted. Researchers estimate that MEV extraction on Ethereum alone has run into the billions of dollars since 2020.
The defense industry that grew in response is now substantial. Private transaction relays, such as Flashbots Protect, let users submit transactions directly to block builders, skipping the public mempool entirely so bots never see the order. Batch auction exchanges settle many trades at a single clearing price, removing the ordering advantage. Wallets increasingly route large trades through protected channels by default. None of this eliminates MEV, but it changes who can be hunted. The economics are straightforward: the value of hiding an order grows with its size, so large traders now treat mempool privacy the way traditional funds treat dark pools, as basic operational hygiene. Retail users moving small amounts face far less risk, but a single large swap through the public queue on a thin trading pair can pay a triple digit toll to a sandwich bot in a matter of seconds.
Solana’s answer: delete the mempool Solana made the most radical design choice of any major network: it has no public mempool at all. Instead of gossiping pending transactions across the whole network, Solana’s Gulf Stream protocol forwards transactions directly to the validator scheduled to produce the next block, called the leader. The leader schedule is known in advance, so wallets and nodes know exactly where to send traffic. Transactions go from user to leader with almost no public waiting period.
The design serves speed above all, and it removes the classic observation window that sandwich bots depend on, since pending transactions are never broadcast for public inspection. It did not eliminate MEV, which instead matured into a private auction economy where searchers pay tips through infrastructure such as Jito to have their transaction bundles placed favorably by leaders. The lesson generalizes: ordering has value on any blockchain, and removing the public queue changes where that value is captured, not whether it exists.
Other networks are converging on middle paths. Encrypted mempools hide transaction contents until ordering is locked. Proposer builder separation on Ethereum splits the job of choosing transactions from the job of proposing blocks, pushing MEV into a more transparent auction. The mempool of 2030 will likely look very different from the open bazaar of 2020. What will not change is the underlying constraint: some component of every blockchain has to hold transactions between creation and confirmation, and whoever can observe or influence that component holds power over everyone who cannot.
Reading the mempool yourself You do not need to run a node to watch the queue. Public mempool explorers visualize pending transactions, fee distributions, and projected confirmation times in real time, and they are the fastest way to answer the two questions every stuck user asks: how busy is the network, and what fee actually clears right now.
When your own transaction is stuck, the diagnosis is almost always the same: your fee is below the going rate. Your options, in rough order of preference, are to wait for congestion to ease, to bump the fee using replace by fee or a nonce replacement, to use child pays for parent where supported, or, on Bitcoin, simply to wait for eviction if the payment no longer matters. What you should not do is panic. The funds are not lost. An unconfirmed transaction either confirms or effectively ceases to exist, and in the latter case the coins never left your wallet.
It also helps to understand what explorers actually display. The fee histogram shows how much pending volume sits at each fee level, which tells you where the clearing price is right now. The projected blocks view shows which transactions would fill the next several blocks if they were produced immediately, which tells you how deep the queue runs ahead of you. And the purge line, on Bitcoin explorers, shows the fee rate below which nodes are actively evicting transactions, the effective floor of the market. Ten minutes spent learning these three readouts pays for itself the first time fees spike.
One final habit worth adopting: check the mempool before you transact, not after. Thirty seconds of looking at current fee rates saves both overpaying during quiet periods and underpaying during storms. The queue is public. Very few people bother to read it, which is exactly why the ones who do have an edge. It is the same reason a network upgrade that splits the chain, covered in our guide to hard forks and soft forks, always produces a flurry of mempool drama, as wallets and nodes on both sides of the split sort out which pending transactions belong where.
Frequently asked questions What is a mempool in simple terms? A mempool is the waiting room for blockchain transactions. After you send a transaction, it sits in the mempool, visible and pending, until a miner or validator includes it in a block. Every full node keeps its own copy of this queue in memory.
Why is my transaction stuck in the mempool? Almost always because the fee attached is lower than what other pending transactions are offering. Block producers pick the highest paying transactions first, so underpriced ones wait until demand falls or until they are evicted from the queue entirely.
Can a transaction in the mempool be cancelled? Sometimes. On Bitcoin, replace by fee lets you supersede a pending transaction with a new version, and a stuck transaction that gets evicted from all mempools is effectively cancelled. On Ethereum, you can replace a pending transaction by sending a new one with the same nonce and a higher fee.
Is there one mempool for the whole network? No. Every node maintains its own mempool, and the contents differ slightly between nodes based on timing, settings, and memory limits. The mempool people refer to is the rough overlap of thousands of independent queues.
How long can a transaction stay in the mempool? On Bitcoin, default node settings keep transactions for up to two weeks before dropping them, though eviction can happen sooner if the pool fills and the fee is low. Other networks have their own retention and eviction rules.
What is the connection between the mempool and MEV? Pending transactions in a public mempool are visible before they execute, so bots can read them and trade around them, extracting value through sandwich attacks and front running. This visibility is the raw material of most MEV on chains like Ethereum.
Does Solana have a mempool? Not a public one. Solana forwards transactions directly to the upcoming block leader instead of broadcasting them across the network, which removes the public waiting room. MEV on Solana instead flows through private bundle auctions run by infrastructure providers.
Are funds lost if a transaction never confirms? No. A transaction that never confirms is eventually dropped from mempools, and the coins simply remain in the sending wallet as if the transaction had never been made. Nothing is deducted until a transaction is included in a block.
This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Network rules, fee mechanics, and default node policies change over time. Details are accurate as of July 14, 2026.
Morgan Stanley has filed an amended S-1 registration statement for its Ethereum and Solana ETFs. The filings indicate the Wall Street giant is moving closer to launching new crypto ETFs following its spot Bitcoin ETF debut this year, claims a Bloomberg ETF analyst.
Morgan Stanley Amends Ethereum ETF Filing with US SEC According to the latest SEC filing dated July 14, Morgan Stanley submitted 3rd amendment to its spot Ethereum ETF. The proposed ETF will list and trade on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol MSSE.
The latest amendment includes an updated delegated sponsor, Coinase Prime, Coinbase custodial and trade finance agreements. The latest amendment indicates the Morgan Stanley Ethereum ETF could become effective soon.
Spot Ethereum ETF would levy a sponsor fee of 0.14%. Also, it plans to stake 50-80% of holdings via providers such as Figment, Galaxy Blockchain, and Coinbase Canada. Notably, staking services providers and custodians are to receive only a 5% of the staking rewards.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the delegated sponsor, said it will not receive or retain the remaining staking rewards, resulting in higher earnings for investors.
Moreover, The Bank of New York Mellon and Coinbase Custody will serve as custodians for the Morgan Stanley Etherumn ETF.
Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart said the “launch is likely getting pretty close” as Morgan Stanley updated the documents for both its Ethereum and Solana ETFs.
NEW: @MorganStanley has filed updated documents for both their Ethereum ETF and their Solana ETF. Tickers will be $MSSE and $MSOL. Fees will be 0.14%. Launch likely getting pretty close. solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 ethereum:native pic.twitter.com/0pGTi9stri
— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) July 14, 2026
Wall Street Giants Updates its Solana ETF Morgan Stanley also updated its S-1 registration statement for its spot Solana ETF, with similar agreements with service providers. The issuer proposed to list and trade Solana ETF on NYSE Arca under the ticker MSOL.
Morgan Stanley Solana ETF also revealed its 0.14% management fee. Also, the issuer plans to stake upto 100% of SOL holdings through Figment, Galaxy Blockchain, and Coinbase Canada.
While Wall Street institutions are integrating yield mechanics into exchange-traded products, retail investors can directly access yield by comparing the best crypto staking platforms available for self-custody or exchange-based staking.
The staking rewards distribution mechanism for staking service providers, custodians, and investors is the same as in the Morgan Stanley Ethereum ETF.
Cash custodians, crypto custodians, administrator, transfer agent, and marketing agent are similar to those of its Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF. The MSBT holds over $357 million in total assets, with BTC holdings worth over $379 million.
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