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Revolut notified some customers it will delist USDT after Aug. 31, with remaining holdings automatically converted into users’ base currency.

Tim Draper denies moving Bitcoin after blockchain analysts linked him to a wallet that transferred 1,000 BTC to Coinbase Prime.

Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan said the bottom is “closer than ever,” while a Swan Bitcoin analyst suggested investors buy now at a discount rather than overpaying later.

The Major County Sheriffs of America said it still wants the CLARITY Act amended to give local law enforcement more resources to investigate illicit finance cases.

Bitcoin and Ether bounced off multi-year lows as dip buyers finally stepped in, and the spot BTC ETFs saw a $221 million inflow on July 2.

Rising interest in Solana-network memecoins and prediction markets was followed by a rally in SOL price. Will the momentum continue?

The restriction proposed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand would bar members of Congress, the US president and their spouses from “issuing or sponsoring their own digital assets.”

The US President disclosed earning more than $1 billion from crypto ventures amid discussions of a digital asset market structure bill in Congress and legislation to ban CBDCs awaiting his desk.

The European regulator said companies cannot circumvent EU financial rules by marketing binary-style products as event contracts rather than derivatives.

Strategy authorizes Bitcoin sales, Open USD takes on USDT and USDC, Fidelity defends Bitcoin security and crypto ramps up political spending for 2026.

Bitcoin set new highs for July after the Dow Jones and global stocks market cap set new all-time highs before the US Independence Day holiday.

Lawyers and industry executives expect EU regulators to enforce MiCA differently as unauthorized crypto companies are required to wind down operations.

Upbit said it only expressed interest in potentially joining the OpenStandard ecosystem in the future, as several South Korean firms distanced themselves from the OUSD initiative.

Belgian authorities say a European phishing gang stole over $572,000 from victims before laundering the proceeds through cryptocurrency.

ESMA publishes its first post-deadline MiCA register update, adding 37 crypto-asset service providers, including Standard Chartered and FalconX.

Bitcoin supply dynamics pointed toward the end of the 2026 bear market after the first "buy" signal since November 2022, but analysis warned that BTC price could still go lower.

Shielded Labs said exchanges, mining pools and wallets may need more time to complete Zcash’s Z3 software migration and safely prepare for Ironwood.

A defendant who owns one of the dormant Bitcoin wallets filed to dismiss the New York case, which seeks ownership of $229 billion worth of Bitcoin considered lost.

The Indian central bank reportedly urged lawmakers to keep banks insulated from crypto and private stablecoins while preserving room for regulated tokenization.

Irish authorities recovered 500 Bitcoin in criminal proceeds, bringing the total seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau to about $92 million in BTC for 2026.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs post $221.7 million inflows, the strongest daily intake since early May, as Bitcoin recovers above $61,000.

Peter Stokes, 19, has been charged in the US for allegedly taking part in a hacking group’s unsuccessful $8 million crypto ransom scheme.

Mark Zuckerberg’s comments came on the same day that Meta expanded its Meta Business Agent globally for businesses on Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.

New data from Allium suggests that US users are bypassing geoblocks to bet on markets offered on Polymarket’s global platform.

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Strategy's STRC offer of high yields and low volatility was always a questionable fit for buying Bitcoin, as the cryptocurrency offers neither.

The TRUMP token is down 96% from its peak, and 85% of secondary market wallets for WLFI are underwater, reflecting a broader downturn in the sector.

The region's regulators emphasized that a product's actual function as a derivative matters more than its commercial name or labeling when assessing compliance.

The U.K. FCA's crypto framework has been praised for prioritizing global liquidity and institutional adoption, but the authorization process is expected to be daunting.

The token's 30-day and 365-day MVRV, a measure of how far holders are underwater, sit near -45% and -47%, lows Santiment says XRP has never reached before. Some traders read stretched losses as a contrarian signal.

This cycle, about $697 billion in new money has generated a roughly 689% gain, compared with earlier cycles where far less capital drove returns of upto 50,000%.

A7A5 claims crypto data providers understate its trading activity, while blockchain analytics firms say the ruble-backed token's volumes have fallen sharply this year.

The president reported at least $1.4 billion in crypto income for 2025. He told CNBC he did nothing illegal and was not aware of the extent of his holdings. Critics say he is profiting from the office while his administration writes the industry's rules.

U.S. institutional demand had its worst month ever in June. Large holders absorbed the selling, marking a divergence that has shown up near past cycle bottoms.

Your day-ahead look for July 3, 2026

Crypto ended the week in a more buoyant state after weak U.S. jobs data reduced the chances of a Fed interest-rate increase and Uniswap gained on a link-up with Robinhood.

After dominating markets in 2026, AI-tied memory and semiconductor stocks are losing momentum, raising the question whether capital will shift back into bitcoin.

Tokenization could make finance faster and cheaper. It also makes it more vulnerable to sudden shocks, the International Monetary Fund said.

Europe head Gillian Lynch said Binance met Greece's licensing requirements and that the company remains committed to the EU, despite withdrawing its MiCA application days before the July 1 deadline.

Spot ETFs had their strongest inflow day in two months, driven by funds other than BlackRock’s IBIT.

Buyers defended a higher low and pushed XRP toward near-term resistance, though the move still needs a clean break above $1.10 to confirm momentum.

Bearish traders lost $281 million in liquidations over 24 hours, nearly double the longs, as bitcoin pushed to its strongest level in two weeks. Ether is up almost 10% on the week and solana nearly 19% while a rebound in tech stocks eased the pressure from the AI trade.

The newly-public company's shares are the largest issuer-sponsored tokenized stock at launch, aiming to make a point against rival third-party stock token issuers.

The broker plans to bring perpetual futures into Zengo wallet and expand DeFi products to its core platform as rivals like Robinhood expand onchain offerings.

Developers say security testing has uncovered no new serious bugs as Zcash's Ironwood upgrade moves toward testnet activation.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy says he's down millions on Bitcoin, but he's intent on holding this time—even if it falls to zero.

Experts warn quantum computers could someday forge Bitcoin’s digital signatures, allowing unauthorized transactions.

Israeli prosecutors charged a 21-year-old American man with spying for Iran while studying at a seminary in Jerusalem.

A Labour MP says the Reform leader pressed the Bank of England on policy that could enrich his biggest donor, a major Tether investor.

Thursday's inflows ended a run that drained $2.7 billion, but analysts warn one green day isn't necessarily a trend reversal.

Sam Altman is pitching a 5% equity stake in OpenAI for the U.S. government—and reportedly wants every major AI company to do the same.

Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said major banks and retailers are on track to begin accepting the digital ruble by September 1.

More than 130 Tron wallets connected with a Central Asian ISIS affiliate were sanctioned by the U.S. government, with funds frozen by Tether.

Researchers say a new jailbreak technique tricked AI models into treating attacker-written text as their own reasoning, bypassing safety guardrails and exposing a deeper security flaw.

BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize now has shares trading on the New York Stock Exchange—or via Solana and Avalanche.

SBI Crypto, the subsidiary of the Japanese financial giant, is the latest firm to shutter its Bitcoin mining endeavor.

Bitcoin continued rising after hitting a 21-month-low earlier this week, topping $62,000 and leading a broader crypto market rebound.

FBI Director Kash Patel failed to disclose a significant purchase of stock in Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy from last November.

Standard Chartered is the first Global Systemically Important Bank authorized to let institutions mint and redeem Circle's USDC.

The Japanese firm's 43,000-BTC stack now sits well below its cost basis, and it has leaned on debt over equity to keep buying.

The market liked it with HOOD shares jumping 8% and their crypto perp dex partner up even more. Plus crypto's latest unicorn is crowned.

The teenager allegedly helped to breach a luxury jeweler and demand $8 million in crypto, as part of a crew tied to $100 million in ransoms.

Brokerage and crypto exchange Robinhood opened the public mainnet for its Arbitrum-powered Ethereum layer-2 network on Wednesday.

Venice reached a $1 billion valuation as founder Erik Voorhees argued AI companies should protect users' conversations.

The 1.6 trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model spent two months disguised as "Owl Alpha" before Meituan claimed it—and it undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5 on price by a wide margin.

A 40-scientist panel found that AI capabilities are outrunning both scientific understanding and government oversight.

Bitcoin mining firm American Bitcoin fell to a new low price Wednesday, one day before executing a 1-for-15 reverse stock split.

Ethereum Institutional will serve as a point of contact for financial institutions seeking to get more involved with on-chain infrastructure.

Analysts don't think the threat of a new stablecoin launch was enough to warrant a major Circle (CRCL) sell-off on Tuesday.

BTC recovered from local lows to $60,000 after softer U.S. jobs and factory data revived hopes the Fed's hawkish turn could be easing.

Securitize President Brett Redfearn argues that tokenization will bring crypto's core benefit of disintermediation to retail investors.

The Trump administration reversed its shutdown order after weeks of talks, with Anthropic tying Fable 5's return to a new safety classifier and other moves.

Shares in top Solana treasury firm Forward Industries are jumping Wedesday after announcing that it added over 500,000 SOL to its stash.

Open USD takes a shot at USDC and USDT, with backing from heavy hitters including Visa, Mastercard and Google.

The new law puts virtual asset firms under FSC oversight for the first time and sets reserve-and-trust rules for stablecoins.

Christopher Delgado’s "liquidity pool" fraud took in at least $400 million, with the proceeds spent on mansions, Lamborghinis, and Rolexes.

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