Ionic Raises $400M as AI Revenue Tops Bitcoin Mining Ahead of Nasdaq Listing
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The Biggest Blockchain Upgrades Coming in 2026
Most crypto investors still obsess over price charts. But in 2026, a growing share of attention is shifting back to...
Russia on Track for Digital Ruble Rollout on Sept. 1: Central Bank Governor
Russia’s central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina, confirmed that the country was prepared to roll out its central bank digital currency...
Crypto Lending Drops to $23.3 Billion as Tether Holds 68% of CeFi Loan Market in Q1
Key TakeawaysCeFi loan books fell 6% to $23.3B in Q1 2026, ending growth since Q3 2024.Tether held a 68% share,...
Ethereum Staking Rate Surpasses 33% Despite Price Weakness
TL;DR Ethereum’s staking rate has climbed above 33% for the first time, setting a new all-time high. Around 33.06% of...
American Bitcoin Shrinks Float 93% as Reverse Split Takes Effect Thursday
Key TakeawaysAmerican Bitcoin’s reverse split takes effect at 5 p.m. on July 2, 2026.Shares outstanding drop from 1.09 billion to...
Crypto ATM Bans, Restrictions Now in Effect in Tennessee and Georgia
Cryptocurrency ATMs are fast disappearing from the American landscape as kiosk operators in two US states face bans and restrictions...
Bitmine ETH Holdings Reach 5.7M After Joining Russell 1000
Ether treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies added more than 27,000 Ether to its holdings last week as the firm joined...
Flare Targets XRPL Expansion With July 6 Vote on Songbird Confidential Compute Rollout
Key TakeawaysFlare scheduled a July 6-13 governance vote to deploy Confidential Compute on its Songbird network.The update adds programmable execution...
Crypto Companies Have Spent $189M So Far on 2026 US Election Cycle: Report
The US consumer advocacy group Public Citizen on Tuesday reported that the cryptocurrency industry had contributed $189 million toward the...
Coinbase Brings Stablecoin Funding to Europe’s Regulated Mutual Funds
Key TakeawaysCoinbase and Spiko introduced stablecoin funding for Spiko’s regulated UCITS money market funds, marking a European first.Investors can subscribe...
RLUSD Brings the Dollars, XRP Moves Them ; Analyst Explains Why There Is No Competition
The debate over whether Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD is slowly cannibalising XRP’s utility has circulated through the crypto community for months....
Bernstein Sees Prediction-Market M&A Wave as Platforms Integrate
Prediction-market operators are bringing trading infrastructure in-house, a rapid shift that could trigger a wave of acquisitions across crypto platforms,...
Chinese Wealth Funds Warn of Global AI ‘Super Bubble’ Burst
Key TakeawaysWealspring warned the AI super bubble may soon collapse, next threatening tech markets with a capital retreat.Banxia noted Anthropic...
The Future Cyberpunk Imagined Is Here: How Much Did It Get Right?
In brief Brain implants, AI glasses, and advanced prosthetics are beginning to make cyberpunk's technology a reality. Mondo 2000 co-founder...
Why an Altcoin Rally Could Start When Everything Still Looks Terrible
The altcoin market is showing early signs of resilience that could set the stage for a short-term recovery, even as...
Stablecoins and Public Ledgers Flawed, Report Says
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warned that the rapid expansion of stablecoins risks fragmenting the global monetary system and...
Old ETH Wallet Selling Tests Whale Conviction at $1.5K
Eight-year-old Ether (ETH) wallets have started moving coins for the first time since 2017, adding fresh supply to the market...
Miners Absorb 18% Hashprice Crash as Bitcoin Difficulty Jumps 7.15%
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s difficulty rose 7.15% at block 955,584 on June 26, marking the year’s second-largest increase.Hashprice dropped 18.34% in 30...
Gomining Mines First Live Stratum V2 Bitcoin Block, Shifting Control to Miners
Key TakeawaysGomining mined the first live Bitcoin block via DMND pool, letting miners pick transactions.Gomining bypassed centralized pool operators for...
Base Network Stalls After Invalid Block Freezes Sequencer
Key TakeawaysBase mainnet block production stalled for nearly 2 hours on June 25 after block #47,806,542 caused a consensus failure.Coinbase’s...
What Binance’s EU exit means for the BNB token price
Binance will halt services for EU users after MiCA setback. BNB token price has fallen 13.2% over the past month....
