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Stablecoin searches reached an all-time high on Google as market cap topped a record $270 billion following passage of the GENIUS Act. Google search data shows interest in stablecoins surged to an all-time high this month as regulations were greenlit, stablecoin issuance and supply skyrocketed, and institutions increasingly look to launch their own tokenized fiat…Read More

Bakkt Holdings says it has agreed to sell its loyalty services business in its bid to focus purely on its crypto offerings. Crypto custody and trading firm Bakkt Holdings Inc. has sold its loyalty services business as it refocuses on being a “pure play crypto infrastructure company.”Bakkt said on Monday that it agreed to sell…Read More

Since July 23, XRP has traded below $3.40, a dip attributed to reports that a wallet linked to Ripple’s co-founder dumped millions of tokens. However, one expert believes improving liquidity and institutional interest could support the digital asset’s continued rally. Post-ATH Struggles and Wallet Dump Allegations After dropping below $3.4 on July 23, XRP has…Read More

SharpLink Gaming is currently the second-largest Ethereum treasury firm after BitMine Immersion Technologies. Joe Lubin, one of the orchestrators of SharpLink Gaming’s Ethereum treasury strategy, wants his company to stack Ether as fast as possible for shareholders — a war cry as firms clamber to lead the ETH accumulation race. “We believe that we’ll be able…Read More

David Grider, a partner at venture capital firm Finality Capital, said he thinks the Ether treasury company boom should bode well for the long-term price and inflows of the token. BitMine Immersion Technologies dipped nearly 27% despite a “chairman’s message” from FundStrat’s Tom Lee to bolster confidence in the Ethereum treasury company. BitMine on Monday announced…Read More

Mill City Ventures has become the first public company to invest in a Sui treasury after a $450 million raise, betting on blockchain’s AI and DeFi capabilities. Nasdaq-listed Mill City Ventures III has completed a major $450 million private placement to pivot its business strategy toward cryptocurrency with a Sui treasury.The non-bank lender and specialty…Read More

What started as a symbolic label (“Crypto Week”) ended with real legislative firepower. Meanwhile, ethereum seized the spotlight as the market’s narrative driver. This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the editorial the second it’s finished. Crypto Week Delivered as Ethereum Broke…Read More

The world’s largest publicly-traded bitcoin miner is also the world’s second-largest bitcoin holder among publicly listed companies. Mara Secures $950M Funding to Expand Bitcoin Holdings Bitcoin mining firm Mara Holdings (Nasdaq: MARA) has raised $950 million by issuing interest-free senior convertible notes to private qualified investors, according to a Monday press release. The funds will…Read More

For the second time in a one-week span, the nomination of Brian Quintenz as U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) may have once again been delayed after his name was removed from the meeting agenda for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The committee has oversight…Read More

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, July 28th, 2025 – ARO Network has secured $2.1 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate its mission of building a decentralized edge cloud purpose-built for peer-to-peer content delivery and AI compute. The round was led by NoLimit Holdings and Dispersion Capital, with participation from Escape…Read More