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Cryptocurrency companies have become the single largest corporate political spenders in the United States, pouring $189 million into the 2026 midterm elections — more than they spent during the entire 2024 election cycle — according to a new report from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. The crypto sector accounts for 37% of the $517 million that corporations have reported spending on the 2026 midterms so far, a figure that already surpasses the previous record of $461 million set during the full 2024 cycle. Months remain before Election Day. The report, authored by Public Citizen researcher Rick Claypool and published…

Solana Foundation announced Wednesday that onchain governance is live on the network, letting validators propose and vote on protocol-level decisions through a system called Solana Governance Proposals, or SGPs. The mechanism is fully onchain, stake-weighted and verified by Merkle proof, according to the Foundation’s announcement thread. Any validator with at least 100,000 SOL delegated can open a proposal, and a proposal only opens for a vote once it clears 15% of cluster stake support. Delegators who disagree with how their validator voted, or whose validator did not vote at all, can override that vote using their own stake weight. Merkle-Verified…

The Question That Changed Robert Kiyosaki’s Path Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling personal finance book Rich Dad Poor Dad, said the turning point began years ago while listening to an Indian guru. The guru told him, “Your body’s mission is to fulfill your spirit’s mission,” Kiyosaki wrote on X on July 1. He added that the sentence forced him to examine whether his work matched a deeper purpose. “His words shook me. At the time my body was busy making money,” Kiyosaki said. That conflict became the central issue in his reflection: whether financial success alone could define a…

LINE NEXT has opened developer pre-registration for Unifi Pay ahead of a planned global launch in the third quarter, with the payment infrastructure set to support $USDT, JPYC and IDRP through its Unifi stablecoin wallet. According to a CoinPost report, LINE NEXT, the U.S.-based affiliate of LINE Yahoo, announced on June 30 that Unifi Pay will be launched globally after a beta phase that handled 100 billion Korean won in cumulative payments and settlements over the past year. The company, which has access to LINE Yahoo’s 300 million users, is building the service on its Unifi stablecoin wallet and has…

Bitcoin’s [$BTC] rally is losing strength. For much of history, American capital has been one of the biggest drivers of $BTC; now, that’s not the case. With ETFs bleeding in addition, is the market set for chaos? U.S. Bitcoin demand loses strength One key metric to keep an eye on is the U.S. to The Rest Reserve Ratio, which compares Bitcoin held by U.S. entities with the rest of the world. After rising in strength through this cycle, the ratio has now fallen from its recent peak near 1.79 to around 1.59. Because U.S. capital is a major force behind…

In brief More than 140 companies have teamed up and revealed Open USD, a new stablecoin run by an independent operator called Open Standard. It promises free, uncapped minting/redemption, reserve earnings shared with partner businesses (minus a small fee), and governance by a board of partner companies. Circle’s stock price has plunged nearly 16% on the day following the announcement. Coinbase, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, and more than 140 other companies have banded together to launch a new stablecoin called Open USD (OUSD), in a bid to create shared digital payments infrastructure that no single firm controls. The news appears…

Sui Foundation has announced a partnership with African payments company Paga to explore tokenized real-world assets and blockchain-based financial tools across African markets. The collaboration brings together Sui’s high-speed blockchain infrastructure and Paga’s payments reach in a region where mobile financial services already play a major role. TL;DR Sui Foundation has partnered with payment gateway Paga. The collaboration aims to support tokenized real-world assets and financial tools in African markets. Sui’s fast settlement is expected to support asset transfers. Rollout details remain subject to local licensing, regulation, and adoption. The partnership fits into two larger crypto themes: tokenization and emerging-market…

The battle over the CLARITY Act is intensifying as lawmakers continue to debate how the U.S. should regulate the crypto industry. Senator Cynthia Lummis has defended the bill after Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed it would create new loopholes that could help America’s adversaries move billions through cryptocurrency. Lummis Says the Bill Strengthens Crypto Rules In a post on X, Lummis rejected Warren’s criticism, arguing that the CLARITY Act includes more than 16 safeguards against illicit finance. The Clarity Act has 16+ illicit finance safeguards, not loopholes:✅ Sec 201: BSA/AML applies to crypto✅ Sec 303: new sanctions to hit Iran✅ Sec…

Cloudflare opened a waitlist Wednesday for its Monetization Gateway, a new tool letting customers charge for any web page, dataset, API or MCP tool sitting behind its network. Payments settle in stablecoins over the x402 protocol. The announcement came from Cloudflare’s official X account Wednesday morning. Cloudflare, which says it handles roughly a fifth of global Internet traffic, is building on x402 through the x402 Foundation, the standards group the Linux Foundation launched in April. Agent-Driven Web Traffic Cloudflare pitched the product around AI agents replacing human visitors as the web’s dominant traffic source, arguing that shift makes per-seat and…

After closing June down about 20%, Bitcoin ($BTC) price opened July 1, 2026, at its lowest level in more than 21 months. Bitcoin price fell to $57,950 earlier on Wednesday, the lowest level in 652 days. At press time, the flagship coin traded at approximately $58,620, down around 1% over the past 24 hours. $BTC/USD 24-hour chart. Source: Finbold As such, $BTC’s market cap declined by roughly $15.1 billion over the past 24 hours to hover near $1.2 trillion at the time of reporting. Why is Bitcoin price down today? Bitcoin price opened July in bearish sentiment amid sustained selling…