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Spanish Bitcoin Treasury Vanadi Coffee Faces Internal Battle On Current Financial Structure Vanadi Coffee, a coffee shop franchise that pivoted to a bitcoin treasury back in the heyday of this trend, is now facing internal turmoil due to shareholder dilution as the company seeks financing to purchase more bitcoin. Vallecid, a Canarian conglomerate that owns nearly 10% of Vanadi Coffee, has called for the dissolution of the current board due to the high fees some members receive each time the company processes a tranche to finance bitcoin purchases. According to El Economista, Vallecid proposed the “examination, detailed clarification, and specific…

A new study found 51% of U.S. crypto wallet users are systematically replacing legacy banks with digital assets for everyday financial tasks. Key Takeaways: An Oobit survey shows 51% of U.S. wallet users favor crypto over banks for daily financial tasks. Traditional firms are losing everyday transaction volume to decentralized P2P and wallet options. Legacy systems will secure life savings unless platforms clear the recovery hurdles feared by 55% of users. The Rise of Daily Digital Transactions Traditional banks are not necessarily being fired by American consumers—they are just slowly being left behind, one daily task at a time. According…

The cryptocurrency market has staged an evident rebound over the past 24 hours, with Bitcoin (BTC) rising by 4% and Solana (SOL) surging by 9%. MemeCore (M), though, has outperformed all top 100 digital assets by skyrocketing 80% in a single day. Following the rally, it has become the third-biggest meme coin and could soon overtake Shiba Inu (SHIB) if it maintains momentum. Is the Rally Sustainable? The meme coin is currently worth around $1.50 and has a market capitalization of just under $2 billion, making it the 40th-largest cryptocurrency (according to CoinGecko). It is important to note that the…

The United States and the United Kingdom have laid out a plan to make it easier for tokenized financial products to move between their markets, signaling that both governments want blockchain-based finance to become a bigger part of mainstream capital markets. Released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and HM Treasury, the recommendations from the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future focus on reducing regulatory friction that could slow the growth of tokenized securities, stablecoins and other digital assets operating across both countries. The report sets out 10 recommendations covering digital assets and traditional capital markets. On…

From Hibernation to Growth Mode Gregory laid out the plan for the firm’s comeback bid in a recent interview. Binance.US once held roughly 20% of American crypto trading before a two-year slump tied to the regulatory troubles of the broader Binance brand hollowed out its business. The exchange is now focused squarely on winning that share back. Image source: X Price is the first weapon. “We’re essentially almost a no-fee exchange,” Gregory said, pointing to 0% maker fees and taker fees of just 2 basis points, a fraction of what larger rivals such as Coinbase and Kraken charge on comparable…

Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder of Sui, outlined three infrastructure advancements he believes could dramatically boost blockchain usage in everyday life. In recent comments, Abiodun identified zkLogin, gasless transactions, and private stablecoin payments as key upgrades with the potential to onboard billions of new users to blockchain networks. Key upgrades to improve blockchain adoption Abiodun explained that removing complex requirements and transaction costs is vital for reaching wider audiences. He emphasized zkLogin, a system allowing users to access blockchain services through familiar Web2 logins such as Google or Apple, without the need to manage seed phrases. According to Abiodun, this integration will…

The US non-farm payrolls data, eagerly awaited by the cryptocurrency market, has been released. According to the released data, non-farm employment in the US reached 172,000. Market expectations were for the figure to be around 85,000. The previous figure was recorded as 115,000. The unemployment rate in the US was announced as 4.3%. The expectation for the unemployment rate was 4.3%, and the previous data was also at 4.3%. The data coming in significantly above expectations indicates that the US labor market remains stronger than anticipated. This could increase expectations that the Fed may be more cautious about interest rate…

Ironically, some critics of the bill have pointed to recent reporting by the Wall Street Journal on the Hong Kong exchange CoinEx as evidence of the risk. CoinEx is actually a story of how to use a public ledger to track, trace, and disrupt nation state activity. Investigators traced roughly 3.84 billion dollars in transactions tied to Iran, connecting wallets controlled by Iran’s central bank to sanctioned military networks and to funds stolen separately by North Korean hackers. That level of detail is knowable today because it happened on a public blockchain, the same visibility critics are treating as the…

As stocks, ETFs, and other traditional financial products continue to move on-chain, Web3 wallets are expanding beyond basic asset storage. They are increasingly being used to help users access, manage, and interact with a wider range of digital financial products, reflecting the broader convergence of crypto and traditional finance. Against this backdrop, KuCoin said its Web3 Wallet’s support for Robinhood Chain expands its offerings across tokenized assets, real-world assets, and on-chain financial applications. The update follows recent additions, including support for tokenized US stocks and ETFs, xStocks, in-wallet perpetual futures, and broader multi-chain ecosystem access, further positioning the wallet as…

Virtuals Protocol has made headlines by successfully jumpstarting the agent economy on Robinhood Chain. As of July 16, the organization announced over $100 million in trading volume along with the launch of 2,400 agents within the first two weeks. This achievement signals strong early interest and potential growth in the agent economy, as noted in their recent tweet source. What Went Down The broader crypto market continues to exhibit mixed signals, yet Virtuals Protocol’s recent success presents a notable exception. Their rapid onboarding of agents and impressive trading volume highlight a burgeoning sector within the crypto space. The significant uptake…