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Bitcoin ($BTC) stayed below $62,000 after Wednesday’s Wall Street open as US president Donald Trump closing a key world oil route. Key points: Bitcoin drops to $61,500 as Trump says that the ceasefire with Iran is “over.” Both sides reportedly threaten to close the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices soaring. Bitcoin traders anticipate new lows, but analysis sees Trump sweetening the mood later. Bitcoin gives back gains as Trump says Iran ceasefire “over” Data from TradingView showed daily $BTC price downside circling 2.5% as markets reacted to the collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire. $BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView “To…

Liquid staking is one of the crypto sectors to survive almost unchanged in Q2. Protocols only lost 1.3% of their $ETH, as long-term holders still showed confidence in Ethereum. Liquid staking holds 14.5M $ETH, based on Cryptoquant data. The staked $ETH lost just 1.3% from its all-time high, when 14.7M were locked for liquid staking. In the past three years, liquid staking deposits increased from 8.6M $ETH to 14.5M $ETH, a net gain of 68%. Liquid staking is a key source of reserves for DeFi lending, trading, and other operations. While almost all other crypto sectors have declined sharply in…

Japanese bonds are challenging the boost bitcoin $BTC$63,284.17 has received from shifting interest-rate expectations that lifted the price of the largest cryptocurrency by 8% in fewer than seven days. The 10-year Japanese government bond (JGB) yield has surged to a 30-year high of 2.85%, adding 18 basis points since the start of the month and raising borrowing costs across other major developed markets. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has gained nearly three basis points and is testing 4.5% for the first time in nearly a month. The German 10-year bund is approaching 3% and the U.K. 10-year gilt is yielding…

Pump.fun built one of crypto’s fastest meme-token liquidity machines. Now, on July 12, its own token faces the kind of liquidity test the platform usually creates for others. The platform’s $PUMP token is set to unlock on July 12, with Tokenomist valuing it at $127 million, equal to 29.23% of the circulating supply. The scheduled release is tied to insider allocations: Tokenomist’s weekly unlock digest describes the tranche as flowing to team and early investors, while its $PUMP vesting page identifies the next release as Existing Investors. That matters because $PUMP is facing a large scheduled release against an order…

Europe’s prediction market boom just ran into a hard wall. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a warning on July 4, 2026, putting the fast-growing prediction market sector on notice: some event contracts may already violate the EU’s long-standing ban on binary options for retail clients. For platforms racing to capture European users, the message is unambiguous — rebranding a derivative does not make it disappear from regulators’ radar. Key takeaways ESMA warned on July 4, 2026 that yes-or-no event contracts functioning as financial instruments are prohibited from being marketed or sold to retail investors in the EU.…

Kalshi posted a record month for trading volume in June as the 2026 FIFA World Cup fueled activity across prediction markets. DefiLlama data shows Kalshi recorded nearly $9.4 billion in trading volume in June, up from about $5.3 billion in May. Polymarket International also climbed to roughly $4.3 billion from about $3.5 billion a month earlier. The tournament kicked off on June 11 and is the first FIFA World Cup to feature 48 teams, up from 32 in previous editions. CNBC reported the competition became the biggest driver of prediction market trading in June, with Dune Analytics showing record notional…

Ethereum has staged a notable recovery after defending its recent lows, with buyers gradually rebuilding momentum. While the higher time frames remain constrained beneath major resistance, the lower time frame structure has improved, and on-chain activity appears to be stabilizing following months of cooling network participation. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily chart, it is evident that $ETH continues to trade within a broader bearish structure despite its recent rebound. The asset remains inside the descending channel that has guided the market lower for several months, while both the 100-day and 200-day moving averages continue to slope…

World Liberty Financial’s $USD1 has gone from a March 2025 launch announcement to the fourth-largest stablecoin in the world in roughly fifteen months, overtaking PayPal’s PYUSD and Sky’s DAI along the way. Its rise has been driven less by retail adoption than by a handful of enormous institutional deals — most notably a $2 billion settlement between Abu Dhabi-based MGX and Binance that was paid entirely in $USD1 — and by the fact that the project sits inside a company co-founded by the Trump family. Here’s what $USD1 actually is, how it works, and what to weigh before using it.…

Protecting the Local Market Cryptocurrency exchanges and Kenya’s National Treasury are reportedly locked in a standoff over a proposed regulation that would force stablecoin issuers to hold a significant portion of their reserves in local banks. According to a report, the rule requires crypto exchanges to hold at least 30% of all funds received for stablecoins issued in dedicated accounts across commercial banks in Kenya. The Treasury’s proposal is said to be aimed at insulating Kenya’s financial ecosystem from the volatility of the digital asset markets, protecting local investors, and ensuring that stablecoins operating within the country have concrete, domestic…

Crypto exchange Kraken has begun accepting select tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as collateral for futures and margin trading, allowing eligible users to open leveraged positions without selling their holdings. The feature initially supports 10 tokenized stocks and ETFs, including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Strategy, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust. Eligible users can post those holdings as collateral without selling them first. Each eligible asset is assigned a collateral haircut that reduces its lending value based on risk. Broad-market ETFs receive the lowest haircut at 10%, while more volatile stocks such as Strategy and Robinhood are…