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A growing disparity between institutional and retail investors could set the tone for Ethereum [$ETH] heading into the new week. At press time, the asset climbed just 1.1% over the past day and posted impressive double-digit gains across the past thirty days. That sentiment may be turning, though, as rising tension in the perpetual futures market hints that retail investors are shifting bearish and selling into the weekend. Institutional flows turn bullish Ethereum has held fairly steady around $1,800 over the past day, with institutional investor flows serving as one major contributor. At the close of Friday’s trading session, SoSoValue…

Today (July 7, 2026) SpaceX formally joins the Nasdaq-100 Index. The inclusion comes just weeks after the company’s public debut and follows its disclosure of 18,712 $BTC on the balance sheet. JPMorgan estimates that index rebalancing will drive approximately $4.3 billion in passive inflows from Nasdaq-100-tracking funds and ETFs. This development is more than headline news. It creates a structural, rules-based channel for institutional capital to gain exposure to Bitcoin through a corporate treasury vehicle — without requiring active allocation decisions, new mandates, or direct cryptocurrency purchases.For corporate treasury teams, capital allocators, and institutional investors evaluating Bitcoin on balance sheets,…

Cardano ($ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson made noteworthy statements regarding the scalability roadmap for the Cardano ecosystem. Hoskinson stated that by the end of the year, Cardano will be 60 times faster than its current state. Hoskinson stated that Cardano aims for nearly unlimited scalability at the decentralized application level with its Hydra technology, and that other networks can be included in the $ADA ecosystem through partner chain structures. Hoskinson said, “We will be 60 times faster by the end of the year. With Hydra, we have a great strategy for infinite scalability at the dApp level, and we can invite…

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a broad regulatory blueprint for retail financial services, warning that retail financial services are hurtling toward total automation driven by autonomous “agentic AI.” The landmark report, “AI and the future of retail financial services,” spearheaded by executive director Sheldon Mills, details a structural shift away from periodic, human-led decisions toward continuous, automated financial services that could increasingly rely on programmable financial infrastructure. “The central shift is from human-led, episodic financial activity towards services that are AI-enabled, continuous and delegated,” Mills wrote. In January, the FCA launched a review into the implications…

OKX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has continued to push for wider expansion across the global space, providing services that extend beyond crypto trading. In a recent post shared by its founder, Star Xu, on Wednesday, July 8, the founder confirmed a new regulatory authorization that allows it to expand its services in Europe. OKX to operate under MiFID framework In his recent statement, Xu revealed that OKX will begin to offer crypto, commodity, and equity derivatives under the European MiFID framework. While this marks a major milestone for the fast-growing cryptocurrency exchange, the move further strengthens its presence in Europe,…

Bitcoin has shown a notable rebound in demand led by futures traders, flashing signs of recovery as momentum continues to build following its latest rally. Although Bitcoin is still struggling to maintain a steady close above the $63,000 mark, data from crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that Bitcoin market demand has just posted one of the biggest recoveries seen this year. Bitcoin futures traders back on scene The analytics platform has revealed that Bitcoin’s 30-day cumulative demand has surged massively over the past week as futures traders begin to show renewed interest. Notably, the metric increased from around -500,000 $BTC…

KAST, a stablecoin-powered card and neobank that raised $80 million in a Series A round in March at a $600 million valuation, spent the past week defending itself on Crypto Twitter after ether.fi co-founder and CEO Mike Silagadze called the company “Kasthole scammer” in a post that had gathered roughly 400,000 views by the morning of July 7. The exchange was conducted entirely in public replies and quote-tweets between the two CEOs. Silagadze also urged crypto users to review KAST’s terms of service, which state that depositing stablecoins or crypto on the platform legally transfers ownership of those assets to…

Evernorth CEO Asheesh Birla says the era of digital asset treasury (DAT) companies simply accumulating cryptocurrencies is coming to an end. He argues that firms now need sustainable revenue models by putting their crypto holdings to work through tokenization and decentralized finance. Speaking in an interview with Bloomingbit, Birla said first-generation DAT companies mainly relied on rising crypto prices to grow their value. He believes the industry is now entering a second phase focused on generating returns from digital assets already held on corporate balance sheets. “We want to become an $XRP-based financial company rather than a simple treasury vehicle,”…

Germany’s 2027 federal budget draft includes cryptocurrency taxation reforms among its fiscal consolidation measures, targeting the current one year holding rule that allows tax free gains on digital assets. If approved, the proposal would end the long standing cryptocurrency tax exemption by subjecting gains from cryptocurrency sales to taxation regardless of how long the assets are held. Germany Includes Crypto Tax Changes in 2027 Budget Germany’s governing coalition has officially agreed to include cryptocurrency taxation reforms in its 2027 federal budget consolidation measures. The Federal Ministry of Finance outlined the plan in its monthly report after the cabinet approved the…

Layer 1 blockchain N1, backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, is acquiring decentralized derivatives platform 01 Exchange in a move to bring its flagship trading product directly into the network as it seeks to compete with larger crypto exchanges. N1 is a new blockchain designed to serve as a financial network, integrating native trading infrastructure into its base layer. The blockchain includes a validator-secured orderbook, RFQ system and margin engine that share liquidity and security across the network, aiming to provide high-speed, trustless trading and settlement. 01 Exchange, which was incubated within the N1 ecosystem, has handled more than $3…