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The likelihood of Bitcoin entering a new strong bull cycle may depend on the capital inflow that institutional investors provide to the market. Ki Young Ju, CEO of on-chain data analytics company CryptoQuant, stated that Bitcoin could experience another parabolic bull market, but with different dynamics compared to past cycles. Ki Young Ju, posting on the social media platform X, stated that Bitcoin’s return on capital has significantly decreased over the years as it has grown. According to his example, approximately $2.7 billion in capital injected into the market in 2011 resulted in an extraordinary 55,436% increase in Bitcoin’s price.…

Investment bank Standard Chartered has initiated coverage of Morpho, calling the lending protocol a dual-play on decentralized finance (DeFi) that combines a lending market with infrastructure for onchain banks and asset managers. The bank has a $60 price target for $MORPHO by the end of 2030, implying roughly 33x upside from its current price. This would see the token outperform both bitcoin BTC$60,180.98 and ether (ETH) over the same period. $MORPHO was more than 13% higher over 24 hours, trading around $2.13 at publication time. “Given its status as one of the largest DeFi lending protocols and its comfortable financial…

US-based investment bank Citigroup (Citi) has significantly revised its 12-month price forecasts for Bitcoin and Ethereum downwards, citing ongoing capital outflows from spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and a deterioration in the market outlook. The bank noted that decreased investor risk appetite and uncertainties surrounding cryptocurrency regulations in the US are increasing pressure on the market. According to Reuters, Citi has lowered its 12-month target price for Bitcoin from $112,000 to $82,000. Similarly, it reduced its forecast for Ethereum from $3,175 to $2,240. Thus, the bank has adopted a more cautious outlook for both major crypto assets compared to its…

The protocol has two parts. A Single Asset Vault pools a single asset, and the lending layer turns that pooled money into loans with set terms. Both are still proposals, defined in technical drafts known as XLS-65 and XLS-66, and remain subject to approval by the validators who run the network. The features are available to test on a development network but are not live. The use Ripple leads with is short-term financing. A payment company holding reserves in $RLUSD, its US dollar-pegged stablecoin, might need cash to fund outgoing payments before a cross-border settlement clears two days later. Instead…

White House officials — especially lead crypto adviser Patrick Witt — have sought to keep the Clarity Act moving forward in the Senate, including holding previous meetings with those who have objected, such as law enforcement groups and Wall Street bankers. Representatives of the White House didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the expected Monday meeting, which meant to work through some of the remaining concerns, and few details were available. Industry groups such as the Blockchain Association have defended the legislation’s crime-fighting tools, arguing that the bill includes a number of new powers for pursuing bad actors,…

World, the mysterious Solana project that garnered millions of views on X with little more than a glowing globe, cryptic posts and the tagline “Trade Everything,” is now live as a fully onchain prediction market inside Phantom. The platform is online at world.xyz and in the Phantom wallet on iOS, Android and desktop, with Chainlink serving as its primary oracle infrastructure for its data. Users can trade event contracts tied to crypto prices and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with additional markets on sports, geopolitics, and macroeconomics planned for the near future, according to an announcement shared with CoinDesk. World’s…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a comprehensive new technical essay that deeply explores the current state and future potential of indistinguishability obfuscation (iO) in cryptography. The detailed work reviews two decades of research progress, celebrates recent theoretical breakthroughs that make strong obfuscation possible under reasonable assumptions, and candidly addresses the massive performance gaps that still prevent practical real-world use. Buterin positions iO as potentially one of the most powerful primitives ever conceived in the field, capable of bringing cryptography significantly closer to the long-held ideal of a trustless trusted third party. When paired with blockchain technology, this could unlock…

A noteworthy analysis regarding Bitcoin’s short-term outlook in the cryptocurrency market has been published. Research firm BIT predicts that the leading cryptocurrency could continue its correction movement for approximately the next two months, with the bottom likely to be reached in September. According to the company’s assessment, while July has historically been one of the periods with strong performance for Bitcoin, past market data shows that this rise is usually followed by a two-month correction. BIT analysts state that current market conditions point to a similar scenario. The analysis noted that the optimistic expectations surrounding the Genius Act, one of…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest Ethereum treasury company, bought 27,084 ether ($ETH) last week, extending its accumulation streak despite another slide in crypto prices. The purchase, worth roughly $43 million based on $ETH’s current price of around $1,580, lifted Bitmine’s holdings to 5.7 million $ETH, according to a Monday company update. The stash is worth about $8.9 billion and represents roughly 4.7% of Ethereum’s circulating supply, nearing the firm’s 5% goal. The company also held 206 bitcoin, $555 million in cash and marketable securities and stakes in Beast Industries and Eightco Holdings, bringing total crypto, cash and investment holdings…

While Bitcoin experienced sharp declines in 2026, Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin Core developer and known maximalist, made important statements about $BTC and altcoins. At this point, Jimmy Song argued in his latest interview that Bitcoin is a better currency, not technology, and described all altcoins as scams. Jimmy Song states that the biggest misconception about Bitcoin is viewing it simply as a technology. He argues that Bitcoin should be understood not as a better technology, but as a better form of money. Song, while having unwavering faith in Bitcoin, is vehemently critical of altcoins. He cites Ethereum and Solana as…