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The Stacks community approved SIP-045, the Bitcoin Staking upgrade, with more than 99% of votes cast in favor, Stacks co-creator Muneeb Ali said, setting up a hard fork targeted for around July 29 at roughly Bitcoin block 907,740. The upgrade, formally “PoX-5: Bitcoin Staking and Emission Schedule Alignment,” lets participants lock $BTC in a timelocked contract on Bitcoin’s base layer — under their own keys — and pair it with locked $STX to earn yield paid in bitcoin. A companion proposal, SIP-044, which brings Clarity 6 and new staking post-conditions, passed alongside it. Voting opened July 6; hard-fork votes require…

Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week: Ravi Tanuku on how the $GENIUS Act repriced bitcoin’s monetary premium Jesper Johansen on looped $ETH staking without lending market exposure Top headlines institutions should pay attention to by Francisco Rodrigues “$NEAR Intents fee run-rate holds as price recovers off $1 lows” in Chart of the Week Thanks for joining us! -Alexandra Levis Expert Insights The $GENIUS Act Repriced Bitcoin’s Monetary Premium – By Ravi Tanuku, managing member & general partner at Natural Capital & Director at Krakacquisition Corp. Gold has outperformed Bitcoin by nearly 100% since July 18,…

Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama broke weeks of silence on X following an update to his bio. Kusama’s last post on X was on May 13, where he only tagged Shiba Inu developer Kaal Dhairya. Following a brief silence on X, Kusama has just updated his bio to suggest his current focus. His bio now reads: “Pure Focus: AI App/site : R.OS Finishing touches. Beta website complete. Final bug pass.” Kusama suggests a “pure focus” on AI App/site; this might pertain to his independent AI project, although not specifically stated. @ShytoshiKusama, Image by X.com In a February livestream, Shytoshi…

Yesterday, crypto exchange OKX appointed to its board Andrew Cuomo — the New York governor whose administration created the BitLicense that OKX never received. Maybe that’s what it takes to finally get that state license. Cuomo and his administration created the BitLicense back in 2014, and OKX, the world’s fourth largest crypto exchange, has been chasing one ever since. However, despite having well over a decade to apply, OKX still doesn’t appear on the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) register. Somewhat embarrassingly, competitors, including Coinbase, Gemini, Mastercard, MoonPay, and other crypto companies, do. With yesterday’s news, however, the…

Robinhood Chain recorded an average of 10 million daily transactions during the first three weeks following its official launch. The protocol transfers 10% of its net fee revenue to the ArbitrumDAO treasury and the developer guild. Total value locked in real-world assets (RWA) on the network reached $12.8 million by mid-July 2026. At least 10 million daily transactions were recorded by the Layer 2 networkRobinhood Chainduring the first three weeks following its launch. Built on Arbitrum’s technology stack, the platform directly connects its operational throughput to the treasury of Ethereum’s scaling ecosystem. Revenue mechanisms and operational metrics Token Terminal revealed…

Bitcoin ($BTC) holders who acquired their coins more than five years ago have cut spending to a 90-day average of 962 $BTC, the lowest level since November 2024, according to CryptoQuant data. The slowdown follows three major spending peaks over the past two years, including a high of 3,860 $BTC in May 2024. At the same time, $BTC analysts said that market and profitability indicators are converging in the second half of 2026, putting a new timeline of a potential Bitcoin bottom. Bitcoin “OG” holders step back Crypto analyst Darkfost said the current cycle has produced the highest level of…

Lista DAO, a $BNB Chain-based DeFi protocol, is launching liquidity pools on OpenOcean, a multichain DEX aggregator. With this development, Lista DAO is broadening access to the decentralized liquidity across the $BNB Chain network. As per Lista DAO’s official announcement, the move lets users leverage diverse Lista-driven trading pairs via the aggregation platform of OpenOcean. The move comes just before the rollout of the LISTA Compounding Rewards Season 1 that will go live on the 26th of July. Lista liquidity is now live on @OpenOceanGlobalOur pools on @BNBChain are now accessible through OpenOcean, bringing better rates to anyone swapping:🔹 U/$USDT🔹$USDT/$USDC🔹…

Ethereum is knocking on the door of $2,000. After bottoming near $1,500 in June, $ETH has staged one of its most constructive recoveries of the year, climbing steadily through July to trade at $1,921 at the time of writing. The chart shows a clean sequence of higher lows, and the daily RSI at roughly 60 and rising confirms that momentum has swung firmly back to buyers. The question now is whether $ETH can convert this momentum into a breakout above the psychologically loaded $2,000 mark. Where does Ethereum trade right now? $ETH is changing hands around $1,921, down a marginal…

Jamie Dimon just said the quiet part out loud. The JPMorgan Chase CEO confirmed that his potential successors are already inside the company, and that the board considers succession planning its single most important agenda item right now. The internal horse race Dimon has made clear that the successor pool is drawn from JPMorgan’s current operating committee. No outside hires, no surprise celebrity CEO picks. The next leader will be someone who already knows where the bodies are buried, metaphorically speaking. Among the names circulating, Marianne Lake stands out as the most frequently cited frontrunner. Lake currently heads JPMorgan’s consumer…

The CLARITY Act this week has crossed a major hurdle after President Donald Trump approved new ethics rules tied to the bill. With one of the biggest roadblocks now resolved, lawmakers are racing to finalize the Senate version before the August recess.Meanwhile, the prediction markets now see a 72% chance of a vote happening on time. CLARITY Act Moves Ahead After Trump Backs Ethics Rules The CLARITY Act has regained momentum after President Donald Trump signed off on new ethics language earlier this week, removing one of the biggest issues that briefly stalled the bill in Congress. The new proposal…