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After fourteen years as a payments ledger, the XRPL is voting on its first native credit system. The design borrows more from bond desks than from DeFi, and that choice will decide whether institutions actually show up. The $XRP Ledger has spent its entire existence doing one thing extremely well and almost nothing else. Payments settle in seconds, fees round to fractions of a cent, and the ledger has run without a major outage since 2012. What it has never had is credit: no lending markets, no money markets, and no way for a holder to put idle $XRP to…

Astarter, a renowned Web3 infrastructure entity for AI agents, has partnered with Trikon, an AI-based Web3 operating system. The partnership endeavors to enhance the infrastructure backing independent AI agents within the Web3 network. As Astarter disclosed in its official announcement, the development merges its AI-powered Web3 operating system with the decentralized execution and compute capabilities of Astarter on $BNB Chain. Hence, this combination of the strengths of both platforms is set to streamline blockchain interactions, specifically for AI-led applications, along with enhancing operational efficiency. 🤝 Astarter × TrikonWe’re excited to announce our strategic partnership with @0xTrikon, the AI-native Web3 OS…

Capital is turning its back on crypto faster than it arrived earlier this year. The Santiment update on June market dynamics paints a sobering picture: Bitcoin slumped, money poured out of ETFs, AI equities grabbed speculative attention, a brief Iran scare added weekend whiplash, and Solana’s memecoin mania created chaos rather than sustainable traction. As the second half of 2026 begins, the market is left confronting a liquidity drain that few predicted at the cycle’s start. $BTC’s decline in June wasn’t just about price. The flow of capital out of spot ETFs signals that institutions and retail traders are hitting…

A wallet widely believed to be associated with BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has purchased an additional 1,332.5 Ether ($ETH), valued at approximately $2.53 million, according to on-chain data. The transaction, executed roughly three hours ago, adds to a series of recent acquisitions that have drawn attention from market observers. On-Chain Activity Raises Questions Blockchain analytics platforms flagged the wallet address for its consistent accumulation pattern over recent weeks. While the wallet’s connection to Hayes has not been officially confirmed, multiple independent analysts have linked it to the former BitMEX executive based on transaction history and wallet clustering techniques. The latest…

Canadian billionaire philanthropist and prominent gold advocate Frank Giustra has re-ignited the fierce debate surrounding cryptocurrency’s safe-haven status. The magnate has warned that the crypto sector is actually vulnerable to state intervention. “There is no escape” Giustra’s latest criticism has been prompted by remarks from prominent media personalities and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent regarding the federal seizure of approximately $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency wallets. “Some of them are typing in their wallets right now and have no idea it’s already gone,” Bessent said. Giustra seized on the news to slam Bitcoin’s alleged vulnerability. One crypto proponent noted that…

Terra Classic ($LUNC) and Terra (LUNA) are two separate blockchains that share a common origin. $LUNC is the original Terra blockchain that collapsed in May 2022 when its algorithmic stablecoin UST lost its dollar peg, triggering a death spiral that wiped approximately $60 billion in combined peak market capitalization of LUNA and UST. That figure reflects LUNA’s all-time high market cap of approximately $41 billion in April 2022 and UST’s peak market cap of approximately $18 billion, and should be understood as a reference to peak valuations rather than a precisely audited loss total. LUNA is the new chain launched…

$XRP Ledger Strengthens RWA Leadership as Tokenized Gold Crosses $1 Million Tokenized gold is gaining momentum on the $XRP Ledger (XRPL), marking another milestone in the network’s rapidly expanding real-world asset (RWA) ecosystem. According to Trensik, a platform tracking verified RWAs on XRPL, tokenized gold (XAUa) has officially exceeded $1 million in cumulative trading volume. While modest compared to the global gold market, the milestone highlights growing demand for blockchain-based commodities and increasing confidence in tokenized assets on XRPL. Unlike traditional gold markets, which are limited by trading hours and intermediaries, XAUa trades 24/7 and settles on-chain in seconds, giving…

Bitcoin recently closed at $58,500, its lowest point of the quarter, and the explanation most analysts reached for was macro pressure, ETF outflows and institutional fear. Gareth Soloway, Chief Market Strategist at Verified Investing, has a different read that most people have not considered. A significant portion of last week’s selling had nothing to do with Bitcoin’s fundamentals and everything to do with fund managers cleaning up their quarterly statements. The Window Undressing Nobody Talked About At the end of every quarter, institutional money managers make their portfolios look presentable before sending statements to clients. They buy what worked and…

Ethereum is hovering around the $1.9K range. If $1,850 holds, $ETH’s next major target sits around $2.3K. Ethereum ($ETH) has staged a recovery after holding its long-term ascending trendline, and if broken, it would change the entire narrative. It has bounced and is now pressing toward $2,000, a resistance level that previously acted as support and the first test since the rebound. The largest altcoin is currently trading at $1,923, after a modest 2.61% gain in value. Moreover, $ETH’s trend has been cleaner than BTC’s throughout this cycle. What remains is a market approaching strong resistance with core support sitting…

Retail investing platforms have spent a number of years racing to become “everything apps” for finance, piling on stocks, crypto, banking and payments in a bid to keep users inside a single ecosystem. But for moomoo, the next battle isn’t about who offers the most assets. It’s about who gives retail investors the same level of intelligence and execution long reserved for Wall Street institutions. “We want to democratize access to the best tools that have historically only been available to institutional investors,” Albi Mema, director of crypto operations at moomoo U.S., told CoinDesk in an interview. “A decade ago…