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After filing with the SEC in mid-May, the Elon Musk-led company made history on Friday, debuting at a massive valuation of nearly $2 trillion on Wall Street. The spaceflight and telecommunications behemoth reported recently that it continues to hold bitcoin on its balance sheet. The question now is whether this public listing is bullish or bearish for $BTC in the short and long term. Bear Cases The first AI we asked about its opinion was Gemini, which began by outlining what a “watershed moment” SpaceX’s IPO is for all financial markets. Interestingly, it believes the short-term narrative for $BTC is…

A Solana-based memecoin called CATE saw its market capitalization spike roughly 230-fold in a single day, only to give back some of those gains shortly after. The token, which is inspired by a kitten video posted by the owner of Kabosu — the Shiba Inu that became the face of Dogecoin — briefly reached a market cap of over $9.5 million before settling to around $7.09 million, according to data from on-chain analytics platform GMGN. What drove the CATE token surge? The sudden price action appears to have been triggered by a post on X from @kabosumama, the owner of…

CleanSpark, a U.S.-listed Bitcoin mining company, has expanded its treasury by adding seven Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 13,931 $BTC, according to data from BitcoinTreasuries.net. This incremental acquisition maintains the company’s position as the 11th largest corporate Bitcoin holder globally. Strategic Accumulation Amid Market Dynamics The latest purchase, though modest in size, reflects CleanSpark’s ongoing strategy of accumulating Bitcoin directly from its mining operations and occasional market purchases. The company has consistently increased its Bitcoin reserves over the past year, aligning with a broader trend among public mining firms to hold rather than sell mined coins. As of this…

Blockchain networks have spent years competing over transaction speeds, but the conversation is changing. Instead of simply asking which network is faster, developers are asking what those speeds actually make possible. The answer increasingly points toward artificial intelligence. $BNB Chain’s latest roadmap reflects that shift. Its upcoming Layer-1 is designed specifically for AI agents rather than traditional blockchain users. While the network is still scheduled for public testing later this year, projects like MemeToro ($MT) are already building AI-powered applications that could benefit from this next generation of blockchain infrastructure. Why 100,000 TPS Matters Processing more than 100,000 transactions per…

Bitcoin remains under significant selling pressure after losing a major higher-timeframe structure and breaking below several key support levels. While buyers have managed to defend the $60K region for now, both the technical and on-chain pictures suggest that the market is still in a vulnerable phase. A legitimate recovery requires $BTC to reclaim several overhead resistance zones. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, $BTC has completed a decisive breakdown from a large rising channel that had supported the price action throughout almost the first half of the year. The breakdown accelerated once the market lost the…

Aave founder Stani Kulechov and ether.fi chief executive Mike Silagadze have come out against the proposal to burn a rising share of Ethereum validator rewards, joining a list of DeFi founders, solo stakers and researchers who have spent two days arguing against it on X and on the Ethereum Magicians forum. Core developers take it up on Thursday. The fight puts Ethereum’s largest DeFi protocols and staking businesses against a group of researchers who want the issuance curve capped before the staked share of $ETH goes any higher, and it is being conducted in a 48-hour window created by a…

The US exchange-traded fund industry just crossed a threshold that felt theoretical not long ago. ETF inflows growth has been so relentless in 2026 that US-listed ETFs surpassed $1 trillion in net inflows before the calendar reached July — a milestone Goldman Sachs flagged as evidence of what it describes as full-scale growth in a wrapper that has systematically eaten the investment world. Key takeaways US-listed ETFs crossed $1 trillion in net inflows before July 2026, with the industry potentially on pace for $2 trillion by year-end. June 2026 alone generated roughly $210 billion in net inflows, with $103 billion…

Algorand recently announced its plans to enhance blockchain security against quantum threats with native accounts, as highlighted in a tweet from its CTO, @bmartins_. This initiative signifies a pivotal step in addressing the impending challenges posed by quantum computing. The introduction of quantum-resistant accounts is set to mark a significant milestone in Algorand’s roadmap, aiming for broader network-wide resilience by 2027. For more details, check the original tweet here. What Happened As the crypto market grapples with mixed signals, Algorand’s focus on quantum resistance stands out. The broader cryptocurrency landscape is increasingly concerned about potential vulnerabilities posed by quantum computing.…

Bitcoin reclaimed $64,000 on June 12 and touched an intraday high of $64,301 in the same session that spot ETF flows finally flipped positive after four straight sessions of institutional selling, and oil prices fell as peace deal momentum built between Washington and Tehran. On June 13, Bitcoin fights to stay close to the $64,000 level, with a setup that looks better than it did 24 hours ago, and every piece is fragile enough to unwind before Monday’s open. The cushion above $64,000 is thin enough that a hold into Monday separates a genuine repair phase from a relief bounce…

The Ethereum Foundation has announced it will provide a grant through its Trillion Dollar Security (1TS) initiative to support the development of WEBCAT, an open-source tool created by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. The funding aims to introduce front-end verification features for Ethereum wallets and decentralized applications (dapps), addressing a critical security gap in the Web3 ecosystem. What is WEBCAT and Why It Matters WEBCAT is an open-source tool that enables browsers to verify whether the code served by a website matches the code published by the developer. This capability is essential for detecting supply-chain attacks, malicious modifications, or…