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Ethereum rally to $10,000 is a narrative driving speculation among traders in H2 2025. The largest altcoin has outperformed Bitcoin and Solana in the past month. ETH purchases by public companies is driving demand for Ether, and analysts at Standard Chartered believe that this won’t stop anytime soon. While Bitget Wallet experts set a $10,000 target for Ethereum (ETH), UK Bank Standard Chartered says that companies could end up owning 10% of all Ether, a 10% increase from the current level. In this deep dive we explore the reasons why Ethereum’s dream rally to $10,000 is likely closer than anticipated.…

Plume, a blockchain platform focused on RWA finance, has announced a partnership with Colb Finance to bring tokenized Pre-IPO equities to its network. The move allows blockchain users to access investment opportunities that have typically been limited to private markets. Colb Finance will use Plume’s infrastructure to offer tokenized versions of financial products such as Pre-IPO shares and other institutional-grade investment strategies. These assets will be made available on Plume’s blockchain, aiming to make private market investments more accessible. As part of the integration, Plume will also support $USC, Colb’s USD-backed stablecoin. The stablecoin is designed to simplify transactions on…

Lombard Finance has launched its LBTC token on Etherlink, the Layer 2 network built on the Tezos blockchain. This move brings Bitcoin liquidity into the Tezos ecosystem and expands access to DeFi services through LBTC, a liquid version of staked Bitcoin. With the launch, users can stake their Bitcoin through Lombard and receive LBTC in return. This token mirrors the value of Bitcoin and can be used within various DeFi applications on Etherlink. LBTC is fully backed and redeemable 1:1 for Bitcoin. The Bitcoin used to mint LBTC is staked to Babylon, allowing users to earn yield while holding the…

Bitcoin drove $468M of $1.1B in liquidations, affecting over 126K traders in 24 hours. Short positions dominated, with HTX seeing 96.74% of liquidations on the short side. Binance recorded the largest single liquidation, a $98.1M BTC/USDT position closed. Over $1.1 billion in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated within 24 hours, as price movements led to widespread margin calls across global exchanges. Phoenix Group’s data, published on July 14, confirmed that 126,238 traders were affected during the event. The majority of the liquidations came from short positions, which showed high-risk trading behavior amid ongoing market volatility. Bitcoin (BTC) accounted for the…

Ethereum celebrated its 10th birthday on Wednesday, marking a decade since its first block was produced. But what about the next 10 years? In its first decade, the network has established itself with the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, survived existential threats, and evolved in various ways. The Frontier launch brought Ethereum to life as a proof-of-work blockchain, the DAO hack divided the community and led to a controversial hard fork, celebs splashed millions of dollars on monkey JPEGs, the “merge” saw the network adopt a more environmentally friendly proof-of-stake model, and countless scaling networks have been deployed. Over the…

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings (MARA) said it plans to raise $850 million through a private sale of 0% convertible senior notes due in 2032. The deal, aimed exclusively at qualified institutional buyers, includes an option for initial buyers to purchase an additional $150 million of the notes, potentially bringing the total raise to $1 billion, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. The notes won’t pay regular interest and are convertible into cash, shares of MARA stock, or a mix of both, depending on buyer’s choice. They are are set to mature in…

The blockchain oracle company Redstone, which feeds data across hundreds of chains and rollups, has introduced a product designed to limit losses. It will be fueled by FastLane Labs’ Atlas, an execution abstraction protocol for securing on-chain apps. Instantaneous Results In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, Redstone, a modular oracle infrastructure for on-chain finance, announced the launch of Atom today, the first native liquidation intelligence oracle. The product introduces a new DeFi primitive by enhancing lending efficiency, enabling instant on-chain price updates, facilitating latency-free liquidations, and automating the capture of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV), all without requiring any code…

⁷The bull market may be taking longer than expected to kick into its final gear, but the Bitcoin price structure remains bullish and steadily climbing within a rising trend channel. However, the potential upper targets have also moved higher, and might open the door to unprecedented price levels in the weeks ahead. Why The Bull Market Delay Might Be Good News Global uncertainties have delayed the second and possibly final phase of the current bull market in cryptocurrencies. According to master kenobi’s post on X, he noted that these delays may end up working in our favor. While Bitcoin and…

XRP is now larger than some of the biggest companies in the world, and its most staunch investors believe that it’ll be in the top 10 assets “sooner than many might think.” Now the third-largest cryptocurrency, XRP is the 91st largest asset in the world, according to InfiniteMarketCap, with a market cap of $203.89 billion. Due to its 71.6% monthly rise, per CoinGecko, XRP has surpassed drinks company PepsiCo, telecommunications firm AT&T, and taxi app Uber. Ethereum, by comparison, is the 29th largest asset, ahead of the likes of retail company Cotco and medical firm Johnson & Johnson. As for…

Security is critical to the health of any blockchain ecosystem. Yet for many teams, rigorous testing still happens late in the development cycle, after features are finalized and timelines leave little room for iteration. A new integration between Octane, an AI-powered smart contract security platform, and Avalanche aims to change that. Now live across the Avalanche ecosystem, this integration brings continuous, automated security checks directly into developer workflows, helping teams identify and resolve issues as they code, preventing them from becoming deployment blockers. Why Early Security Matters Web3 projects often rely on traditional audits conducted at the end of the…