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This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. A new ambitious shooter game is in development. Distinct Possibility Studios has just come out of stealth after two years and revealed its flagship title: a first-person, open-world military extraction shooter game with blockchain integrations, dubbed Reaper Actual. A pre-alpha “Foundation” version of the PC game with some onchain assets is expected “in the coming weeks,” according to a release. Game industry veteran John Smedley is behind the new studio. Smedley is a gaming exec and developer who worked in Sony’s gaming division for over a decade.…

Saudi Arabia’s push to become a major hub for the Middle East’s digital economy is gaining significant momentum, with new government data revealing a 51% year-on-year surge in blockchain-related business registrations in the second quarter of 2025. According to the Quarterly Business Sector Bulletin from the Ministry of Commerce, the country is now home to over 4,000 registered blockchain companies. This spike reflects growing confidence from both investors and entrepreneurs in the Kingdom’s tech ecosystem, particularly in high-growth sectors like Web3, decentralized finance (DeFi), and enterprise blockchain solutions. Blockchain, AI, and Big Data Lead the Innovation Wave Out of the…

An analyst who called the 2021 crypto market meltdown says that a key indicator is now flashing bullish for Bitcoin (BTC). The pseudonymous trader known as Dave the Wave tells his 153,800 followers on the social media platform X that the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator suggests Bitcoin’s uptrend may continue. The MACD is used to determine the direction, momentum and duration of a trend or to identify potential buy and sell signals. “Longer-term monthly BTC MACD turning upward again.” Source: Dave the Wave/X Looking at his monthly chart, the MACD histogram was starting to weaken after surging, but…

Bitcoin fell below $100,000 in June due to the tensions in the Middle East. However, following the positive news, it rose to $109,000. After a highly volatile June, investors turned to July for bullish sentiment. At this point, one analyst said that options traders are betting on a major July bullish trend in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Sean Dawson, head of research at derivatives exchange Derive.xyz, said that implied volatility for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) decreased in June, leading investors to expect a sharp rally in July, The Block reported. “Bitcoin and Ethereum also experienced major declines on June 13…

MetaPlanet Launches Bitcoin-Backed Preferred Stock in Japan: Aiming to offer 9–10% yields, MetaPlanet’s yen-denominated product could revolutionize fixed-income investing. Japan Eyes Inflation-Proof Investments: With interest rates low and inflation high, Bitcoin-backed securities offer savers a higher-yield, yen-based alternative. A Japanese-listed company, MetaPlanet, is preparing to launch Bitcoin-backed preferred stock. This new financial product could reshape Japan’s fixed-income market. With interest rates in Japan staying historically low, MetaPlanet plans to offer yen-denominated securities with high annual yields of 9 to 10 percent, using Bitcoin as collateral. The Problem in Japan’s Financial Market Crypto expert Adam Livingston explains that Japanese households hold…

Avalanche’s native token rose slightly as the blockchain network hit two key milestones in daily transactions and active addresses. The Avalanche (AVAX) token jumped nearly 5% in 24 hours as top cryptocurrencies soared, with the Avalanche Foundation sharing details of two major milestones for the layer blockchain network. Per the team, activity across the Avalanche network saw daily transactions on the platform hit an all-time high of 10.8 million on May 11, 2025. Another key metric, active addresses, also jumped to 950,000, the highest count for Avalanche since June 2023. Activity across the Avalanche network is surging, with milestones achieved…

Plume’s collaboration with TRON will unlock cross-chain RWA yield for one of the world’s largest blockchain ecosystems. NEW YORK – July 7, 2025 – Plume, the first full-stack chain and ecosystem purpose-built for real world asset finance (RWAfi), has announced a strategic integration with TRON to launch SkyLink across the TRON Network. TRON’s vast global user base, which generates some of the highest stablecoin volume and transaction throughput in crypto, now has direct access to asset-backed yields from tokenized U.S. Treasuries, private credit, and other real-world financial products issued on Plume. This marks a major development for TRON, historically known…

Over the weekend, Bonk.fun overtook Pump.fun, the popular Solana token issuer, to become the leading launchpad in the market, claiming over 55% market share. This milestone is bumping up demand for BONK, the Solana-based token at the center of its ecosystem. New data show that Bonk.fun has facilitated over $540 million in volume across 175,000 launches, generating approximately $34 million in fees. That gives it a commanding 55.2% share of the meme launchpad market — ahead of Pump.fun’s 34.9% and $341 million in total volume. Pump.fun had dominated the sector since its January 2024 debut, accumulating over $800 million in…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. While Bitcoin (BTC) may have started out with the perception of “anonymous internet money,” the reality of Bitcoin being transparent-by-design has finally started to take hold in the space. While Bitcoin offers powerful censorship-resistance and decentralization in theory, a lack of accessible privacy features drastically limits its effectiveness in harsher environments. Political dissidents seeking funding, journalists accepting donations, and whistleblowers raising support have all started to realize that Bitcoin is actually the world’s most efficient and largest…

Active loans on Ethereum returned to all-time highs, signaling renewed confidence in the network and its lending protocols. The trend was driven by Aave, but other smaller lenders saw significant growth in the past weeks. Lending on Ethereum continues to rise, surging to a new all-time high. Depending on different metrics, total active loans range between $22.6B and over $24B, with a different selection of protocols included. Based on TokenTerminal data, the trend of expanding lending returned since April, with around $2B in active loans added in June. DeFi lending improved on its recent three-year peak, retaining the growth trend…