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Ten of the largest trade associations in fintech and crypto have called on President Donald Trump to intervene in what they say is a coordinated attack by big banks to stifle innovation and lock out competitors. In a letter sent on Wednesday, the groups, which include the Blockchain Association, and the Crypto Council for Innovation, warned that JPMorgan’s plan to charge fees for access to consumer banking data threatens to de-bank millions of Americans and could cripple the adoption of stablecoins (USDC, USDT) and self-custody wallets. At the center of the fight is how Americans fund digital wallets and exchanges.…

Cantor Equity Partners I (CEPO) is changing hands just shy of $15 in morning U.S. action, up about 25% from the $12 level it traded at prior to a late-Tuesday story from the FT that the company and Adam Back were nearing a $3.5 billion funding deal. To review, CEPO is the blank check bitcoin treasury company headed by Brandon Lutnick — chairman of Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and son of Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. According to the FT report, Cantor Equity Partners 1 would acquire 30,000 BTC (nearly $3.5 billion at current prices) from Back.…

ContributionDAO has officially introduced its institutional-grade Ethereum (ETH) staking platform, integrating the Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) of SSV Network. Institutional stakeholders, developers, and the crypto community are now able to access the platform in its specially created portal by ContributionDAO. 🚀 ContributionDAO Launches ETH Staking Powered by SSV Technology We’re excited to announce the launch of ContributionDAO’s ETH Staking platform, now live and powered by SSV TechnologyThis innovative staking solution is built to meet institutional-grade standards, offering:… pic.twitter.com/UJsPUJZmeN — ContributionDAO (@contributedao) July 25, 2025 The staking infrastructure is developed with emphasis on protection, fault tolerance and decentralization. The keys of…

The TON Application Chain, also known as TAC, has officially launched its mainnet on Tuesday, July 15, enabling Ethereum-compatible decentralized finance applications to operate within Telegram’s user ecosystem. With TAC’s mainnet now live, popular Ethereum-based DeFi protocols — including Curve, Morpho, and Euler — are now available on Telegram via the chain, according to a press release shared with The Defiant. Following the launch, TAC’s native token spiked sharply by more than 50% to $0.0248, though it has retraced to near $0.022 by press time, according to price data from CoinGecko. TAC 24-hour price chart. Source: CoinGecko Built on CosmosEVM,…

Ghana is set to begin licensing cryptocurrency platforms in response to a surge in demand for digital assets in the West African country, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The country’s central bank is finalizing a regulatory approval to submit to parliament by September, according to the report, citing an interview with Bank of Ghana Governor Johnson Asiama. The hope is that regulating the crypto sector will help the Ghana capture revenue and better control its fiat currency. The cedi has grown over 40% against the U.S. dollar in 2025, helping it recover from a loss of nearly 20% last year. This…

Bitcoin’s computing power crept right up to its June 13 peak of 946 exahash per second (EH/s), brushing against it with a 945 EH/s reading on Sunday morning. Race to the Top: Bitcoin Hashrate Inches Within Striking Distance of Peak As of 10 a.m. Eastern on Sunday, July 27, Bitcoin’s hashrate is cruising at 942.96 exahash per second (EH/s)—just over 3 EH/s shy of its record high. This elevated level can be chalked up to steadier, more attractive mining profits over the past month. Source: hashrateindex.com Bitcoin’s hashprice jumped from around $54 per petahash per second (PH/s) on June 27…

Canada-based company Matador Technologies announced that its board of directors has approved a long-term Bitcoin accumulation strategy. Matador Technologies Confirms Treasury Strategy Aiming to Collect 6,000 Bitcoin by 2027 The company’s ultimate goal is to reach 6,000 BTC by 2027 and become one of the top 20 institutional Bitcoin holders globally. The company currently holds 77.4 BTC and its equivalent in assets. As part of the new strategy, plans have been created to accumulate 1,000 BTC by 2026 and 6,000 BTC by 2027. The board of directors described these goals as “deterministic but predictive” and emphasized that there is no…

As Season 1 of the SpoonOS Developer Call enters its final stretch, the community has seen consistent growth in pitches and proposals toward AI agent innovation across DeFi, prediction markets, and developer infrastructure. DevCall Season 1 is a month-long initiative encouraging developers to prototype AI-powered agents using SpoonOS, an early-stage framework for building Web3-integrated, LLM-powered autonomous programs. The program seeks to gather developer feedback, foster community engagement, and identify key contributors for ongoing development. This week, 12 proposals and patches to existing codebase were submitted for approval, showcasing novel use cases and critical core enhancements. SpoonMiniHub Team: Code Crafters (Om…

Ethereum continues to hold its recent breakout gains, trading around $3,730 after a powerful leg up from the $2,500 range. This rally has pushed ETH into a critical technical zone, while on-chain metrics offer insight into market sentiment. Despite the sharp move, we’re not seeing overwhelming signs of euphoria yet. Technical Analysis By ShayanMarkets The Daily Chart On the daily chart, ETH is consolidating just below the $4,000 level after breaking through key resistance at $3,300. The asset is firmly above both the 100-day and 200-day moving averages, which are also starting to curl upward following a bullish crossover around…

Memecoin platform Pump Fun’s initial coin offering (ICO) has concluded, and its PUMP token is now tradable on several exchanges. The token was initially sold for $0.004 during the ICO and has now risen to approximately $0.0055, according to data from Binance-owned CoinMarketCap. The initial sale, which took place on July 12, sold out in mere minutes, with Pump Fun raising approximately $600 million. Interestingly, despite the ICO requiring purchasers to go through a know-your-customer (KYC) process, analysis from Blockworks suggests that some wallets participated in the sale from dozens, or in at least one case hundreds, of addresses. Blockworks…