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An Abu Dhabi royal and his co-investors reportedly back the largest stake in the holding company behind World Liberty Financial’s proposed US trust bank. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s group is behind StringZ Holding RSC, which owns 49% of WLTC Holdings. An entity affiliated with US President Donald Trump’s family owns another 38%, one person told WSJ. If it receives final approval, the planned bank would bring the issuance, redemption and custody of World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin under the federally supervised venture. Tahnoon is the UAE’s national…

A newly proposed upgrade to the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) could significantly modernize how multi-signature transactions are coordinated. The proposal (“On-Chain Cosigner”) has been submitted in the XRPL Standards repository. If eventually adopted through the amendment process, it would allow signers to coordinate and collect multi-signature approvals directly on the $XRP Ledger. There will be no need to rely on external communication channels and centralized coordinators. The proposal was authored by Shawn Xie, Zhiyuan Wang, Chenna Keshava B S, and Mayukha Vadari. As explained by prominent XRPL community member Vet, the proposal addresses one of the biggest shortcomings of the ledger’s…

Bitcoin’s Bear Market May Be Entering Its Final Phase Blockchain analytics platform Cryptoquant shared an analysis on July 18 suggesting bitcoin’s bear market may be approaching its final stage. The signal compares the average acquisition prices of short-term and long-term holders. The analyst said: “The end of the bear market is approaching.” Cost basis refers to the average price at which investors acquired bitcoin. Short-term holders, or STHs, have held bitcoin for less than six months, while long-term holders, or LTHs, have held the crypto for more than six months. The signal appeared when the STH cost basis fell below…

Lazarus, a hacker group known to have ties to North Korea, has carried out a notable sell-off of its Ethereum ($ETH) holdings. According to on-chain data, the group sold off a total of 911 $ETH in the last two hours. The sales were reportedly conducted at an average price of $2,499, with a total transaction value of approximately $2.28 million. The sale was allegedly carried out through a cryptocurrency address associated with the Lazarus group. On-chain activity is particularly important for tracking the cryptocurrency assets of Lazarus, a group historically associated with major cyberattacks. The group has long been known…

The integration with Axelar connects both the $XRP Ledger and the XRPL EVM Sidechain through the Axelar App interface. The system supports native transfers of assets such as $XRP, SHx, $USDf, SOIL, WETH, WBTC, mBTC, mTBILL, and mXRP. 100% of the validators on the dUNL list upgraded their nodes to version xrpld 3.2.1 ahead of the release of version 3.3.0. Officially, $XRP Ledger expanded its operational capabilities after adopting native cross-chain transfers through the Axelar network. With the enhancement in XRPL Interoperability, supported assets can be transferred across multiple blockchain networks with minimal friction. Move assets cross chain and settle…

The UAE is bringing Avalanche blockchain technology into its national digital identity system, giving blockchain a major government use case. The integration will support the Digital Vault inside UAE PASS, which serves more than 12.5 million people. Following this announcement, Avalanche native token $AVAX jumped over 3%. Avalanche Joins UAE PASS Digital Vault The UAE’s Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has partnered with consultancy firm Deca4 and Ava Labs to add Avalanche technology to UAE PASS. The announcement was made on September 14, 2026, but the new system is not live yet. Once launched, Avalanche technology will power…

Bitcoin options desks picked up a telling signal this week — a surge in call spread activity that pins a $72,000 price target to the final days of July, coinciding with the Federal Reserve’s next policy announcement. Data from the options market, as reported in the original CoinDesk report, shows large traders paying a premium for a structure that profits if $BTC rallies toward $72,000 but caps gains above that level. The timing is not accidental. How the $72,000 Call Spread Works A call spread involves buying a call option at one strike price and selling another at a higher…

As of September 15, 2026, the Ethereum price today sits at $2,481.95, with a daily chart that looks constructive on paper but is quietly losing steam. Higher and lower timeframes now tell conflicting stories, and which one prevails over the next sessions defines the trade. $ETH/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways Ethereum trades at $2,481.95 with the daily EMA stack still bullish (20 > 50 > 200) Hourly and 15-minute charts show bearish momentum with RSI approaching oversold levels Total crypto market cap is down 2.27% to $2.65 trillion; Bitcoin dominance at 58.36% Daily ATR…

As such, markets took it as a sign of an official bid to cap long-term borrowing costs – one that may eventually see the Fed step in and buy as many bonds as required to hold yields down, a form of yield-curve control. Hard assets that benefit from financial repression and a deluge of fiat liquidity quickly rallied. Bitcoin and gold surged, with bitcoin rising from $64,000 to $80,000 in a week. Treasury’s program is not QE, meaning it does not add fresh liquidity to markets, and the size is small compared with the $40 trillion federal debt. So unless…

While the broader crypto market remains shaky, August is shaping up to be one of the busiest months of the year. Several blockchain upgrades, ETF developments, and product launches are scheduled over the coming weeks. According to one analyst, these events could put a handful of altcoins in focus before the next major market move. Solana Heads Into Major Network Upgrade Solana tops the list as the lowest-risk pick for August. The network will begin rolling out the Agave 4.2 client from the week of August 17, bringing faster block times, a 90% reduction in rent costs, larger transaction sizes,…