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Bitwise has updated its filing for its spot Dogecoin and spot Aptos ETFs, indicating that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is actively involved in the process. Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas said in a statement today that this development is a positive sign, stating that it is in line with other spot crypto ETF approval processes. Balchunas said the most notable change is the addition of “in-kind” (direct asset swap) asset creation and redemption mechanisms to the applications. This feature allows investors to create ETF shares or receive redemptions directly in cryptocurrencies instead of cash. “It seems…

Maple Finance, a leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platform specializing in institutional lending, has been making headlines with its impressive growth and innovative offerings. At the heart of this success is the $SYRUP token, which has seen a significant surge in value in recent months. The token is currently priced at $0.6173, with a market capitalization of approximately $687 million and a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of about $734 million. This article explores the bullish factors driving the $SYRUP token’s rise, based on a detailed thread posted by @Rendoshi1 on X on June 14, 2025, and supported by the latest market…

OpenSea, a trading platform for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), officially introduced its OpenSea2 (OS2) upgrade to the wider public after a period in beta. The revamped product now features token trading across 19 blockchains as it continues to pivot from NFTs to the wider crypto market. “OS2 is the foundation for the next generation of OpenSea,” said Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, said in a statement. “We’ve rebuilt the platform from the ground up to become the best destination for everything on-chain, from NFTs to tokens, across chains and communities.” The company also announced a revamp of its rewards…

AI firm Anthropic has won a key legal victory in a copyright battle over how artificial intelligence companies use copyrighted material to train their models, but the fight is far from over. U.S. District Judge William Alsup found that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train its AI chatbot Claude qualifies as “fair use” under U.S. copyright law, in a ruling late Monday. “Like any reader aspiring to be a writer, Anthropic’s LLMs trained upon works not to race ahead and replicate or supplant them — but to turn a hard corner and create something different,” U.S. District Judge William…

Coinbase Futures announced that it will launch a new perpetual futures-like product in the U.S. on July 21. Dubbed “US Perpetual-Like Futures,” the contracts aim to provide a local, U.S.-regulated alternative to perpetual futures products commonly used on offshore exchanges. “We are excited to offer these products on Coinbase Futures, designed to mirror how global perpetual futures work, yet remain fully compliant with U.S. regulations. Internationally, perpetual futures represent 90% of cryptocurrency trading volume by some reports,” Coinbase said in a statement. The first phase of the offering includes perpetual-style futures contracts for nano Bitcoin (0.01 BTC) and nano Ether…

Bitcoin, and for that matter all blockchains, do not scale. It is a fundamental limitation of blockchain based systems that they are incapable of facilitating transactional use at a truly global scale without completely sacrificing the decentralization and verifiability that make them valuable in the first place. This has been an existential issue that Bitcoiners have grappled with from the very beginning of Bitcoin. This is a comment from James A. Donald, a Canadian cypherpunk who was the first person to reply to Satoshi’s original post on the cryptography mailing list: Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: “The bandwidth might not be as…

Liqwid, a leading Cardano DeFi protocol, has announced preparations to integrate Bitcoin into its ecosystem through a dedicated BTC onboarding page. This move comes as the Cardano network advances cross-chain capabilities, enabling Bitcoin users to interact with decentralized finance tools while retaining the native security of their assets. According to recent updates from Liqwid Labs, users will soon be able to connect wallets, bridge Bitcoin, and access supply and borrowing features through a unified interface. 🧵 Bridging Bitcoin to Cardano: What it Means for DeFi—and How Liqwid Is Ready 1/ The Ordinals Revolution Is Bigger Than You ThinkIOG recently showcased…

Markets went straight into meltdown mode Sunday night after the United States bombed Iran in a direct military strike and Iran retaliated by shutting down Strait of Hormuz, the most important oil route on the planet. That has triggered violent selloffs across every major market, from stocks to Bitcoin, from oil to the dollar and the euro. The world’s financial system is now reacting like it just got sucker punched. Its unlike anything we have ever seen. Oil was first to go wild. In the first trading session after the futures market opened, US crude rose $1.76, or 2.38%, to…

Arkham Intelligence on-chain data company has revealed the top-10 list of SHIB holding addresses with the largest one among them being kind of a surprise for the community. Its SHIB stash is worth billions of US dollars at press time. With this wallet sitting on the very first spot, such top players in the cryptocurrency space as Binance, Robinhood, and Crypto.com have been left behind. The largest SHIB wallet emerges, Binance left on sidelines According to the aforementioned data source, the largest SHIB holder is the wallet that has been accepting unwanted Shiba Inu coins since early 2021 – one…

Ohio may soon become one of the first states to invest public funds in cryptocurrency, as lawmakers debate House Bill 18—the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act. This proposal would permit the state government and retirement systems to invest in digital assets and related exchange-traded products. Setting the Stage for State Crypto Investments House Bill 18 (HB 18), introduced by Representative Steve Demetriou, is drawing attention for its practical steps toward integrating digital assets into the state’s portfolio. Importantly, the bill avoids specifying any particular cryptocurrencies—such as Bitcoin—in order to keep investment choices flexible. If passed, Ohio’s state Treasurer would oversee…