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Jiang Zhuoer, one of China’s best-known Bitcoin miners, said Bitcoin may reach its bear-market bottom between October and December 2026. He placed the possible $BTC bottom price between $42,000 and $44,000, based on a long-term cycle model and Strategy’s falling mNAV. In a post on X, Jiang said Strategy’s mNAV had dropped to 0.72. He noted that the level sits close to the 0.7 mark seen on May 11, 2022, during the prior cycle shift. He described the current area as a possible low zone for mNAV, not a confirmed low for Bitcoin. Jiang also linked the reading to recent…

Deposits of USTB, the tokenized U.S. Treasury fund managed by global asset manager Invesco, surged by approximately 300% on the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Aave during the second quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, according to data from on-chain analytics platform Token Terminal. Deepening Integration Between Traditional Finance and DeFi The sharp increase in USTB deposits highlights a growing trend: the convergence of traditional financial instruments with decentralized lending markets. USTB is issued on the FundOS transfer agency and tokenization infrastructure provided by Superstate, a firm specializing in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. By bringing a regulated U.S.…

Hong Kong is set to take a significant step forward in digital currency adoption, with the city’s top banking regulator confirming that two major entities will launch stablecoins before the end of 2025. Eddie Yue, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), revealed in a recent interview that Anchor Technology plans to introduce its stablecoin around the middle of the year, with a pilot program expected to begin in just a few weeks. He also stated that HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations, intends to launch its own stablecoin in the third or…

Amidst the ongoing uncertainty in the cryptocurrency market, a noteworthy assessment came from Jiang Zhuoer, the founder of the China-based Bitcoin mining pool $BTC.top. The experienced industry figure predicted that Bitcoin ($BTC) will bottom out in the fourth quarter of 2025 during the current bear market, potentially falling to between $42,000 and $44,000. Jiang Zhuoer, in his analysis, specifically highlighted Strategy’s (STR) adjusted net asset value ratio, known as “mNAV.” According to him, this ratio has recently fallen to 0.72, quite close to the 0.70 level seen at the bear market bottom in May 2022. The analyst stated that current…

The total value locked (TVL) in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector dedicated to real-world assets (RWAs) surged by approximately 200% year-over-year, reaching $7.44 billion in the second quarter of 2024. This data, reported by Cointelegraph and sourced from Token Terminal, highlights a significant divergence from the broader DeFi market, which experienced a roughly 15% decline in overall TVL during the same period. RWA Growth Outpaces Broader DeFi Decline The sharp rise in RWA TVL underscores a growing institutional and retail appetite for tokenized versions of traditional financial instruments, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, private credit, and real estate. While the…

The Cardano ecosystem is nearing a major milestone as the major scaling upgrade Leios moves closer to its testnet launch targeted for the end of June. In a recent discussion, Carlos Lopez de Lara, product manager at Input Output, breaks down how Leios, a scaling breakthrough, unlocks massive throughput and locks in Cardano’s network’s long-term sustainability. Leios is a scaling solution for Cardano, utilizing the time between blocks to create an additional type of block called an endorser block. This additional type of block is a longer type that can carry far more transactions than a normal block can contain.…

CNN has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Perplexity AI, alleging the startup’s AI-powered search engine produced “verbatim” copies of its journalism and served up content locked behind CNN’s paywall. The suit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims Perplexity scraped more than 17,000 CNN stories, videos, and images without permission or payment. What CNN is actually alleging The complaint paints a picture of a company that didn’t just stumble into infringement, it allegedly ran through every red light on the way there. CNN says Perplexity ignored repeated efforts to block its unidentified…

Bitcoin prices for this AI test editorial were logged on June 23, 2026, before $BTC plunged below $60,000 on Wednesday, June 24. AI Models Face a Stripped-Down Bitcoin Forecast Test as Bearish Pressure Builds Since the start of June, bitcoin has remained locked below the $70,000 zone after touching a 2026 low of $59,100. With that backdrop, analysts and prediction markets have been split on $BTC’s next move, while bearish odds continue to darken the forecast, so we consulted a broad roster of today’s top AI models to see where they place $BTC in 30 days, three months from now,…

Summer.fi’s automated vault incident has put delegated DeFi yield back under pressure after Blockaid said on July 6 that its exploit detection system had identified an ongoing exploit and estimated that about $6 million had been drained at the time of its alert. In a follow-up post, the security firm linked the exploit transaction, the exploiter address, the exploit contract, and the affected Summer.fi and Lazy Summer contracts. The Etherscan transaction shows a successful Ethereum transaction at 05:17:59 UTC on July 6. Summer.fi later said it was aware of the reported exploit, was investigating the root cause, and that protocol…

Ripple ($XRP) is arguably the cryptocurrency with the most expectant users. It is a digital asset that has held great promise since its inception, faced critical challenges that threatened its existence, and is now rebounding with greater potential ahead. $XRP launched in June 2012 but started trading publicly in 2013, during an era when minimal crypto investments yielded exceptional returns, particularly for early adopters. The cryptocurrency has grown over the years, accumulating a market cap of over $70 billion and rising to the sixth-largest cryptocurrency, by CoinMarketCap’s ranking. What $100 Worth of $XRP in 2013 Would Have Been Worth Today…