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Ripple CEO predicts stablecoin market to grow from $250B to $2T, fueled by regulation and rising institutional demand. Ripple’s RLUSD crosses $500M cap, gains BNY Mellon custody and Transak integration as adoption accelerates. The stablecoin sector, once a quiet corner of the crypto world, is now stealing the spotlight. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse predicts the market will grow nearly tenfold, from $250 billion to $2 trillion in just a few years. Speaking to CNBC, he called this shift “profound,” pointing to rising institutional demand and the long-awaited clarity around regulations now falling into place. This projection echoes U.S. Treasury Secretary…

Chainlink saw 2.5 million interactions as more people talked about its role in real-world asset projects. VeChain followed with 1.81 million interactions, largely driven by its work in supply chain use cases online. Chainlink (LINK) and VeChain (VET) are attracting heavy attention in the Real-World Asset (RWA) space. Data shows that they have recorded millions of user engagements, signaling strong community interest. However, market participants are wondering if this growing interest will translate into actual price growth for these two digital assets. LINK Leads with 2.5 Million Interactions as RWA Conversations Surge According to a recent post on X, Chainlink…

Crypto entrepreneur Roger Ver—also known as “Bitcoin Jesus”—has reportedly sued Spain as one of the technology’s earliest adopters fights extradition to the U.S. over tax evasion charges.  Bloomberg Law first reported that the crypto mogul filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights, claiming that the country violated his legal protections when it ruled that he should be sent to the U.S. According to Bloomberg, which reviewed the lawsuit, Ver’s legal team argued that the extradition order would amount to “illegitimate restrictions on his right to liberty.” They further alleged in the filing that Spanish authorities failed to…

Sharplink Gaming, a Nasdaq-listed company that has been on the agenda for a while with its Ethereum (ETH) purchase, announced that it has purchased ETH again. Accordingly, the Nasdaq-listed company purchased 74,656 ETH worth $156 million at an average price of $2,852 between July 7 and 13. With this acquisition, SharpLink Gaming (SBET) increased its treasury to 280,706 ETH, surpassing the Ethereum Foundation. Accordingly, SharpLink Gaming has become the world’s largest institutional Ethereum holder, surpassing the holdings of the Ethereum Foundation, which holds 196,354 ETH worth approximately $591 million. The company also purchased 10,000 ETH directly from EF last week.…

With yesterday’s announcement about a $100 million purchase of the $TRUMP memecoin, Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun is in contention with Elon Musk to become the largest personal donor to US President Donald Trump. As his donations and purchases of Trump’s crypto tokens continue, it’s safe to assume that the president will personally earn over $60 million from Justin Sun — and probably much more. Weeks ago, Sun was already a $75 million donor to Trump’s first DeFi project by way of his World Liberty Financial (WLFI) token purchases. In addition, Sun and HTX, which he claims to advise, had…

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano (ADA), pushed back hard against accusations that governments could pressure him into censoring the blockchain. Responding directly to a viral post claiming he could be forced to confiscate users’ assets, Hoskinson replied with a challenge and a sarcastic meme from the movie “Vacation,” mocking the notion that a decentralized protocol like Cardano could be manually censored on command. It comes in response to a thread where a user argued that unlike Bitcoin, Cardano and other altcoins could be shut down or manipulated through their founders or central entities. Hoskinson dismissed the entire premise as…

NEW YORK — Hack and scam victims who reached out to Tornado Cash requesting assistance retrieving their stolen funds received little in the way of help from the privacy tool’s developers, three government witnesses told the jury during day two of Roman Storm’s criminal money laundering trial. One victim, a Taiwan-born Georgia woman who said she lost nearly $250,000 to a wrong-number pig butchering scam — with a portion of the proceeds laundered through Tornado Cash — said her request for help went unanswered. Another witness, a lawyer for crypto exchange BitMart, which was hacked for nearly $200 million in…

The Bitcoin price is flying high at the moment, having rallied to a new all-time high (ATH) of $111,800 on May 22. Now, crypto analyst Tony Severino has predicted that this rally is likely to sustain, with BTC reaching $120,000 at some point. Bitcoin Price To Reach $120,000 Following This Range Breakout In an X post, Tony Severino predicted that the Bitcoin price could reach between $116,000 and $120,000 following the breakout from the $106,000 range. This prediction came just before BTC surged past its previous ATH of $109,100 on May 21. The analyst asserted that the flagship crypto could…

Ethereum (ETH), the leading altcoin, has pulled off a massive rebound against Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency. Notably, this comes as the ETH/BTC Relative Strength Index (RSI) stopped its three-year downward trend. Ethereum Golden Cross on the Horizon Ted Pillows, a market investor and entrepreneur, highlighted this in a post on X, suggesting it could signal an incoming rally for Ethereum. For clarity, the ETH/BTC RSI indicates how Ethereum is performing in relation to Bitcoin. When the ratio is going up, it clearly indicates that Ethereum is gaining strength against Bitcoin. This is regardless of the price of both assets…

In a significant stride for the Web3 creator economy, Avalanche (AVAX)-based Insomnia Labs has successfully closed a substantial $12 million funding round. This pivotal investment marks a new chapter for the company, setting the stage for the highly anticipated launch of CreatorFi, a platform poised to redefine how digital creators access financing. For anyone tracking the intersection of blockchain and creative industries, this development signals a powerful shift towards more equitable and innovative funding models. What Does This Funding Mean for Insomnia Labs? The recent $12 million funding round for Insomnia Labs is more than just capital; it’s a vote…