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Ripple, alongside a range of other cryptocurrency-oriented firms, has joined the newly operational x402 Foundation as a premier member. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the organization is designed to oversee x402 – an open protocol contributed by Coinbase that embeds payments directly into standard web interactions. The main purpose of the technology is to let AI-based agents, applications, and APIs send and receive money as easily as they exchange data. Ripple is proud to join the x402 Foundation as a Premier Member. As AI agents begin to take on more of the transaction lifecycle, they’ll need a way to pay…

Bitcoin rebounded from $57K but continued struggling to break above the $64K resistance. In fact, $BTC faced rejection at that level three times. At press time, Bitcoin [$BTC] traded near $63,240 after gaining 0.18% daily and almost 6% over the past week. Even so, several high-value investors remained confident despite repeated rejections. Why are Bitcoin whales turning bullish? As Bitcoin tested this key resistance, some whales entered leveraged long positions. According to Lookonchain, one whale opened a 40x long on 1,000 $BTC worth $63.8 million. The position showed an unrealized profit of $698,000 after paying about $14,000 in Funding Fees.…

The gas station and convenience store operator Cumberland Farms Ltd filed for a US initial public offering, according to the original report. It is not a crypto company. It does not hold tokens on its balance sheet. Yet the timing of this filing matters for digital asset markets because it lands in the middle of the strongest US equity debut calendar in decades. IPO volumes act as a rough proxy for institutional risk appetite. When traditional capital markets run hot, the willingness to allocate into less established assets often strengthens. In previous cycles, equity issuance booms have coincided with liquidity…

Arthur Hayes called $XRP “absolutely nothing” last week. Charles Hoskinson took a swipe at Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s approach to regulation. Edo Farina, an analyst and $XRP supporter, addressed both in an exclusive interview with Coinpedia. Hayes: Price Loyalty, Not Substance Hayes framed his argument around early price gains rather than technology. “You could be like Cardano or Ripple and do absolutely nothing,” he said. “Lie to your people that you’re going to do something about it. However, people got this thing really, really cheap. You allowed them to get rich with you.” The suggestion is that communities built on…

New York has become the first US state to impose a statewide moratorium on large new data centers, creating an early regulatory test for Bitcoin miners that are rebuilding their businesses around artificial intelligence. On July 14, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order directing state regulators to pause incomplete permit applications for new or expanding data centers capable of consuming at least 50 megawatts of power. The temporary halt will remain in effect while officials study the projects’ effects on electricity demand, water supplies, air quality, noise, and surrounding communities. Applications declared complete before the order can continue, while…

MetaMask is marking its tenth anniversary with plans to expand beyond its roots as a self custodial crypto wallet into a broader platform for payments, savings and investing. The Consensys developed platform also appointed Gal Eldar as chief product officer to lead Open Money, an initiative aimed at bringing payments, savings, investing and digital assets into a single self custodial platform. Founded in 2016 by Kumavis and Dan Finlay, MetaMask began as an Ethereum browser wallet before expanding to support Bitcoin, Solana and hundreds of blockchain networks. The platform has recorded more than 100 million downloads and trillions of dollars…

Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder of Starknet, has ignited a debate within the cryptocurrency community by arguing that Bitcoin’s fixed supply of 21 million coins is not a sustainable long-term model. In a recent post on X, Ben-Sasson suggested that Bitcoin’s monetary policy should include a maximum annual inflation rate of 4% to account for the inevitable loss of coins due to misplaced private keys. The Argument Against a Fixed Supply Ben-Sasson’s central thesis is that over an infinite timeline, the amount of permanently lost Bitcoin will continue to grow. Lost private keys, forgotten wallets, and inaccessible coins reduce the effective circulating…

Tether and Circle built their businesses by keeping the interest on the dollars behind their coins. A new kind of stablecoin, run and owned by a group instead of a single company, shares that money instead. Here is how the consortium model works and why it is spreading. Table of Contents Consortium versus single-issuer stablecoins The two defining features: shared governance and shared economics Why consortium stablecoins are emerging now The leading examples A cautionary precedent: the Centre Consortium Why the model matters The risks of the consortium model Where consortium stablecoins fit among stablecoin types Frequently Asked Questions A…

BitTorrent announced early Monday that the project will formally launch buybacks and burn its $BTT token, starting from the third quarter of this year. According to the announcement, BitTorrent will be directing virtually every revenue from its decentralized services into buying its own tokens once every quarter. BitTorrent clarified that the funds for the program will come entirely from operating revenue, and it does not plan any fresh fundraising or dipping into its treasury holdings to support the buy-backs. TRON bought BitTorrent in July 2018 and reports more than 100 million active users across over a billion devices. How will…

Meta Description: Bitcoin consolidation and recovery attempts drive capital rotation while MemeToro gains attention as AI-driven crypto ecosystem. Bitcoin continues to trade within a strict consolidation range as macro traders position ahead of key Federal Reserve announcements. Despite short-term volatility, BTC remains structurally stable within its $63,727 to $67,220 channel. This environment is shaping broader market behavior, leading to increased attention on emerging ecosystems such as MemeToro $MT. As liquidity rotates across assets, investors are beginning to explore AI-driven financial systems positioned outside traditional crypto cycles. Bitcoin Range Structure and Macro Liquidity Pressure Bitcoin has dipped 1.7 percent to $65,300…