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Ethereum is trading at $1,715 after challenging the upper edge of a prolonged descending channel, while a new nonprofit expanded the network’s institutional outreach. Binance’s daily $ETH/USDT chart showed a 0.91% gain as the price approached the $1,723 Fibonacci resistance level. The latest candle opened at $1,700, rose to $1,721, fell to $1,694, and gained $15.41. Ethereum now faces a key technical test after rebounding from a June low of $1,507.06. Ethereum Tests Its First Recovery Barrier The July 3 TradingView chart tracks Ethereum from late January through early July and uses Binance market data. It shows elevated volatility across…

Morgan Stanley has updated its proposed Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded funds with a staking structure that would allow 95% of staking rewards to remain within the trusts while charging a 0.14% annual sponsor fee. According to amended S-1 registration statements filed by Morgan Stanley, both the Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust and Morgan Stanley Solana Trust would stake portions of their underlying crypto holdings to generate additional income for investors. NEW: @MorganStanley just filed amendments for both their Ethereum and Solana ETFS. ethereum:native solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 pic.twitter.com/SxPiszp9RS — James Seyffart (@JSeyff) June 18, 2026 The filings disclosed that staking service providers and custodians…

The next Bitcoin bear market bottom won’t arrive until the final quarter of 2026, and it could push prices down to the $42,000 to $44,000 range, according to one of China’s most recognized Bitcoin miners. Jiang Zhuoer laid out the forecast in a note that draws on Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) declining market-to-net-asset-value (mNAV) ratio, which he sees as a forward-looking gauge for the broader $BTC cycle. The projection, first covered in the original report from WuBlockchain, comes as Strategy’s mNAV has slipped to about 0.72, approaching the 0.7 level that marked the top of the previous bull-to-bear transition in May…

Ethereum’s extensive validator network and neutral protocol design give it a distinct advantage over Solana when it comes to attracting institutional investors, according to Joseph Chalom, co-CEO of Sharplink Gaming (SBET), a firm that accumulates Ethereum ($ETH). The Numbers Behind the Argument Chalom highlighted a stark contrast in network participation: Ethereum currently supports over 900,000 validators, while Solana has fewer than 800. This disparity, he argues, is not just a matter of scale but of fundamental design philosophy. For institutions, the ability to participate in network validation without requiring specialized hardware or permission is a critical factor in building trust.…

Tokenized stocks emerged as the fastest-growing crypto coin category between January 2024 and May 2026, according to a new CoinGecko report tracking the number of coins listed across major sectors. The category expanded by a whopping 3,314.3% during the period, after rising from just 14 listed coins to 478. Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Category Real World Assets (RWA) followed closely as another major growth area, as it increased by 1,903.1% from 64 coins to 1,282. The sharp rise in both categories highlights growing interest in bringing traditional financial assets onto blockchain networks. CoinGecko said that the shift toward real-world asset tokenization accelerated…

Google, IBM, and Boeing are not passive investors in Hedera. They are active node operators, each running infrastructure that validates transactions on the network. That is the core of how Hedera works: a council of up to 39 global organizations controls the consensus layer, votes on protocol decisions, and keeps the network running. As of June 2026, at least 32 of those seats are filled, following Accenture’s addition in April 2026. What Is the Hedera Council? The Hedera Council (formerly called the Hedera Governing Council, rebranded in May 2025) is a body of major global organizations that together govern the…

The European Union has completed the final piece of its Basel III banking package, a regulatory framework that’s been in the works since the 2007-09 financial crisis. The EU’s banking package officially took effect on July 9, 2024, with most of the substantive regulations applying from January 1, 2025. The European Banking Authority’s impact assessments had estimated that full Basel III implementation would require capital increases of 18-24%. That estimate prompted EU-specific adjustments designed to soften the blow. Those adjustments reflect Europe’s particular economic structure, including heavy reliance on bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises. The FRTB problem and…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance TR has released four exclusive content pieces for May as part of its Community Content Creation Event. Cryptocurrency followers who want to win a special reward as part of the Binance TR community will have the chance to win a digital gift voucher worth 1000 TL by creating four different original posts on X (Twitter) by quoting four posts shared during May. The 200 community content creators whose content is selected as the best will win gift vouchers worth 1000 TL. Binance TR will distribute a total of 600,000 TL in prizes throughout the event, which will…

Bitcoin miners sold a record 32,000 $BTC in the first quarter of 2026 and signed about $70 billion in contracts to help power AI instead, marking the largest desertion by the group in the network’s history. The exodus triggered Bitcoin’s first hash rate drop in six years, but it absorbed the shock and adjusted its difficulty, with the hash rate even recovering to a new high without missing a single block. Bitcoin Absorbs Record Miner Exit as AI Pulls Capital Away In a post published on X on July 6, analyst Shanaka Anslem Perera argued that Bitcoin has just passed…

Bitcoin price fell below $60,000 on Wednesday, extending a wider crypto market selloff as pressure across risk assets moved into digital markets and triggered another wave of leveraged position liquidations. The largest crypto asset by market value dropped nearly 5% over 24 hours and reached a low near $59,600 before trading around $59,800 at press time. The move pushed Bitcoin below a closely watched long-term technical level and renewed debate over whether the market could test the $50,000 area. Source: X Prediction market odds for Bitcoin falling below $50,000 in 2026 climbed to 64%, while the chance of a move…