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Neo SPCC released coordinated updates to both NeoFS gateways in early July, covering the REST API interface and the S3-compatible protocol gateway. REST Gateway v0.18.0 landed on July 3 and S3 Gateway v0.45.0 on July 2, with both releases targeting performance improvements, API surface cleanup, and shared dependency upgrades. The updates follow a similar pattern to the previous gateway pair released in April, when REST v0.17.0 and S3 v0.43.0 introduced session token v2 support. Both new releases depend on NeoFS SDK RC20 and NeoGo v0.120.0, aligning them with the recently covered NeoFS Node v0.54.0 and completing a stack-wide upgrade cycle.…

The unified version of the Clarity Act — which is said by one person to have had more than 70 pages of text added — hasn’t yet solidified a position on the major sticking point: A Democrat-demanded restriction keeping senior government officials (including the president) from maintaining business ties with the crypto sector. Without a compromise on such ethics limits, several lawmakers have said they won’t vote yes on a final bill. The merged text that may be released next week will not represent a simple combination of the two bills the respective committees voted to approve earlier this year.…

Phantom Technologies and the Hyperliquid Policy Center filed a joint comment with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission asking the agency to update its rules for onchain market infrastructure. The comment responds to the CFTC’s request for information on regulations that may limit fintech firms from partnering with financial infrastructure and intermediaries regulated by the Commission. Phantom and HPC said current rules generally assume a custodial market structure where intermediaries handle customer orders and funds, while onchain markets can allow users to trade directly and retain control of their assets. The groups asked the CFTC to confirm that developing or contributing…

The shift began after the $292 million Kelp bridge exploit earlier in the year, which increased scrutiny of LayerZero-powered bridge configurations. Kelp later announced it would migrate more than $1.5 billion in assets to Chainlink CCIP. Since then, Solv Protocol migrated $700 million in tokenized bitcoin, Re moved $475 million, Kraken transferred $330 million in wrapped assets, Lombard migrated more than $1 billion, Virtuals Protocol moved $700 million and Yuzu Money transferred $54.5 million. Mantle said its Super Portal will be suspended during the migration, which is scheduled to take place between July 9 and July 15. Existing $MNT on…

The New Hampshire Executive Council rejected a plan on Wednesday to authorize a $100 million bond backed by Bitcoin, killing a proposal that state officials had cast as a first-in-the-nation bid to draw digital finance to the Granite State. The New Hampshire councilors voted 3-2 against it, according to reporting from The Boston Globe. The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority and Governor Kelly Ayotte had promoted the bond as “groundbreaking” and “historic.” The deal would have stood as the world’s first Bitcoin-backed municipal bond. The plan had cleared Moody’s ratings and reached the Executive Council for its final vote before…

Ethereum price has remained pinned near $1,750 after renewed Middle East tensions triggered a risk-off mood across financial markets and sellers once again defended the $1,800 resistance zone. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price traded around $1,756 on Wednesday after failing to sustain multiple attempts above $1,800 during the past week. The latest rejection followed U.S. airstrikes on Iranian military targets after Iran reportedly fired on civilian shipping near the Strait of Hormuz, sending investors toward traditional safe-haven assets and limiting demand for cryptocurrencies. The conflict also disrupted diplomatic efforts that had already paused during Iran’s official mourning…

The Federal Reserve may purchase equity ETFs to support the US stock market during the next major downturn, an analyst said, a scenario that crypto researchers say would indirectly benefit Bitcoin and major digital assets. The Case for Fed Equity Purchases Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst, published a note arguing that the US stock market has effectively become too large and too politically important to allow a prolonged collapse. Approximately 55% of Americans currently own stocks, the highest rate in the world. Trump Accounts are set to bring an estimated 28 million additional people into equity ownership. Social security is…

Hyperliquid Strategies has built its treasury around $HYPE, but its first SEC filings show the strategy already faces a fundamental challenge. The company wants to accumulate more tokens for shareholders while warning investors it may need to sell $HYPE into future capital raises, placing long-term accumulation goals alongside the practical limits of market liquidity. Hyperliquid Strategies says the primary objective to accumulate $HYPE tokens on behalf of stockholders will be funded by proceeds from its Closing PIPE and future capital raises. The company established a committed equity facility with Chardan that allows it to direct up to $1 billion in…

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has established five independent task forces to conduct a comprehensive review of the central bank’s monetary policy framework. The move, announced this week, includes a notable addition: Marc Andreessen, the billionaire co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and a prominent Bitcoin supporter, has been named to an advisory group. Scope of the Policy Review The five task forces will examine distinct areas of Fed operations. According to a report from BeInCrypto, the groups will focus on communication strategies, balance sheet policy, the inflation targeting framework, economic data analysis, and the impact of artificial…

Robinhood announced the addition of $SENT to its spot trading platform, allowing users to buy and sell the token directly through the popular retail brokerage app. The listing, confirmed on [Date of announcement, if known, otherwise remove], marks another expansion of Robinhood’s cryptocurrency offerings, which have grown steadily since the company first enabled crypto trading. What is $SENT? $SENT is a cryptocurrency token associated with the Sentinel network, a decentralized VPN (dVPN) protocol built on the Cosmos ecosystem. The token is used to pay for bandwidth and services within the Sentinel network, rewarding node operators and facilitating secure, private internet…