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$USD1’s circulating supply expanded 9.7% over the past seven days to $4.85 billion, a 100th-percentile move on the World Liberty Financial-issued stablecoin’s three-month supply history. The dollar increase works out to roughly $427 million in new tokens between Monday last week and Sunday, according to DefiLlama’s stablecoin tracker. $USD1’s 30-day change is under 1%, so nearly the entire move happened in the past nine days, after a mid-June low of $4.34 billion. The asset is now the fourth-largest dollar-pegged stablecoin, behind Tether, USDC and Sky’s USDS. $USD1 circulating supply, March 25 to June 22, 2026. Trough $4.34B on June 13;…

A former quantitative trader at Headlands Technologies has been indicted for allegedly walking out the door with source code worth over $1 billion, then using it to build his own trading startup. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. Cheuk Fung Richard Ho, 36, was arrested on January 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. He faces one count of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets, brought by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The case was built by the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit with FBI involvement. What he allegedly stole, and…

Bitcoin price slipped near the $59,000 level, marking its second major drop this month. This drop has led the $BTC to fall more than 50% below its October peak. So, what’s the key reason why Bitcoin is dropping? MSTR Stock Crash, But Bitcoin Under Pressure One of the key factors behind Bitcoin’s decline is the sharp fall in MSTR Stock, which has dropped about 82% from its peak and recently hit a two-year low near $97, erasing more than $150 billion in market value. Adding to the pressure, Strategy recently sold 32 $BTC to help cover dividend payments, the company’s…

As the crypto market begins to see a rapid shift in investor behavior and momentum appears to be building again, Ethereum withdrawal transactions on Binance are beginning to retest record levels. According to the latest data provided by crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant, Ethereum withdrawal transactions on Binance have surged to their highest level in more than three years. 166,000 $ETH exit Binance in 24 hours Following the surge in Ethereum withdrawal activity seen on the leading crypto exchange, the data further showed that Binance recorded over 166,000 $ETH withdrawal activity in a single day. Apparently, this marks the strongest single-day…

A single word from Ripple’s CEO touched off a firestorm in the $XRP community — and that word was “maybe.” When Brad Garlinghouse was asked on a podcast whether $XRP holders might receive some kind of benefit if Ripple ever went public, he didn’t slam the door shut. He said there could be a scenario where the company does “something special” for holders, then immediately added that it was “not in the immediate term.” Within hours, the remark had been clipped, amplified, and reshaped into something much closer to a promise. The reality behind the Ripple IPO and $XRP holders…

Bitcoin’s inability to hold the $60,000 floor is no longer just a technical wobble. On-chain data now shows that a specific cohort of large holders has been actively distributing coins, applying downward pressure that finally pushed the price below that psychological level for the first time in over eight months. According to the on-chain update from Santiment, wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 $BTC collectively offloaded 45,074 coins in the past eight days. That selling aligned with Bitcoin’s drop beneath $60,000, a level the asset had held since October 10, 2024. The sheer volume of coins dumped over such a…

Ethereum has staged its strongest 24-hour move in weeks, with $ETH jumping more than 5% to reclaim the $1,700 level for the first time since the brutal June selloff. The rally came in lockstep with $BTC, which pushed back above the psychologically important $60,000 mark, dragging the broader market higher with it. Ethereum price in USD The move looks macro-driven rather than Ethereum-specific. A dovish shift in Fed messaging around cooling inflation risks lit the match, and the sharpness of the bounce off multi-year lows carries the fingerprint of a short squeeze after positioning turned heavily one-sided to the downside…

Custodia and Vantage Bank have proposed a token that automatically switches between a bank deposit and a stablecoin as it moves between participating banks and external users. According to a white paper shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday, the token would operate as a deposit issued by a participating bank when held within a banking consortium and as a stablecoin backed by cash and short-term Treasurys when transferred outside the so-called Hazel network. The companies said the system has been running on Ethereum (ETH) since March and is being tested by participating banks ahead of a broader rollout planned for later…

$AVAX’s C-Chain has seen a remarkable surge in monthly transactions, increasing over six times since June 2025, as reported by Cointelegraph. This spike highlights a growing interest in the $AVAX ecosystem and reflects broader trends in the altcoin market. For more details, visit the original tweet by Cointelegraph here. The Latest data reveals that $AVAX’s C-Chain is experiencing a significant increase in monthly transactions, with reports indicating a 6X rise since June 2025. This surge is notable within the context of the current cryptocurrency market, which shows mixed signals across various assets. As market participants rotate their interests among altcoins,…

Bitcoin buyers are defending the $59,000–$60,000 support zone, but the rebound still needs confirmation. A move above $62,400 and then $65,000 could trigger an upside squeeze, while losing $59,000 would reopen the risk of deeper losses. Bitcoin Buyers Defend $59K as Bulls Eye an Upside Squeeze Bitcoin has produced a strong lower wick after briefly falling through several major support levels, showing that buyers stepped in near the $59,000–$60,000 area. The daily chart shows $BTC trading near $60,870 after sweeping below the February low, the monthly 50-period simple moving average near $59,305 and the long-term rising trendline. Price later recovered…