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Luffa and WebKey Launch Web3 Smart Terminal for Decentralized Access

Luffa, a well-known decentralized social entity, has collaborated with WebKey, a platform responsible for creating the earliest user-grade Web3 smart terminal. The partnership between Luffa and WebKey aims to strengthen consumers with efficient, secure, and direct reach to the decentralized internet. The platform revealed the details of this mutual effort in a recent X post. 🔥 Excited to announce our partnership with @WebKey01! WebKey – Your Gateway to Web3, Powering a Decentralized Future WebKey is the first consumer-grade Web3 smart terminal, integrating trusted hardware, blockchain networks, AI services, and a native Web3 app store. With a… pic.twitter.com/EDqbDZ3dOy — Luffa (@LuffaMessage)…

BlockchainJul 14

Why People Are Turning to Gold and Bitcoin

The recent rise in gold and bitcoin prices reveals more than market dynamics—it reflects a quiet awakening to the centuries-old fraud of fiat money. The Fraud of Fiat: How Inflation Became Accepted Theft Isn’t it curious how people reminisce about the past, casually recalling that a candy bar once cost 50 cents—as if prices rising over time were some cosmic inevitability? Rarely does anyone interrupt this nostalgia to point out that what they’ve witnessed is not nature’s doing but a calculated deception that has endured for generations. Between 1913 to 2023, or 110 years, the U.S. dollar lost 96.7% of…

BitcoinJul 14

Project X Aims to Give DeFi a Shot of Dopamine—Like 'Uniswap With Rizz'

Hyperliquid has rapidly become a major player in decentralized finance, but Project X aims to level the playing field on the layer-1 HyperEVM chain that powers it—and seeks to become the frontend for the ecosystem in the process. In a space crowded with teams racing to build similar platforms, the team insists its strategy stands apart. Rather than focusing solely on technical innovation, Project X sits down with Decrypt for an exclusive interview on how it is taking a distribution-first approach to DeFi. The team argues that while infrastructure has matured across wallets, on-ramps, and exchanges, the real opportunity lies…

DeFiJul 14

Ethereum (ETH) Price Prediction for July 11

After a period of steady accumulation, Ethereum price today has broken above a multi-month symmetrical triangle near $2,780 and is now trading near $2,808. The breakout follows strong volume support and a clean bullish structure on both the daily and 4-hour timeframes. ETH price dynamics (Source: TradingView) With indicators signaling a fresh momentum wave, ETH appears primed for further upside if $2,800 is flipped into support. Moreover, the Vortex Indicator (VI) on the daily chart shows the blue trend line (VI+) surging to 1.24 while the red line (VI−) fades, indicating bullish trend expansion. What’s Happening With Ethereum’s Price? ETH…

EthereumJul 14

Bittensor-Based Inference Labs Raises $6.3M to Build DeAI Security Infra

Inference Labs has secured $6.3 million in total funding to develop a cryptographic system that verifies the outputs of AI agents and off-chain computation. According to a press release shared exclusively with The Defiant, the latest round includes investments from Arche Capital, Lvna Capital, and a $1 million community-led raise through angel investment platform Echo, coordinated by quant investment management firm Native Capital. Existing backers DACM, Mechanism Capital, and Delphi Ventures also participated. Inference Labs, started in 2023 by Ron Chan and Colin Gagich, is building a system called “Proof of Inference” that uses zero-knowledge proofs to confirm AI outputs…

MarketsJul 14

About to Sink! Here Are Their Positions

According to data from onchain analyst Yu Jin, the short positions of @qwatio, known as the “insider whale,” were liquidated again during the crypto market rally. This investor, who has been liquidated many times before, seems to continue opening short positions until all of his collateral is melted. @qwatio, whose position had dropped to $43.68 million on July 3, recovered some of his position and added positions again as the Bitcoin price pulled back slightly. However, the collateral on the $16.28 million short position he opened is currently only $800,000, with the total loss on this position calculated at $15.48…

AltcoinsJul 14

Russian crypto criminal seeks U.S. President Trump’s pardon

The Russian founder of a cryptocurrency exchange shut down for allegedly processing illicit funds for criminals has turned to Donald Trump with a plea for a pardon. While having already served his sentence in America, the convicted crypto entrepreneur hopes the U.S. President will help him avoid extradition to France, where he is likely to spend more time in prison. Crypto exchange Bitzlato owner seeks clemency from Trump A Russian national who was arrested and sentenced in the United States for his crypto trading business has asked the U.S. head of state for a pardon, his lawyer, Ivan Melnikov, revealed…

RegulationJul 14

Russia and China lead the surge in Bitcoin’s hashrate

The United States holds the first spot in terms of Bitcoin’s raw computational power, with 323.4 exahashes per second (EH/s). On the other hand, Russia and China saw a hashrate increase of 19.05% and 13.13%, respectively. The Bitcoin mining heat map from Hashrate Index showed that the US holds 35.81% of the total global BTC mining hashrate. In the second quarter of this year, the US had a BTC hashrate of 36.025%, resulting in a relative percentage change of 0.6%. The absolute percentage change stands at around 0.2%. Currently, the United States has a total BTC computational power of 323.4…

MiningJul 14

FMCPAY Partners with ZORO to Drive AI Innovation and Global Crypto Adoption

FMCPAY has been strategically partnered with ZORO artificial intelligence infrastructure platform, working on the Binance Smart Chain. The partnership is aimed at combining the cutting-edge AI solutions with safe blockchain protocols to expand the implementation of cryptocurrency on an international scale and empower the further development of AI training models. 🤝 FMCPAY and Zoro Announce Partnership 🤝 🎉 We're excited to share that FMCPAY is partnering with @Zorotechnology, a global AI infrastructure built on BSC, designed to train AI robots using real-world data. Zoro stands out with zero-knowledge proofs for secure AI data,… pic.twitter.com/cWRr6cfr28 — FMCPAY (@FMCPay) July 11, 2025…

BlockchainJul 14

Aave’s $50 billion milestone challenges traditional banking giants

Aave, the DeFi protocol known for its borrowing and lending services, has hit a key milestone, surpassing $50 billion in net deposits. This achievement positions Aave as the largest DeFi protocol, with a total value locked (TVL) nearly double that of its closest competitor, Lido. According to recent data from the Federal Reserve, Aave’s current deposit volume would rank 47th among US-chartered commercial banks by consolidated assets, ahead of financial giants like Deutsche Bank and Barclays. In fact, total deposits on the DeFi platform are now approaching 10% of deposits at Goldman Sachs. This highlights the protocol’s growing influence, making…

DeFiJul 14