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Founder and CEO of Altcoin Whose Price Plummeted Makes Statement

Joanna Zeng, co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency project SOON, made statements regarding the SOON price fluctuations in recent days. Zeng stated that according to initial findings, the sudden price movements could be an organized market manipulation attempt targeting not only SOON but also many crypto assets. He argued that this manipulation was aimed at creating panic among investors and profiting from it. Chart showing the rise in SOON price. Joanna Zeng said the following against this attack: “The SOON team did not sell any SOON tokens and did not gain any profit from this price fluctuation. This is not the…

AltcoinsJul 11

Alchemy Pay Forges Partnership with Yala to Unveil Bitcoin-Native Card

Alchemy Pay, the leading payment gateway for fiat and crypto, has announced an exclusive partnership with Yala, a popular liquidity protocol devoted to Bitcoin ($BTC). The partnership is set to back the release of Yala Yeti Card, which enables consumers to seamlessly utilize $YU yield across numerous merchants across the globe. The platform revealed this development in a recent X post. Thrilled to partner with @YalaOrg 🔥$YU is now available on our fiat-crypto on & off-ramp AND soon spendable IRL with the upcoming Yala Yeti Card powered by #AlchemyPay. Pay with your yield, not your coins. Welcome to Bitcoin-native finance…

ExchangesJul 11

Russia elevates AI over Bitcoin with impending ban on data center mining

Anticipating growing demand for computing power to meet the needs of digitalization and artificial intelligence, Russia is now going to ban cryptocurrency mining in data centers. Provisions prohibiting the mining of digital coins at such facilities have been added to a bill, drafted on President Putin’s order, which aims to expand Russia’s capabilities to process big data and generate AI. Russian government to ban crypto miners from data centers Authorities in Russia plan to ban the mining of cryptocurrencies in data processing centers (DPCs). The main motive behind the move is to prevent Bitcoin miners from claiming the benefits intended…

MiningJul 11

VeChain’s Johnny Garcia Explains Why Texas Could Be Next to Adopt a Bitcoin Reserve

According to Johnny Garcia, Managing Director of Institutional Growth and Capital Markets at the VeChain Foundation, Texas will likely become the next state to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve after New Hampshire. In an exclusive interview with BeInCrypto, Garcia explained that states with pro-innovation leadership are more inclined to follow New Hampshire’s example. Meanwhile, others may adopt a more cautious, wait-and-see approach. Why States Like Texas Are More Likely to Follow New Hampshire’s Bitcoin Reserve Lead The VeChain executive described New Hampshire’s passage of House Bill 302 as a ‘landmark moment’ for digital assets. He stated that the development highlights…

BitcoinJul 11

Crypto M&A tops $40b in 2025 as buyers seek scale and speed

With over 40 billion-dollar deals closed this year, crypto mergers have surged past anything the market has seen before. Areta co-founders trace the forces pushing institutional buyers to pick “buy” over “build” at a record pace. At a June 30 conference session during ETHCC 8, Areta co-founders Karl-Martin Ahrend and Jan-Philip Grabs walked attendees through what they described as the most active year in crypto M&A history. Drawing from their advisory work with major players including Robinhood, Swift, and MoonPay, the duo outlined the seismic shift driving 2025’s unprecedented M&A boom, revealing how regulatory clarity and institutional FOMO have turned…

MarketsJul 11

Transak Adds Support for Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin for Global Fiat On-Ramping

Users worldwide may now easily buy RLUSD using a variety of fiat currencies and payment options. With more than 8.3 million users worldwide, Transak is the biggest and most compliant Web3 payments infrastructure provider in the world. The leading provider of Web3 payments infrastructure, Transak, has officially integrated support for Ripple USD (RLUSD), the company’s newly released enterprise-grade stablecoin. Users worldwide may now easily buy RLUSD using a variety of fiat currencies and payment options, including as bank transfers, credit cards, and debit cards, as of right now. On the Ethereum network, RLUSD may be purchased using Transak. Ripple’s RLUSD…

ExchangesJul 11

Plume Launches SkyLink on TRON to Enable Real-World Asset Yields

Plume, a blockchain platform focused on RWAfi, has integrated with TRON to launch SkyLink on the TRON Network. This integration gives TRON users access to asset-backed yields from tokenized U.S. Treasuries, private credit, and other real-world financial products issued on Plume. With SkyLink now live, stablecoins on TRON can be directly used in RWA yield strategies and institutional-grade investments. This expands Plume’s services to TRON’s large and active DeFi user base. SkyLink is Plume’s omnichain protocol for distributing RWA yields. It enables secure, permissionless access to financial products across multiple blockchains. Using LayerZero’s SyncPools architecture, SkyLink allows continuous yield distribution…

DeFiJul 11

XRP Advocate John Deaton Breaks Silence on Wall Street, Copying Strategy's Model

John Deaton, a prominent Ripple advocate, has dropped an "I told-you-so" post on X regarding the adoption of cryptocurrency by Wall Street. Deaton was reacting to a CNBC article that highlights that Tom Lee, a Wall Street strategist, is looking to replicate Strategy’s Bitcoin accumulation playbook on Ethereum (ETH). Wall Street embraces crypto treasury models with Ethereum Deaton said years back, when he predicted that traditional financial players would borrow a page from Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Treasury strategy, many mocked him. According to him, he also stated that an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) would eventually emerge, and aside from Bitcoin,…

MarketsJul 11

Jack Ma’s Ant Group Joins Circle to Bring USDC to Blockchain

Jack Ma’s Ant Group is partnering with Circle to bring USDC to its blockchain platform. The move aligns with Ant’s global expansion and Circle’s regulation-first stablecoin strategy. USDC adoption is set to grow as Circle builds partnerships across Asia and beyond. Jack Ma-backed Ant Group is stepping deeper into the global crypto game and it’s doing it with USDC! Yes, according to a Bloomberg report, Ant’s international arm is partnering with Circle to bring the popular stablecoin onto its blockchain platform. The move reflects a broader shift for the Chinese fintech giant, which is now focused on regulated digital assets…

ExchangesJul 11

This Project Lets You Send Bitcoin Without Internet Access

A new open-source project has created infrastructure that will enable users without Internet access to send Bitcoin transactions. Named darkwire and submitted to the Bitcoin 2025 Official Hackathon, the open-source project makes use of long-range radio and is designed to enable off-grid communication. It has been conceived and designed by pseudonymous programmer ‘cyber’ who is currently pursuing a degree in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Talking to Decrypt, cyber explained that darkwire may be necessary or desirable in situations where traditional communication infrastructure, such as the Internet, power grid, or cellular networks, is “unavailable or controlled”. Cyber gave the example…

BitcoinJul 11