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The activation of the controversial BIP-110 soft fork, designed to cleanse Bitcoin of NFT-like Ordinals inscriptions for one year, is entering the final stretch. Exactly three weeks remain until the deadline at block 961,632, when nodes supporting the project will begin forcibly rejecting blocks that do not signal support for the upgrade. Activists attempted to frame support for BIP-110 as the ultimate test of being a “true Bitcoiner”. However, in response to claims that the soft fork would separate real Bitcoiners from fake ones, Blockstream CEO Adam Back offered a rather blunt assessment of his opponents’ competence and stated directly:…

Is Ethereum’s outperformance in Q3 because of Bitcoin’s weakness? Judging from the rotation standpoint, yes. According to Bitcoin’s quarterly framework, the dominant asset’s dominance grew by 1.5% on a quarterly basis so far, while Ethereum’s dominance is up by over 25% on a quarter-over-quarter basis. This implies that there has been a significant rotation into $ETH and higher beta assets in general as $BTC approached the $80k resistance. Further supporting this trend, the $ETH/$BTC ratio is also up by over 25% in Q3, which is its highest quarterly increase since Q3 2025. However, the ratio remains in the 0.03 resistance…

Delaware Life Insurance Company’s 2025 balance sheet took on a startling new shape when the insurer corrected its annual filing: roughly $17 billion of investments were classified as related-party holdings, about 39% of invested assets, versus roughly $1.4 billion and 3% in the earlier version. Clear Spring Life and Annuity Company made a separate correction of about $4.6 billion, taking the two revisions above $20 billion across companies connected to financier Mark Walter. Transactions with related entities are permitted under state insurance oversight, and the corrected labels say nothing conclusive about loan quality. They expose how a model built around…

The Baltimore-based asset manager launched TKNZ as the industry’s first actively managed multi-token spot crypto ETF. Unlike traditional spot bitcoin or ether ETFs, the fund gives managers discretion to adjust holdings across a basket of cryptocurrencies based on research, market conditions and risk management. It currently carries a 0.75% management fee under a temporary fee waiver through May 2027. For many investors, memecoins remain synonymous with speculation. Macellari argued that view overlooks the role established memecoins play within blockchain ecosystems. “These are established memecoins,” she said. “These are tokens that have been around for years and are among the largest…

Ryan VanGrack, vice chair and head of corporate affairs at Coinbase, said the crypto industry has reached a turning point on the CLARITY Act, with a broader coalition now backing the bill than ever before. “It’s time to stop talking and start voting,” VanGrack said, fresh off meetings in Washington ahead of the Senate’s return later this month. A Coalition Beyond Crypto VanGrack said the push for CLARITY now extends well past the crypto industry itself. Law enforcement groups, major Wall Street firms, and millions of crypto voters have coalesced around the bill after taking time to actually study what’s…

Solana continues to assert itself in the crypto market, dominating memecoin trading across all chains. According to a recent report from SolanaFloor, Solana captured an impressive 78% of the total decentralized exchange (DEX) volume for memecoins last week. This significant share highlights the growing interest in Solana’s ecosystem and could shift market sentiment in the coming days. What Happened The broader crypto market has been exhibiting mixed signals, but Solana’s recent performance in memecoin trading stands out. Capturing 78% of DEX volume reflects strong community engagement and a potential pivot in trader focus towards Solana-based assets. Given the renewed interest…

A public Hyperliquid wallet valued at about $107 million on July 19 fully exited its 40x Bitcoin long on July 20 after briefly expanding to 1,897 $BTC. Lookonchain had reported a 1,660 $BTC position with a listed liquidation price near $63,123. Hyperliquid’s public account data show the wallet added another 235 $BTC early on July 20. The wallet then sold 903.48 $BTC at an average price near $64,666, leaving 994 $BTC. $BTC. It closed the remainder at 06:33 UTC at an average price of about $63,931, generating $63.56 million in closed trades and fully exiting the position. Across both phases,…

Bitmine BMNR$24,77·Mercado cerrado, the largest Ethereum-focused digital asset treasury firm, said Monday it bought another 27,180 ether $ETH$2513,76 last week, putting the firm closer to its goal of cornering 5% of the cryptocurrency’s supply. The haul was worth roughly $68 million at Monday’s ether price of just above $2,500 and brought the company’s stash to 5,956,378 $ETH. With ether’s supply at about 122 million tokens, Bitmine needs roughly another 144,000 $ETH to hit the 6.1 million mark, putting its target within sight if it keeps the acquisition pace. Bitmine’s buying held at about the same pace as the week before.…

Coinbase’s new B20 stock tokens on Base place Apple, Alphabet, Meta and Nvidia-linked exposure on a blockchain that keeps trading through the weekend. AAPLc, GOOGLc, METAc and NVDAc confer beneficial claims on underlying shares held within Coinbase’s tokenization structure; they are designed for eligible users outside the United States and differ from ordinary US-listed shares. Coinbase describes continuous secondary transferability, while Base presents the assets as building blocks for decentralized finance. That DeFi pitch includes a prominent borrowing example. Base says a holder could use tokenized Nvidia exposure as collateral on Aave, creating an obvious risk question when the token…

All crypto eyes have turned to the two major events next week (and the CPI inflation data on Friday), with some favoring the FOMC meeting, while others put more emphasis on the CLARITY Act vote on September 15. The $XRP community appears to be in the second camp, as the countdown to the vote has become one of the biggest talking points among them, especially on X and Reddit. One of the popular users going by the X handle RippleXity recently outlined the significance of the CLARITY Act on $XRP since it could put the token “at the center.” $XRP…