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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has on Tuesday marked the rocket and satellite company’s inaugural bond sale, after it raised at least $25 billion in a senior unsecured notes offering less than two weeks after going public in a record IPO. As previously reported by Cryptopolitan last week, the debt sale was said to be in preparation and core to providing relief for SpaceX’s capital-intensive AI demands. Capital raise result of AI demands The offering will span maturities of 5, 7, 10, 20, and 30 years, according to a document reviewed by Reuters. SpaceX plans to direct the proceeds toward repayments of…

Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange platform, has publicly addressed its recent inclusion on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Investor Alert List (IAL), clarifying that the listing does not constitute a regulatory sanction or enforcement action. The company emphasized that the IAL serves primarily as a public notice mechanism to warn consumers about entities that may be mistakenly perceived as being licensed or regulated by the MAS. Understanding the Investor Alert List The MAS Investor Alert List is a publicly available database designed to help consumers identify entities that are not authorized to operate in Singapore. Inclusion on the list does…

Oxium, a decentralized exchange (DEX) operating on the Sei (SEI) network, has announced it will cease operations, citing insurmountable financial difficulties. The platform shared the decision via its official X account, stating that worsening market conditions have reduced revenue to a point where continued operations are no longer financially viable. Closure Details and Timeline According to the announcement, the platform’s interface is scheduled to shut down on August 1. Oxium has assured users that all deposited assets remain safe and are available for withdrawal at any time before the deadline. The team emphasized that no user funds have been compromised…

Base has officially launched Open USD, a new stablecoin designed to enhance its tokenization offerings. This announcement, shared on Twitter, marks a significant development within the Base ecosystem, particularly with the integration of the B20 token standard which supports efficient transactions. The official announcement can be viewed on their Twitter page at this link. What Went Down The broader crypto market is exhibiting mixed signals, but the launch of Open USD on Base is gaining considerable attention. This stablecoin leverages the B20 token standard, which is crafted to provide ERC-20 level compatibility while ensuring faster execution and reduced gas costs.…

For the five years leading up to June 2025, Michael Saylor posted to X thousands of times, consistently praising $BTC while disparaging credit and emphasising the legacy financial system’s emphasis on debt. However, a social media audit pinpoints the exact moment when he pivoted. Starting in June 2025, Saylor began lavishing praise on fiat-denominated credit in a series of online posts that culminated in the launch of STRC. From August 2020 to June 2025, Saylor posted 3,494 times to X, with 75.8% of those posts mentioning $BTC. He mentioned credit in fewer than one in 100. When he did, he…

As Ethereum ($ETH) price rallied 4% over the past 24 hours to trade at about $1,741 on Friday, Finbold sought the July 31, 2026, price predictions from Grok and DeepSeek. On July 3, the average Ethereum price prediction for July 31 from Grok and DeepSeek was $1,820. Furthermore, both their mean base, bullish, and bearish cases were about $1,832.50, $2,095, and $1,532.50, respectively. $ETH price prediction for July 1. Source: Grok and DeepSeek The base AIs’ $ETH prediction case may have been bolstered by record Binance withdrawals, as shown by CryptoQuant’s data. In the bullish case for Ethereum, the AI…

Spot Bitcoin and spot Ethereum ETFs traded in the US recorded net outflows for the fourth consecutive day due to decreased investor risk appetite. According to data shared by SoSoValue, on June 23, a total of $114 million in net outflows occurred from spot Bitcoin ETFs and $82.35 million from spot Ethereum ETFs. The most notable data point for Bitcoin ETFs today came from BlackRock’s IBIT fund, one of the sector’s largest. IBIT experienced a net outflow of approximately $182 million in a single day, reflecting investor profit-taking and risk reduction trends. Despite this, the fund’s historical total net inflow…

The CLARITY Act has the votes and the momentum to become law, having cleared the House and a key Senate committee. It is stuck anyway. The deepest reason is not crypto skepticism but a fight over the president’s own crypto empire, estimated in the billions, and whether the rules should restrain it. The CLARITY Act is the bill the American crypto industry has wanted for years, the one that would finally settle how digital assets are regulated in the U.S., and by the ordinary logic of legislation it should be on a path to becoming law. It passed the House…

mBridge, China’s multilateral central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform, settled close to 500bn yuan ($69bn) in cross-border transactions between June 2024 and the end of 2025, according to Chinese financial outlets Yicai and Beijing Business Today. Mu Changchun, director-general of the People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) Digital Currency Research Institute, disclosed the figure on Wednesday at the Summer Davos forum in Dalian. He said 49 commercial banks have joined the platform, including 21 foreign banks. The digital yuan accounts for about 95% of settlement volume on mBridge. Yuan rails draw scrutiny The disclosure comes as the yuan’s role in cross-border…

KuCoin’s cloud mining subsidiary KuMining has rolled out Zcash mining contracts, marking an expansion beyond Bitcoin into one of the few proof-of-work altcoins still drawing sustained market attention. The timing is sharp. $ZEC has quietly become a top performer in the altcoin space, according to recent market data included in a weekly gainers roundup that placed it among the biggest risers with a 58.24% weekly jump. The launch was detailed in the original report, where KuMining framed the move as bringing institutional-grade mining infrastructure to a broader user base. That phrase matters because cloud mining has a checkered reputation in…