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Bitmine (BMNR), the largest Ethereum treasury company, continued its ether ($ETH) purchases last week as Chairman Tom Lee pointed to ether ($ETH) outperforming bitcoin $BTC$65,052.41 as evidence the crypto market is regaining momentum. The company bought 9,946 $ETH, worth about $19.4 million at current prices, up from 7,430 $ETH the previous week, according to a Monday update. The purchase lifted Bitmine’s holdings to 5,787,414 $ETH ($11.2 billion), or about 4.8% of ether’s circulating supply. Lee said Bitmine also increased its share repurchases, buying back 6.1 million shares, compared with 5.5 million a week earlier, under its $4 billion buyback authorization.…

Bitcoin traded around $64,000 on July 25 after changing hands near $65,000 around the ECB’s July 23 decision as the central bank kept rates unchanged, its bond portfolios continued shrinking, and euro-area banks tightened access to business and housing credit. The ECB kept its three key interest rates unchanged, leaving the deposit facility rate at 2.25%, the main refinancing rate at 2.40% and the marginal lending facility rate at 2.65%, while the balance-sheet and bank-credit channels continued moving in a restrictive direction. Official monthly data shows that the ECB’s asset purchase program and pandemic emergency purchase program portfolios declined by…

Ethena protocol has begun expansion to RWA (real-world asset) tokenization to boost yields and decouple from crypto market cycles. On Friday, the firm behind the yield-paying stablecoin $USDe said, The first asset category under evaluation is AAA CLOs, which sit at the top of the capital stack, with a zero default rate at the AAA level across the entire history of the asset class. Source: X Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) are a pool of loans from individual companies handled by asset managers. Think of it as an ETF index tracking different stocks of various companies and offered to investors. But…

South Korea’s financial authorities are scheduled to hold a policy meeting with the ruling Democratic Party later today to present the government’s draft of the Basic Digital Asset Act, according to a report from Chosun Biz. The meeting, set to take place at the National Assembly Members’ Office Building at 2:00 a.m. UTC, marks a critical step in the country’s ongoing efforts to establish a comprehensive legal framework for digital assets. Key Figures and Agenda Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Lee Eog-weon and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Lee Chan-jin will attend from the regulatory side. Lawmakers from the Democratic…

$XRP withdrawal activity on Binance has climbed to its highest level in at least two years. According to a new on-chain analysis by CryptoQuant contributor Amr Taha, the exchange is now recording a significantly larger share of withdrawal transactions than of deposits. Taha said Binance’s share of $XRP withdrawal transactions reached 54.5% on July 17, the highest level since July 2024. Meanwhile, deposit transactions fell to 45.4%, the lowest reading since the same period and below the previous low of 46.7% recorded on June 20, 2025. $XRP Deposit/Withdrawal chart The widening gap between withdrawals and deposits has expanded to 9.1…

Bitcoin is back near the $65,000 zone, but the market is still far from euphoric. After days of mixed signals, ETF pressure, geopolitical uncertainty, and cautious altcoin moves, Michael Saylor’s Strategy has once again stepped in with another Bitcoin purchase. Strategy added 520 $BTC for around $35 million, bringing its total holdings to 847,363 $BTC. The latest buy comes as Bitcoin trades close to $65K, raising an important question for investors: is Saylor buying the bottom, or is Bitcoin still at risk of another rejection? By TradingView – BTCUSD_2026-06-22 (YTD) Saylor Buys Bitcoin While the Market Hesitates The timing of…

Ethereum [$ETH] has been on the receiving end of the recent market turmoil, but $ETH now appears primed for a rally. Community sentiment, which tracks whether interest is bullish or bearish and to what extent, showed a moderately bullish reading over the past day, suggesting the market could be setting a foundation for a broader upswing. Ethereum’s capital inflow and fee growth signal strength There has been a massive on-chain capital inflow into Ethereum over the past few days, highlighting investors are rotating capital into the ecosystem. Artemis data shows the total inflow of capital into the Ethereum chain reached…

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has added about $251,500 in BitMine Immersion Technologies shares and the 3iQ Solana Staking ETF across three of its exchange-traded funds. ARK Invest adds BitMine exposure ARK Invest’s Friday trade disclosures show its flagship ARK Innovation ETF, or ARKK, purchased 5,264 shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR). Here is every move that Cathie Wood and Ark Invest made in the stock market today 7/24 pic.twitter.com/4GmXG64dqf — Ark Invest Tracker (@ArkkDaily) July 25, 2026 Based on BMNR’s $15.79 closing price, the purchase was worth approximately $83,100. The position represented roughly 0.0014% of ARKK’s portfolio, making it a…

Internet Computer is nearing a major network move after processing approximately 289 billion transactions since launch, according to data shared by Chainspect. The transaction count places the network close to the 300 billion mark while real-time throughput was reported at 2,536 transactions per second. The figure places the blockchain less than 11 billion transactions away from reaching 300 billion total transactions. At the same time, Chainspect reported real-time transaction processing speeds of 2,536 transactions per second. The throughput data was published alongside the cumulative transaction count as part of the platform’s network monitoring metrics. Some market participants are now seeing…

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) recently highlighted the macroeconomic effects of stablecoins, emphasizing their influence on bank lending and fiscal channels. The BIS notes that the effectiveness of these channels is largely determined by the existing regulatory framework and other structural economic factors. This insight, shared in a tweet, underscores the ongoing discussions around stablecoins’ role within the broader financial ecosystem and can be viewed in detail here. Breaking It Down Amid a backdrop of mixed signals in the broader cryptocurrency market, the Bank for International Settlements has drawn attention to the impact of stablecoins on traditional banking systems.…