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On July 13, the $XRP community celebrated 3 years since Judge Analisa Torres issued a summary judgment decision in the SEC v. Ripple case. Judge Torres found that $XRP is not a security in itself, holding that Ripple’s sales of $XRP through secondary trading platforms did not constitute securities transactions, while its direct sales to institutional investors did. Vet, a validator and director of community at $XRP Ledger Foundation, tweeted about the anniversary of Judge Torres’s ruling that $XRP is not a security. He noted that this decision was a major turning point and the beginning of the end of…

HashKey Exchange, Shanghai Commercial Bank and Visa launched a co-branded credit card in Hong Kong. Eligible HashKey Exchange members can apply for the Shanghai Commercial Bank HashKey Visa Signature Credit Card through the two companies’ mobile applications. The card links everyday spending with rewards that customers can use on the licensed exchange. The program does not pay cryptocurrency directly. Instead, it converts reward points into HashKey HKD Cash Vouchers monthly. Users can apply the vouchers toward crypto purchases or trading fees. Shanghai Commercial Bank, HashKey Exchange and Visa Officially Launch One of Asia’s First Bank and Licensed Digital Asset Exchange…

Cloudflare recently announced the launch of its monetization program via the Coinbase-led x402 machine payments standard. x402, which lets AI agents pay for data online with crypto, has been gaining steam among the AI-pilled, as it unlocks more capable agent interactions with the open web. Cloudflare, founded in 2009, has grown from a DDoS mitigation and content delivery network (CDN) provider into one of the internet’s foundational infrastructure companies. The company, which launched publicly in 2010, had the mission to make web performance and security accessible to everyone, not just large enterprises. Today, Cloudflare powers approximately 20-23% of all websites…

Saylor Says Bitcoin’s Next Growth Story Starts With a New Role in Global Finance Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor says bitcoin evolves by changing less at the protocol layer while becoming more important everywhere else. That separates bitcoin from technology companies, payment networks, and software platforms built around constant upgrades. In Saylor’s view, Bitcoin is a monetary network. Its job is not to “move fast and break things,” but to move slowly and not break. That restraint becomes the foundation for broader adoption. Saylor describes $BTC as digital capital: scarce, durable, portable, divisible, programmable, and globally transferable. In…

7RCC Global has launched trading of BTCK, an exchange-traded fund that allocates 80% to Bitcoin and 20% to regulated carbon credit futures, bringing one of the crypto industry’s earliest ESG-focused ETF concepts to the public market. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, the 7RCC Spot Bitcoin and Carbon Credit Futures ETF began trading on NYSE Arca under the ticker BTCK, giving investors access to Bitcoin and carbon credit futures through a single listed product. The fund tracks the 7RCC Kaiko Bitcoin Carbon Credit Index and is structured to follow daily changes in the value of both asset classes,…

The $ENS DAO Public Goods Working Group has been sunset after four and a half years of funding Ethereum infrastructure, working group lead Simona Pop said on X Thursday morning. The group’s final term committed $450,000 in $USDC and 72.5 ETH, worth roughly $123,000 at current prices, across Builder Grants, Strategic Grants and advocacy work, according to Pop and the working group’s term 6 report posted to the $ENS governance forum. Strategic Grants alone totaled $375,000 $USDC in the term, co-funded with the Ethereum Foundation at roughly a 1-to-1.2 ratio. Recipients included Vyper, the alternate smart-contract language whose deployments secure…

Four weeks. That’s what Cynthia Lummis has left. The Wyoming senator, who chairs the Senate’s Digital Assets Subcommittee, is racing to get the CLARITY Act to a floor vote before the August recess. Week One: A Bill Ten Months in the Making Lummis says her team has worked on this “virtually every day for the last 10 months.” The bill is finally ready. It’ll be introduced within days, she says, kicking off a four week sprint before senators leave Washington again. “We’re ready for prime time,” she said. Whether the Senate agrees is a different question. The Ethics Trap Nobody…

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced its proof-of-reserve system to restore declining trust in crypto exchanges following the sudden bankruptcy of FTX. Binance, which publishes reserve reports at regular intervals, has released its 44th reserve report. According to Binance’s official website, the reserve ratio (the ratio of Binance’s holdings to user assets) for major cryptocurrencies is excessively collateralized. Apart from Bitcoin, the report includes $USDT, Ethereum, $BNB, Solana, $USDC, $USD1, TRUMP, ENA, Arbitrum (ARB), POL, FORM, PENDLE, Aptos (APT), RLUSD, CRV, CHZ, S, Optimisim (OP), WIF, GRT, BOME, TUSD, ENJ, 1INCH, CHR, SSV, MASK, BUSD and HFT were included.…

Bitcoin [$BTC] climbed above $65,000 during the week beginning the 12th of July. A cooler Consumer Price Index reading supported the move by easing inflation concerns. However, $BTC later retreated toward $64,000. Beneath this volatility, miners continued sending fewer coins to exchanges despite worsening financial conditions. Why are Bitcoin miners struggling? CryptoQuant data showed that miners faced significant pressure, based on its Miners’ Financial Health Index. The index combines mining revenue, fees, issuance, and other inputs to measure the industry’s overall financial health. Source: CryptoQuant Based on its seven-day Moving Average, the index stood near 29% at press time. Readings…

Enterprise blockchain adoption doesn’t get limelight overnight, but Hedera today added another piece to a much bigger puzzle. The network has integrated with Utila, which is known as an institutional grade digital asset custody and wallet infra provider. By joining hands they are expanding secure access to $HBAR and Hedera Token Service (HTS) tokens for enterprises operating at scale. The partnership arrives as Hedera continues building its presence across regulated financial markets, where security, compliance, and operational control often matter more than hype. Utila Brings Institutional-Grade Infrastructure Utila enters the collaboration with solid credentials. The platform has secured $51.5 million…