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Manny Rutinel, a Democratic candidate running to represent Colorado’s 8th congressional district, has won his party’s primary and will head to the November election after being supported by a crypto-aligned political action committee (PAC). Early on Wednesday, Rutinel reported that Rutinel would be the Democratic nominee for Colorado’s 8th district, having won with 61.7% of the vote against Shannon Bird’s 33.6%. Before the primary, the You Can Push Back Super PAC, backed by $3.5 million from Ripple Labs co-founder Chris Larsen, reportedly spent $1 million on media to support Rutinel’s run. The Colorado Democrat has a “strongly supports crypto” rating…

Cryptocurrency markets entered the third quarter of 2026 with less leverage but thinner liquidity after a wave of liquidations cleared speculative positions while major sources of demand weakened during the second quarter. According to a market update from institutional data provider Talos, Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ether (ETH) long liquidations totaled $8.35 billion in Q2. The data provider pointed out that the deleveraging coincided with spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows, reduced Bitcoin buying by Strategy and a contraction in stablecoin supply. While the reset left the market more stable heading into Q3, Talos said reduced order-book depth weakened its ability…

Most Robinhood users will never know they’re using Morpho. And that’s exactly the point. Robinhood has selected the decentralized lending protocol to power Robinhood Earn, a new product that allows eligible U.S. customers to earn yield on idle $USDG stablecoin balances directly inside the Robinhood app. The rollout, which begins over the coming weeks, represents one of Morpho’s largest retail integrations to date. More importantly, it highlights a broader shift happening across crypto: decentralized finance is increasingly moving into the background, quietly powering products used by millions of mainstream investors. DeFi Without Leaving Robinhood Robinhood Earn is designed to make…

BlackRock and Fidelity are both major players in the crypto market, but they are not building the same thing. BlackRock is using its scale to push blockchain into the infrastructure of traditional finance, primarily through tokenized products and its dominant Bitcoin ETF. Fidelity is taking a more vertically integrated route, building its own custody, trading, and stablecoin systems in-house. Both firms are serious about digital assets. They just disagree on how to get there. How Big Are These Two Players In Crypto Right Now? The numbers tell the first part of the story. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) held approximately…

The cryptocurrency Gram ($GRAM), which returned to its historic name as part of a major rebranding of the TON ecosystem, is showing a local rally amid a broader market revival. At the time of writing, the price of the $GRAM token, previously named Toncoin, has already climbed from $1.56 to a local peak above $1.71, and it is currently holding around $1.65–$1.67, securing the asset in the top 20 largest cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap with a total market capitalization of $4.49 billion. $GRAM token price action since the rebranding announcement, Source: TradingView The current jump is explained by the fact that…

Hollywood director Carl Rinsch has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for defrauding Netflix out of $11 million, which he spent on crypto, stocks and luxury goods. A Manhattan federal court on Monday sentenced Rinsch, known for directing the 2013 film “47 Ronin,” starring Keanu Reeves, to 30 months in prison after he was convicted in December on charges including fraud and money laundering. “Rinsch orchestrated a scheme to steal millions by seeking $11 million from a subscription streaming service, falsely claiming that money would be used to finance a television show that he was creating,”…

Bitcoin ($BTC) has delivered a key trend change setup in the latest sign that the macro downtrend could soon reverse. Key points: Bitcoin is seeing its first “perfected” TD9 indicator downtrend setup on monthly time frames since mid-2022. While not a “buy signal” on its own, the move marks a key inflection phase in the bear market, analysis suggests. RSI divergences continue to gain sway among those eyeing the final stages of the 2026 market downturn. $BTC price “perfected” TD9 setup echoes final bear-market stages In an X post on Tuesday, analyst Tony Severino flagged a “perfected” buy signal on…

Aave’s (@aave) Global Dollar Hub is a dedicated liquidity hub on Aave V4, built specifically for assets tied to $USDG, the regulated stablecoin issued by Paxos. Live on Ethereum since July 1, 2026, the hub lets users deposit a Pendle principal token as collateral to borrow $USDC, $USDT, or $USDG. Notably, it is the first new Liquidity Hub launched since Aave V4 went live, making it the protocol’s first real-world test of its Hub-and-Spoke architecture. That last point is what makes this launch worth watching. Aave V4 is built around a modular system where specialized markets can be added without…

Framework Ventures has closed a $400 million fourth fund that will finance startups developing crypto, artificial intelligence, robotics, and energy technologies as the venture capital firm broadens its investment mandate. Framework Ventures announced the new fund on Friday and said it will direct the capital toward what it describes as “frontier technology,” a category that includes blockchain, artificial intelligence, robotics, and energy. Co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson told Fortune the firm has already committed about half of the capital. Spencer and Anderson did not identify the limited partners behind the fund. They said contributors include sovereign wealth funds, funds…

Charles Hoskinson has pushed back against criticism surrounding Cardano’s absence from the Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin consortium. During a recent exchange on X, Hoskinson argued that ecosystem participants cannot criticize Cardano’s lack of involvement in major commercial initiatives while simultaneously voting against proposals specifically designed to create those opportunities. Hoskinson’s remarks came in response to criticism from prominent Cardano DRep YODA. The DRep questioned why major Cardano-related organizations, including EMURGO, Cardano Foundation, and Input Output Global (IOG), were absent from the newly formed Open USD Consortium. Notably, the consortium includes more than 140 institutional partners, among them Ripple, Mastercard, OKX,…