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Strategic migration: Lora Finance moves the deployment of its v2 protocol from MegaETH to the Solana network. Rising metrics: Solana’s infrastructure records an average of 1,100 transactions per second (TPS) and is nearing 7 million active addresses. Trading levels: The network’s token trades around $77, maintaining critical support in the $73 range. The decentralized finance protocol Lora Finance officially announced the migration of its v2 version launch from the MegaETH Layer 2 network to the Solana blockchain. The organization based this technical move on the processing speed, available liquidity depth, and diversified access to multiple digital assets offered by the…

Crypto Venture Enters New Phase as Investor Count Falls to 6-Year Low of 651 The number of active crypto investors has fallen to its lowest level in six years, even as capital flowing into acquisitions is accelerating sharply. Cryptorank data shows unique crypto investors declined to 651 in the second quarter of 2026. That is down from a peak of 2,564 investors in 2022. The only weaker period was 2020, when quarterly participation ranged between 250 and 450 investors. The data points to a market that is no longer being funded by a wide base of generalist venture firms. Instead,…

TRON could be emerging as one of the strongest Layer 1 contenders heading into Q3. From a technical perspective, $TRX closed June down 10.35%, largely in line with the broader market’s risk-off move that erased $500 billion from the market. Even so, its relative strength stood out. Despite Solana benefiting from renewed interest in tokenized assets following the SPCX launch, $TRX still outperformed $SOL. That resilience becomes even more compelling when viewed alongside TRON’s on-chain data. As the chart below shows, the network processed 385.77 million transactions and recorded 26.97 million active accounts in June, both new monthly records, according…

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…