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XRP Binance Withdrawals Hit Two-Year High, Transaction Imbalance Mirrors Setup Before 66% Rally
$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 Approaches 300 Billion Transactions as Network Activity Reaches 289 Billion
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.…
Hyperliquid, the decentralized perpetual futures exchange, has reached a new milestone. According to data from on-chain analytics platform Hypeflows, the platform’s share of open interest in perpetual futures relative to major centralized exchanges has climbed to 9.4%. This figure represents an all-time high since Hyperliquid’s inception, signaling growing trader preference for decentralized derivatives markets. What the Data Shows The 9.4% share means that for every $100 of open interest held across both centralized and decentralized perpetual futures markets, $9.40 is now held on Hyperliquid. This metric tracks the total value of outstanding futures contracts — positions that have not yet…
Recent strategic moves by the multichain wallet Phantom indicate a shift in resources toward networks with greater potential for real-world financial applications and tokenized assets. Phantom Ends Support for Monad Phantom has announced it will terminate support for Monad starting August 26, concluding an integration that lasted approximately nine months following the mainnet launch. Phantom plans to end its support for Monad network on August 26th.We’ll soon begin notifying Monad users in-app with links to support articles that share options to move or swap their Monad-native assets. — Phantom (@phantom) July 25, 2026 The company clarified that this change does…
Bitcoin Price Rises Above $65,000 as ETF Outflows Slow, Iran Deal and Fed Pull in Opposite Directions
Bitcoin price climbed above $65,000 Monday morning, caught between a sixth straight week of spot ETF outflows, a hawkish Federal Reserve debut, and a U.S.-Iran peace deal that gave risk assets a short-lived lift. The move higher came as U.S. and Iranian officials reported progress at peace talks in Switzerland, building on last week’s signed memorandum of understanding that formally ended more than 100 days of conflict. The deal reopened the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil flows, and sent crude prices to three-month lows. The initial geopolitical relief pushed the bitcoin price to…
Liquid-staking protocol Lido deployed its largest upgrade since 2023’s V2, starting the consolidation of over 8 million staked ether (stETH), worth roughly $16.5 billion, onto Ethereum’s post-Pectra validator design introduced a year ago. The move will shrink Ethereum’s total validator count by an estimated one-third, significantly easing the load on the network’s consensus layer, Lido, the largest staking pool on Ethereum, announced Monday via an emailed press release. The migration will not directly reduce gas fees or speed up transactions for regular users, but it will improve network performance in the background. Lido said it expects the consolidation alone to…