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Cardano DEX aggregator DexHunter has dismissed claims that Cardano is losing relevance, arguing instead that activity across the network’s DeFi ecosystem paints a very different picture. In a recent commentary, DexHunter responded to the increasingly common criticism that “Cardano is dead.” The platform pushed back against that narrative, insisting that Cardano is “more alive than ever” and pointing to growing ecosystem activity as evidence. Cardano Ecosystem is Exploding To support its position, DexHunter shared TradingView charts highlighting the performance of several Cardano-native assets against $ADA. Notably, ATLAS led the gains with an 18.55% surge in a single day, while STRIKE…

Newly filed federal election records show Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss gave $10.018 million in Bitcoin to MAGA Inc., the super PAC aligned with President Donald Trump, on June 19, 2026. The gifts came 23 days after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it had joined the brothers’ crypto exchange, Gemini, in seeking relief from a 2025 judgment. The FEC filing shows that the committee sold the donated Bitcoin through Gemini. The donation came 23 days after the CFTC joined Gemini’s effort to undo parts of its 2025 judgment, although the filing offers no evidence linking the two events. The…

Uphold launches U.S. equities trading, giving users access to 4,000+ stocks and ETFs alongside crypto. San Francisco, CA – Uphold, the infrastructure provider for on-chain finance, today announces the launch of a new equities service that gives U.S. customers access to more than 4,000 leading U.S. stocks and ETFs directly within the Uphold platform. Users can trade seamlessly between supported crypto assets and U.S. stocks and ETFs in one step within the same app – a user journey in stark contrast to the friction experienced on other platforms where users are required to convert funds between fiat currencies, cryptocurrencies or…

A cryptocurrency address that had remained inactive for three months has reemerged, executing a significant purchase of Ethereum ($ETH) worth approximately $52.03 million. On-chain analytics firm Lookonchain reported that the anonymous wallet, beginning with the identifier 0x8c58, acquired 27,000 $ETH through an over-the-counter (OTC) transaction facilitated by Galaxy Digital about four hours prior to the report. Details of the Transaction The purchase was executed via an OTC desk, a method often used by large investors—commonly referred to as ‘whales’—to buy or sell substantial amounts of cryptocurrency without causing significant price slippage on public exchanges. Galaxy Digital, a prominent financial services…

In brief Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox unveiled a proposal for an upgrade designed to restore confidence in the privacy coin’s supply. Dubbed “Ironwood,” the proposal’s release coincided with a recovery in Zcash’s price, which still remained below Friday’s peak. One of Zcash’s most vocal supporters told Decrypt the upgrade is “bullish,” addressing a core tradeoff between privacy and auditability. Zcash recouped losses this weekend after its founder, Zooko Wilcox, unveiled a proposal for an upgrade aimed at restoring faith in the digital asset’s scarcity. The price of Zcash (ZEC) plummeted late last week after Shielded Labs, an organization dedicated to…

Lawmakers in the US House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development held a hearing on how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) could address oversight of prediction market companies, including discussions of pending crypto market structure legislation. In a Tuesday hearing on “Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets,” Carl Kennedy, a partner at New York law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman, said that the CFTC was likely too “short-staffed” to fully deal with the regulation and enforcement of prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. According to the lawyer, the…

Shiba Inu has resumed trading in the green territory amid the broader market rally as bulls appear to be driving demand while momentum builds again. Following the positive market situation, the Shiba Inu exchange activity has also turned bullish as buying activity on the meme token has increasingly outpaced sell attempts. $SHIB bulls activate Per data provided by crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant, Shiba Inu has seen a mild decline in its exchange netflow, which is currently sitting at -87,572,400,000 $SHIB. The negative balance in the $SHIB exchange flow indicates excessive buy activity over sell attempts. This suggests that the amount…

Singapore-based Bitcoin mining company Poolin on July 22 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey, alongside its US affiliates Lonestar Dream Inc. and Lonestar Taproot LLC. The firm is also looking for court approval for a $52 million sale of its Texas mining properties. The bankruptcy filing comes nearly four years after Poolin froze customer withdrawals, leaving thousands of wallet users with IOU tokens and turning a mining business failure into a long-running creditor dispute. Poolin Enters Chapter 11 With $173 Million in Liabilities Court records filed in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey…

Bitcoin ($BTC) stayed uncertain at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US stocks responded to an earlier Asia tech sell-off. Key points: Bitcoin bulls attempt to avoid a deeper drop below local lows amid risk-asset volatility. Multiple factors are blamed for the current weakness and stocks reset, with Micron earnings due on Wednesday. Rolling crypto liquidations pass $1 billion over 24 hours. $BTC price on the edge amid stocks volatility Data from TradingView showed indecisive $BTC price moves on low time frames with $62,500 now a focus. $BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Asia market weakness sparked two dips below the $62,000…

Ethereum price has remained trapped below $2,000 as rising oil prices, renewed interest-rate concerns and BitMEX’s planned shutdown have tempered bullish sentiment despite continued spot ETF inflows. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price traded near $1,927 on July 23 after reaching an intraday high of $1,941. The token has recovered more than 27% from its June low near $1,514, but repeated failures around $1,955 have kept the psychological $2,000 level beyond buyers’ reach. Oil supplied the latest macro pressure as Middle East tensions pushed crude prices higher for a fifth consecutive session. West Texas Intermediate rose above $90…