#Bitcoin has fallen 28% since May 14, and #CLARITY Act odds dropped from 74% to 40% over the same window. 📉
Senator Lummis counted 16+ illicit finance safeguards in the bill, firing back at Warren's criticism. NOBLE just became the first major law enforcement group to publicly endorse it.
Senate returns July 13 with 20 working days before recess. Miss it, and consensus has enactment slipping to 2027.
Correlation or causation? 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-fell-58k-clarity-act-failure-market-pricing/
Senator Lummis counted 16+ illicit finance safeguards in the bill, firing back at Warren's criticism. NOBLE just became the first major law enforcement group to publicly endorse it.
Senate returns July 13 with 20 working days before recess. Miss it, and consensus has enactment slipping to 2027.
Correlation or causation? 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-fell-58k-clarity-act-failure-market-pricing/
Banks want the #GENIUS Act's stablecoin rules to close a gap, and DEX aggregators could pay for it. ⚠️
Issuers must build the power to freeze illegal transactions, but secondary market trades (where most stablecoin activity actually happens) face no reporting duty at all. Aggregators already route 50%+ of onchain swap volume on Ethereum, 90%+ on Solana.
FinCEN's own CIP rule is coming next, and there's only one place left to enforce it: the routing layer.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/stablecoin-kyc-dex-aggregators-genius-act-enforcement/
Issuers must build the power to freeze illegal transactions, but secondary market trades (where most stablecoin activity actually happens) face no reporting duty at all. Aggregators already route 50%+ of onchain swap volume on Ethereum, 90%+ on Solana.
FinCEN's own CIP rule is coming next, and there's only one place left to enforce it: the routing layer.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/stablecoin-kyc-dex-aggregators-genius-act-enforcement/
Stablecoin payments could hit close to $1 trillion this year, according to ACI Worldwide's Philip Bruno. 🏦
He says banks can't ignore that scale anymore, and what's holding them back isn't cost, it's confirmed demand. On the flip side, a new ACI/YouGov survey found only 19% of UK consumers trust AI to make purchases for them, versus 55% for humans.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/aci-worldwide-philip-bruno-stablecoins-no-longer-optional-banks/
He says banks can't ignore that scale anymore, and what's holding them back isn't cost, it's confirmed demand. On the flip side, a new ACI/YouGov survey found only 19% of UK consumers trust AI to make purchases for them, versus 55% for humans.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/aci-worldwide-philip-bruno-stablecoins-no-longer-optional-banks/
Revolut is delisting USDT by August 31. 🚫
The move affects the fintech's 75M+ customers and stems from MiCA enforcement, not a commercial decision. Tether never sought MiCA authorization, arguing the rule's requirement to hold 60% of reserves in EU bank deposits creates systemic risk.
But Tether saw this coming. It already built a compliant workaround via Hadron and a stake in StablR, whose EURR and USDR tokens are stepping in.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/tether-usdt-exits-revolut-august-31-hadron-replacement/
The move affects the fintech's 75M+ customers and stems from MiCA enforcement, not a commercial decision. Tether never sought MiCA authorization, arguing the rule's requirement to hold 60% of reserves in EU bank deposits creates systemic risk.
But Tether saw this coming. It already built a compliant workaround via Hadron and a stake in StablR, whose EURR and USDR tokens are stepping in.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/tether-usdt-exits-revolut-august-31-hadron-replacement/
#Binance just lost trading access in France and several EU countries. ⚠️
The exchange missed the July 1 MiCA licensing deadline after withdrawing its Greek license application. Around 2M French users can still withdraw funds but can't trade. Binance saw ~$1.6B in net outflows over the past month, though it still holds ~$114B in assets.
Coinbase and OKX are already courting the displaced users.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/binance-halts-crypto-trading-france-europe-mica-license/
The exchange missed the July 1 MiCA licensing deadline after withdrawing its Greek license application. Around 2M French users can still withdraw funds but can't trade. Binance saw ~$1.6B in net outflows over the past month, though it still holds ~$114B in assets.
Coinbase and OKX are already courting the displaced users.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/binance-halts-crypto-trading-france-europe-mica-license/
Robinhood is now paying up to 7% APY on USDG to 27.7 million customers. 💰
The yield comes from Morpho vaults, where institutional borrowers (market makers needing USDG for trading) pay the interest that funds it, not a Robinhood subsidy. Simon Taylor broke down how it works with Robinhood's crypto SVP Johann Kerbrat.
Lloyd's of London insurance covers technical exploits, but not market or yield risk, and the 7% rate is variable.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/robinhood-earn-usdg-7-percent-yield-morpho/
The yield comes from Morpho vaults, where institutional borrowers (market makers needing USDG for trading) pay the interest that funds it, not a Robinhood subsidy. Simon Taylor broke down how it works with Robinhood's crypto SVP Johann Kerbrat.
Lloyd's of London insurance covers technical exploits, but not market or yield risk, and the 7% rate is variable.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/robinhood-earn-usdg-7-percent-yield-morpho/
Strategy just sold 3,588 BTC for $216M to fund dividends, at prices below its $75,476 cost basis. 📉
That's its second disclosed sale ever, 112x larger than the first. The company booked an $8.32B loss on digital assets last quarter and just authorized a $1.25B BTC monetization program, room for roughly six more sales this size.
Still holds 843,775 BTC and made all 23 dividend payments on time.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-under-63000-strategy-btc-sale-saylor-treasury-model/
That's its second disclosed sale ever, 112x larger than the first. The company booked an $8.32B loss on digital assets last quarter and just authorized a $1.25B BTC monetization program, room for roughly six more sales this size.
Still holds 843,775 BTC and made all 23 dividend payments on time.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-under-63000-strategy-btc-sale-saylor-treasury-model/
EUR 50,000. Stolen through a fake investment platform.
But it didn't disappear.
Within 24 hours, investigators intercepted 23 SOL, 3.4 LTC and 35 LINK. Twelve hours later, ~8,000 USDC surfaced too.
This is what real crypto recovery looks like, tracing funds instead of writing them off. Albert Quehenberger walks through exactly how it happened. 👀
Discover more: ⬇️
https://www.ccn.com/opinion/crypto/your-stolen-crypto-didnt-just-disappear-inside-a-real-24-hour-recovery-case/
But it didn't disappear.
Within 24 hours, investigators intercepted 23 SOL, 3.4 LTC and 35 LINK. Twelve hours later, ~8,000 USDC surfaced too.
This is what real crypto recovery looks like, tracing funds instead of writing them off. Albert Quehenberger walks through exactly how it happened. 👀
Discover more: ⬇️
https://www.ccn.com/opinion/crypto/your-stolen-crypto-didnt-just-disappear-inside-a-real-24-hour-recovery-case/
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Do stablecoins actually meet the definition of money? CCN asked the executives building the infrastructure.
The consensus: trust is the deciding variable, redemptions have to stay boring even under stress. The real test isn't adoption charts or volume, it's invisibility, and repeat use across payments, settlement, and treasury.
Full breakdown 👇
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/do-stablecoins-meet-the-definition-of-money-experts-explain/
The consensus: trust is the deciding variable, redemptions have to stay boring even under stress. The real test isn't adoption charts or volume, it's invisibility, and repeat use across payments, settlement, and treasury.
Full breakdown 👇
https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/do-stablecoins-meet-the-definition-of-money-experts-explain/
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USDC just overtook USDT, now handling 67% of adjusted #stablecoin volume. 📊
Per Wu Blockchain, adjusted volume hit a record $1.79 trillion in June, up 63% from May. USDC on Ethereum alone processed $3.7T cumulative volume, ahead of USDT on Tron's $3.3T.
The shift traces to MiCA: USDT isn't compliant, USDC is, through Circle's Irish entity. Weekend transaction volume ($32.7B) also dwarfed weekday volume ($2.9B), a pattern that looks like real consumer spending.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/usdc-beats-usdt-67-percent-share-stablecoin-payments/
Per Wu Blockchain, adjusted volume hit a record $1.79 trillion in June, up 63% from May. USDC on Ethereum alone processed $3.7T cumulative volume, ahead of USDT on Tron's $3.3T.
The shift traces to MiCA: USDT isn't compliant, USDC is, through Circle's Irish entity. Weekend transaction volume ($32.7B) also dwarfed weekday volume ($2.9B), a pattern that looks like real consumer spending.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/usdc-beats-usdt-67-percent-share-stablecoin-payments/
#Bitcoin is up 8% this week, but $65,700-$65,800 is the wall bulls need to break. 🧱
BTC reclaimed $64K and trades above its 20-day EMA, with hourly charts showing bullish momentum. A daily close above $65,800 could open the path to $68K-$70K.
Risks remain though: stablecoin market cap shrank in June, whale-to-exchange transfers are rising, and Strategy just completed its largest-ever BTC sale ($216M).
Full breakdown 👇
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/bitcoin-price-65-8k-resistance-bulls-target-70k-breakout/
BTC reclaimed $64K and trades above its 20-day EMA, with hourly charts showing bullish momentum. A daily close above $65,800 could open the path to $68K-$70K.
Risks remain though: stablecoin market cap shrank in June, whale-to-exchange transfers are rising, and Strategy just completed its largest-ever BTC sale ($216M).
Full breakdown 👇
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/bitcoin-price-65-8k-resistance-bulls-target-70k-breakout/
989,000 wallets. $3.81 billion lost. That's the toll of the #TRUMP memecoin's 98% crash. 📉
Per Nansen data, the token soared past $75 after launch before collapsing to ~$1.65 today. Around 500,000 wallets did profit, roughly $4 billion combined, mostly bots and sophisticated traders who entered within seconds of launch.
Trump himself pocketed ~$636M regardless of price, per his own disclosure.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/trump-memecoin-crash-trump-token-investors-lose-3-8-billion/
Per Nansen data, the token soared past $75 after launch before collapsing to ~$1.65 today. Around 500,000 wallets did profit, roughly $4 billion combined, mostly bots and sophisticated traders who entered within seconds of launch.
Trump himself pocketed ~$636M regardless of price, per his own disclosure.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/trump-memecoin-crash-trump-token-investors-lose-3-8-billion/
VanEck's Matthew Siegel says #Bitcoin beats its all-time high before 2028, if three things happen. 🔑
1⃣ Sovereign adoption keeps growing (22 countries now mine or hold BTC)
2⃣ The US moves on a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
3⃣ Seller exhaustion continues (realized losses sit in the 90th percentile)
His advice: build your full position by October.
👉 https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-beat-ath-2028-vaneck-head-3-things-happen/
1⃣ Sovereign adoption keeps growing (22 countries now mine or hold BTC)
2⃣ The US moves on a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
3⃣ Seller exhaustion continues (realized losses sit in the 90th percentile)
His advice: build your full position by October.
👉 https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-beat-ath-2028-vaneck-head-3-things-happen/
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Bitcoin Will Beat All-Time High Price By 2028, VanEck Head Says — If These 3 Things Happen
VanEck's Matthew Siegel says Bitcoin's price should surpass its all-time high before 2028, citing three catalysts to get there.
Bitcoin was trading near $81,000 the last time the #CLARITY Act cleared a Senate vote, back in May, and that's really the only real-world data point anyone has on what full passage might do to price. Citi and Standard Chartered are now modeling $143K-$150K if it passes, but the bill just missed its July 4 target and Senate odds have slid to 40-50% from 82% in February, with fights over Trump's crypto disclosure, a developer-protection clause, and a stablecoin-yield loophole all still unresolved.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/clarity-act-bitcoin-price-150k-claude-predicts-senate-vote/
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/clarity-act-bitcoin-price-150k-claude-predicts-senate-vote/
Strike says your Bitcoin can survive an 80% crash without getting liquidated. 🛡️
- No margin calls, no forced sales
- Up to 14.2% APR, max 45% LTV
- Backed by a $2.1B credit facility with Tether
The fine print: "volatility-proof" isn't "payment-proof." Miss payments, and you can still lose your BTC.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/strike-volatility-proof-bitcoin-loans-80-percent-btc-drop/
- No margin calls, no forced sales
- Up to 14.2% APR, max 45% LTV
- Backed by a $2.1B credit facility with Tether
The fine print: "volatility-proof" isn't "payment-proof." Miss payments, and you can still lose your BTC.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/strike-volatility-proof-bitcoin-loans-80-percent-btc-drop/
#XRP right now: EGRAG Crypto says dip to $0.95 then new highs. Joao Wedson warns leveraged longs across BTC, ETH, XRP and SOL could cascade if support breaks.
The number nobody's arguing about: tokenized RWAs on the XRP Ledger hit $4B, up from $150M a year ago (per Whale Factor).
Which side are you on? 👇
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/xrp-price-make-or-break-1-dollar-support/
The number nobody's arguing about: tokenized RWAs on the XRP Ledger hit $4B, up from $150M a year ago (per Whale Factor).
Which side are you on? 👇
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/xrp-price-make-or-break-1-dollar-support/
SpaceX just moved Bitcoin on-chain for the first time in six months. 👀
The transfer was tiny, about $88, a fraction of its ~18,700 BTC treasury (worth ~$1.8B, disclosed in SpaceX's pre-Nasdaq SEC filing). Arkham's Finn Grant called it a likely test transaction, the kind used to verify wallet access before larger moves.
Analyst Lark Davis separately warned Bitcoin could face more downside, citing rising Middle East tensions and BTC testing support near $61,500.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/elon-musk-sell-bitcoin-spacex-amid-crash-warning/
The transfer was tiny, about $88, a fraction of its ~18,700 BTC treasury (worth ~$1.8B, disclosed in SpaceX's pre-Nasdaq SEC filing). Arkham's Finn Grant called it a likely test transaction, the kind used to verify wallet access before larger moves.
Analyst Lark Davis separately warned Bitcoin could face more downside, citing rising Middle East tensions and BTC testing support near $61,500.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/elon-musk-sell-bitcoin-spacex-amid-crash-warning/
"Should Ethereum be a trillion or $2 trillion or a $5 trillion network value? I can easily see it in the next few years." — Tom Lee 💭
At $5T, ETH would be worth more than Microsoft or Nvidia today. Based on Ethereum's current ~$211B market cap and $1,752 price, that's 2,267% growth, implying a price near $41,500 per token.
Lee's case: decentralization, tokenization, and institutional maturity are all underpriced right now.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ethereum-5-trillion-few-years-tom-lee-what-price/
At $5T, ETH would be worth more than Microsoft or Nvidia today. Based on Ethereum's current ~$211B market cap and $1,752 price, that's 2,267% growth, implying a price near $41,500 per token.
Lee's case: decentralization, tokenization, and institutional maturity are all underpriced right now.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ethereum-5-trillion-few-years-tom-lee-what-price/
Europe's stablecoin industry has two regulatory frameworks, and it needs both, argues fintech consultant Miguel Zapatero. 🇪🇺
MiCA covers the tokens themselves, reserves, redemption rights, issuer licensing. PSD2 covers how money actually moves, payment initiation, merchant rails, account access. Treat them as competing systems, and you get gaps. Treat them as complementary, and stablecoins get a real path into everyday payments.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/mica-vs-psd2-stablecoin-companies-europe/
MiCA covers the tokens themselves, reserves, redemption rights, issuer licensing. PSD2 covers how money actually moves, payment initiation, merchant rails, account access. Treat them as competing systems, and you get gaps. Treat them as complementary, and stablecoins get a real path into everyday payments.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/mica-vs-psd2-stablecoin-companies-europe/
#Solana just cleared a descending trendline that had capped price since January. 📈
SOL is up ~9% over the past week, trading near $122, with the breakout confirmed by rising volume. Next resistance sits at $140, and a clean move above that could open the door toward $160-$170.
The setup is also tied to Bitcoin: SOL's breakout came alongside BTC reclaiming $108K.
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/solana-price-prediction-sol-140-bitcoin-breakout/
SOL is up ~9% over the past week, trading near $122, with the breakout confirmed by rising volume. Next resistance sits at $140, and a clean move above that could open the door toward $160-$170.
The setup is also tied to Bitcoin: SOL's breakout came alongside BTC reclaiming $108K.
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/solana-price-prediction-sol-140-bitcoin-breakout/
Ripple just put XRP on a Division I jersey for the first time ever, a sponsorship deal with the University of Kansas Jayhawks.
Traders weren't celebrating. Many called it a distraction from price performance. Price opinions split too: some still see $21.50 as achievable, others warn of $0.29 if $1 breaks.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-traders-slam-new-partnership/
Traders weren't celebrating. Many called it a distraction from price performance. Price opinions split too: some still see $21.50 as achievable, others warn of $0.29 if $1 breaks.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-traders-slam-new-partnership/