#Aave just launched Stable Vaults, letting businesses offer fixed-rate stablecoin yield without building DeFi infrastructure from scratch. 🏦
Price has reclaimed $90, with $97.75 the next resistance before the psychological $100 level. RSI sits near 60, MACD stays positive.
Derivatives activity remains cautious though, open interest is still below late-June levels.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/aave-price-100-stable-vaults-fixed-stablecoin-yield/
Price has reclaimed $90, with $97.75 the next resistance before the psychological $100 level. RSI sits near 60, MACD stays positive.
Derivatives activity remains cautious though, open interest is still below late-June levels.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/aave-price-100-stable-vaults-fixed-stablecoin-yield/
Fidelity's Jurrien Timmer says #Bitcoin is nearing a key support level around $56,500 on his power law model. 📊
But the same chart cuts both ways: some traders argue it leaves room for a drop to $29,000, a 54% fall from current levels, in line with past bear-market drawdowns.
CryptoQuant flagged a similar bottom near $53,600 back in June, though demand remains "deeply unfavorable."
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-56k-29k-fidelity-model-final-drop-deeper-warnings/
But the same chart cuts both ways: some traders argue it leaves room for a drop to $29,000, a 54% fall from current levels, in line with past bear-market drawdowns.
CryptoQuant flagged a similar bottom near $53,600 back in June, though demand remains "deeply unfavorable."
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-56k-29k-fidelity-model-final-drop-deeper-warnings/
#XRP's weekly RSI just entered oversold territory for only the second time in its 12-year history. 📉➡️📈
Analyst Lark Davis says the first time preceded a ~1,100% rally. Repeat that from today's $1.07, and you get $12.84.
Forbes separately ranked XRP the 4th-best crypto investment, behind only Bitcoin, ETH, and BNB. Santiment says holders are sitting on the worst returns in XRP's history though.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-12-rare-growth-forbes-ranks-xrp-4th-investable/
Analyst Lark Davis says the first time preceded a ~1,100% rally. Repeat that from today's $1.07, and you get $12.84.
Forbes separately ranked XRP the 4th-best crypto investment, behind only Bitcoin, ETH, and BNB. Santiment says holders are sitting on the worst returns in XRP's history though.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-12-rare-growth-forbes-ranks-xrp-4th-investable/
Eight straight weeks of outflows, over. #Bitcoin and #Ethereum ETFs just posted their first positive week since May. 📈
$281.8M in net inflows: $197.4M into Bitcoin (mostly BlackRock's IBIT), $84.4M into Ethereum. Per The Kobeissi Letter, this follows $7B+ in outflows over the prior 8 weeks.
Still modest, but a real shift in tone.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/crypto-etfs-end-8-week-outflow-streak-282m-inflows-bitcoin-ethereum/
$281.8M in net inflows: $197.4M into Bitcoin (mostly BlackRock's IBIT), $84.4M into Ethereum. Per The Kobeissi Letter, this follows $7B+ in outflows over the prior 8 weeks.
Still modest, but a real shift in tone.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/crypto-etfs-end-8-week-outflow-streak-282m-inflows-bitcoin-ethereum/
Ripple just landed in the same room as BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs. 🏛️
The UK Treasury named Ripple to a 54-firm taskforce targeting live tokenized repo trials by spring 2027. Full adoption could add £33B to annual UK output by 2035.
Tokenized RWAs on the XRP Ledger have grown from $150M to $4B in one year, 500+ products now live.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ripple-uk-treasury-tokenization-taskforce-xrpl-rwas-4b/
The UK Treasury named Ripple to a 54-firm taskforce targeting live tokenized repo trials by spring 2027. Full adoption could add £33B to annual UK output by 2035.
Tokenized RWAs on the XRP Ledger have grown from $150M to $4B in one year, 500+ products now live.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/ripple-uk-treasury-tokenization-taskforce-xrpl-rwas-4b/
SBI just partnered with Solana to build Japan's on-chain finance market, and #XRP holders aren't thrilled. 👀
Motley Fool's Johnny Rice thinks the bearish read is right anyway, he sees another 50% drop to $0.54, arguing Ripple's growth doesn't necessarily mean XRP demand.
Counterpoint: XRP's weekly RSI just hit oversold for only the 2nd time in 12 years. Last time, it preceded a 1,100% rally.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-bearish-predictions-sbi-solana-venture-japan/
Motley Fool's Johnny Rice thinks the bearish read is right anyway, he sees another 50% drop to $0.54, arguing Ripple's growth doesn't necessarily mean XRP demand.
Counterpoint: XRP's weekly RSI just hit oversold for only the 2nd time in 12 years. Last time, it preceded a 1,100% rally.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-bearish-predictions-sbi-solana-venture-japan/
Brian Armstrong asked his followers: "Is the bottom in?" 55.8% said no. 📊
The poll landed as #Bitcoin slipped toward $62,000 amid fresh US-Iran tensions and $58M in liquidated long positions. Fidelity's power-law support sits near $56,500, some traders read the same chart as leaving room for $29,000.
Armstrong himself remains bullish long-term, still calling for $1M by 2030.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-drop-coinbase-ceo-bottom-iran-tensions-60k/
The poll landed as #Bitcoin slipped toward $62,000 amid fresh US-Iran tensions and $58M in liquidated long positions. Fidelity's power-law support sits near $56,500, some traders read the same chart as leaving room for $29,000.
Armstrong himself remains bullish long-term, still calling for $1M by 2030.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-drop-coinbase-ceo-bottom-iran-tensions-60k/
Mizuho just downgraded Circle to Underperform, slashing its price target from $85 to $50. 📉
Per Wu Blockchain, the bank's worried OpenUSD's revenue-sharing model could force Circle into less favorable partner deals to stay competitive. Mizuho cut its 2027 EBITDA estimate for Circle by $391M, about 25% below consensus.
USDC circulation sits at ~$73B, down from ~$77B in Q1.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/mizuho-downgrades-circle-underperform-price-target/
Per Wu Blockchain, the bank's worried OpenUSD's revenue-sharing model could force Circle into less favorable partner deals to stay competitive. Mizuho cut its 2027 EBITDA estimate for Circle by $391M, about 25% below consensus.
USDC circulation sits at ~$73B, down from ~$77B in Q1.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/mizuho-downgrades-circle-underperform-price-target/
Top traders on Hyperliquid are holding their largest sustained Bitcoin long positions on record, per Glassnode data. 📊
The exposure now exceeds levels seen during BTC's run to $83K. One wallet alone holds ~$445M in crypto, including ~2,500 BTC. Total whale exposure on the platform sits around $3.5B.
Meanwhile HYPE itself is down over 2% even as the platform's open interest climbs toward $11B, RWA perps have overtaken Bitcoin as the largest category traded.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/hyperliquid-bitcoin-long-positions-record-whales-bullish/
The exposure now exceeds levels seen during BTC's run to $83K. One wallet alone holds ~$445M in crypto, including ~2,500 BTC. Total whale exposure on the platform sits around $3.5B.
Meanwhile HYPE itself is down over 2% even as the platform's open interest climbs toward $11B, RWA perps have overtaken Bitcoin as the largest category traded.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/hyperliquid-bitcoin-long-positions-record-whales-bullish/
The #CLARITY Act is ready for "prime time," says Senator Lummis, with a Senate floor vote expected the week of July 20. 🏛️
XRP bulls are running with it, one X post claimed "new XRP millionaires in 24 days." The math doesn't hold up though: XRP would need to hit $110, a 9,900% gain, for a $10K investment to become $1M. That implies a $6.9T market cap, 5x Bitcoin's current size.
🔎 https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-110-lummis-clarity-act-pass-july-20-millionaire/
XRP bulls are running with it, one X post claimed "new XRP millionaires in 24 days." The math doesn't hold up though: XRP would need to hit $110, a 9,900% gain, for a $10K investment to become $1M. That implies a $6.9T market cap, 5x Bitcoin's current size.
🔎 https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-110-lummis-clarity-act-pass-july-20-millionaire/
Ripple just joined the x402 Foundation as a Premier Member, alongside Google, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, AWS, and Coinbase. 🤖
The protocol lets AI agents pay for things autonomously, no human approval, no bank account. XRPL has processed 1M+ agentic transactions at a fixed $0.0002 each.
Still early though: Coinbase's Base has handled 119M x402 payments already, Solana ~35M.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-ai-payments-x402-foundation-xrpl-1m-transactions/
The protocol lets AI agents pay for things autonomously, no human approval, no bank account. XRPL has processed 1M+ agentic transactions at a fixed $0.0002 each.
Still early though: Coinbase's Base has handled 119M x402 payments already, Solana ~35M.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-ai-payments-x402-foundation-xrpl-1m-transactions/
Stripe and Advent just offered $53 billion for PayPal, $60.50/share, 28% above its last close. 💳
Experts told CCN a merger could unite PayPal's 400M+ users with Stripe's stablecoin infrastructure (via its Bridge acquisition), pushing crypto payments toward the mainstream default.
Separately, analyst Michaël van de Poppe sees #Bitcoin holding $61K support and rallying to $75K-$80K in August.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/stripes-53b-paypal-takeover-bid-bitcoin-adoption-80k-august/
Experts told CCN a merger could unite PayPal's 400M+ users with Stripe's stablecoin infrastructure (via its Bridge acquisition), pushing crypto payments toward the mainstream default.
Separately, analyst Michaël van de Poppe sees #Bitcoin holding $61K support and rallying to $75K-$80K in August.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/stripes-53b-paypal-takeover-bid-bitcoin-adoption-80k-august/
Japan's Diet just passed a law reclassifying crypto as financial assets, on par with stocks and bonds. 🇯🇵
A companion tax reform would cut Japan's crypto tax rate from 55% to a flat 20.315% by 2028. Against ¥2,000 trillion in household savings, even a 1% shift into crypto ETFs would be ~$130B, comparable to the entire US spot Bitcoin ETF market.
CryptoQuant's Darkfost flags a separate signal: BTC supply-in-loss is nearing levels last seen at prior cycle bottoms.
Read more ⬇️
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-250k-xrp-5-japan-crypto-financial-assets-law/
A companion tax reform would cut Japan's crypto tax rate from 55% to a flat 20.315% by 2028. Against ¥2,000 trillion in household savings, even a 1% shift into crypto ETFs would be ~$130B, comparable to the entire US spot Bitcoin ETF market.
CryptoQuant's Darkfost flags a separate signal: BTC supply-in-loss is nearing levels last seen at prior cycle bottoms.
Read more ⬇️
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-250k-xrp-5-japan-crypto-financial-assets-law/
Senate math just got messy for the #CLARITY Act.
Republicans hold 52 seats after Senator Lindsey Graham's death this weekend, and Democrats Chris Murphy, Jeff Merkley, and Chris Van Hollen are refusing to supply the needed votes unless the bill addresses Trump's $1.4B in 2025 crypto income.
Ripple's Lauren Belive pushed back hard: "Voting no on the Clarity Act isn't being against the crypto industry, it's anti-consumer."
Polymarket odds on 2026 passage: down to 36%, from 82% in February.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/democrats-clarity-act-corrupt-senate-vote-risk/
Republicans hold 52 seats after Senator Lindsey Graham's death this weekend, and Democrats Chris Murphy, Jeff Merkley, and Chris Van Hollen are refusing to supply the needed votes unless the bill addresses Trump's $1.4B in 2025 crypto income.
Ripple's Lauren Belive pushed back hard: "Voting no on the Clarity Act isn't being against the crypto industry, it's anti-consumer."
Polymarket odds on 2026 passage: down to 36%, from 82% in February.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/democrats-clarity-act-corrupt-senate-vote-risk/
DTCC just moved tokenization from testing to live trades. Nearly 40 institutions took part, including BlackRock, Vanguard, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and the NYSE. 🏦
Simon Taylor flagged the detail that matters: JPMorgan tokenized shares of QQQ, then untokenized them, proving the process works in production, not just theory.
Chainlink and Ethereum stand to benefit most directly. XRP Ledger and Stellar aren't in this pilot, but the broader institutional shift still expands their addressable market.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/dtcc-tokenization-pilot-blackrock-jpmorgan-chainlink-xrp-ethereum/
Simon Taylor flagged the detail that matters: JPMorgan tokenized shares of QQQ, then untokenized them, proving the process works in production, not just theory.
Chainlink and Ethereum stand to benefit most directly. XRP Ledger and Stellar aren't in this pilot, but the broader institutional shift still expands their addressable market.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/dtcc-tokenization-pilot-blackrock-jpmorgan-chainlink-xrp-ethereum/
TRON's network just hit record highs. Its token price didn't get the memo. 📊
$90B+ in USDT circulating, 385 million transactions in June, near 400 million accounts. Yet TRX has traded in a tight $0.31-$0.33 range for three weeks straight.
The level to watch: a daily close above $0.3338 could open the door to $0.3537. Below $0.3191, expect another leg down.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/tron-price-prediction-trx-breakout-0-33-network-growth/
$90B+ in USDT circulating, 385 million transactions in June, near 400 million accounts. Yet TRX has traded in a tight $0.31-$0.33 range for three weeks straight.
The level to watch: a daily close above $0.3338 could open the door to $0.3537. Below $0.3191, expect another leg down.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/tron-price-prediction-trx-breakout-0-33-network-growth/
Three different Wall Street players just made moves on crypto in the same week. 🏦
T. Rowe Price launched TKNZ, the first actively managed multi-token crypto ETP. Citadel Securities invested $400M in the exchange Crypto dot com at a $20B valuation. DTCC brought 25+ firms, including BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs, into live tokenized trades.
None of it happened because Bitcoin was rallying, BTC is still down ~27% this year.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/wall-street-crypto-t-rowe-price-citadel-dtcc-tokenization/
T. Rowe Price launched TKNZ, the first actively managed multi-token crypto ETP. Citadel Securities invested $400M in the exchange Crypto dot com at a $20B valuation. DTCC brought 25+ firms, including BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs, into live tokenized trades.
None of it happened because Bitcoin was rallying, BTC is still down ~27% this year.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/wall-street-crypto-t-rowe-price-citadel-dtcc-tokenization/
"You can't write satire this good."
That's XRP lawyer John E. Deaton reacting to reports the #CLARITY Act could collapse over an ethics dispute, just as Republicans prepare updated bill text without Democratic support. Meanwhile one analyst's math still points to $324 for XRP, based on a model assuming $1.2T in daily institutional volume flowing through the network.
Not everyone's buying it. Motley Fool just cut its own XRP target to $3.
⤵️
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-xrp-lawyer-clarity-act-die-analysts-predict-surge/
That's XRP lawyer John E. Deaton reacting to reports the #CLARITY Act could collapse over an ethics dispute, just as Republicans prepare updated bill text without Democratic support. Meanwhile one analyst's math still points to $324 for XRP, based on a model assuming $1.2T in daily institutional volume flowing through the network.
Not everyone's buying it. Motley Fool just cut its own XRP target to $3.
⤵️
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-xrp-lawyer-clarity-act-die-analysts-predict-surge/
Galaxy Digital's Mike Novogratz says #CLARITY Act talks are down to "word smithing" on the ethics clause, with 21 days left before a 5-week Senate recess.
Miss that window, and the bill could slip into 2027. One analyst says XRP should already be trading at $15 and holds a longer-term $324 target. A more measured 24/7 Wall St. estimate points to $4-8B in fresh institutional money and a possible run to $5 if the bill passes.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-15-clarity-act-passing-deadline-xrp-rally/
Miss that window, and the bill could slip into 2027. One analyst says XRP should already be trading at $15 and holds a longer-term $324 target. A more measured 24/7 Wall St. estimate points to $4-8B in fresh institutional money and a possible run to $5 if the bill passes.
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/xrp-price-15-clarity-act-passing-deadline-xrp-rally/
Michael Saylor just published "110 Reasons BIP 110 Is a Bad Idea." Not a typo. 📜
His core argument: "disapproval is not invalidity." A transaction can be wasteful or offensive and still follow the rules, and using consensus changes to police that sets a precedent he calls more dangerous than the spam problem itself.
Meanwhile, analyst Doctor Profit just closed every #Bitcoin short he had, including one built between $115K-$125K, and started buying spot at $64,000.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-125000-michael-saylor-bip-110-analyst-reverse-bearish/
His core argument: "disapproval is not invalidity." A transaction can be wasteful or offensive and still follow the rules, and using consensus changes to police that sets a precedent he calls more dangerous than the spam problem itself.
Meanwhile, analyst Doctor Profit just closed every #Bitcoin short he had, including one built between $115K-$125K, and started buying spot at $64,000.
Read more 👇
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/bitcoin-price-125000-michael-saylor-bip-110-analyst-reverse-bearish/
Circle's stock fell from ~$260 to ~$62. Its president just sold $31 million worth of shares along the way.
Heath Tarbert told FOX Business the company is "playing the long game" and USDC's network effects will be hard to replicate. SEC filings tell a parallel story though: 10 separate stock sales since June 2025, and zero open-market purchases.
He still holds ~503,000 shares. #Circle
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/circle-president-sold-31m-crcl-shares-stock-plunge/
Heath Tarbert told FOX Business the company is "playing the long game" and USDC's network effects will be hard to replicate. SEC filings tell a parallel story though: 10 separate stock sales since June 2025, and zero open-market purchases.
He still holds ~503,000 shares. #Circle
https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/circle-president-sold-31m-crcl-shares-stock-plunge/