🗞 Hodler's Digest is live
The Robinhood Chain has officially launched—and almost immediately, even veteran Ethereum skeptics are calling it a major boost for ETH.

This week’s key highlights:
• Saylor reenters the crypto conversation
• A single misleading token approval drains $1M from one trader
• Farage and Trump stage another crypto resurgence

Catch up on the stories driving the market this week
👉 cointelegraph.com/features/ethereum-climbs-as-robinhood-l2-takes-off

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⚡️ JUST IN: AI-powered microbusinesses could drive $262 billion in stablecoin transaction volume by 2033, reports Swyftx.

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📅 Key Events This Week:

Monday, July 13
• No major macroeconomic events scheduled.

Tuesday, July 14
🔥 14:30 CET – U.S. June CPI Inflation
🏛️ 16:00 CET – Fed Chair Kevin Warsh testifies before the House Financial Services Committee
🏦 U.S. Q2 earnings season kicks off with JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo releasing results.

Wednesday, July 15
🇨🇳 04:00 CET – China Q2 GDP
🔥 14:30 CET – U.S. June PPI Inflation
🏛️ 16:00 CET – Fed Chair Kevin Warsh appears before the Senate Banking Committee
📖 20:00 CET – Release of the Federal Reserve Beige Book

Thursday, July 16
📊 14:30 CET – U.S. Initial Jobless Claims
🏦 22:30 CET – Federal Reserve Balance Sheet (H.4.1) publication

Friday, July 17
📈 14:30 CET – U.S. Import & Export Price Indexes (June)

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BIG: Ripple supports the UK’s new tokenization strategy, stating that tokenized wholesale markets could boost annual economic output by up to £33 billion by 2035.

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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump announces the U.S. will take control of the Strait of Hormuz, sending Brent crude soaring above $79 a barrel.

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🇺🇸 LATEST: President Trump announces the U.S. will secure the Strait of Hormuz, stating that countries benefiting from this protection should pay for it.

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🚨 BREAKING: Hyundai has successfully wrapped up a cross-border corporate treasury pilot, leveraging Tether’s USDT on the Avalanche blockchain—reducing settlement times from hours to an average of just 7 minutes. Learn more. #Blockchain #Cryptocurrency #DeFi #Hyundai #Avalanche #USDT

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🇧🇴 LATEST: Bolivia is exploring the integration of Tether's USDT into its national payment system amid persistent U.S. dollar shortages.

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🇺🇸 BREAKING: President Trump announces the Strait of Hormuz will stay open, reinstates the "Iranian Blockade," and introduces a proposed 20% reimbursement fee on all cargo passing through the waterway to cover U.S. security expenses. Learn more

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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump is urging the U.S. Senate to expedite the CLARITY Act, cautioning that delays could allow China to gain a major advantage in digital finance and artificial intelligence.

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🔥 RESEARCH: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone of Europe’s economy — yet they’re frequently locked out by traditional banks.

Since the implementation of Basel III, SME lending across the EU has plummeted by 40–50%. From 2023 onward, it has dropped another 12%. The result? A persistent €39B annual funding gap — now increasingly filled by non-bank lenders offering floating-rate debt, exposing SMEs to greater risk as interest rates rise.

This gap highlights a clear opportunity: onchain lending platforms that empower retail investors to directly fund SME growth.

Explore the full report below 👇
https://s3.cointelegraph.com/reports/8lends_report.pdf

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🔥 JUST IN: Polymarket has launched the Combo Cup, offering $50,000 in daily bonuses to the top-performing Combo traders—running until July 31.

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🚨 UPDATE: This week’s token unlocks total $183.94M, with $PUMP making up $138.85M — the largest portion of the released value, according to data from Cryptorank.

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🇺🇸 UPDATE: The U.S. has refunded $81.3 billion in tariffs so far this fiscal year, following the Supreme Court's decision to invalidate key tariffs imposed during the Trump administration.

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🇺🇸 BULLISH: The CLARITY Act has now secured support from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association—the second major law enforcement organization to back the bill.

Read more: https://cointelegraph.com/news/clarity-act-gains-second-law-enforcement-endorsement-before-senate-push

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🚨 ALERT: Telegram's t[.]me domain has been reportedly suspended by the .me registry and is currently not resolving in global DNS.

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🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Spot Bitcoin, Ethereum, and HYPE ETFs saw net outflows on July 13.

BTC: -$424.66M
ETH: -$15.41M
HYPE: -$3.93M

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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has proposed a 20% fee on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz and has officially informed Congress of a reactivated U.S. naval blockade on Iran, Semafor reports.

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🔥 BREAKING: Trump scraps the proposed 20% U.S. tariff, shifting focus to new trade and investment agreements across the Gulf—while keeping a firm shipping embargo on Iran.

Learn more

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🔥 UPDATE: Tom Lee notes that $ETH is spearheading the market rally following softer-than-expected CPI data, further supporting the view that $ETH is transitioning into real money.

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