> INTERACTIVE BROKERS, THE FOURTH-LARGEST U.S. BROKERAGE, ADDS NINE CRYPTO TOKENS AND TWO-WAY STABLECOIN TRANSFERS
INTERACTIVE BROKERS HAS ADDED TRADING SUPPORT FOR NINE TOKENS THROUGH ZEROHASH: AAVE, APT, CC, LDO, MON, NEAR, XPL, PAXG AND UNI. THE FOURTH-LARGEST U.S. BROKERAGE HAS ALSO ADDED AAVE, UNI AND PAXG THROUGH PAXOS. IN ADDITION, THE PLATFORM HAS LAUNCHED TWO-WAY STABLECOIN TRANSFERS, ALLOWING CLIENTS TO AUTOMATICALLY CONVERT U.S. DOLLARS HELD IN THEIR IBKR ACCOUNTS INTO USDC, PYUSD OR RLUSD AND SEND THE FUNDS TO EXTERNAL WALLETS. ELIGIBLE CLIENTS CAN ALSO TRANSFER SUPPORTED DIGITAL ASSETS BETWEEN IBKR AND CUSTODIAL OR NON-CUSTODIAL WALLETS. — LINK
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INTERACTIVE BROKERS HAS ADDED TRADING SUPPORT FOR NINE TOKENS THROUGH ZEROHASH: AAVE, APT, CC, LDO, MON, NEAR, XPL, PAXG AND UNI. THE FOURTH-LARGEST U.S. BROKERAGE HAS ALSO ADDED AAVE, UNI AND PAXG THROUGH PAXOS. IN ADDITION, THE PLATFORM HAS LAUNCHED TWO-WAY STABLECOIN TRANSFERS, ALLOWING CLIENTS TO AUTOMATICALLY CONVERT U.S. DOLLARS HELD IN THEIR IBKR ACCOUNTS INTO USDC, PYUSD OR RLUSD AND SEND THE FUNDS TO EXTERNAL WALLETS. ELIGIBLE CLIENTS CAN ALSO TRANSFER SUPPORTED DIGITAL ASSETS BETWEEN IBKR AND CUSTODIAL OR NON-CUSTODIAL WALLETS. — LINK
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> TETHER FREEZES 4 TRON ADDRESSES LINKED TO IRGC, INVOLVING $131M USDT
ACCORDING TO ANALYST SPECTER, TETHER HAS FROZEN 4 TRON NETWORK WALLET ADDRESSES, INVOLVING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $131 MILLION USDT. ON-CHAIN DATA INDICATES THAT MOST OF THESE FUNDS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER AND CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE BITSO. THE WALLET ADDRESSES HAVE BEEN LINKED TO THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) AND THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (BANK MARKAZI JOMHOURI ISLAMI IRAN), BOTH OF WHICH ARE UNDER OFAC SANCTIONS.
U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT CONFIRMED THE MOVE IN A POST, SAYING IT IS INTENDED TO COMBAT IRAN'S ILLICIT FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND ITS ABUSE OF DIGITAL ASSETS. HE ADDED THAT THE TREASURY WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ILLICIT FUND FLOWS AND CUT OFF THE IRANIAN REGIME'S ILLEGAL REVENUE CHANNELS. — LINK
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ACCORDING TO ANALYST SPECTER, TETHER HAS FROZEN 4 TRON NETWORK WALLET ADDRESSES, INVOLVING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $131 MILLION USDT. ON-CHAIN DATA INDICATES THAT MOST OF THESE FUNDS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER AND CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE BITSO. THE WALLET ADDRESSES HAVE BEEN LINKED TO THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) AND THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (BANK MARKAZI JOMHOURI ISLAMI IRAN), BOTH OF WHICH ARE UNDER OFAC SANCTIONS.
U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT CONFIRMED THE MOVE IN A POST, SAYING IT IS INTENDED TO COMBAT IRAN'S ILLICIT FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND ITS ABUSE OF DIGITAL ASSETS. HE ADDED THAT THE TREASURY WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ILLICIT FUND FLOWS AND CUT OFF THE IRANIAN REGIME'S ILLEGAL REVENUE CHANNELS. — LINK
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> JEFF YAN ON HYPERLIQUID'S FUTURE VISION: THE AWS OF FINANCE
ON JULY 9, 2026, HYPERLIQUID CO‑FOUNDER JEFF YAN STATED ON THE VALR PODCAST THAT THE PLATFORM IS FUNDAMENTALLY A LIQUIDITY INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER FOR ALL OF FINANCE, RATHER THAN JUST AN EXCHANGE.
HE BELIEVES THAT, MUCH LIKE HOW AWS HANDLES COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR STARTUPS, HYPERLIQUID PROVIDES UNDERLYING SUPPORT FOR LIQUIDITY, LEDGERS, AND ASSET TOKENIZATION ACROSS VARIOUS PLATFORMS. YAN STATED THAT AS DISPARATE PLATFORMS INTEGRATE INTO THIS SINGLE LAYER, IT CREATES A COMPOUNDING EFFECT, ALLOWING ALL USERS TO BENEFIT FROM TIGHTER SPREADS AND DEEPER LIQUIDITY. — LINK
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ON JULY 9, 2026, HYPERLIQUID CO‑FOUNDER JEFF YAN STATED ON THE VALR PODCAST THAT THE PLATFORM IS FUNDAMENTALLY A LIQUIDITY INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER FOR ALL OF FINANCE, RATHER THAN JUST AN EXCHANGE.
HE BELIEVES THAT, MUCH LIKE HOW AWS HANDLES COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR STARTUPS, HYPERLIQUID PROVIDES UNDERLYING SUPPORT FOR LIQUIDITY, LEDGERS, AND ASSET TOKENIZATION ACROSS VARIOUS PLATFORMS. YAN STATED THAT AS DISPARATE PLATFORMS INTEGRATE INTO THIS SINGLE LAYER, IT CREATES A COMPOUNDING EFFECT, ALLOWING ALL USERS TO BENEFIT FROM TIGHTER SPREADS AND DEEPER LIQUIDITY. — LINK
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> COINBASE EXECUTIVE SAYS 95%-100% OF COMPANY CODE IS NOW AI-ASSISTED, UP FROM 40% IN FEBRUARY
ROB WITOFF, HEAD OF PLATFORM AT COINBASE, STATED IN COINTELEGRAPH INTERVIEW THAT 95% TO 100% OF COINBASE'S CODE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN BY OR WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AI AND LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS). THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM THE 40% ESTIMATED IN FEBRUARY. WITOFF NOTED THAT EFFECTIVELY 100% OF EMPLOYEES USE AI DAILY, WITH MOST ENGINEERS RUNNING 5 TO 10 AI AGENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY; COLLECTIVELY, THESE AGENTS ARE PERFORMING THE CODING WORK EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 1,200 EMPLOYEES.
COINBASE PROJECTS THAT BY 2030, AI AGENTS COULD BE PERFORMING THE WORK EQUIVALENT TO 100,000 EMPLOYEES. — LINK
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ROB WITOFF, HEAD OF PLATFORM AT COINBASE, STATED IN COINTELEGRAPH INTERVIEW THAT 95% TO 100% OF COINBASE'S CODE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN BY OR WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AI AND LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS). THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM THE 40% ESTIMATED IN FEBRUARY. WITOFF NOTED THAT EFFECTIVELY 100% OF EMPLOYEES USE AI DAILY, WITH MOST ENGINEERS RUNNING 5 TO 10 AI AGENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY; COLLECTIVELY, THESE AGENTS ARE PERFORMING THE CODING WORK EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 1,200 EMPLOYEES.
COINBASE PROJECTS THAT BY 2030, AI AGENTS COULD BE PERFORMING THE WORK EQUIVALENT TO 100,000 EMPLOYEES. — LINK
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> JUST IN: 🇨🇳 CHINA'S ECONOMY SLOWS TO THE WEAKEST IN OVER 3 YEARS AS US-IRAN WAR CONTINUES.
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> VELOCITY RAISES $38 MILLION SERIES A LED BY DRAGONFLY AND FIRSTMARK
STABLECOIN SETTLEMENT PLATFORM VELOCITY HAS RAISED $38 MILLION IN A SERIES A ROUND CO-LED BY DRAGONFLY AND FIRSTMARK, WITH PARTICIPATION FROM ACTIVANT CAPITAL, CAPITAL ONE VENTURES, QED INVESTORS, COINBASE VENTURES, WINTERMUTE VENTURES, AND RIPPLE. FOUNDED IN 2025, VELOCITY HELPS ENTERPRISES, PAYMENT PROVIDERS, AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HOLD, TRANSFER, AND SETTLE FUNDS USING STABLECOINS WHILE RETAINING EXISTING BANKING INTEGRATIONS AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS. THE COMPANY HAS RAISED NEARLY $50 MILLION IN TOTAL SINCE ITS LAUNCH LAST YEAR. — LINK
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STABLECOIN SETTLEMENT PLATFORM VELOCITY HAS RAISED $38 MILLION IN A SERIES A ROUND CO-LED BY DRAGONFLY AND FIRSTMARK, WITH PARTICIPATION FROM ACTIVANT CAPITAL, CAPITAL ONE VENTURES, QED INVESTORS, COINBASE VENTURES, WINTERMUTE VENTURES, AND RIPPLE. FOUNDED IN 2025, VELOCITY HELPS ENTERPRISES, PAYMENT PROVIDERS, AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HOLD, TRANSFER, AND SETTLE FUNDS USING STABLECOINS WHILE RETAINING EXISTING BANKING INTEGRATIONS AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS. THE COMPANY HAS RAISED NEARLY $50 MILLION IN TOTAL SINCE ITS LAUNCH LAST YEAR. — LINK
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> PUMPFUN COMPLETES FIRST TEAM AND INVESTOR TOKEN UNLOCK WORTH $86.49 MILLION PUMP
ACCORDING TO , PUMPFUN'S ONE-YEAR LOCK-UP FOR TEAM AND INVESTOR TOKENS EXPIRED TODAY, MARKING THE START OF A THREE-YEAR VESTING PERIOD. EARLIER TODAY, PUMPFUN COMPLETED ITS FIRST TEAM AND INVESTOR TOKEN UNLOCK, TRANSFERRING AND DISTRIBUTING 57.279 BILLION PUMP TOKENS, WORTH APPROXIMATELY $86.49 MILLION, TO 121 WALLETS. — LINK
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ACCORDING TO , PUMPFUN'S ONE-YEAR LOCK-UP FOR TEAM AND INVESTOR TOKENS EXPIRED TODAY, MARKING THE START OF A THREE-YEAR VESTING PERIOD. EARLIER TODAY, PUMPFUN COMPLETED ITS FIRST TEAM AND INVESTOR TOKEN UNLOCK, TRANSFERRING AND DISTRIBUTING 57.279 BILLION PUMP TOKENS, WORTH APPROXIMATELY $86.49 MILLION, TO 121 WALLETS. — LINK
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> JUST IN: STRIPE AND ADVENT OFFER TO BUY PAYPAL $PYPL FOR $53 BILLION, REUTERS REPORTS.
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> BINANCE "SUPER APP" STRATEGY: EXPANDING BEYOND TRADING INTO PAYMENTS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
SHUNYET JAN, HEAD OF SPOT TRADING AND DERIVATIVES AT BINANCE, TOLD COINDESK THAT THE EXCHANGE IS SEEKING TO TRANSFORM INTO A "SUPER APP" INTEGRATING PAYMENTS AND A BROADER RANGE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. JAN NOTED THAT WHILE TRADING REMAINS AT THE CORE OF BINANCE’S BUSINESS, THE RISE OF STABLECOIN USAGE FOR PAYMENTS AND TRANSFERS HAS CREATED A MARKET THAT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING. COINBASE HAS PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED A SIMILAR "SUPER APP" AMBITION, AIMING TO EMULATE MODELS LIKE WECHAT BY INTEGRATING CRYPTO WITH COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES. — LINK
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SHUNYET JAN, HEAD OF SPOT TRADING AND DERIVATIVES AT BINANCE, TOLD COINDESK THAT THE EXCHANGE IS SEEKING TO TRANSFORM INTO A "SUPER APP" INTEGRATING PAYMENTS AND A BROADER RANGE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. JAN NOTED THAT WHILE TRADING REMAINS AT THE CORE OF BINANCE’S BUSINESS, THE RISE OF STABLECOIN USAGE FOR PAYMENTS AND TRANSFERS HAS CREATED A MARKET THAT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING. COINBASE HAS PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED A SIMILAR "SUPER APP" AMBITION, AIMING TO EMULATE MODELS LIKE WECHAT BY INTEGRATING CRYPTO WITH COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES. — LINK
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> JAPANESE FINANCIAL GIANT DOWNGRADES CIRCLE TO UNDERPERFORM, CUTS PRICE TARGET FROM $85 TO $50
JAPANESE INVESTMENT BANK MIZUHO DOWNGRADED CIRCLE FROM NEUTRAL TO UNDERPERFORM AND CUT ITS PRICE TARGET FROM $85 TO $50. THE BANK SAID OPENUSD’S MODEL OF DISTRIBUTING MOST RESERVE INCOME TO ISSUERS AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS COULD FORCE CIRCLE TO SHARE MORE REVENUE WITH PARTNERS, PUTTING PRESSURE ON ITS MARGINS. AS A RESULT, MIZUHO RAISED ITS FORECAST FOR CIRCLE’S 2027 DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSACTION EXPENSE RATIO FROM 64% TO 73%, AND LOWERED ITS ADJUSTED EBITDA FORECAST FROM $1.09 BILLION TO $699 MILLION. — LINK
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JAPANESE INVESTMENT BANK MIZUHO DOWNGRADED CIRCLE FROM NEUTRAL TO UNDERPERFORM AND CUT ITS PRICE TARGET FROM $85 TO $50. THE BANK SAID OPENUSD’S MODEL OF DISTRIBUTING MOST RESERVE INCOME TO ISSUERS AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS COULD FORCE CIRCLE TO SHARE MORE REVENUE WITH PARTNERS, PUTTING PRESSURE ON ITS MARGINS. AS A RESULT, MIZUHO RAISED ITS FORECAST FOR CIRCLE’S 2027 DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSACTION EXPENSE RATIO FROM 64% TO 73%, AND LOWERED ITS ADJUSTED EBITDA FORECAST FROM $1.09 BILLION TO $699 MILLION. — LINK
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> THE BIGGEST LESSON OF THE AI ERA: NEVER GET COMFORTABLE.
ON JUNE 2ND, IBM, $IBM, WAS UP +13% FOR THE YEAR AND TRADING AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL ON RECORD.
TODAY, JUST 42 DAYS LATER, $IBM FELL -25% POSTING ITS BIGGEST DAILY DECLINE SINCE 1968.
THE STOCK IS NOW DOWN -35% IN 42 DAYS ERASING OVER -$100 BILLION IN MARKET CAP.
AI IS RAPIDLY TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
ADAPT OR BE LEFT BEHIND.
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ON JUNE 2ND, IBM, $IBM, WAS UP +13% FOR THE YEAR AND TRADING AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL ON RECORD.
TODAY, JUST 42 DAYS LATER, $IBM FELL -25% POSTING ITS BIGGEST DAILY DECLINE SINCE 1968.
THE STOCK IS NOW DOWN -35% IN 42 DAYS ERASING OVER -$100 BILLION IN MARKET CAP.
AI IS RAPIDLY TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
ADAPT OR BE LEFT BEHIND.
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> STRIPE AND ADVENT REPORTEDLY OFFER $53 BILLION TO ACQUIRE PAYPAL
ACCORDING TO REUTERS, STRIPE AND ADVENT INTERNATIONAL HAVE OFFERED TO ACQUIRE PAYPAL FOR $60.50 PER SHARE, VALUING THE PAYMENTS GIANT AT MORE THAN $53 BILLION. THE OFFER IS BACKED BY AROUND $50 BILLION IN COMMITTED FINANCING AND REPRESENTS A ROUGHLY 28% PREMIUM TO PAYPAL'S LATEST CLOSING PRICE. SOURCES SAID THE PARTIES ARE AIMING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT BY THE END OF JULY, THOUGH THERE IS NO CERTAINTY A DEAL WILL BE COMPLETED.
STRIPE HAS INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON STABLECOIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND CRYPTO PAYMENTS, WHILE PAYPAL LAUNCHED PYUSD IN 2023 AND HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST REGULATED STABLECOIN ISSUERS. — LINK
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ACCORDING TO REUTERS, STRIPE AND ADVENT INTERNATIONAL HAVE OFFERED TO ACQUIRE PAYPAL FOR $60.50 PER SHARE, VALUING THE PAYMENTS GIANT AT MORE THAN $53 BILLION. THE OFFER IS BACKED BY AROUND $50 BILLION IN COMMITTED FINANCING AND REPRESENTS A ROUGHLY 28% PREMIUM TO PAYPAL'S LATEST CLOSING PRICE. SOURCES SAID THE PARTIES ARE AIMING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT BY THE END OF JULY, THOUGH THERE IS NO CERTAINTY A DEAL WILL BE COMPLETED.
STRIPE HAS INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON STABLECOIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND CRYPTO PAYMENTS, WHILE PAYPAL LAUNCHED PYUSD IN 2023 AND HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST REGULATED STABLECOIN ISSUERS. — LINK
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> HYPERLIQUID LISTS CXMT, POTENTIALLY A-SHARE’S LARGEST IPO AND 4TH-LARGEST DRAM MAKER
FOLLOWING THE LISTING OF THE “CSI STAR MARKET 50 ETF”, HYPERLIQUID HAS OFFICIALLY ADDED CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES (CXMT). AS A-SHARE LISTINGS SUCH AS CXMT ON THE STAR MARKET REQUIRE A RMB 500,000 MINIMUM ACCOUNT THRESHOLD FOR INVESTORS, THE MOVE PROVIDES OVERSEAS USERS WITH A TRADING CHANNEL FOR EXPOSURE TO RELATED A-SHARE ASSETS.
CXMT IS CHINA’S LARGEST AND THE WORLD’S FOURTH-LARGEST DRAM MANUFACTURER BY PRODUCTION CAPACITY. THE COMPANY HAS SECURED THE SECOND-LARGEST FUNDRAISING AMOUNT IN STAR MARKET HISTORY, BEHIND ONLY SMIC, AND HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY MULTIPLE MEDIA OUTLETS AS POTENTIALLY BECOMING THE LARGEST IPO IN A-SHARE MARKET HISTORY. — LINK
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FOLLOWING THE LISTING OF THE “CSI STAR MARKET 50 ETF”, HYPERLIQUID HAS OFFICIALLY ADDED CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES (CXMT). AS A-SHARE LISTINGS SUCH AS CXMT ON THE STAR MARKET REQUIRE A RMB 500,000 MINIMUM ACCOUNT THRESHOLD FOR INVESTORS, THE MOVE PROVIDES OVERSEAS USERS WITH A TRADING CHANNEL FOR EXPOSURE TO RELATED A-SHARE ASSETS.
CXMT IS CHINA’S LARGEST AND THE WORLD’S FOURTH-LARGEST DRAM MANUFACTURER BY PRODUCTION CAPACITY. THE COMPANY HAS SECURED THE SECOND-LARGEST FUNDRAISING AMOUNT IN STAR MARKET HISTORY, BEHIND ONLY SMIC, AND HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY MULTIPLE MEDIA OUTLETS AS POTENTIALLY BECOMING THE LARGEST IPO IN A-SHARE MARKET HISTORY. — LINK
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> STRIPE AND ADVENT HAVE OFFERED $53B TO ACQUIRE PAYPAL AT $60.50 PER SHARE, A 28% PREMIUM, WITH PAYPAL’S BOARD YET TO RESPOND | PER REUTERS
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> SPOT BITCOIN ETFS RECORDED $181 MILLION IN NET INFLOWS
ACCORDING TO SOSOVALUE DATA, SPOT BITCOIN ETFS RECORDED $181 MILLION IN NET INFLOWS YESTERDAY (JULY 14, ET). SPOT ETHEREUM ETFS SAW $58.3385 MILLION IN NET INFLOWS, WITH NONE OF THE 10 ETFS RECORDING NET OUTFLOWS. — LINK
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ACCORDING TO SOSOVALUE DATA, SPOT BITCOIN ETFS RECORDED $181 MILLION IN NET INFLOWS YESTERDAY (JULY 14, ET). SPOT ETHEREUM ETFS SAW $58.3385 MILLION IN NET INFLOWS, WITH NONE OF THE 10 ETFS RECORDING NET OUTFLOWS. — LINK
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> JAPAN PASSES KEY BILL RECOGNIZING CRYPTO AS FINANCIAL PRODUCT, LOWERING TAX RATE — LINK
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> US TREASURY FREEZES MORE THAN $130M IN CRYPTO HELD IN WALLETS LINKED TO IRAN’S CENTRAL BANK
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