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Bitcoin layer-2s face a bear-market reality check
Botanix's shutdown has raised an uncomfortable question for Bitcoin builders: Does the market actually want programma…
FIFA wanted Avalanche's blockchain to help curb World Cup ticket scalping. Here's how it's going
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at how FIFA is using the Avalanche blockchain to tes…
Strategy’s $10 billion STRC Bitcoin yield product sinks to yearly low as market demands higher payout
Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) flagship dividend-paying preferred stock is trading at its weakest level this y…
Trace Finance raises $32M for cross-border stablecoin settlement expansion
The raise comes as stablecoin regulation advances globally and financial firms invest in infrastructure connecting bl…
EarnOS launches anti-AI slop app, raises $6 million from 1kx, Circle and Coinbase
Ero app is designed to help brands verify human internet traffic, reduce wastes caused by bots, and reward "authentic…
Stablecoin infrastructure firm Trace Finance raises $32 million Series A, says valuation grew 10x from seed
CoinFund led the round, with Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, Jump Capital, Paxos, Chainlink Labs and others partici…
Oil finally loses its grip on Bitcoin – but now liquidity takes over the sell pressure
Brent below $80 removed one pressure point, but BTC still needs rates, ETF flows, and risk appetite to turn. The post…
‘He had his day in court:’ Sens. Lummis and Gallego press Trump not to pardon former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all seven counts related to defrauding FTX customers, lenders, and investors.
A new Bittensor proposal would turn validators into something like fund managers
Root Reborn would have TAO validators pick which subnets to back and reinvest yield into, rather than constantly sell…
Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built
A megawatt leased to an AI tenant now commands a different price on Wall Street than a megawatt sitting in a Bitcoin …
Benchmark sees Coinbase moving past ‘cyclical crypto brokerage,’ reiterates $270 price target
Benchmark reiterated its Buy rating on Coinbase, citing an expansive product rollout pushing it beyond a "cyclical cr…
Prediction markets can hedge corporate losses – Who decides if they pay out?
A trading desk facing a possible $1 million loss if a specific tariff takes effect by the third quarter typically hed…
Bitcoin’s Iran rally enters a 60-day test as oil shock fears shift to the Fed
Iran's foreign minister said negotiations with the US will begin the same day both countries sign a memorandum of und…
Live markets: A bitcoin bottom signal flashed as holders absorbed 125,000 BTC in June
Bitcoin's Sharpe ratio hit a level that has marked every cycle low since 2015, but in each case it preceded months of…
Bitcoin DeFi’s demand problem is becoming harder to ignore
The Layer 2 had uptime, transactions and integrations, but BTCFi demand is moving through wrappers and institutions. …
Coinbase unveils ‘System Update’ unlocking an AI advisor, global unified liquidity, options trading and more
Coinbase's latest System Update includes a new AI-powered advisor and global unified liquidity between its U.S. and i…
SpaceX is trading like a $2T meme stock after its record IPO
SpaceX’s first week as a public company is starting to look less like a conventional stock-market debut and more li…
Standard Chartered’s $100 Uniswap call exposes the open DeFi problem Wall Street may need to solve
The reported $100 UNI target hinges on tokenized assets leaving closed rails for liquid, composable markets. The post…
Coinbase launching tokenized US stocks, backed 1:1, with holders able to receive dividends
Both rivals like Robinhood and Kraken and traditional financial institutions have shown an interest in offering token…
Ethereum’s biggest protocol overhaul in years moves into its final development stage
Developers are entering the final stretch of work on Glamsterdam, the network's next major upgrade, as teams begin te…
Binance may be forced to halt services for EU clients next month: Reuters
The reported setback comes just weeks before the EU's July 1 deadline for crypto firms to obtain MiCA authorization o…
BlackRock’s new Bitcoin ETF offers monthly income, but caps gains when Bitcoin surges
The Nasdaq-listed ETF offers monthly income potential through covered calls while capping part of the rally trade. Th…
Ripple buys into Flutterwave Series E at $3.2 billion valuation, backs RLUSD integration
Ripple backs Flutterwave's $3.2 billion Series E with RLUSD and XRP Ledger integration across 34 African markets thro…
Gate CrossEx: An Exchange-Native Answer to the Institutional Capital Fragmentation Problem
For sophisticated crypto desks, the bottleneck has rarely been finding liquidity, but rather moving capital fast enou…
Y Combinator reveals a new AI agent that can build and run an entire business just from a text message
Y Combinator's Locus Founder lets users text a business idea via iMessage, SMS, or Telegram, and the AI handles the r…
XRP just beat Ethereum, Solana and others in 90-Day RWA flows as traders pile back into the token
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) drew more new tokenized real-world asset capital than Ethereum, Solana, and other major blockch…
Coinbase, AWS enable publishers on CloudFront and WAF to charge AI agents via x402 protocol
Coinbase and AWS are allowing publishers on CloudFront and WAF to charge AI agents for content via the x402 protocol.
India files charges against 8 defendants in alleged $20 million Coinbase spoofing scam
India's Directorate of Enforcement charged Chirag Tomar and associates over an alleged $20 million Coinbase spoofing …
Bitcoin’s Iran rally faces Japan rate test as it weighs 31-year high
Bitcoin's current relief rally is built on the back of the framework agreement between the US and Iran to halt their …