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According to Reuters: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be poised to approve Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Aas per four sources familiar with the process, the SEC asked exchanges such as Nasdaq, CBOE, and NYSE to refine their applications for spot Ether ETFs. This unprecedented move comes as a surprise to an industry braced for rejection.
Ether's price soared by as much as 18% on Monday due to this development and was up another 8.6% at $3,802 late Tuesday morning.
The SEC is expected to make a decision on applications to list Ether ETFs by VanEck and ARK Investments/21Shares — submitted via CBOE — by the end of this week. Although there was initially no engagement between the SEC, exchanges, and issuers on the application specifics, the regulator's recent request for updates indicates potential approval.
Despite growing optimism, these issuers still need SEC approval on the ETF registration statements before trading can commence. There's no set time frame for this, meaning Ether ETFs may take several months to begin trading.
The SEC's move represents a potential triumph for the cryptocurrency industry, given the regulator's historical hesitance amid concerns around market manipulation, especially overseen by crypto skeptic, Gary Gensler. The first Ether ETF applications were filed after the SEC approved ETFs tied to Ether futures in October, but rejection was expected due to discouraging encounters with the regulator. Last year, however, the SEC was compelled to approve Bitcoin ETFs following a successful court challenge by Grayscale Investments. This paved the way for significant buying interest, with two new Bitcoin funds attracting over $1 billion in assets within the first week.

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In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, few sectors have been as volatile and polarizing as memecoins. Recently, high-profile trader James Wynn—famous for turning a $7,000 stake into $25 million—has made a bold claim: the era of "easy money" and massive, near-random returns in the memecoin market is effectively over.
1. The Death of the "Lottery Ticket"
For years, the memecoin market functioned as a digital lottery. Retail speculators could invest small amounts and potentially see 100x returns overnight. However, as of 2026, Wynn argues that the landscape has fundamentally shifted. He posits that the "lottery ticket" appeal has vanished, replaced by a market that is increasingly saturated and structurally skewed against the average investor.
2. Market Polarization: The Rise of "Blue Chips"
Data reveals a clear divide in the current market. While total sector capitalization has seen significant growth (from roughly $20 billion in 2024 to a projected peak of $140 billion), these gains have been highly concentrated.
The Winners: Established "blue-chip" names like Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and PEPE have cemented their status as structural, large-cap assets rather than just speculative plays.
The Losers: Thousands of lower-quality, low-effort tokens have been effectively wiped out, leaving investors with nothing.
3. An "Engineered" Market
Wynn’s primary critique is that the market is no longer a level playing field. Current memecoin launches are often highly engineered, with complex tokenomics and supply mechanics designed to extract value for early insiders and whales.
Value Extraction: Instead of organic growth, many projects are structured to benefit those at the top, making the prospect of a retail investor turning a few thousand dollars into millions "borderline impossible."
4. What Lies Ahead?
The "free lunch" era that defined the crypto landscape between 2017 and 2024 appears to be a thing of the past. As Wynn points out, the sector is in desperate need of evolution. Whether the future belongs to utility-integrated memes or entirely new cultural formats remains to be seen.
The Bottom Line
James Wynn’s transformation from a breakout trader to a cautionary example—following his significant losses in high-leverage Bitcoin bets—serves as a reminder of the risks involved. For those still looking to participate in the crypto market, the takeaway is clear: the days of relying on pure luck are gone. Success now requires a deeper understanding of tokenomics, market structure, and long-term sustainability rather than just following the hype#PEPE‏ #pepeudate #PEPE创历史新高 #PEPEATH #PepeMemecoin

Celestia Labs, a blockchain company, has acquired Sovereign Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company focused on application-specific networks. The deal will allow Celestia to offer companies a wider range of blockchain development services, from L1 infrastructure to execution and application layers.
Sovereign Labs was founded in 2021 and has become one of the main projects in the Celestia ecosystem. Its Sovereign SDK is used to build high-performance custom blockchains. The technology powers a bridge Relay and a perpetual exchange Bullet.
As part of the acquisition, Sovereign Labs co-founder Preston Evans will become CTO of Celestia Labs.
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No. There is no official Robinhood Chain token, there is no airdrop, and there is no snapshot. Every token currently claiming that association is either a joke that admits it or a trap that does not.
Ask the internet whether Robinhood Chain has a token and you will get a hundred confident answers, most of them wrong and several of them designed to be. The correct answer is short: no. Robinhood launched its blockchain on July 1, 2026 and did not issue a native token with it. What exists instead is a chain that runs on ether, a company stock that trades on Nasdaq, and a growing crowd of community tokens borrowing Robinhood’s branding without permission. Understanding why the chain has no token, and why that absence is precisely what makes the question dangerous, is worth more than any list of tickers.
The network is an Ethereum layer 2 built on Arbitrum’s Orbit stack, and it uses ether for gas. When you transact on Robinhood Chain, you pay fees in $ETH, the same asset that secures Ethereum. That is a deliberate design choice and it is the single most important fact in this article, because gas is the primary reason most chains issue tokens at all. For readers new to the network, crypto.news has also explained the chain itself and its Stock Tokens.
The company’s only official tradable instrument is HOOD, the common stock of Robinhood Markets on Nasdaq. That is an equity: it carries shareholder rights, it is regulated as a security, and it is bought through a brokerage account. It is not a crypto token and it does not live on the chain.
Two other tickers cause confusion and neither is what people mean. $USDG is the stablecoin used across Robinhood’s on-chain products, including as collateral for perpetual futures. It is not a Robinhood Chain token; it is a dollar stablecoin. $LIT is the token of Lighter, the perpetuals exchange that partners with Robinhood Chain. Robinhood Ventures invested in Lighter and Lighter committed $11 million of $LIT to the Robinhood community, which is a partner incentive and not a chain token.
$USDG is a dollar stablecoin used across Robinhood’s on-chain products, including as collateral and quote asset for perpetual futures. $LIT is the token of Lighter, the perpetuals exchange partnered with Robinhood Chain, in which Robinhood Ventures invested. Lighter committed $11 million of $LIT to the Robinhood community as a partner incentive. Neither is a Robinhood Chain native token.
Start from the base case that no official token exists, so any claim of one is false. Verify contract addresses against a trusted source before buying. Treat presales with extra caution, since they take money before any market price exists. Be aware that security audits are difficult on Robinhood Chain because the network is new enough that verification tooling has not caught up, which removes a check that would normally catch malicious contracts. Crypto.news has also explained verifying contracts before you transact as part of broader self-custody safety.
If the interest is exposure to Robinhood’s strategy, HOOD equity is the direct instrument. If the interest is whether the chain is working, watch the tokenized real-world asset figure, which sits around $12.8 million against roughly $312 million in total value locked. Robinhood’s second-quarter earnings on July 29 are the first meaningful look at Stock Token adoption.
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As blockchain adoption grows, one question keeps coming up. What role will $XRP play if banks, stablecoins and tokenized assets all move on-chain
According to Jazzi Cooper, Head of Product at RippleX, $XRP’s biggest opportunity is still the one Ripple has talked about for years, becoming the bridge asset that connects different digital currencies.
Cooper said the need for a bridge asset will increase as more stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and tokenized assets are launched.
Today, if every asset needed its own direct trading pair with every other asset, the number of liquidity pools would grow rapidly, making the system expensive and difficult to manage.
To test the idea, Cooper said her team recently built a model comparing two different systems. If liquidity were created directly between 50 different assets, the market would require 1,225 trading pairs. Using $XRP as the bridge reduces that to just 50 pairs.
Cooper also pointed to previous discussions by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) around tokenization and digital currencies. She said the IMF has highlighted that if every country eventually issues its own digital currency, creating direct trading pairs between every currency would not scale efficiently.
Beyond cross-border transfers, Cooper believes $XRP could become more useful in institutional finance. She said RippleX is working on bringing lending protocols to the $XRP Ledger, allowing $XRP holders to lend their assets and potentially earn yield instead of simply holding them.
Cooper also expects $XRP to play a growing role as collateral in financial markets, particularly as institutions adopt products such as Ripple Prime and expand blockchain-based financial services.
Looking further ahead, she said $XRP could eventually be used more widely across the $XRP Ledger ecosystem to support protocol incentives and other network functions as more financial applications are built.
While that vision is still evolving, Cooper says $XRP’s role could grow far beyond payments as blockchain adoption accelerates.
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The community of Polygon holders is now pressing for clarity on whether the recent Polygon Labs profitability push will trickle down to them. One of the token holders, Just Hopmans, said,
$POL, the native governance token in the Polygon ecosystem, was rebranded from MATIC in late 2024. During its debut, it surged to $1 before a massive crash to $0.06, or about a 93% drop in 2026.
Despite the losses, $POL holders have surged 78% to over 245K in the past month. For Hopmans, clarity on how these holders will benefit from future Polygon payment profits would be worthwhile.
He also sought details on how the community treasury, under the Polygon Foundation, will be handled after the transition. Hopmans claimed that Polygon Foundation, which oversees governance, moved over 50M $POL in H1 2026 without clear communication to the community.
For Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron, the transition into a blockchain payment firm would ensure its profitability in 2027.
As of writing, the project has yet to respond to Hopmans’ call for transparency and accountability to the community. That said, Polygon’s move was not surprising given its resilience in the competitive payments segment.
The Ethereum L2 hit a record $106B in annual stablecoin transfer volume in 2025. So far in 2026, the volume is clocking $70B. This has been a growing trend since 2023, making it a key settlement layer for stablecoins, just like Ethereum, Tron, and Arbitrum.
But in terms of market share, Polygon’s rising stablecoin volumes didn’t translate to increasing dominance.
In fact, since 2023, its market share of the stablecoin settlement market has dropped from 1.54% to 0.72% in 2026. In other words, it has lost about half of its market share in an increasingly competitive segment.
Over the same period, Solana [SOL] and Base have increased their market share from zero to 22% and 16%, respectively.
It remains to be seen how the aggressive shifts to payments will bolster Polygon’s standings in the stablecoin settlement sector.
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According to data compiled by Blockworks, Cardano-linked ETFs recorded $37.2 million in net inflows during 2025. The momentum has continued into the current year, with the products already attracting over $6.9 million in additional net inflows.
In contrast, investment products tied to TRON experienced substantial capital outflows over the same period. Blockworks data shows that TRON ETFs lost $33.38 million in 2025, while investors withdrew another $17.47 million from TRX-linked funds this year.
The contrasting performance suggests that institutional and professional investors continue allocating capital to Cardano despite broader market volatility.
Cardano’s ETPs currently manage $48.3 million in assets under management (AUM) across eight active investment products. Some of the top offerings include 21Shares Cardano ETP (AADA), WisdomTree Physical Cardano, and Bitwise Physical Cardano ETP (RDAN)
These regulated investment products trade outside the United States, allowing investors in multiple international markets to gain exposure to $ADA without directly buying or holding the cryptocurrency.
Moreover, recent investment activity also favors Cardano. Over the past 30 days, the eight Cardano ETPs attracted $1.17 million in fresh capital. Meanwhile, TRON’s exchange-traded investment products brought in just $534,000 during the same period.
The gap also extends to overall assets under management. While Cardano’s eight ETPs oversee $48.3 million in AUM, TRON currently has only two active ETPs with a combined $29 million in AUM.
The latest inflows have drawn attention across the Cardano community because they originate entirely from markets outside the United States.
Although U.S. investors still lack access to a spot Cardano ETF, Grayscale has already filed an application for one. Market observers expect the U.S. SEC to decide on the proposal later this year.
Current expectations point to a potential decision by October 2026, provided the regulatory timeline remains on schedule. The process gained momentum after CME Group launched Cardano futures in February 2026, triggering the SEC’s six-month regulated market observation period. Once that requirement concludes on August 9, 2026, $ADA will satisfy a key eligibility criterion for consideration for spot ETFs.
If the SEC reviews Grayscale’s application under its streamlined 75-day approval framework, the agency could issue a final decision as early as October 23, 2026.
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The latest milestone confirms that the $XRP ecosystem’s user base continues to grow despite the difficult market conditions that have dampened investor sentiment since Q4 2025.
At the time of writing, the number of activated wallets had reached 8,000,688, with 688 new accounts added after the network crossed the 8 million mark earlier in the day.
Total Activated $XRP Wallets | XRPScan
Data from XRPScan also shows that these 8,000,688 activated wallets currently hold 67.526 billion $XRP, which represents the circulating supply of the token
The milestone comes even though the pace of new wallet creation on the $XRP Ledger has slowed in recent months.
Since March 2026, the network has averaged about 2,300 new accounts each day. However, it is important to note that there were a few stronger days, including 8,817 new wallets on March 19, 4,131 on May 29, and 6,221 on June 30.
The difference is largely due to changing market conditions. At this point last year, $XRP was climbing toward a new all-time high. This year, however, the asset has dropped 70% below its $3.60 peak, and this has impacted the pace of new wallet creation.
So far in July, the $XRP Ledger has added only 29,000 new wallets. At the same point in June, it had added 32,000 wallets, while the comparable period in May recorded 34,000. This shows that wallet creation has slowed not only compared with last year but also from one month to the next throughout this year.
However, participation across the $XRP Ledger remains consistent. While the community celebrates the network’s first 8 million activated accounts, most continue to watch for a recovery in wallet creation. A stronger $XRP price could encourage more users to join the network and help restore the faster growth seen during previous market rallies.
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Bitcoin briefly climbed back above $65,000 before giving up those gains as softer US inflation data boosted risk appetite, but renewed geopolitical uncertainty capped the rally.
According to CoinGecko data, Bitcoin ($BTC) rose to an intraday high of $65,500, its strongest level since June 22, before retreating to around $64,500-$64,800 during Thursday's Asian trading session.
The move came after the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the June Producer Price Index (PPI) fell 0.3% month over month, while annual producer inflation stood at 5.5%.
The agency said the monthly decline was driven by a 1.4% drop in final demand goods prices, even as final demand services increased 0.2%.
Only a day earlier, US consumer inflation had also surprised markets after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined 0.4% in June, prompting traders to reassess expectations for Federal Reserve policy.
The latest readings from CME Group's FedWatch Tool also indicated markets had become less convinced that the Federal Reserve would raise rates by 25 basis points at its September meeting.
Meanwhile, institutional demand added another layer of support after spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted more than $180 million in net inflows following the CPI release, reinforcing the move above the $64,000 resistance area.
Bitcoin's advance lost momentum later in the session after renewed geopolitical uncertainty weighed on broader risk sentiment.
Iran's Foreign Ministry said the country currently has no plans to resume negotiations with the United States and remains focused on its defense efforts.
If that area fails, another concentration of liquidity around $63,600-$63,800 could become the next downside target, with the 20-day EMA offering additional technical support nearby.
A daily close above the 50-day EMA could strengthen the case for a move toward $67,200-$68,400, while a break below $64,100 would increase the likelihood of another test of the $63,300-$63,800 support region.
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Ethereum’s co-founder, Joseph Lubin, has argued that Ethereum’s future value will come from global adoption and $ETH demand, not from charging high transaction fees on the base layer.
The discussion began after ARK analyst Lorenzo Valente highlighted how revenue is distributed across Ethereum’s Layer-2 ecosystem using Robinhood’s recently launched blockchain as an example.
Valente argued that the figures expose an important distinction in Ethereum’s investment thesis. If $ETH is primarily viewed as money and collateral securing the network, more companies building Layer-2s is a positive development because it increases Ethereum usage and demand for $ETH.
However, if investors expect Ethereum itself to generate significant fee revenue, the current model appears far less attractive since most economic value remains with Layer-2 operators.
Valente suggested Ethereum should capture a larger share of network economics, proposing a model where Ethereum receives closer to 15% of revenue instead of a fraction of one percent.
Lubin believes Ethereum’s long-term value comes from several factors working together. As more businesses move on-chain, more organizations will need to acquire and hold $ETH to operate within the Ethereum ecosystem.
He also expects staking to continue locking away large amounts of $ETH, reducing the liquid supply available in the market.
Combined with Ethereum’s token-burning mechanism, which permanently removes a portion of transaction fees from circulation, Lubin argues these dynamics could strengthen $ETH’s scarcity over time even if Layer-1 fees remain relatively low.
Responding to questions about whether there are enough companies capable of launching their own blockchains, Lubin pointed to the much broader global economy.
He said that there are hundreds of millions of businesses worldwide and argued that blockchain represents the next evolution of the internet.
Just as businesses gradually adopted websites over the past two decades, Lubin believes companies of all sizes will eventually move parts of their operations on-chain.
In his view, Ethereum’s ecosystem—including its Layer-2 networks and permissioned EVM chains, is best positioned to support that transition.
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Binance announced it is shutting down support for non-fungible tokens on Binance Exchange and moving $NFT management to its self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, Binance Wallet.
The exchange said this will offer $NFT holders “easier access to Web3 and decentralized features,” according to a Wednesday announcement.
$NFT Holders have until July 3 to withdraw their transferable NFTs from the platform before they become inaccessible. For non-transferable NFTs that can’t be withdrawn by design, Binance Academy will provide a PDF certificate of course completion.
The decision shows that more exchanges are winding down support for NFTs and refocusing on other areas, such as tokenized assets. Binance is the latest exchange to wind down support for NFTs after similar moves from other platforms, such as crypto exchange Kraken, which shut down its $NFT marketplace in February 2025.
$NFT marketplace OpenSea also announced halting support for BNB Smart Chain-native NFTs in August 2023.
Binance said it will offer two promotions for $NFT withdrawal fee reimbursements for one month.
The first one includes a reimbursement for general $NFT withdrawal fees for non-CR7 NFTs. The second involves a withdrawal reimbursement for CR7 NFTs.
The exchange said it will select up to 100,000 users for the reimbursement, with each receiving 1 $USDC ($USDC) for an eligible $NFT withdrawal, credited to eligible users’ Binance spot accounts by July 3.
The broader $NFT sector has been declining for some time. Leading $NFT collections have yet to recover to their previous all-time high seen in the summer of 2022.
CryptoPunks, the largest $NFT collection by market capitalization, is currently trading at 30.9 $ETH, down 61% from its all-time high of 80.9 $ETH recorded in July 2022.
The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s floor price was trading at 7.9 $ETH, down 93% from its all-time high of 128 $ETH seen in May 2022, data from NFTPriceFloor shows.
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Bitcoin traded near $64,100 on Saturday as the clock ticked toward a key test for its rebound. June's US consumer price index is due at 8:30 a.m. ET on July 14, leaving the market with about three days before the next major macro catalyst.
The largest crypto asset had gained about 2.6% over seven days, according to CryptoSlate market data, but 24-hour volume was running 21% below its recent average. Bitcoin has rebounded, but buyers have yet to fully commit.
The scheduled inflation report will hit a rates market that makes that gap harder to ignore.
Futures-derived probabilities using CME FedWatch methodology put a 64.6% chance on the Federal Reserve holding its 3.50%-3.75% target range on July 29 and a 35.4% chance on a quarter-point hike.
By September, markets see a 50.9% chance of rates reaching 3.75%-4.00% and an 18.8% chance of 4.00%-4.25%. July appears too soon for the next Fed move. CPI will show whether rate-cut hopes have room to return or if fears of a hike take over.
ETF demand has offered only tentative support. US spot Bitcoin funds took in a net $90.4 million on July 10 after losing a combined $180.2 million over the prior two sessions, fund flow data showed.
Bitcoin futures open interest was near $47.3 billion, with modest positive funding and short liquidations dominating the previous 24 hours. That combination points to active positioning and only modest long exposure
An upside inflation surprise would be the hardest test. The two-year Treasury yield ended July 10 at 4.21% and the 10-year at 4.56%, both higher on the day, according to Treasury data.
A hotter print could lift yields and the dollar from around the 101 area, raise hike probabilities and put fresh Bitcoin longs at risk if ETF buyers retreat.
An inline result would leave the rebound dependent on flows. With leverage orderly and ETF demand positive for only one session, holding $64,000 would require buyers to keep absorbing supply after the macro event passes.
A downside surprise would give later easing expectations room to recover. Falling yields and a weaker dollar could help ETF demand extend the rebound, though current probabilities leave that as the lower-confidence branch before the report.
A split between headline and core inflation could produce the sharpest two-way trade. The first durable signal will be whether Fed probabilities, Treasury yields and the dollar move together
The second will be whether the next ETF flow confirms the move or exposes the $64,000 rebound as another short-covering pause.
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The initiative builds on a broader shift by companies exploring stablecoins to move money between international operations more efficiently.
yundai, the world’s third-largest carmaker by vehicle sales, moved a stablecoin-based, cross-border, internal remittance system into production readiness on the Avalanche blockchain, becoming the first major South Korean company to do so.
Hyundai is the first major enterprise to publicly announce this type of implementation on Avalanche, but the initiative represents more than a technical experiment," said Justin Kim, head of APAC at Ava Labs, which develops and supports the blockchain platform. "This is already a real treasury management use case, not a sandbox — the pilot moved live USD and USDT between Hyundai Motor's U.S. and Mexico entities,”
The international transfer comes as stablecoins gain traction beyond crypto trading. Large companies are increasingly testing the technology to move money between subsidiaries, settle cross-border payments and reduce the cost and time associated with traditional banking rails, Lindsey Einhaus, who leads strategy and operations at stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge, said at Consensus Miami in May.
For the maker of the Kia compact and Ioniq electric cars the first phase involved transferring $20,000 from Hyundai Motor America to Hyundai Motor Mexico by converting dollars into Tether's USDT stablecoin before converting the funds back into dollars.
The companies plan to expand the project to additional cross-border payment corridors and currencies, the blockchain company told CoinDesk in an email interview.
The next phase will explore additional cross-border corridors and local currencies, which will help evaluate how these systems can scale across more enterprise use cases," it said.
Project leader Hyundai Card, the manufacturer's credit card unit, said the process took an average of seven minutes, compared with the three to four hours typically required through traditional banking networks.
A second pilot involving Hyundai's European subsidiaries is scheduled to begin later this month. It will test local currency transfers and evaluate the cost of foreign exchange conversions in partnership with Circle Internet (CRCL), the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, and Visa.
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