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IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: WE WILL NOT ALLOW THE UNITED STATES TO INTERFERE IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ

The U.S. dollar slips 0.3% against the yen, with USD/JPY trading at 160.57.

According to a Foresight News report citing Bloomberg, Citadel Securities has filed a lawsuit in London seeking more than £6 million in damages—about $7.9 million—from Leonard Lancia, the former European head of systematic market-making for its derivatives system, and a co-founder of the high-frequency crypto trading firm Portofino Technologies. Citadel ...

Solana is limping into the back half of 2026 in rough shape, falling close to 13% over the 30 days ending on June 29, and 53% over the last 12 months. That's the bad news. The good news could be right around the corner. Here's what history suggests might happen next. The months that follow June have often done some heavy lifting for Solana's holders. While ...

The three key themes emerging from this year's ECB Forum in Sintra were: • Greater flexibility in monetary policymaking, with central banks placing less emphasis on forward guidance and more emphasis on communicating the framework underpinning policy decisions. • The uncertain implications of AI, which has the potential to reshape productivity and labour ...

The standards watchdog has been urged to investigate whether Nigel Farage lobbied the Bank of England to drop a cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party, potentially in breach of parliamentary rules. The Reform UK leader has said his party’s major donor, Christopher Harborne, wanted nothing in exchange for the £15m ...

Bitcoin (BTC) is facing renewed downside risks after exchange inflows surged to levels rarely seen this year, signaling the market could be entering another period of heightened volatility, according to a report by CryptoQuant on Thursday. The report noted that the $60,000 level remains a decisive support zone despite Bitcoin establishing a fresh bear ...

The Ethereum Foundation published a policy guide on July 1, positioning Ethereum as neutral public infrastructure for governments and institutions. The document, prepared by the foundation’s Global Policy Strategy Team, frames Ethereum as a decentralized alternative to the centralized digital systems that many governments currently rely on for payments, ...

Japanese investment firm Metaplanet acquired 2,823 Bitcoin during the second quarter at an average price of approximately $88,300 per coin, pushing its total holdings past 43,000 BTC. The purchase lowered the company’s average acquisition cost to roughly $106,500 from $107,700, according to a July 2 regulatory filing. Metaplanet now holds 43,000 BTC ...

The US job market stumbled in June and wasn’t quite as solid as previously believed over the prior two months. The result drove down shorter-term US Treasury yields and reduced OIS contract pricing for hikes with the September contract now down 10bps from the full hike pricing back on September 22nd. Payrolls increased by 57k in June which was close to my ...

President Donald Trump's latest financial disclosures, released Tuesday by the U.S. government, are rubbing salt in their wounds. The annual disclosure revealed more than $1.4 billion in income from various crypto ventures, including more than $550 million from sales of crypto tokens by Trump's World Liberty Financial, a crypto company founded by Trump, his ...

The real estate mogul has become the billion-dollar crypto man. President Donald Trump's latest financial disclosure report showed he took in about $1.2 billion last year from various crypto holdings, overshadowing a real estate business that brought him fame and helped propel him to the nation's top office. Whereas it took decades for Trump to amass his ...

Securitize starts public trading on the New York Stock Exchange by making its common shares available in tokenized form on Solana and Avalanche. The launch puts about $295 million of issuer-sponsored tokenized stock onchain and highlights the company's push to distinguish its model from third-party tokenized equity products. As reported by CoinDesk, ...

TRUMP: I'VE BEEN THE BEST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL *TRUMP: IRAN HAS SOME MISSILES LEFT, WE COULD WIPE THOSE OUT TRUMP ON IRAN: I THINK THEY HAVE AGREED TO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE NEED - RTRS *TRUMP REITERATES PLAN TO USE IRANIAN FUNDS FOR FOOD PURCHASES

TRUMP: FED'S WARSH HAS A BOARD THAT IS A LITTLE BIT HOSTILE TRUMP: SUPREME COURT REJECTION OF BID TO FIRE FED'S COOK COULD STILL BE OVERTURNED BY WINNING THE CASE; NOTES FED'S WARSH HAS A SOMEWHAT HOSTILE BOARD *TRUMP: I DON'T DO ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH MY BUSINESSES *TRUMP: MY KIDS RUN MY BUSINESS, I'M NOT INVOLVED *TRUMP: I LET PEOPLE INVEST MY MONEY, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE TRUMP ON AI: GUARDRAILS NEEDED BUT AS FEW AS POSSIBLE; CHINA ALSO REQUIRES SOME GUARDRAILS; U.S. MUST BE NUMBER ONE IN CRYPTO AND AI; TOUTS GAINS FROM U.S. STAKE IN INTEL *TRUMP ON IRAN: THIS IS DENUCLEARIZATION, NOT WAR

Binance is set to enter the Philippine market through a regulatory sandbox after the country's Securities and Exchange Commission granted final approval to BlockShoals Technologies Inc. to begin testing crypto-related financial products and services. Binance's return follows regulatory action in the Philippines in 2024, when the Securities and Exchange ...

The Fed’s fourth consecutive rate hold might have suggested business as usual for risk assets. Instead, a more hawkish tone from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the FOMC has tightened expectations across markets. With higher-for-longer rates lifting the appeal of safer yield-bearing assets, what does the Fed’s revised stance mean for risk assets like Bitcoin?

Irish authorities have recovered a third batch of bitcoins worth nearly $31 million from the lost crypto holdings of convicted drug trafficker Clifton Collins. Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) said on Thursday that with help from Europol's European Cybercrime Centre, it seized a further 500 BTC identified as proceeds of crime. This brings the bureau's ...

Bitget launched U.S. stock options trading on Thursday for eligible users, expanding its Stock+ platform beyond tokenized stocks and private market access into listed derivatives. The initial rollout gives users access to long call and long put strategies. That means traders can buy call options to gain upside exposure to U.S. stocks or buy put options to ...

Securitize began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ on Thursday and launched a tokenized version of its common stock through its regulated platform. The listing follows the completion of Securitize’s business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II. The company has brought more than $4 billion in assets onchain through its ...

Ethereum Foundation pitches $76B in staked ETH and zero downtime since 2015 to position the network as public digital infrastructure. The Ethereum Foundation has published a new policy guide to describe its blockchain as neutral public infrastructure as much as it is a financial asset. The report was compiled by the Global Policy Strategy Team and says the ...

All large cryptocurrencies were up during U.S. morning trading on Thursday, with Ethereum seeing the biggest move, climbing 5.63% to $1,707.02. Cardano climbed 5.15% to 16 cents, while Solana rose 4.98% to $81.20. Sui and XRP climbed 4.49% to 75 cents and 4.22% to $1.10, respectively. Bitcoin rose 2.82% to $61,825.00, and Dogecoin climbed 2.82% to 7 cents. ...

ECB's President Lagarde: I'm certain ECB made right choice raising rates in June. LAGARDE: SECOND ROUND EFFECTS NOT MATERIALIZED TODAY ECB's Lagarde: The supply shock is spreading through the economy. LAGARDE SAYS MAJORITY OF POLICYMAKERS WERE READY TO HIKE IN APRIL ...

Reports in the Financial Times that China is preparing to commercialise Project mBridge, the multi-central bank platform that settles cross-border payments directly in digital currencies, have revived the familiar question of whether Beijing can loosen the dollar’s grip. The platform has now handled around $69bn in cross-border settlement, up from $55bn the ...

US dangles rewards for opening the Strait of Hormuz. Iran isn't budging. - WSJ

The June US jobs report led with a softer-than-expected non-farm payroll growth number of 57,000 (consensus 113k) with 74,000 downward revisions to the past two months. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.2% from 4.3%, but this was primarily caused by a big drop in the participation rate to 61.5% from 61.8% – ie not a good reason since it highlights worker ...

Ripple (XRP) grinds higher on Thursday, trading above $1.07. This comes after the remittance token tested support at $1.03 amid heavy selling pressure that has dominated the crypto market in recent weeks. Investors are showing fresh interest in risk assets amid reports that the just-concluded talks between the United States (US) and Iran yielded “positive ...

KEY EUROPEAN NATIONS ACCEPT HORMUZ STRAIT FEES ARE INEVITABLE

Ethereum Institutional, a newly launched autonomous non-profit organization, has officially gone live. The purpose of Ethereum Institutional’s rollout is to expand Ethereum’s adoption across the institutional sector. As Ethereum Institutional revealed in its official X announcement, the development endeavors to establish a dedicated entity that assists ...

A cooler reading on payrolls in June, which broke a three-month hot streak, is still likely to keep Federal Reserve officials' full attention on inflation and extend the interest rate pause, while preserving the hawks' case for potential rate hikes later this year. The US economy added 57,000 jobs in June, fewer than expectations for 113,000 and down ...