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Ripple nearly shut down after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the company, with CEO Brad Garlinghouse considering whether to end operations, distribute XRP holdings to shareholders, and close the business. Ripple Considered Closing After SEC Lawsuit Put Company at Risk Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse revealed that the company considered shutting down after … Read more
Campbell Harvey, a Duke University finance professor, says an attack on Bitcoin that once looked economically self-defeating may now be financially viable because deep derivatives markets could let an attacker profit from the resulting price collapse. Harvey outlined the argument on Scott Melker’s “The Wolf of All Streets” podcast, describing a theoretical operation in which … Read more
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor says bitcoin could evolve into a global digital capital asset by 2036, becoming a foundation for reserve capital, institutional collateral, and high-value settlement while powering a new generation of financial products built on a stable base protocol. Saylor Sees Major Changes Coming by 2036 Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman … Read more
Even Ethereum’s critics believe Robinhood Chain is bullish for ETH. Nigel Farage and Donald Trump become embroiled in crypto related scandals, and more. Go to Source
Grayscale identified XRP as a “global payments” asset, placing the crypto token among digital assets the firm associates with specific financial and technological functions. Grayscale Places XRP at the Center of the Global Payments Narrative Crypto asset manager Grayscale highlighted XRP’s role in global payments as part of a framework that categorizes digital assets by … Read more
Saylor stressed that the real danger of this action is invalidating currently valid transactions, even as they pay mining fees. He has stressed that spam is not currently a problem for the Bitcoin network. Michael Saylor Labels BIP-110 As ‘Dangerous’ As the activation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal-110 (BIP-110), a so-called anti-spam fork for Bitcoin, looms, … Read more
Gold fell 1.6% and silver dropped 4.3% this past week as a fragile U.S. jobs report and a fresh U.S.-Iran flare-up pulled precious metals in opposite directions within days of each other. Spot gold started the week near $4,175 an ounce. Futures pushed as high as $4,215.50 on Monday after the Bureau of Labor Statistics … Read more
Gold fell 1.6% and silver dropped 4.3% this past week as a fragile U.S. jobs report and a fresh U.S.-Iran flare-up pulled precious metals in opposite directions within days of each other. Spot gold started the week near $4,175 an ounce. Futures pushed as high as $4,215.50 on Monday after the Bureau of Labor Statistics … Read more
Standard Chartered sees communication challenges facing the biggest digital asset treasury company as “muddying the waters” for Bitcoin in the near term. Go to Source
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell 5% on July 11, dropping to 127.17 trillion in the network’s 14th adjustment of 2026 and pulling the metric closer to its low for the year. The adjustment landed at block height 957600. Difficulty moved from 133.87 trillion to 127.17 trillion, a decline of roughly 6.70 trillion. The change took effect … Read more