Author: James Wilson

U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Monday, July 7, following the Fourth of July holiday, with the S&P 500 down 0.3% amid comments on tariffs from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down over 100 points, or down 0.25%, while the S&P 500 shed about 0.35%, and the Nasdaq Composite opened lower by 0.6%. These downward movements for stocks come as investors take note of latest tariffs-related developments. Particularly, it relates to President Donald Trump‘s threats of additional tariffs on countries aligned with BRICS. However, there’s also focus on comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.…

Cardano price has plunged into a bear market, falling by over 55% from its highest point in November last year. Cardano (ADA) dropped to $0.587 and is at risk of more downside as key metrics deteriorate and a bearish pattern forms. DeFi Llama data shows that the total value locked has plunged by 15% in the last 30 days to $324 million. Only eight dApps in the ecosystem have a total value locked of over $10 million.  Cardano’s DeFi TVL has been overtaken by many newly formed blockchains like Unichain, Sonic, Sui, Sei, and Berachain. That is a sign that…

After amassing 2.8% of Bitcoin’s total supply, Strategy takes a brief hiatus, reporting zero BTC acquisitions for the first time in three months. Meanwhile, a $14 billion unrealized gain in Q2 proves the company’s treasury play works. According to a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, Strategy made no Bitcoin (BTC) purchases between June 30 and July 6, marking its first week without adding to its treasury since early April. The buying freeze comes just as the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm reported a staggering $14.05 billion unrealized gain on its digital asset holdings…

The White House is getting ready to release its first official crypto report after several months of internal work. According to a Monday release by Crypto in America, the report, ordered under a January executive directive from President Trump, is due by July 22. Expected to outline a broad strategy for digital asset regulation in the U.S., it will mark the administration’s first formal stance on how federal agencies should approach the crypto sector, covering both legislative and regulatory recommendations. The working group behind the report is co-led by U.S crypto czar David Sacks and Congressman Bo Hines, and includes…

In Q1 2025, crypto media in Western Europe entered a phase of noticeable realignment. As the soft enforcement of MiCA began reshaping content boundaries—particularly around what qualifies as promotional—publishers also faced algorithmic turbulence from Google’s March core update and evolving discovery standards across platforms. Many crypto-focused outlets—lacking the compliance readiness, structural rigor, and content governance now expected in regulated discovery ecosystems—appeared unprepared for these shifts and saw their reach decline. Yet a small segment not only held ground—they grew. Building on Outset PR’s earlier report  on Latin America’s crypto media landscape, we analyzed the Q1 2025 performance of 133 publications…

Assets in tokenized Treasury and money market products rose 80% to $7.4 billion, a RWA.xyz report says. Stablecoin issuers could be in trouble as investors and funds shift from stablecoins to higher-yield alternatives. On Monday, the Financial Times covered a report by RWA.xyz on the state of asset tokenization. According to the analytics firm, tokenized Treasury products rose 80% to $7.4 billion so far in 2025. These products include Treasury funds that issue their own tokens, as well as tokenized U.S. government bonds. Notably, issuers like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and Janus Henderson have seen their combined holdings triple. The reason…

The Blockchain Group has added 116 BTC to its holdings, bringing its total Bitcoin stash to 1,904 BTC. On July 7, The Blockchain Group, Europe’s first Bitcoin Treasury Company listed on Euronext Growth Paris, has confirmed the completion of three strategic capital raises totaling approximately €11 million, enabling the acquisition of 116 Bitcoin (BTC). On July 1, the company announced and has now finalized an “ATM-type” equity issuance to institutional investor TOBAM. This raise brought in ~€1 million at a price of approximately €5.251 per share, which was immediately deployed to purchase 11 BTC. In parallel, The Blockchain Group’s Luxembourg…

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Bybit has begun applying an 18% GST on service and trading fees for Indian users starting July 7, further intensifying the country’s already heavy crypto tax burden. Starting today, Bybit will apply an 18% Goods and Services Tax on service and trading fees for all Indian users, according to the exchange’s July 4 announcement. This new GST charge will be deducted directly from users’ assets across multiple services, including spot and margin trading, derivatives trading, fiat-related transactions such as buying crypto with bank cards, crypto withdrawals (including cases of recovering incorrect deposits), staking, and transfers via Bybit Pay. The tax…

Even as Russia gears up to launch its digital ruble, some of the country’s top bankers still aren’t sold on the idea. As Russia moves closer to launching its own digital currency, questions are starting to grow louder about whether the country really needs a central bank digital currency. And most importantly, these concerns are coming not from critics abroad, but from within the country’s own financial system. One of those questions is now being raised by one of the most influential bankers in Russia. German Gref, the CEO of Russia’s largest state-controlled lender Sberbank, reportedly told reporters on the…