Top Democrats Slam Trump Over Crypto Engagement
Bitcoin price remains constructive as it trades around $62,000 to $63,000, while Trump and crypto legislation continue to shape market expectations. Daily price action has been relatively calm, but developments in Washington could influence sentiment…
Elon Musk Grok AI Predicts XRP Will Explode by End of 2026
Elon Musk Grok AI just cataloged every major institutional development in the XRP ecosystem and arrived at one of the cleaner year-end XRP price predictions in this series. The model predicts $4.50 to $6.00 or more by December 31, 2026, roughly 4 to 5.5…
Standard Chartered Holds $500K BTC Call as Trump Cites China Risk
Bitcoin News: Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick is standing by his Bitcoin price prediction of $500,000 before Trump leaves office, even as BTC trades over $64,000, roughly 49% below the $126,198 all-time high set in October 2025. The gap…
Ethics Deadlock Threatens Senate Crypto Bill Despite July Vote Target
A merged Senate draft of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act could be released as early as next week, with a floor vote targeted for the week of July 20, but the bill still lacks the Democratic support needed to clear the 60-vote threshold required to…
Ex-SWIFT CIO Tom Zschach Shuts Down XRP Partnership Claims in Two Words
Tom Zschach, who spent six years as SWIFT’s Chief Innovation Officer before recently leaving the company, pushed back against fresh Ripple rumors with a two-word reply on X: “Not happening.” That short response landed because he led…
Criminal Complaint Against Circle Puts USDC Freeze Policy Under a Microscope
A criminal complaint filed by Wisconsin prosecutors against Circle, the company behind USDC, has put an uncomfortable question back in the spotlight. Why does the world’s second-largest stablecoin issuer appear far less willing than Tether to help…
Bitcoin 21M Cap Under Fire From Zcash Founder
Eli Ben-Sasson, Zcash founder and and CEO of StarkWare, the company behind Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Starknet, publicly argued that Bitcoin 21 million supply cap “doesn’t make sense.” He is also proposing instead that the…
NOBLE Endorses CLARITY Act as Major County Sheriffs Drop Opposition
The CLARITY Act picked up its first major public law enforcement endorsement on July 1 when the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) formally backed the bill, and two days later Major County Sheriffs of America withdrew its…
Solana News: Solana Hits $5.77B Tokenized Asset Volume in Q2 2026 All-Time High
Solana News: SOL closed Q2 2026 with $5.77 billion in tokenized asset spot volume, a quarterly all-time high confirmed by data analyst Sam Schubert on July 1, a figure that exceeds the entire $775 million generated across the second half of 2025 by more…
Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts Massive Meta Platforms Stock Price Surge by 2026
Sam Altman, ChatGPT AI predicts that Meta stock is at one of the more interesting entry points in years for a stock that has already proven it can trade well above current levels. The model sees $750 to $900 by December 2026, a range the stock has…