XRP Ledger Lending Amendments Face 80% Validator Hurdle as Institutional Credit Layer Takes Shape
Ripple has formally proposed two XRPL amendments, XLS-65 and XLS-66, that would embed fixed-term institutional credit infrastructure directly into the XRP Ledger. With it rolling, the validator voting is also now active following the Rippled v3.1.0…
Ahead of NYSE Listing, Securitize Exec Says DeFi Can Break Wall Street's Grip on Stock Lending
Securitize President Brett Redfearn argues that tokenization will bring crypto's core benefit of disintermediation to retail investors.
Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts Shocking Bitcoin Price by End of 2026
Sam Altman ChatGPT AI just framed Bitcoin’s current price prediction slump as the setup line before the next major leg rather than the start of something worse. The model predicts a climb into the $120,000 to $150,000 range by the end of 2026, with…
CLARITY Act Faces Sub-50% Odds as Senate Clock Ticks Toward August
Jefferies analyst Andrew Moss and his team warned Monday that the CLARITY Act, the defining crypto regulation bill of this Congress, faces a compressing Senate window, with Polymarket odds of passage by end-2026 now sitting at 48%, down from 70% in…
Solana USDC Liquidity Jumps As Circle Mints Another $1 Billion
Solana has received another major injection of stablecoin liquidity after Circle reportedly minted an additional $1 billion in USDC on the network around July 1. The move adds to a year that has already seen unusually large gross USDC issuance on Solana,…
Solana-based prediction market app on Phantom wallet launches
“Prediction markets are one of the most powerful applications you can build on a high-performance blockchain,†said Solana Foundation.
‘We are bullish on Morpho’: Standard Chartered sees token at $60 by 2030, outperforming bitcoin and ether
Standard Chartered forecasts Morpho at $60 by 2030, citing vault growth, TradFi adoption and a projected 37x DeFi expansion.
Visa, Stripe, Coinbase and more join Open USD stablecoin that shares reserve revenue
Expected to launch later this year, Open Standard said businesses will be able to mint and redeem Open USD without fees or volume limits.
OKX AI unveils marketplace for agents to find work and get paid in stablecoins
“Think Upwork for Agents with our fintech infrastructure and 150M scale in the background,” an OKX rep said.
New Zcash nonprofit Sovright unveils ZEC wallet recovery tool
Argos is a recovery tool for users who had shielded funds stuck on ZEC Wallet Lite, an issue impacting some longtime Zcash supporters.