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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he will hold bitcoin all the way down to zero after buying near $100,000.

Thomas Sy, head of multi-asset solutions at the $800-million asset manager, says blockchain can enable complex portfolio construction that's not yet possible in traditional finance.

The token hit its highest in over a month during thin July 4 trading, with XRP up 5% in 24 hours to lead gains among majors.

Industry leaders warn that locking up Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet crosses a dangerous line and goes against the foundational ethos of digital assets.

A critical flaw in the Aptos blockchain gave researchers a near-90% success rate at breaking a core security guarantee, with attack costs of just hundreds of dollars.

Researchers at Schwab and Hashdex said AI has diverted capital from digital assets while bitcoin continues to follow a familiar post-halving recovery pattern.

The TRUMP token is down 96% from its peak, and 85% of secondary market wallets for WLFI are underwater, reflecting a broader downturn in the sector.

Jul 4, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The FCA's crypto framework has been praised for preserving global liquidity and supporting tokenization but firms will face significant hurdles to approval.

The token's 30-day and 365-day MVRV, a measure of how far holders are underwater, sit near -45% and -47%, lows Santiment says XRP has never reached before. Some traders read stretched losses as a contrarian signal.

This cycle, about $697 billion in new money has generated a roughly 689% gain, compared with earlier cycles where far less capital drove returns of 2,000 percent to more than 50,000 percent.

A7A5 claims crypto data providers understate its trading activity, while blockchain analytics firms say the ruble-backed token's volumes have fallen sharply this year.

The president reported at least $1.4 billion in crypto income for 2025. He told CNBC he did nothing illegal and was not aware of the extent of his holdings. Critics say he is profiting from the office while his administration writes the industry's rules.

U.S. institutional demand had its worst month ever in June. Large holders absorbed the selling, marking a divergence that has shown up near past cycle bottoms.

The day ahead in crypto: July 3 2026

Crypto closes the week on firmer footing after weak jobs data sparked a relief rally, with UNI surging 11% on a Robinhood deal and SOL up 17% on the week.

After dominating markets in 2026, AI-tied memory and semiconductor stocks are losing momentum, raising the question whether capital will shift back into bitcoin.

Tokenization could make finance faster and cheaper but also more vulnerable to sudden shocks.

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The exchange denies claims that its financial-crime compliance fell short, calling allegations that it ignored major sanctions concerns categorically false.

In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem

BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC are attracting the vast majority of new bitcoin ETF money, leaving smaller funds increasingly sidelined as institutional investors consolidate around the industry's largest players.

Stand With Crypto UK is telling its members to file formal complaints with high-street banks over sector-wide transfer bans.

Puneet Mehta, a former high-level Wall Street engineer and data scientist, said the rapid expansion of AI enterprise software will increase demand for stablecoins and blockchain.