NEAR Price Soars: Bitwise ETF Filing & Staking Fuel Breakout!

NEAR price breaks out after Bitwise adds staking to ETF filing NEAR moved higher on July 3, rising almost 12% to $2.04 after Bitwise filed a second amendment for its proposed spot NEAR ETF. The line traders cared about was simple: staking is now in the filing. My take: that is the whole ...

Is Bitcoin Bullish or Bearish? Analysis Firm Reveals Clear Answer

Santiment Flags Whale Sell-Offs as Bitcoin's July Rally Runs Into Trouble Bitcoin rose 3.8% for the week, and Ethereum jumped 13% in early July. Fine. After the first half of 2026, traders wanted one clean green candle that did not look doomed by lunch. Santiment is not handing them that ...

Sanctioned Russian Stablecoin: Billions Claimed, Analysts Disagree

Sanctioned Russian Stablecoin's Billions Claim Disputed, Raising DeFi Transparency Concerns A sanctioned Russian stablecoin called A7A5 says it is moving billions of dollars. Blockchain analysts are not buying it. I'll be honest: this is exactly the kind of claim I get nervous about in c ...

Bitcoin Bull Strategy: Recovery or Warning Signs Ahead?

Strategy's Bitcoin monetization plan complicates BTC's story Strategy's capital management reset changes the company's Bitcoin story, and the crypto market is going to notice. Strategy, the corporate Bitcoin heavyweight, announced a major capital management overhaul on ...

Pendle: Can PENDLE Sustain 12% Gain & Break $1.45? What’s Next?

Pendle's 12% jump: can $PENDLE clear resistance as yield demand picks up? Pendle ($PENDLE) rose 12% in the past 24 hours, bringing the $1.45 area back into focus. The question is blunt now: can this move hold, or is it another quick DeFi spike that vanishes by the next c ...

Securitize Debuts Tokenized SECZ Stock on Avalanche & Solana + NYSE!

Securitize's Tokenized SECZ Stock on Avalanche, Solana Points to Real Crypto Market Demand Securitize listed on the NYSE on Thursday, July 2, 2026, under the ticker SECZ. That same day, it launched a tokenized version of the stock on Avalanche and Solana. Pay attention here. Not because ...

Anchorage Digital Integrates Lido: Secure Institutional ETH Staking

Anchorage Digital Adds Lido as Institutional ETH Staking Gets Busier Anchorage Digital now gives institutional clients access to Lido for ETH staking. My take: this is not some dramatic reinvention of Ethereum finance. It is more practical than that. Large crypto holders still want yield ...

Crypto-friendly Erebor Bank Eyes $8B+ Valuation in Funding Talks

Erebor Bank's $8B valuation puts crypto banking back in the money Erebor Bank, a digital first financial institution, is reportedly trying to raise money at a valuation of at least $8 billion. Bloomberg reported Thursday that the figure is up from $4.35 billion late last ...

TradingView Adds Hyperliquid & Trade[XYZ] Data: Boost Your Analysis!

TradingView Adds Hyperliquid, Trade[XYZ] Data: Another Onchain Market Enters the Main Screen TradingView added market data from Hyperliquid and Trade[XYZ] on July 2, 2026. Crypto traders can now chart onchain perpetual markets without leaving TradingView. Fine, that sounds like a produc ...

eToro Leads $12.5M Investment in Derivatives Platform Extended

eToro's $12.5M Extended bet brings DeFi derivatives closer to regular investors Digital broker eToro invested $12.5 million in Extended, an onchain perpetual futures exchange, in a deal announced on July 2, 2026. This is not a random crypto flyer. eToro bought self custody wallet Zengo f ...