Grayscale hands XRP the "global payments" label
@Grayscale has assigned $XRP a single, defining identity: global payments. In a breakdown of what each major crypto asset is actually built for, the world's largest digital asset manager gave
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Uniswap moves to switch on fees for its newest pools, and burn more UNI
V4 fee vote sails through with near-unanimous support @Uniswap Labs opened a governance vote on July 7 to extend its UNIfication fee-and-burn program to v4 pools. The proposal asks $UNI holde
Bitmine is 96% of the way to the 'Alchemy of 5%' in just 12 months
@BitMNR Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), backed by @fundstrat founder Tom Lee, is closing in on one of the most ambitious accumulation targets in crypto. As of July 12, 2026, the
Pancake Swap Joins the Robinhood Hype with New Listings
@PancakeSwap has officially integrated 95 tokenized assets natively issued on the @RobinhoodCrypto Chain, opening up a broad catalog of traditional equities to decentralized traders directly
Phantom Wallet experiences major outage!
Widespread Disruption Hits Phantom Users @phantom, one of the most widely used self-custody wallets in the crypto space, suffered a significant service outage on July 11, 2026, leaving thousa
Expert: “SWIFT Is Being Upgraded to Ripple (XRP).” Listen for Yourself
SMQKE (@SMQKEDQG), an XRP-focused crypto researcher, posted a claim on X that quickly spread among traders. He stated that “SWIFT is being upgraded to Ripple.” He backed his claim with a clip
Bybit's Yoyee Wang: Trust Will Define the Next Era of Institutional Digital Asset Adoption (13 Jul)
Bybit executive shares vision for regulation, tokenisation and institutional trust at LEAP East 2026 DUBAI, UAE, July 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As digital assets move beyond early adoption and
Trump reports $1.4 billion crypto income, moves up to $2.6 billion into stocks and bonds
Donald Trump and his family accumulated more than $1.4 billion from crypto-related businesses throughout 2025, yet his latest wealth report indicates that the bulk of his assets remain parked
Top 5 Beginner-Friendly Self-Custody Wallets Worth Trying in 2026
Self-custody has a reputation for being hard. Seed phrases, gas tokens, and the warning that one mistake means losing everything can make holding your own keys feel like a job for experts. In
Ripple named in UK Treasury-backed plan to move repo and funds onchain in 12 months
A new Treasury-backed report has placed Ripple, a provider of blockchain-based payment solutions, at the center of the United Kingdom’s strategy to move wholesale financial markets onchain. T
Crypto Week Ahead: Inflation Data and Q2 Earnings Loom Over Bitcoin and Altcoins
Bitcoin’s tight trading range could finally break this week as two macro triggers hit the market: the latest U.S. inflation report and the start of second-quarter earnings season. According t
Solana, SBI Partner for Japan RWA Markets
Solana and SBI Group have announced a partnership targeting Japan's real-world asset (RWA) tokenization market, pairing one of crypto's fastest layer-1 blockchains with one of Japan's largest