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Open USD Stablecoin Launch 2026: Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase Back OUSD A single announcement wiped nearly $9 off Circle's stock price in hours. If you hold USDC, trade stablecoins, or watch pa
KAS Tops Daily Performers as Fork Approaches Kaspa ($KAS) is the top-performing major cryptocurrency on June 30, 2026, posting an 8.7% gain over the prior 24 hours as traders position ahead o
More than 450 million $ASTER tokens are now staked across @Aster_DEX, a figure that underlines growing confidence in the protocol's long-term infrastructure as the network continues to mature
The XRP Ledger added 4,941 new wallets in a single day on June 30, its strongest network growth spike in over three months, even as $XRP struggles to hold the psychologically important $1 mar
Chainlink's $LINK is fast approaching a symbolic milestone on Ethereum. According to fresh on-chain data from Santiment, the number of non-empty LINK wallets on Ethereum has climbed to 895,16
Kaspa Crosses Into Programmable Territory Kaspa's Toccata hard fork went live on mainnet on June 30, 2026, marking what the project describes as the biggest upgrade in its history. The hard f
Market participants are closely watching altcoins as sentiment improves across the cryptocurrency market. BNB, CORE, PI, TRUMP, and PEPE each represent different sectors of the digital asset
Open Standard announced Open USD on June 30, 2026, unveiling a new stablecoin for global money movement backed by more than 140 businesses, with Visa, Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock among the
The BTC price slipped below $58,500 today, extending losses and breaking through the closely watched $60,730 support zone that traders had defended for weeks. On the weekly chart, the move ad
Bitcoin enters the third quarter still in a bear market, with technical analysis suggesting one more leg lower remains likely before a bounce develops in July, followed by a sharp bearish Aug
More than 140 companies, including Visa, Stripe, Coinbase, and BlackRock, have joined forces to back Open USD, a new stablecoin initiative aimed at building shared digital dollar infrastructu
Nearly 1,700 British investors have filed a lawsuit against Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao in London, reportedly seeking £150 million in damages over allegations of crypto mis-selling