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Kraken to compete with Venmo and PayPal with new cross-border payments app Krak
Krak users can earn up to 4.1% rewards for holding the stablecoin Global Dollar (USDG) and up to 10% staking rewards for other digital assets. ...

CoreWeave makes another bid to acquire Bitcoin miner Core Scientific: WSJ
In June 2024, the firm offered approximately $1 billion to purchase Core Scientific, which rejected the bid....

Solana treasury firm Upexi plans to tokenize public shares via Superstate’s Opening Bell
Upexi also disclosed that it maintains 735,692 SOL holdings, valued at around $105 million at current prices....

Trump-linked World Liberty sells $100 million in WLFI tokens to UAE-based fund
Announcement comes a day after the Trump-backed DeFi project World Liberty said it is working to allow for the trading of its WLFI token....

White House, lawmakers target September to move sweeping crypto legislation
Lawmakers and the White House are pushing to pass comprehensive legislation to regulate the crypto industry by the end of September....

Bitwise updates Dogecoin and Aptos ETF filings, analyst notes ‘huge’ addition of in-kind redemptions
There are dozens of crypto-related ETF filings under SEC review, and analysts recently raised their odds of approval this year to 90%....

Coinbase Derivatives’ two US perpetual-style futures contracts to begin trading on July 21
Two contracts set to arrive on July 21 include the nano Bitcoin Perpetual-Style Futures at 0.01 BTC and nano Ether Perpetual-Style Futures at 0.10 ETH....

Ripple expands XRPL interoperability with Wormhole integration
Wormhole to be integrated with both Ripple's XRP Ledger (XRPL) mainnet and the XRPL EVM Sidechain....

‘None of this has changed’: New York judge denies request from SEC and Ripple to lift injunction
A New York judge has denied a request from Ripple and the SEC to lift an injunction, which could have ultimately significantly cut fines....