Bitcoin’s short-term heatmap shows $2.46B stacked at $78.1K support. Open interest climbs as price compresses between $78K and $84.7K resistance. The short-term heatmap is telling a specific story. Bitcoin is not drifting. It is sitting between two walls. According to More Crypto Online on X, the largest support cluster on...
Legend to Shut Down July 12 After Two-Year Push Into Mainstream DeFi
Legend will keep its platform active until July 12 while users withdraw remaining balances safely. Founder Jayson Hobby said users prioritize financial outcomes over blockchain-focused branding. The company halted new onboarding after announcing the shutdown of its DeFi application. Legend to shut down on July 12 after the DeFi platform...
Five Months to Change Everything: The AI Supercycle Takeover of Global Finance
Raoul Pal’s AI supercycle thesis says macro policy now bends around the AI capex build. Dollar, yields, oil, and Beijing are all downstream of one objective. The official readouts from this week’s Bessent trip to Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing were muted. Per macro investor Raoul Pal on X, that was...
64 ETH, Shrimp Welfare, and Why Vitalik Is Dead Serious About All of It
Vitalik Buterin donates 64 ETH (~$147K) to the Animal Welfare Fund, calls factory farming a moral failure, and says synthetic food could finally end it this century. The wallet move did not go to a layer-2 grant. It did not fund a validator set. Sixty-four ETH left Buterin’s address and...
Metaplanet Bets Big on Bitcoin as Japan Advances Digital Capital Markets
Metaplanet now holds nearly 87% of Bitcoin owned by Japan’s publicly listed companies. Japan is advancing stablecoins and tokenized bonds through new financial infrastructure initiatives. Simon Gerovich says Bitcoin will anchor future digital-native capital markets globally. Bitcoin Standard is gaining traction in Japan as Metaplanet expands its treasury strategy around...
Crypto Firm Anchorage Strikes Cross-Border Payments Partnership in Mexico
Anchorage Digital integrated stablecoin payment rails with Grupo Salinas to speed up cross-border dollar settlements. Coinpro will use Anchorage infrastructure to enable programmable real-time USD transfers across Mexico corridors. The partnership links regulated blockchain payment rails with Banco Azteca’s large retail banking ecosystem. Crypto firm Anchorage Digital has struck a...
Norway Pension Giant Expands Bet on Bitcoin Treasury Company
KLP ($110B fund) raised MSTR shares 10% to 104,680. Stake now worth $20.5M at $196/share. Prefers indirect BTC via listed firms like MSTR. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS just announced a major institutional change. The largest pension fund in Norway increased its exposure to the main global Bitcoin treasury proxy. The decision...
Ethereum Foundation Launches Clear Signing to Fight Wallet Hacks
Ethereum Foundation and wallets like MetaMask, Ledger, Trezor launched Clear Signing for plain-language transaction previews. EIP-7730 provides JSON metadata for human-readable descriptions via a neutral wallet registry. May 2026 rollout under Trillion Dollar Security boosts DeFi UX and adoption. The Ethereum community has released Clear Signing, a security feature that...
21Shares Debuts THYP ETF With Spot HYPE Exposure and Staking Rewards on Nasdaq
21Shares lists THYP on Nasdaq, offering spot HYPE exposure with physical backing, staking rewards, FTSE Russell pricing, and a 0.30% fee. 21Shares has launched the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF, trading under ticker THYP on Nasdaq. The fund offers spot exposure to Hyperliquid’s HYPE token and includes staking rewards. The launch gives...
Senate Crypto Clarity Act Draft Gives Cardano Delegation Key Protection
Senate CLARITY Act draft protects Cardano delegation, treats ADA as a digital commodity, and allows bank custody and staking. The U.S. Senate Banking Committee’s latest crypto CLARITY Act draft has drawn attention from the Cardano community. The proposal appears to protect Cardano’s delegation model, while treating ADA as a network...