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Blockchain

Buterin Argues for an Extremely Lean Ethereum Base Layer

Vitalik Buterin's July 6 post would cut on-chain validator state to about 6 bytes using daily ZK-STARK proofs. Researchers back it, but call 3-4 years slow.

· 6 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Ripple Wins a Full MiCA Licence in Luxembourg, Passportable EEA-Wide

Luxembourg's CSSF upgraded Ripple to a full MiCA authorisation, passportable across all 30 EEA countries, five days after the transitional regime expired.

· 6 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin's Daily Transaction Count Is Running at 2026 Highs

Data compiled by Blockchair and reported by one outlet put Bitcoin's daily transaction count well above 2025 levels. The metric counts transfers, not value.

· 5 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

A Dirham Stablecoin Is Cleared for Dubai's Regulated Platforms

Trade-press reporting says the UAE central bank cleared DDSC, a dirham-backed payment token, to list on VARA-regulated exchanges in Dubai.

· 5 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Binance's Weekly Net Outflows Triple to $1.23B

Binance saw $1.23 billion in net outflows in the week from June 29, up 207%, as ETH withdrawal transactions hit their highest daily count since March 2023.

· 5 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Altcoin

XRP Passes USDC to Become the Fifth-Largest Crypto

XRP rose 5.3% to $1.18 on July 4, lifting its market value to about $73 billion and past USDC into fifth place, with Santiment's MVRV gauges at historic lows.

· 4 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Retakes $63,000 for the First Time in Two Weeks

Bitcoin rose 1.4% on July 4 to clear $63,000, a two-week high, with ether up 11.5% and solana 13.2% over seven days in thin holiday trading.

· 4 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Kraken Lets Traders Post Tokenized Stocks as Collateral

Kraken opened 10 tokenized stocks and ETFs as collateral for margin and futures, with 10% to 30% haircuts and caps up to $1M. Not available in the United States.

· 4 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

A Weak Payrolls Print Pushes the First Rate Hike to October

June payrolls came in at 57,000 against a 110,000 forecast, moving the first Fed hike out to October. Bitcoin held near $61,600, with solana up 17% on the week.

· 3 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

More Bitcoin Is Held at a Loss Than in Profit for the First Time

On-chain data on July 3 put 10.83M BTC below their last traded price against 9.22M above it, the first such crossover this cycle, with bitcoin near $62,000.

· 3 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Binance Stops Serving EU Users as MiCA's Transition Window Closes

Binance withdrew its Greek MiCA application and stopped serving EU users as the bloc's transitional period for crypto firms expired on July 1.

· 3 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Altcoin

Memecore Leads a Small-Cap Rally as TAIKO Doubles

Memecore's M gained 81% on July 2 and TAIKO roughly doubled to $0.38 as the layer-2 reopened the cross-chain bridge it froze after June's $1.7M exploit.

· 2 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read