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Jessie A Ellis Jul 09, 2026 22:03 Washington said it will lift Syria’s “state sponsor of terrorism” label in 45 days unless Congress blocks it, after Trump met President Ahmed al-Sharaa at a NATO summit in Turkey. Polymarket odds slide to 61.5% on Hormuz traffic normalizing by Dec. 31 Polymarket Reprices “Strait of Hormuz Traffic Normal by Dec. 31” After Syria Terror-List Headline On Polymarket, the contract “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?” now implies 61.5% for Yes on $4,710,886 in volume, after a sharp drop from 85.5%. The…

Strategy’s recent bitcoin sales and its formal monetization program have rattled investors, but JPMorgan analysts see a bigger danger to bitcoin: blockchain adoption that routes around public networks and the tokens that ride on them. In a report led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou and reported by The Block, the bank argued that Strategy is not the main structural threat to the asset.  The company sold 3,588 bitcoin for $216 million in early July to cover preferred dividends, its largest disposal on record, and such sales can add bursts of selling pressure. The deeper concern, the analysts said, is where…

Darius Baruo Jul 09, 2026 18:12 Anthropic invites the public to ask hard questions about AI’s societal impact, pledging transparency and action in addressing them. Anthropic, the AI research firm behind the Claude language model, has launched an ambitious initiative to engage the public on the toughest questions surrounding artificial intelligence. Dubbed the “Hard Questions” campaign, the effort aims to uncover and address widespread concerns about AI’s societal implications, from job displacement to its role in human agency. This initiative builds on extensive groundwork. Anthropic has already conducted a survey of 52,000 Americans,…

By mid-June, the XRP Ledger shipped a fresh server release. Validators moved fast. Most nodes in the wild did not. That mismatch is why people keep asking if the network is actually upgrading or just talking about it.The short version: xrpld 3.2.0 is out, a big chunk of the default validator set already runs it, yet the main amendment tied to that release has not cleared the bar it needs to activate. Different dials control code versions and governance votes. They do not always sync.If you are watching dashboards and seeing green checkmarks beside validators but a patchwork of node…

NIGHT price may still be stuck in a bearish trend, but the Midnight network has quietly delivered something many critics claimed it lacked, which was verifiable onchain activity. The project’s new data partnership with Token Terminal puts its blockchain metrics in full view, giving investors a clearer look at network usage even as the token struggles to regain lost ground.Price hasn’t followed the optimism yet. Still, the latest data suggests the network isn’t as inactive as some market participants believed.Token Terminal Brings Midnight Onchain Into FocusMidnight announced a data partnership with Token Terminal, an onchain analytics platform used by institutional…

Public companies kept stacking Bitcoin in June, but the month’s real story played out in a corner of the market that did not exist a couple of years ago: the preferred shares that treasury firms now use to fund their coin purchases.  A new report from BitcoinTreasuries.net calls June the first true stress test for this “digital credit” market, and the results offer a mixed but telling verdict on where corporate Bitcoin adoption goes next. First, the buying. Public treasuries added close to 9,000 BTC before sales in June, or about 7,300 BTC on a net basis, worth some $427…

Key TakeawaysSony Bank secured conditional OCC approval for Connectia Trust on July 7, 2026.The new subsidiary carries $40 million in capital and targets 2027 for launch.Bastion Platforms will handle issuance and custody under a December 2025 deal. The company disclosed the approval on July 7, 2026, one day after its board signed off on the plan. The new subsidiary, Connectia Trust, National Association, will operate as a wholly owned unit of Sony Bank under Sony Financial Group. Connectia Trust will carry $40 million in capital, roughly 6.4 billion yen at current exchange rates. Sony plans to use the charter to…

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. HYPE trades near $68 after roughly tripling from its March low of $25.64, a run built during one of the most risk-averse stretches crypto has seen since 2022. Global retail crypto activity contracted for two straight quarters through Q1, yet Hyperliquid’s token set an all-time high at $76.90 in June. Understanding why it outperformed in risk-off conditions explains why a risk-on turn could compound the effect rather than replace it. Summary HYPE tripled from $25.64 in March to a $76.90 high in June. At peak…

As crypto scams continue draining millions from victims, law enforcement agencies are increasingly leaning on stablecoin issuers to help freeze stolen funds before they disappear.Now, that growing dependence has landed Circle in the middle of an unusual legal battle after Wisconsin prosecutors accused the company of refusing to comply with the court order aimed at recovering stolen USDC..The dispute isn’t about whether Circle froze the funds. I did. Instead, prosecutors argue the stablecoin issuer stopped short of helping return the assets, while Circle insists the court demanded something its technology simply cannot do.A Frozen Wallet Becomes A Courtroom BattleThe case…

The New Hampshire Executive Council rejected a plan on Wednesday to authorize a $100 million bond backed by Bitcoin, killing a proposal that state officials had cast as a first-in-the-nation bid to draw digital finance to the Granite State. The New Hampshire councilors voted 3-2 against it, according to reporting from The Boston Globe. The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority and Governor Kelly Ayotte had promoted the bond as “groundbreaking” and “historic.” The deal would have stood as the world’s first Bitcoin-backed municipal bond. The plan had cleared Moody’s ratings and reached the Executive Council for its final vote before…