Author: WebDesk

SpaceX has been scheduled to enter the Nasdaq-100 Index on July 7, a move that JPMorgan estimates could generate about $4.3 billion in automatic buying from passive investment funds. Summary SpaceX is set to join the Nasdaq-100 on July 7, with JPMorgan estimating $4.3 billion in passive fund buying. Index-tracking ETFs and mutual funds are expected to buy SpaceX shares automatically during the benchmark’s rebalancing. Investors are also watching SpaceX’s Bitcoin holdings, ARK Invest’s purchases, and its recent $25 billion bond sale. According to a Nasdaq announcement, SpaceX will join the Nasdaq-100 before the market opens on July 7 after…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined an updated long-term roadmap for the network, describing the multi-year “Lean Ethereum” initiative as the protocol’s biggest overhaul since the 2022 Merge. The update follows a gathering of Ethereum researchers in Berlin in late June and comes alongside a revised draft roadmap, known internally as the “strawmap,” published at strawmap.org.Third Major IterationButerin shared his takeaways in a post on X on Saturday, July 4, 2026. He described Lean Ethereum as not being a single one-shot upgrade but rather a series of improvements arriving over three or four years, while still calling it the third…

Cardano price has staged a recovery, trying to break the long-term descending trend after staging a rebound from $0.14. Moreover, this recovery is backed by a steady rise in the network activity, which suggests that the investors are gradually regaining confidence in the network. While the recent momentum has improved the short-term outlook, Cardano still needs to overcome a key resistance zone before a sustained long-term recovery. Rising Holder Count Reflects Growing Confidence in CardanoBeyond the improving technical outlook, on-chain data points to a steady rise in investor participation. According to Santiment, the total number of Cardano holders has climbed to…

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Strategy sold 3,588 BTC for $216 million under its new Digital Credit Capital Framework. Bitmine added 42,197 ETH, increasing its holdings to 5.74 million ETH. Bitcoin is increasingly being managed as a corporate reserve asset, while Ethereum is emerging as a yield-generating treasury investment. The announcements illustrate how institutional digital asset strategies are becoming more diversified and financially sophisticated. While Strategy has begun selectively monetizing portions of its Bitcoin holdings to support financing obligations, Bitmine Immersion Technologies continues aggressively expanding its Ethereum treasury, highlighting how…

Ted Hisokawa Jul 06, 2026 14:12 On July 6, 2026, a report said Hamas dissolved its Gaza government and will transfer authority to a UN-backed committee. Hamas Gaza handover report lifts Polymarket: Maduro 78.65% to lead Venezuela Hamas Dissolves Gaza Government: Polymarket Pushes Maduro’s End‑2026 Odds Up to 78.65% A report that Hamas dissolved its government in Gaza to transfer power to a UN-backed committee landed Monday as Polymarket traders continued to price Venezuela’s leadership outlook into 2026. On Polymarket’s “Venezuela leader end of 2026?” market, the leading outcome Nicolás Maduro was priced…

If you tried to place a small bet on whether a European election would go to a runoff this summer and suddenly hit a wall, you’re not alone. Overnight, the path for everyday users to access prediction markets in Europe just got much steeper.The spark was a fresh line from Brussels: event contracts that fit inside Europe’s financial-instrument box are being treated like binary options for retail. That’s not a friendly category.Kalshi, Polymarket, and a growing crop of event-trading venues now face a simple but harsh reality in the EU: if your market is a “financial instrument,” retail is out.Here’s…

Strategy sold 3,588 bitcoin for $216 million to fund dividends on its preferred securities, the company disclosed in a Form 8-K on July 6, 2026. The sale marks the largest bitcoin disposal in the company’s history and its most direct admission that its dividend obligations now shape its treasury. Chairman Michael Saylor posted about the transaction on social media. As of July 5, the company held 843,775 bitcoin in its reserves and $2.55 billion in cash. Saylor said the proceeds covered second-quarter dividends on four preferred instruments and the full June payment on a fifth. The disclosed sale funded quarterly…

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Ripple received full MiCA CASP authorization from Luxembourg’s CSSF on July 6, 2026. Its regulated crypto payments product is now available across all 30 EEA countries. The approval landed days after MiCA’s transition period closed on July 1, 2026. Ripple joins roughly 280 firms, including Kraken and Coinbase, holding full CASP licenses. Ripple has cleared the last regulatory hurdle standing between it and the entire European market. On July 6, 2026, the company announced it received full authorization for its Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP)…

The broader cryptocurrency market experienced a bounce back during the weekend, after experiencing rough terrain in Q2. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, and Solana, among others, all rose double digits during the weekend. However, only the meme currency sector, which once moved in tandem with these leading cryptocurrencies, failed to rise in value as expected. Shiba Inu rose less than 5% in the charts, and the value does not allow room for buying and selling due to its upward swing.Shiba Inu has reached a low of $0000054 and is refusing to delete its fifth zero in the charts. Not just SHIB; several…

South Korean blockchain consortium has completed a proof of concept showing a blockchain-based digital local currency processing payments and settlements in under one second with a reported 100% transaction success rate. Summary K STAR and BNK Busan Bank completed a blockchain based digital local currency pilot with a reported 100 percent transaction success rate and sub one second processing. The proof of concept tested programmable money that can limit where funds are spent, apply expiry dates and automate merchant settlements. The project adds to a growing list of stablecoin and digital currency pilots by South Korean banks as the country…