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Micron goes all in on AI with $9.3B Japan chip plant
Micron Technology broke ground on a new plant to manufacture memory chips in western Japan. This $9.3-billion facility represents an enormous commitment by Micron to grow its ability to deliver semiconductors for AI. The new facility will enable Micron to provide large amounts of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a key part of training and operating AI...
Sat, Jul 4
Moonbeam abandons Polkadot for Base as GLMR pivots to AI
The Moonbeam Network announced the complete closure of Polkadot’s parachain. The GLMR token would be migrating 1:1 to Coinbase’s Base Layer-2, and they will now be relaunching with a new purpose as a decentralized protocol for AI agent communications and on-chain settlements. This change is just the latest in a string of high-profile exits from...
Sat, Jul 4
SEC bets on Project Crypto to reverse crypto exodus from the U.S.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is doubling down on its ambitious Project Crypto initiative as it seeks to reverse years of digital asset companies relocating overseas due to regulatory uncertainty. On X, he wrote, “An entire generation of digital asset innovation developed outside the U.S., not because American entrepreneurs lacked the ambition, or...
Sat, Jul 4
F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang sends $17 million in ETH to Binance as exchange inflows rise
Chun Wang, who is among those who helped create F2Pool, one of the biggest Bitcoin mining pools, deposited 9,876 Ether (ETH), which is currently worth around $17 million USD, into Binance on July 3. Chun Wang (@satofishi) further deposited 9876 $ETH ($17.02M) into #Binance.https://t.co/tlqgpqwLLL https://t.co/XAhmbXD0i9 pic.twitter.com/eOXMRaPSZr — Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) July 3, 2026 This is...
Sat, Jul 4
Brantly Millegan leaves ENS and winds down ethid.org amid governance upheaval
Brantly Millegan, Director of Operations at ENS Labs, announced on July 4 that he has decided to leave the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) ecosystem as well as to close down ethid.org, the identity services company that he operated as a service provider to the ENS decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). His departure removes one of the...
Sat, Jul 4
JPMorgan predicting $4,500 gold price in fourth quarter, quotes weaker demand
JPMorgan expects gold prices to trade sideways in the coming weeks before climbing to $4,500 per ounce by the fourth quarter of 2026. The bank is recalibrating its short-term outlook due to reduced demand from key buying sectors. The Wall Street bank projects an average price of $4,300/oz during the third quarter, rising to $4,500...
Sat, Jul 4
CME records a stronger Q2 crypto volume at $13.7 billion
CME Group saw a stronger crypto activity in Q2, despite recent price meltdowns. In Q2, CME crypto derivatives averaged 250,000 contracts per day, with a notional value of $13.7 billion. That represents a 32% increase year-over-year, according to the report on Thursday. The record beats the Q1 update, in which the company reported an average...
Fri, Jul 3
Trump's $1.4B crypto income triggers fresh Democrat scrutiny round
According to a recent filing with the Office of Government Ethics, President Trump reported more than $600 million in income from his $TRUMP memecoin in 2025. As a result, Democrats, led by long-term Trump critic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), have returned to demanding stronger ethics provisions in any crypto legislation Republicans plan to bring to the...
Fri, Jul 3
ESMA updates its MiCA register list with 37 new crypto firms
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its interim MiCA register Friday, adding 37 licensed crypto-asset service providers to the list. The update is the first since the MiCA transitional period closed on July 1, bringing the total number of licensed EU crypto providers to 280 from 243 the week before. Among the new...
Fri, Jul 3
Most perp DEX traders depend on operator honesty, L2beat warns
Blockchain research firm L2BEAT published a comparative analysis of perpetual futures exchanges Hyperliquid and Lighter on July 2. In its findings, the research firm discovered that none of the platforms fully protects traders through verifiable math alone. The report matters to anyone trading leveraged crypto derivatives on venues that market themselves as decentralized alternatives to...
Fri, Jul 3
Brazil freezes $2 billion in assets after US sanctions target PCC money laundering network
Brazilian Federal Police recently seized assets worth roughly $2 billion in a drug trafficking and money laundering investigation. Days before this seizure, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions against two Brazilian nationals and four companies tied to Primeiro Comando da Capital, one of Latin America’s largest criminal organizations. Brazil’s crackdown on crypto crime continues Brazilian Federal...
Fri, Jul 3
China clears Unitree for $619 million IPO listing
Chinese robot maker Unitree Robotics has been approved for an IPO in Shanghai later this month. The China Securities Regulatory Commission signed off on Unitree’s application on Thursday, clearing the last regulatory hurdle for the company to go public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s STAR Market. Unitree plans to raise roughly 4.2 billion yuan ($618.4...
Fri, Jul 3
RBI tells Indian parliament crypto should not get legal status, keeps prohibition on the table
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed a parliamentary committee that cryptocurrencies pose a threat to India’s economy, and it is also recommending that they should not be legalized. The bank has had a long-standing opposition to digital assets, and this latest submission reinforces its position as lawmakers weigh the country’s digital asset policy....
Fri, Jul 3
TRON tests quantum-resistant signature technology on the Nile network.
TRON network's Nile testnet has deployed GreatVoyage-v4.8.2-PQ1-build1, adding support for two NIST-standardized post-quantum signature algorithms.
Fri, Jul 3
Samsung, Dunamu, and other Korean firms have denied a formal role in the Open USD alliance
Several South Korean companies listed among the partners in Open USD have come out to deny a formal role in the alliance. Open USD was announced on June 30th, listing 140-plus partners, including financial heavyweights such as Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, American Express, BlackRock, and Coinbase, among others. Thirteen Korean firms appeared on the list, including...
Fri, Jul 3
BubbleMaps flags LAB token for looming presale unlock, warns of price collapse
BubbleMaps has sent another warning to LAB token holders ahead of a scheduled cliff unlock that the blockchain analytics firm expects to trigger a sharp selloff large enough that it would cause pain for investors sitting on roughly $1 billion in unrealized gains, while full presale allocations remain locked until 2027. The latest warning adds...
Fri, Jul 3
How prediction market traders manipulated Spotify's streaming numbers
Spotify confirmed it removed roughly 500,000 artificial streams from Malcolm Todd’s song “Earrings” after the track’s jump to the top of its daily U.S. chart raised alarms from traders. Spotify has now said it will be tightening how it publishes chart data following the incident. “Earrings” dropped to fourth place on the charts after the...
Fri, Jul 3
Russia's crypto law arrives two months late, enforcement set for September 1
Russia’s delayed cryptocurrency law is now expected to enter into force on the first day of September, a couple of months later than originally planned. Additional rules necessary to fully legalize coin transactions will be introduced by November, and the first regulated crypto operations should begin in early 2027. Russian ‘digital currency’ law delayed by...
Fri, Jul 3
India eyes spot in space race as Skyroot prepares for the country's first private launch
Skyroot Aerospace, a billion dollar startup based in Hyderabad is about to launch the first privately developed orbital rocket ever from Indian soil. Between July 12 and August 4, 2026, its Vikram-1 rocket will be launching from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The flight is called Mission Aagaman (meaning “the arrival” in Sanskrit)....
Fri, Jul 3
Brazil's central bank subjects crypto firms to brokerage-level regulation starting 2027
Brazil’s central bank recently placed virtual asset service providers (VASPs) under the same rules as traditional securities brokerages. Starting January 1, 2027, crypto platforms operating in the South American nation will be required to meet capital, risk management, and disclosure standards similar to traditional financial intermediaries. What are the new requirements for virtual asset service...
Fri, Jul 3
