U.S.-Iran talks in Doha showed positive progress, sending oil to a 125-day low as both sides agreed to resume negotiations on July 18.Bitcoin gained about 2.5% after easing geopolitical tensions and weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data reduced Fed rate hike expectations.Bitcoin is approaching the key $62,500 resistance, where a long-term descending trendline aligns with the 50% Fibonacci retracement.

Ethereum Institutional will serve as a point of contact for financial institutions seeking to get more involved with on-chain infrastructure.

Kalshi, Polymarket, and Polymarket US have reported $44.8 billion in combined monthly volume in June, a 75% growth from May’s $25.66 billion.The notable surge in volume can be attributed to the ongoing World Cup, which has attracted millions of dollars in bets on prediction markets.Among the three, Kalshi saw the largest month-over-month increase in volume, growing 87.4% to $31.5 billion from $16.81 billion.

FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed a six figure Strategy stock purchase months after the reporting deadline required under the STOCK Act.The delayed filing has drawn criticism from government watchdogs, while the Justice Department said the investment did not create a conflict of interest.The disclosure adds to recent scrutiny of cryptocurrency related financial interests among senior United States government officials.

Monica Long’s Seoul appearance comes as Korea remains one of XRP’s most active trading markets.XRP Seoul will connect holders, builders, and projects during Korea Blockchain Week on October 3.Ripple’s Korea ties now span custody, tokenized bonds, XRPL projects, and local developer programs.

Venice reached a $1 billion valuation as founder Erik Voorhees argued AI companies should protect users' conversations.

Robinhood added perpetual futures tied to gold, silver, crude oil, ETFs, and currencies in Europe.The company also unveiled Robinhood Chain mainnet, stock tokens, Crypto Earn, and AI trading accounts.Robinhood plans U.K. crypto services while its Singapore unit secured a capital markets services license.

Tether froze USDT balances across 131 ISIS-K-linked TRON wallets after OFAC updated its sanctions identifiers.Chainalysis said the TRON wallets received over $1.4 million and sent over $880,000 since 2023.The action adds pressure on VASPs to update sanctions screening for newly listed crypto addresses.

France has recorded 77 crypto-linked kidnapping and extortion cases this year, rising from 45 in 2025.Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said about 200 people were arrested after incidents or preventive operations.France plans stronger intelligence sharing, expert networks, and cross-border cooperation to protect digital asset sector actors.

Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Morpho on Wednesday with an end-2030 price forecast of $60, a growth rate it said would outperform both bitcoin and ether.The forecast assumes growth driven by Morpho Vaults and deeper TradFi integrations, with the protocol expected to scale alongside broader DeFi adoption through 2030.

Shares in fast-food chain Wendy's might be the next hot meme stock for retail investors hungry for a cause.

Binance will shut down its NFT platform on July 3 and has asked users to withdraw eligible NFTs before access ends.Users who transfer supported NFTs to Binance Wallet can receive reimbursement for withdrawal fees under a limited-time program.The closure comes as NFT trading volumes remain far below 2022 levels and Binance expands into stock trading and tokenized assets.

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has directed employees to develop a prediction markets app akin to Polymarket and Kalshi, The New York Times reported.The “app would probably rely on a video game-like points system instead” of money, according to one source, though Meta has not ruled out “eventual use of real money betting.”

The 1.6 trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model spent two months disguised as "Owl Alpha" before Meituan claimed it—and it undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5 on price by a wide margin.