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Bitcoin, Ether Leads to $1B Liquidation Losses as AI Trading Continues

Bitcoin fell to $59,175 overnight, its lowest point since early June, before reversing to around $61,500 on Thursday morning, per CoinDesk data. Nearly $1 billion worth of futures positions were liquidated across crypto majors, such as bitcoin, ether, solana and others, into tokenized versions of stocks, such as Micron Technology Inc ( MU ) and

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Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin goes live in Japan after regulatory approval

The launch builds on a memorandum of understanding the two firms signed in August 2025 and builds on a relationship dating back to 2016, when Ripple and SBI began working together on cross-border payments and blockchain infrastructure in Asia. RLUSD will “serve as a bridge for payments, tokenization and collateral,” connecting Japanese companies with global

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Bitcoin records the highest number of transactions in two years, powered by the Runes protocol

Bitcoin’s onchain activity is increasing despite the asset remaining deep in a bear market. The number of Bitcoin transactions recently rose above 820,000 per day, according to Glassnode data. The rise comes as bitcoin trades around $62,000, about 50% below its peak in October, a period when network activity is typically expected to weaken. The

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YZi Labs Ends Proxy War With BNB Tax Company CEA Industries (BNC)

YZi rejected suggestions that the settlement amounts to a takeover, a person close to the settlement told CoinDesk in an interview, instead describing it as a management reset aimed at unlocking shareholder value. The firm also emphasized that Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was not involved in the initiative. The investment firm was renamed from

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CZ, Binance founder, wants to clear up ‘misunderstandings’ about who he is

“Binance.US has a CEO, Binance.com has two co-CEOs,” he said. “They hardly ever talk to each other. In fact, I don’t think they ever talk to each other. So yes, two independent teams. Binance.US licenses the product and technology from Binance Global, but they have a license agreement.” CZ doesn’t see himself running the US

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Bitcoin (BTC) price may fall to $55,000 to find bottom in August-October, says 10x Research

Bitcoin BTC$61,038.10 likely has further downside ahead before the current bear market runs its course, according to 10x Research founder Markus Thielen. Thielen’s call centers on the recent strength of the US dollar, which historically acts as a headwind for bitcoin. The outlook has been boosted by the Federal Reserve’s hawkish turn under new Chairman

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The banking lobby is wrong about stablecoins and community banks

Stablecoins are no longer a fringe market. Their total supply has exceeded $300 billion, and USDT₮, the largest stablecoin, briefly overtook Ethereum by market cap to become the second largest digital asset behind bitcoin. The banks have the right to be aware. But paying attention is different from pushing Congress to slow the market. Stablecoins

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