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1小时前 · CryptoPotato

Viral Altcoin Skyrockets by 80% Daily, Bitcoin (BTC) Flirts With $63K: Market Watch

Bitcoin’s gradual price recovery that began after the early July correction continues, as the asset briefly exceeded $63,000 yesterday and now stands around that level. Most larger-cap alts remain relatively sluggish on a daily scale, aside from SOL, HYPE, and XLM, which have dropped by up to 4%, and ADA and BCH, which have posted notable gains. June was quite painful for the primary cryptocurrency, as it dropped by over 20%. July began on a similar note, as the asset dipped below $58,000 to chart a new multi-year low. However, the bulls finally intervened at this point and didn’t allow another leg down. Just the opposite; bitcoin started to recover some ground and quickly reclaimed the $60,000 mark. After a brief dip below that line, the bulls went on the offensive once again, pushing the asset to $62,000 as the net withdrawals from the ETFs eased and investors poured some money in on Thursday. BTC remained calm at above $61,000 and jumped once again on Saturday and earlier this morning, going to a multi-week peak of $63,400. Although it was stopped there, it now trades close to $63,000, posting a near 5% increase on a weekly scale. Its market capitalization has risen to $1.260 trillion on CoinGecko, but its dominance over the altcoins remains well below 57%. Ethereum was stopped at $1,800 yesterday and now sits at just over $1,760. BNB’s run couldn’t reclaim $580, and the asset trades below that level now. XRP is under $1.15, while SOL is testing the $80 support after a 2.4% daily decline. HYPE and XLM have dropped even harder, with a 4% decrease from the former and a 3.4% dip from the latter. In contrast, ADA continues its recovery with another 9% surge to well over $0.19. BCH is up by around 6% and sits at $240. LAB is by far the top gainer today, having skyrocketed by 80%. The asset, which has seen some intense volatility as of late, now trades at over $16. The total crypto market cap has increased slightly from yesterday and now sits at $2.230 trillion on CG. The post Viral Altcoin Skyrockets by 80% Daily, Bitcoin (BTC) Flirts With $63K: Market Watch appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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3小时前 · CryptoPotato

‘Something Is Brewing’ for Dogecoin (DOGE) as Network Activity Explodes

Meme coin momentum has far evaporated from the peaks of a couple of weeks ago, even though there are some that are still making waves. However, most turn out to be owned by a few wallets that later dump on unsuspecting investors. The situation with the leader of this niche is quite interesting. It continues to be a major cryptocurrency with a multi-billion-dollar market cap, but it has fallen out of investors’ grace as interest in it has diminished. Or has it? Popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez, citing data from Glassnode, indicated earlier today that the network activity on Dogecoin has risen by almost 50,000 active addresses. The chart below demonstrates the rapid increase at the end of June and early July, going from under 40,000 to the aforementioned number. Martinez noted that ‘something is brewing’ for DOGE just a day after he posted that the TD Sequential metric had flashed a major buy signal for the asset. The OG meme coin is up by 3% weekly, but it has slipped by 11% in the past month alongside most of the crypto market. However, the TD Sequential and the growing network activity could be the beginning of something more lasting. Dogecoin $DOGE network activity has exploded to nearly 50,000 active addresses! Something is brewing. https://t.co/yQZwPEPGGK pic.twitter.com/FCf1m8D3oV Fellow analyst Daan Crypto Trades also weighed in on DOGE’s price moves and admitted that “no one really cares about this coin right now.” However, he said he is still watching it closely, especially if it heads toward its long-term support area within the $0.05 range. He added that other crypto assets will perform better in this (or the next) cycle, but DOGE is “still one that tends to be reliable for a decent bounce once a bear market bottom is set.” Meanwhile, Celal Kucuker was a lot more bullish, indicating that DOGE has “one of the cleanest charts in crypto.” The analyst predicted that the meme coin could explode to $1.00, representing a new all-time high, since it couldn’t reach those levels during the Musk-led 2021 hype cycle. The post ‘Something Is Brewing’ for Dogecoin (DOGE) as Network Activity Explodes appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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11小时前 · CryptoPotato

World Cup Fever Fuels $5.6B Explosion in Prediction Markets

The FIFA World Cup’s round of 16 matches are set to kick off on July 4, and football, or soccer as it’s known in the United States, has become the biggest driver of activity on prediction platforms, diverting attention from the political and macroeconomic markets they were originally built around. This is according to data from research firm CryptoRank, which shows that the tournament has pushed prediction market volumes from just $65 million on June 1 to a monthly peak of $5.6 billion on June 22. Per CryptoRank’s data, throughout June, total trading volume across major prediction venues rose rapidly, from the aforementioned $65 million on June 1 to $340 million on June 8, just days before the World Cup started. A week later, on June 15, the volume had jumped to $2.2 billion, with 15 matches played, including the USA’s memorable 4-1 win over Paraguay in Los Angeles. By the time 42 games had been played on June 22, trading on the platforms had gone up even higher, with CryptoRank reporting that volume had hit a high of $5.6 billion before showing a slight reduction seven days later, when about $5.4 billion in trades was recorded on June 29. In a post on X on July 2, the firm said that Kalshi had accounted for much of that June activity, with its dashboard at the time of writing showing open interest, or the total value of active positions that have yet to be settled, standing at $1.84 billion. Of that amount, roughly $1.45 billion was on Kalshi while Polymarket held about $390 million. During the previous week, open interest remained relatively stable on Kalshi at around $1 billion, while on Polymarket, it peaked at $475 million on June 30, the day Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands were knocked out of the competition in dramatic style. BitMart pointed to similar trends on its own platform. With multiple research institutions projecting that the total global trading volume on prediction markets could reach $10 billion, the crypto exchange said that most of that traffic has so far been directed to centralized platforms like it, given their lower barriers to entry compared to on-chain prediction products that require private keys and gas fees as well as contract approvals that need several steps to complete. As such, the CEX reported that its monthly prediction market volumes skyrocketed 1,500% from May after the World Cup started. It also said active users increased 4.6 times, while completed orders went up nearly 9 times. Furthermore, according to the exchange, nearly 44% of newly registered users placed their first trade through its prediction markets, with football markets being the main attraction for the newcomers before some of them expanded into crypto price predictions. Polymarket’s more subdued performance in the World Cup month compared to Kalshi has come against a backdrop of criticism on several fronts. For instance, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) investigation published in June alleged that the platform has been using staged winning bets

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19小时前 · CryptoPotato

Important Ripple (XRP) Announcement for July 4: Details

As the world’s most powerful economy and the widely regarded leader of the free world celebrates its 250th Independence Day, various initiatives are emerging to contribute in some way, including one from Ripple. The company behind the popular XRP altcoin announced that it has joined a nonprofit helping unemployed veterans to get high-quality jobs after their military service. The organization, called Call of Duty Endowment, said it has already funded over 165,000 veterans, but explained that there’s still a high unemployment rate among the younger generation, which means that there’s “still more work to do.” It wants to find jobs for 200,000 veterans by 2030, and Ripple has joined the special initiative for the 250th birthday of the US, called Giving4th. The idea is to make Independence Day a national day of charitable giving. The company said it will match donations made to the Call of Duty Endowment of up to $10,000. People who want to participate can use cash, stock, or cryptocurrencies, including Ripple’s two native tokens, XRP and RLUSD. Ripple is joining #Giving4th — @America250‘s new movement to make Independence Day a national day of charitable giving. We’re matching donations to @CODE4Vets up to $10K. CODE funds the most effective organizations helping veterans get back to work, preparing them for the job… The Fourth of July is known as the United States’ Independence Day and serves as a federal holiday that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The post Important Ripple (XRP) Announcement for July 4: Details appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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20小时前 · CryptoPotato

How Much New Money Does Bitcoin Need to Start a Fresh Bull Run? (It’s a Lot)

Bitcoin might still enter another major bull cycle, but the amount of money needed to fuel it has grown dramatically compared to previous bull markets, according to the CEO of CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju. In a recent thread, he argued that the cryptocurrency’s capital efficiency has declined considerably as the asset has matured. In 2011, he said, roughly $2.7 billion in net capital inflows was enough to drive a rally of more than 55,000%. In the current cycle, however, around $697 billion in inflows produced a return of slightly less than 700%. The main takeaway is quite simple: Bitcoin is much larger now compared to before, and moving its price requires far more capital. Market cycles are interesting, and all of them, despite some similarities, are quite different. According to Ju, in 2011, only $5 million in net inflows was enough to double BTC’s price. In this cycle, that figure increased to roughly $101 billion. He believes that the next parabolic run would likely require trillions of dollars in net capital inflows. Of course, this doesn’t mean that upside is impossible; it just suggests that the asset may need a deeper institutional bid than in the previous cycle. The analyst also framed the issue in terms of Bitcoin’s realized capitalization. This is a metric that values each coin based on the price at which it last moved on-chain rather than simply mutliplying the current spot price by its circulating supply. Ju said that if Bitcoin can absorb upwards of $1 trillion in realized cap, another parabolic rally remains possible. In practical terms, though, this would require the cryptocurrency to move beyond a retail-led ETF trade and become an established macro allocation for funds, corporations, institutions, and possibly even sovereign entities. He noted that this shift is still early and hasn’t been invalidated yet. The comparison with gold remains central to Bitcoin’s long-term investment thesis. The current market cap of the precious metal, according to popular estimates, is $29 trillion, although keep in mind that this figure can vary depending on the assumed above-ground supply. By contrast, Bitcoin’s market cap is $1.25 trillion, at the time of this writing. This gap remains the reason some analysts still see significant room for Bitcoin to grow as institutional adoption expands. Of course, it also highlights the challenge – every new cycle will likely require considerably larger pools of capital than the last. The post How Much New Money Does Bitcoin Need to Start a Fresh Bull Run? (It’s a Lot) appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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22小时前 · CryptoPotato

Fake Weakness? Could Ripple (XRP) Be Setting Up for a Violent Move?

XRP seems to be showing one of the more interesting derivatives setups amongst the large-cap altcoins at the moment. On the surface, the price is climbing slowly, while the open interest is falling. Normally, this would suggest that traders are stepping away from the market. But when this happens alongside a rising net position delta, it might be time to pay attention. The current uptrend from the past few days seems to be driven more by the closing of short positions rather than by aggressive new buying, according to an analyst. Put in simple terms, bearish traders seem to be exiting the market, and that short-covering pressure is helping push XRP’s price higher. This can definitely support a steady move upward, but it is far from being enough for a sustained rally. A true acceleration usually tends to happen when new buyers begin entering the market with conviction. This is why open interest matters a lot. A decreasing open interest suggests that leverage is being reduced – not added – which is typically a sign of waning conviction. The daily outlook also supports a cautious bullish bias. XRP closed bullish during yesterday’s trading session, but it still needs to hold it to avoid slipping back into weaker territory. This is why a move toward the resistance at $1.13 remains very important, while stronger momentum could help push it even higher. That said, the real trigger that traders should watch is the simultaneous increase in both open interest and net position delta. This would suggest that the market is shifting from a state where the increase is driven by closing short positions to one where longs are opening. If that shift happens, XRP’s price could accelerate even quicker. Intraday, the cryptocurrency remains relatively volatile and stuck in a range. If it manages to push above and hold $1.18, this could offer an opportunity for buyers to return with force. For now, the signal remains rather clear. The bears appear to be loosening their grip, but the bulls have not yet stepped in convincingly. The post Fake Weakness? Could Ripple (XRP) Be Setting Up for a Violent Move? appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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1天前 · CryptoPotato

Bitcoin Holds Above $62K as HYPE, ADA Lead Altcoin Recovery: Weekend Watch

The cryptocurrency market managed to sustain its recovery over the past 24 hours. Most of the large-cap altcoins are trading in the green. Bitcoin maintained its recent rebound, as some alts delivered even stronger daily gains. The total crypto market cap also rose as traders returned to risk assets following a volatile start to the month. However, BTC’s dominance remains steady, suggesting that the market recovery is unfolding in a balanced manner. Bitcoin’s price traded mostly in the green throughout the past 24 hours, staying above the $62K mark after reclaiming it earlier in the week. The asset changed hands at roughly $62,500, up about 1.3% on the day and 3.6% on the week. BTC moved within a relatively tight daily range, briefly dipping toward $61,500 before buyers pushed it back above, even charting an intraday high around $62,800. The move kept its capitalization around $1.25 trillion. ETF flows also showed signs of stabilizing. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded around $220 million in net inflows on July 2nd. Interestingly, most of it came in Fidelity’s products, as BlackRock clients continued to sell and offloaded over $40 million. The broader cryptocurrency market improved as well, with the total capitalization surpassing $2.2 trillion. Ethereum traded around $1,754 after gaining more than 2% on the day and roughly 11% over the past week, making it a standout performer. Among the larger altcoins, Hyperliquid’s HYPE was one of those that increased the most over the past 24 hours, rising above $71 and gaining upwards of 6%. Cardano also advanced sharply, while XRP, Stellar, Dogecoin, Solana, and others posted more moderate gains. The market’s next test is whether Bitcoin can rise above the current area between $62K and $63K, while altcoin momentum continues into the weekend. The post Bitcoin Holds Above $62K as HYPE, ADA Lead Altcoin Recovery: Weekend Watch appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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1天前 · CryptoPotato

Why is Cardano (ADA) Up 15% in a Week?

Last month, Cardano’s ADA collapsed below $0.14, the lowest level since the end of 2020. Meanwhile, its market capitalization briefly plummeted to roughly $5 billion, leaving the asset temporarily out of crypto’s top 20 club. The bulls, though, managed to halt the free fall and even stage an impressive comeback. Here’s what happened and the possible catalysts behind the resurgence. As of press time, the token is worth almost $0.17, representing a 17% increase over the past 7 days. Perhaps the most evident reason pushing ADA higher is the broader market rebound following de-escalation news out of the Middle East. Bitcoin (BTC) soared to $62,000, while Ethereum (ETH) surged past $1,700 amid reports that Iran and the USA are set to hold the next round of direct talks in the third week of July after the funeral of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Another catalyst could be the excitement surrounding a Cardano upgrade scheduled to go live on July 6. Namely, this is the RealFi Phase 1 Testnet, described as “the first public step toward next-generation stablecoin infrastructure” on the project. “Crypto’s clearest success story has scaled as money. But not as capital. Hundreds of billions of dollars sit idle in stablecoins: No utility. No impact on the real economy. We think that’s a problem worth solving – and the Testnet is where we start. During Phase 1, participants can explore the platform, use its core features, and share feedback that will directly shape the protocol. This is collaborative infrastructure-building in public, and we want you involved,” the announcement reads. Speaking about the upcoming effort was Cardano’s founder, Charles Hoskinson, who called it “the largest upgrade” in the project’s history. Numerous analysts noted ADA’s revival, arguing it has more fuel left to post further gains. X user Sssebi claimed the token “is on fire” and envisioned a short-term pump to $0.20, while Nehal predicted a jump to $0.23, provided the price holds above $0.16. ADA’s recovery shouldn’t be seen as a guaranteed start of a new bull run, as the crypto market remains quite unstable and vulnerable to another severe pullback. The asset’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) reinforces the bearish outlook. The technical analysis tool, which ranges from 0 to 100, has risen above 70, indicating that ADA is in overbought territory and due for a possible correction. Conversely, ratios below 30 are considered buying opportunities. The post Why is Cardano (ADA) Up 15% in a Week? appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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刚刚 · TechFlow

140 家巨头联手发币，Circle 一夜暴跌 17%：稳定币战争进入“安卓时刻”

140 家巨头联手发币，Circle 一夜暴跌 17%：稳定币战争进入“安卓时刻”

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刚刚 · TechFlow

7 月涨价潮席卷全球芯片产业链，亚洲股市半导体板块延续涨势

7 月涨价潮席卷全球芯片产业链，亚洲股市半导体板块延续涨势

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45分钟前 · CryptoPotato

Ripple (XRP) Keeps Dominating ETF Flows, but Cracks Are Starting to Show

There seems to be a clear winner in terms of investors’ behavior toward crypto-based exchange-traded funds, and it’s not the two market leaders, BTC and ETH. The financial vehicles tracking the performance of Ripple’s cross-border token continue to defy the overall market weakness with another week in the green. The HYPE ETFs also marked another positive week, but it was a significant decline from the previous one. After the impressive end to the previous business week, in which investors poured $15.63 million into the spot XRP ETFs on Friday, hopes for another strong start were high. And the numbers provided by SoSoValue show that reality wasn’t far away, as another $15.34 million entered the ETFs on Monday. However, the trend changed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Net withdrawals dominated, with investors pulling out $2.83 million and $1.86 million, respectively. This was a rare occasion since the funds have not seen too many red days lately despite the broader ETFs’ trend. The last one was a month ago, on June 3. Moreover, the last time when there were two consecutive days in the red was nearly three months ago, in early March. However, unlike the events back then, the tides reversed once again, as the funds saw $6.55 million net inflows on Thursday (the last trading day of the week due to the July 4 holiday). Consequently, the week ended well in the green again, with net inflows of $17.19 million. Thus, the spectacular streak of green-only weeks continues, as the last one (barely) in the red was in late April/early May. Perhaps driven by the positive developments on the ETF scene, the underlying asset’s price has risen by over 8% in the past week and now sits close to $0.15. The HYPE ETFs also enjoyed the last full business week of June, seeing a massive net inflow of $111.36 million, which was by far the largest ever. Although the past four-day business week was also in the green, it was a lot more modest, with just $4.32 million entering the funds. Nevertheless, the cumulative total net inflows sit at an all-time high of almost $300 million, despite the $3.01 million leaving the ETFs on Tuesday. The post Ripple (XRP) Keeps Dominating ETF Flows, but Cracks Are Starting to Show appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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6小时前 · CryptoPotato

June 2026 Market Recap: Bitcoin Hits 2-Year Low as ETFs Bleed $8.9B

Bitcoin (BTC) closed June near its weakest level in almost two years after falling to around $58,000 on June 30, while spot Bitcoin ETFs extended a weeks-long run of heavy outflows. The month, according to a Santiment market report, was less about one single crash and more about capital quietly leaving crypto for AI stocks while whales sat on their hands. Per Santiment’s July 2 report, June saw a growing divide between retail traders and large investors, with wallets holding less than 0.01 BTC increasing their holdings in the final two weeks of the month, while those with between 10 and 10,000 BTC reduced their exposure. This, in the firm’s opinion, suggested that large investors remain unconvinced that the market has found a bottom. Another source of pressure came from ETFs. Since May 6, the last time there were consecutive days of inflows, spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded about $8.9 billion in net outflows. In June alone $4.51 billion went out of the funds, marking their worst month since launch, and Santiment argued that such heavy selling, pushing cumulative withdrawals ever closer to the psychologically significant $10 billion mark, can also reflect capitulation, with weaker hands leaving the market after a long decline. The analytics platform also pointed to Strategy and its preferred stock as adding another layer of uncertainty after they fell well below par in June, hitting the $70s at one point and raising concerns about the company’s financial model, especially given the weakening state of BTC at the same time. However, executive chairman Michael Saylor responded by introducing a Digital Credit Capital Framework designed to improve liquidity and support the company’s preferred stock obligations. He also defended Strategy’s recent sale of 32 BTC, saying that the world’s biggest corporate holder of Bitcoin had bought about 175,000 BTC this year and that he had not sold any of his personal stash. The Santiment report had one theme recurring throughout: that money that might previously have flowed into crypto has instead moved into AI and semiconductor stocks. The firm’s analysts described AI equities as one of the biggest competitors for investor attention during June, leaving BTC without the institutional demand it had enjoyed earlier in the cycle. That same point was made by HashKey researcher Tim Sun, who told CryptoPotato that capital was reallocating across risk assets rather than that investors were losing their appetite for risk altogether. According to him, there’s a chance that Bitcoin can pull that capital back if the AI trade gets overcrowded and corrects. The weakness described above was not universal, as Santiment highlighted that Hyperliquid was one of the strongest performers last month after its HYPE token climbed to new highs, supported by growing derivatives activity and new product launches. Another that attracted attention was Lighter’s LIT, which announced tokenomics changes including buybacks, token burns, and staking

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14小时前 · CryptoPotato

Bitcoin ETF Recap: Another Tough Week Despite a Few Bright Spots

The last trading day of the previous business week finally brought some more net inflows rather than consistent outflows for the spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States. The products tracking the world’s largest altcoin had even more to celebrate at the end of the week, but still closed in the red. There’s no need to sugarcoat the end result – the week was still dominated by the bears. Investors pulling out funds from the spot Bitcoin ETFs withdrew $526.64 million throughout the four-day trading week. This means that the overall negative streak continues as the products have not seen a single green week in almost two months. Within this timeframe, the total cumulative flows have dumped from $59.34 billion to $51.08 billion. July 1 saw the most daily withdrawals, with $294.62 million leaving the funds, according to SoSoValue data. Another $222.64 million went out on June 30 and $231.10 million on June 29. That’s all on the negative side. The bright side was July 2. After 10 consecutive days of only net inflows, the streak was broken as investors poured in $221.72 million. Moreover, this was the highest single-day inflow recorded since May 5. Friday was a non-trading day due to the July 4 holiday, meaning that the week ended on a more positive note. The daily performance of the financial vehicles tracking ETH was even more promising. The Ethereum ETFs saw more modest $30.04 million withdrawals on June 29 and $27.60 million on June 30. However, the tides turned during the next two business days. Investors poured in $14.89 million on Wednesday and $29.08 million on Thursday, marking a near-monthly high. Nevertheless, the week still ended in the red, with total net outflows of $13.67 million. As such, the negative streak of the Ethereum ETFs continues, with eight straight weeks in the red. The total cumulative flows are down from $12.09 billion in early May to $10.89 billion on Thursday. On the more positive side, though, it was a lot less harmful than the $273.34 million taken out during the previous business week. The post Bitcoin ETF Recap: Another Tough Week Despite a Few Bright Spots appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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15小时前 · CryptoPotato

Ethereum Price Prediction: Can ETH Break Its Downtrend and Target $2.2K?

Ethereum has extended its recovery over the past several sessions, breaking above its recent consolidation range and approaching a major confluence resistance area. The rally has improved short-term sentiment, but the market is now testing a zone that could determine whether this move develops into a broader trend reversal or remains a relief rally within the prevailing downtrend. Ethereum continues to recover from the $1.46K-$1.53K demand zone, where buyers once again stepped in after defending the June lows. The rebound has now carried price toward the descending trendline that has capped every major rally since the May peak. The recent advance has also reclaimed the $1.70K area, placing ETH just below the next key resistance cluster around $1.82K-$1.86K. This region is particularly important because it aligns with the long-term descending trendline, creating a significant technical confluence. Momentum has improved considerably. The previously discussed bullish RSI divergence has continued to play out, with the indicator making higher highs while price has recovered sharply from support. This suggests bearish momentum has weakened substantially compared to previous sell-offs. Nevertheless, the broader trend cannot be considered bullish until Ethereum breaks above the descending trendline and reclaims the higher resistance band. A rejection from this area would preserve the sequence of lower highs that has defined the market for the past several months. The 4-hour chart shows that Ethereum has successfully broken above its short-term consolidation and reached the first resistance zone around $1.70K-$1.74K. Buyers have maintained strong momentum following the breakout from the lower range, allowing the price to approach the upper boundary of the descending structure. Price is now trading just beneath the falling trendline that has repeatedly rejected previous recovery attempts. A decisive breakout above this trendline would represent the first meaningful structural improvement since the broader decline began and could open the door for a move toward the $1.82K-$1.86K resistance area. As long as Ethereum remains above the recently reclaimed $1.70K region, buyers retain short-term control. However, failure to overcome the descending trendline could trigger another rejection, sending price back toward lower support levels and extending the broader corrective structure. The one-month liquidation heatmap highlights a significant concentration of leveraged positions above the current market price, particularly within the $2K-$2.2K region. These overhead liquidity clusters could act as a magnet for price in the coming sessions. If Ethereum successfully clears the descending trendline and continues its recovery, the market may accelerate toward this area as short liquidations fuel additional upside momentum. However, the reaction after such a liquidity sweep may prove even more important than the rally itself. Once the $2K-$2.2K liquidity has been absor

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1天前 · CryptoPotato

Bitcoin (BTC) Flashes 3 Bullish Signals: $65K Incoming?

After several weeks of lackluster performance and a slide to its lowest level since 2024, Bitcoin (BTC) has finally staged a decisive comeback. The popular analyst Ali Martinez highlighted the resurgence and spotted three bullish factors that could push the price beyond $65,000 in the short term. The primary cryptocurrency recently surged past $62,500, fueled by geopolitical de-escalation in the Middle East and a long-awaited return of ETF inflows after several weeks dominated by outflows. The analyst noted that BTC’s 12-hour chart has flashed a cluster of bullish technical cues across several key metrics, suggesting additional upside may be on the horizon. He first pointed out the Tom DeMark Sequential indicator, which has printed a buy signal. Earlier this week, the analyst emphasized that this metric (when viewed on the monthly timeframe) triggered a synchronized bullish call across BTC, ETH, XRP, and SOL. “Historically, when multiple assets lock in concurrent monthly buy signals, it indicates seller fatigue and a high probability of a long-term market bottom,” he explained. The second positive sign Martinez touched on is BTC’s Relative Strength Index (RSI), which has printed a bullish divergence against the underlying price action, while the third is the SuperTrend indicator, which signaled a trend shift. “If these combined indicators receive validation through sustained spot volume, the immediate target for BTC sits at $65,400 – aligning with the TD setup resistance trendline,” he concluded. Numerous market observers share Martinez’s bullish outlook, noting that the cryptocurrency has performed quite well in the current month. X user cyclop, for instance, noted that BTC has historically posted double-digit gains in July during bear markets. The recent whale behavior also reinforces the positive scenario. X user Max Crypto revealed the case of a big investor who opened a $66 million long on BTC that will be liquidated if the price dips to $59.395. Whales are known as experienced investors who rarely jump on the bandwagon, relying purely on their instincts, and their actions could infuse enthusiasm among smaller players, prompting them to allocate fresh capital to the ecosystem. Of course, one must tread carefully and keep in mind that the crypto market remains shaky, meaning a renewed pullback in the short term is just as plausible. The post Bitcoin (BTC) Flashes 3 Bullish Signals: $65K Incoming? appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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1天前 · CryptoPotato

Major Binance Announcement Concerning Many Users: Details

The world’s largest crypto exchange has run into serious trouble with EU financial regulators, and the uncertainty has triggered concern among its user base. Despite its issues in Europe, however, Binance has strengthened its global presence after officially entering the Philippines. Several hours ago, Binance’s co-founder and chief customer service officer, Yee He, revealed the news on her personal X account. She cited a document stating that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted final approval to Blockshoals Technologies Inc. to begin testing its financial products and services within the watchdog’s regulatory sandbox. Under the crypto-asset intermediary model, the Blockshoals Stratbox will give Filipino users access to a range of offerings provided through its global CASP partner Binance. The development was also highlighted by Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), who shared He’s post and said: “Real liquidity for Philippines.” Some users described the expansion into the Asian country as a solid win for crypto adoption, while others were less supportive, claiming the news is only meant to shift attention away from the company’s problems in the European Union. The exchange recently decided to withdraw its MiCA license application from the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) in Greece, leaving it without the necessary approval to operate in the EU after July 1. Binance assured its local users that their assets are safe and asserted that Europe remains an important region for its operations, adding that it hopes to obtain the permit in the coming months. Meanwhile, some clients have revealed on X that they have received withdrawal instructions from the company, while others appear unaffected for the moment. Adding to its regulatory challenges in Europe, a group of 1,700 UK investors has filed a collective lawsuit in London’s High Court targeting Binance and CZ. The claimants argue that the exchange offered unregulated products and led to severe financial losses. The lawsuit also accuses Binance of failing to provide adequate protection for its clients. The post Major Binance Announcement Concerning Many Users: Details appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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1天前 · CryptoPotato

Open USD Membership Claims Challenged After Samsung, Others Dispute Participation

Several major South Korean companies have said they have not formally joined the newly announced Open USD (OUSD) consortium, despite being listed among its participating organizations. Open Standard, the independent entity behind the stablecoin, previously said it had assembled over 140 businesses to launch OUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, later this year. The lineup featured some of the world’s largest companies across multiple industries, such as Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, Google, Ripple, and Standard Chartered, among the high-profile names. The list of South Korean participants included Samsung Electronics, Dunamu, Shinhan Financial Group, KakaoBank, K Bank, Hyundai Card, KB Kookmin Card, BC Card, Hana Card, Samsung Card, Woori Card, NH Nonghyup Card, and Hanwha. However, several of those companies have now disputed the nature of their involvement. According to a report by Chosun Biz, a Samsung Electronics representative told the publication that there had been no official discussions with the OUSD issuer and that the company did not know what role it would play in the consortium. Meanwhile, Shinhan Financial Group, Dunamu, and K Bank similarly said Open Standard had only asked whether they were interested in participating in OUSD and that they had simply responded that they would review the proposal. Their names were reportedly later included in the consortium list despite no formal commitment. One company representative also said the firm only discovered it had been identified as an alliance member after reading domestic media reports. The representative added that the company had merely indicated it would consider participation if circumstances aligned and was puzzled to find itself listed as a member. The report was later echoed by the founder of digital asset firm Pointsville, Gabor Gurbacs, who said he spoke with several companies listed in the OUSD consortium, and they told him they had never signed or agreed to participate. He added that either the media had significantly distorted the situation or the published participant list was misleading. The claims also prompted debate across X. One user described listing companies before deals are finalized as a “classic legitimacy-borrowing” move, while another said the situation represents a major credibility risk. The post Open USD Membership Claims Challenged After Samsung, Others Dispute Participation appeared first on CryptoPotato.

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17小时前 · Decrypt

Perplexity Co-Founder: AI Safety Is an Excuse to Lock Down Frontier

Perplexity AI and Databricks co-founder Andy Konwinski thinks the AI safety conversation has a problem: It's being used to concentrate power, not prevent harm. Earlier this week, he published an essay making his case, with Anthropic as the star witness. The case he builds starts with a decision Anthropic reversed in 48 hours. When Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 on June 9, a paragraph buried in its 319-page system card disclosed that the model would silently degrade its own responses for anyone it suspected of training a competing AI. Researchers found it. The internet did not take it well. Anthropic walked it back, but for Konwinski this makes no difference when analyzing the bigger picture. "The problem isn't that Anthropic made a bad decision," he wrote. "The problem is that they assumed the decision was theirs to make." His essay, titled "Concentration of power in AI is a risk, not a solution," followed Open Frontier, a working meeting he convened through his nonprofit Laude Institute at San Francisco's Exploratorium on June 30. About 100 researchers showed up. — Andy Konwinski (@andykonwinski) July 2, 2026 UC Berkeley dean Jennifer Chayes, who runs the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, told a funding panel that Berkeley researchers are "all building on Chinese models because we don't have a Western open frontier model"—and that the safety messaging from OpenAI and Anthropic ahead of their IPOs amounted to a "very effective fear campaign." Konwinski's argument is that centralizing access doesn't neutralize risk; it creates a different one. AI is foundational infrastructure—in the same category as railroads, electricity, and the internet. Those technologies reorganized society around whoever controlled the underlying layer. The same is coming for AI. His alternative: a research commons with frontier-scale compute that lets top researchers reach the frontier without needing permission from a private lab to do it. Yann LeCun, Meta’s former chief scientist, replied to Konwinski's essay on X with no ambiguity. "I've been disseminating a similar message for years,” he replied on Konwinski’s post. “The concentration of power in AI and the desire for control is by far the biggest danger of AI." Exactly. I've been disseminating a similar message for years. The concentration of power in AI and the desire for control is by far the biggest danger of AI. It could lead to a few private companies and/or countries being in control of access to information, access to… — Yann LeCun (@ylecun) July 3, 2026 He also had a historical comparison ready. "It's a kind of medieval obscurantism akin to the Ottoman empire banning the use of the printing press for 200 years, in part to keep control of the dogma, but also to protect the corporation of the calligraphers and scribes," LeCun wrote. LeCun’s prediction for where this ends: "Infrastructure wants to be open. Foundation models are becoming an infrastructure and will inevitably become commoditized.

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20小时前 · Decrypt

Inside the Trading Engine Behind ChangeNOW’s ‘Fast, Seamless Swaps’

Open ChangeNOW and a crypto swap looks like the simplest thing in the world: pick two tokens, send one, receive the other—a process the non-custodial exchange says usually completes within minutes, across more than 110 blockchains including ETH, BSC and SOL. It’s quick, streamlined—and, according to Chief Strategy Officer Pauline Shangett—underpinned by layers of dedicated infrastructure, supporting more than 70 fiat options and over 1,500 digital assets, with more added weekly. ChangeNOW is “a trading engine that a lot of people can access all at once,” Shangett said. The platform, she explained, acts as a middleman between the user and a centralized or decentralized exchange, executing trades on a client's behalf "without the client having to watch over things like the order book, transaction fees and complicated interfaces." That engine leans heavily on its own inventory. Shangett said ChangeNOW "mostly operates in our own liquidity when it comes to swaps," pricing trades off exchange order books it sources liquidity from, market-data feeds such as CoinMarketCap, and an in-house "liquidity engine" of wallets holding balances for specific pairs. Running off its own reserves, she argued, means "network speed is not as much of a liability as it could be." In a recent benchmark by swap aggregator Swapzone, drawing on 150,000 transactions, ChangeNOW's median settlement for a USDT-to-ETH swap clocked in at under a minute, against an industry median of around 45 minutes. Of course, such comparisons hinge on the pairs and conditions tested, with ChangeNOW offering swaps across a wide range of tokens including meme coins, AI coins, DeFi, GameFi, stablecoins, privacy coins, DePIN, and RWA. Fiat currency support operates through “trusted partners” including Transak, Simplex, Banxa, and Guardarian, enabling ChangeNOW users to buy crypto with Visa, MasterCard, Google Pay, Apple Pay, FasterPay, Sepa, Pix, ACH, and Revolut. ChangeNOW has rolled out a set of new tools that extend its offering beyond simple swaps. Private transfers route a transaction so the sender's wallet address and on-chain trail aren't exposed to the recipient, while still maintaining AML monitoring in the background. Users can also generate a Permanent Exchange Address that provides a fixed, reusable deposit address that automatically converts any incoming crypto into a preselected payout coin, aimed at recurring conversions. Meanwhile, a new crypto payment link lets users spin up a shareable link to request or accept payments in Bitcoin, stablecoins, and more than 100 other assets. And a prediction markets hub pulls popular markets across crypto, politics, finance, and pop culture into one place to track and compare. Prediction markets turn future events into live prices. Our new overview breaks down how YES/NO contracts work, why prices act like probability forecasts and why platforms like Polymarket, Kalshi and Robinhood are getting attention. How it works 👇https://t.co/J0cKd5HjOL — C

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1天前 · Decrypt

Claude Fable 5 Isn't Nerfed. The Router Is Just Paranoid

Claude Fable 5 came back online July 1, and the verdict on social media was not nice: broken, nerfed, lobotomized, underperforming, not the same model. Have been using Fable 5 all day just continuing what I was doing with Opus Politics has nuked civilian technological advancement once again https://t.co/Ed3jrqOxbK — BharadwajC (@bwjbuild) July 2, 2026 The criticism from users was resounding. Then, two benchmarks—BridgeBench AI and Arena AI—published data the same day and reached opposite conclusions. One found a severe quality degradation in the outputs, the other found differences so small they may not be relevant enough to notice. Both of them, in their own way, are correct. The short version: The model didn't get dumber. The gatekeeper in front of it got much more aggressive. That distinction matters a lot depending on what you use Fable for. BridgeMind—an AI evaluation platform—re-ran its full coding suite against the July 1 version of Fable 5 the day it came back. BridgeBench tests real-world coding tasks across categories including debugging, refactoring, and hallucination resistance, scored 0–100 on how well the model completes each category. The results were grim on paper: Debugging fell from 86.2 to 25.9, Refactoring from 73.6 to 38.4, and Hallucination resistance from 75.9 to 61.7. We re-ran the July 1st version of Claude Fable 5 on BridgeBench. Debugging: 86.2 → 25.9Refactoring: 73.6 → 38.4Hallucination: 75.9 → 61.7 The new guardrails are kicking in on way too many tasks and falling back to Opus… pic.twitter.com/tcUDDXpZMF — BridgeMind (@bridgemindai) July 2, 2026 The catch is in the methodology. Of 12 TypeScript debugging tasks, only three actually reached Fable 5. The remaining nine were intercepted by Anthropic's new safety classifier and rerouted to Claude Opus 4.8—and BridgeBench scores every fallback as zero, because the model that answered wasn't the one under evaluation. The classifier, deployed as a condition of Fable's reinstatement, was trained to block the Amazon-reported jailbreak technique—one that got Fable 5 to identify and demonstrate software vulnerabilities. It works. It also catches a lot of things it shouldn't. Debugging TypeScript looks enough like "security work" to the classifier that the fallback fires constantly. Arena.AI, an LLM benchmarking and comparison platform, ran the same question through a different lens. The platform collects thousands of blind human-preference votes across multiple categories—text, vision, document, code, and agent—and ranks models using Elo scoring, the chess-derived rating system that adjusts for statistical uncertainty across thousands of head-to-head matchups. When two models go head-to-head anonymously and humans pick a winner, the score reflects actual perceived quality, not infrastructure routing. The community has been asking how Claude Fable 5 compares before vs. after its latest re-deployment. We collected thousands of votes on the new endpoint across Arenas - Text, Vision

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