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- Solana (SOL) gains momentum as institutional investments and $13.68B in futures open interest signal strong bullish sentiment. - Sharp Technology's $400M Solana treasury with potential $600M expansion highlights growing institutional adoption. - Circle's $750M USDC injection boosts Solana's liquidity, now 71.6% of its stablecoin market. - Upcoming Alpenglow upgrade aims to reduce block finality from 12.8s to 150ms, enhancing Solana's speed advantage. - U.S. July PCE inflation expected above 2.9% YoY, inf
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) faces uncertain price recovery despite strong social media engagement and market cap, as investor caution reduces short-term trading activity. - Tron (TRX) approaches $0.38 target driven by rising DeFi/NFT activity and expanding DApp usage, signaling ecosystem maturity and global partnerships. - BlockDAG disrupts blockchain with 2049% early bonus at TOKEN2049, leveraging DAG architecture for scalability, attracting liquidity and developer attention. - Market dynamics highlight contrastin
- Monero (XMR) faces regulatory bans in EU/US but maintains $257–$259 price range with $4.8B market cap. - Upcoming Seraphis upgrade aims to enhance anonymity sets, countering 2027 EU anonymous account ban risks. - Decentralized mining (19.1% from minexmr.com) and Fluorine Fermi security updates reinforce network resilience. - Privacy demand vs. regulation remains key debate, with 2025 price forecasts ranging $287.53–$473.11.
- KindlyMD raised $5B via ATM offering to buy up to 1M BTC, merging with Nakamoto Holdings to embrace Bitcoin as corporate reserve asset. - Institutional Bitcoin adoption accelerated by regulatory clarity (U.S. BITCOIN Act, MiCAR) and ETFs, with 59% of portfolios now including BTC. - Strategic shift reflects Bitcoin's appeal as inflation hedge (36% equity correlation) and scarcity, despite 12% stock price drop post-announcement. - 134+ public firms now hold Bitcoin collectively, with $3T institutional dema
- Snorter Bot (SNORT) emerges as a blockchain-native tool challenging institutional dominance in meme coin trading, with a $3.41M presale and 17,000 participants. - AI-driven automation, whale-protection features, and 0.85% trading fees empower retail investors to compete with whales and ETFs. - By offering direct access to emerging projects and governance rights, SNORT democratizes trading, countering institutional ETFs’ focus on compliance and large-cap tokens. - Projected price growth and audits by Coin
- The Fed plans a 25-basis-point rate cut in September 2025, balancing risks of a cooling labor market against persistent inflation above 2%. - Market pricing (82% probability) and Governor Waller’s support signal strategic easing, though Morgan Stanley questions the cut’s necessity given strong GDP growth. - Equity sectors like tech, industrials, and housing may benefit from lower rates, while fixed income investors could target intermediate-duration bonds and curve steepeners. - Skepticism persists over
- Quebec's 2023 Transparency Act mandates rigorous disclosure of platinum producers' ultimate beneficiaries and de facto control, enhancing corporate transparency. - Quebec-based platinum firms outperformed peers by 12% annually (2020-2025), coinciding with record $2,023/oz platinum prices and reduced governance risks. - The "transparency premium" attracts ESG-focused investors, with Quebec-aligned firms like Franco-Nevada seeing 23% ESG score gains and lower financing costs. - Jurisdictional arbitrage fav
- MINA's price plummeted 477.45% in 24 hours to $0.1818, marking a historic decline. - Analysts attribute the drop to macroeconomic pressures, shifting sentiment, and technical breakdowns. - The sell-off triggered stop-loss orders and liquidations, worsening the bearish trend.
- Amsterdam-based Amdax secured €20M in initial funding for AMBTS, a regulated Bitcoin treasury strategy targeting 1% of total BTC supply (210,000 coins). - AMBTS aims to list on Euronext Amsterdam, leveraging Amdax's MiCAR-compliant infrastructure to offer institutional investors structured crypto exposure. - The initiative highlights growing European institutional demand for regulated Bitcoin products amid evolving MiCAR frameworks and corporate treasury trends. - Unlike peers like Sequans, AMBTS priorit
- CNPC explores stablecoin use for cross-border payments to cut costs and boost yuan adoption, tracking Hong Kong's regulatory shifts. - Hong Kong's 2025 Stablecoins Ordinance mandates licensing, reserves, and cybersecurity for Specified Stablecoins under HKMA oversight. - Stricter SFC rules prompted BitMart to withdraw VASP license application, raising compliance costs for crypto firms in Hong Kong. - Chinese tech firms apply for stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong, signaling confidence in digital assets for
- 11:11HSBC and ICBC plan to apply for Hong Kong stablecoin licenses and may become the first batch of approved institutionsAccording to ChainCatcher, HSBC and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China plan to apply for a stablecoin license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, with the new regulations having recently come into effect. The report states that Standard Chartered and ICBC are expected to have a first-mover advantage among the initial batch of license recipients. Previously, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority indicated that only a small number of stablecoin licenses would be issued in the first batch. So far, 77 institutions have expressed their intention to apply, with some applicants believing that the relevant requirements are stricter than expected.
- 11:11X plugin product FlowX is now available on the Chrome Extension Store, deeply empowered by RootData.ChainCatcher news, the X plugin product FlowX is now available on the Chrome extension app store. This product mainly helps users by providing background introductions of X (formerly Twitter) accounts, funding amounts and investors, follow dynamics, as well as data such as popular project rankings while browsing and analyzing X, thereby improving information acquisition efficiency. FlowX not only leverages RootData's extensive and reliable database, but also provides links to RootData pages in multiple locations on X account pages, shortening the user's action path and aiming to become the best navigator for users on their crypto journey on X. As an early user reward, users who log in to the FlowX product can currently receive 30 RootData points and earn more points through daily check-ins. Download link
- 11:00BTIP-103 proposal enters final comment solicitation stageChainCatcher News, according to the official Twitter announcement, the BTFS technical community is currently conducting a final review of the BTIP-103 proposal. This proposal aims to enable the BTFS client to directly obtain the addresses of storage service providers (SP) from smart contracts, significantly improving system integration efficiency and scalability by simplifying governance and storage operation processes. This move will further optimize the underlying architecture of the BTFS network and bring a more efficient collaboration model to the decentralized storage ecosystem.