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‼️ The Fed cuts rates. Market reaction ahead 🇺🇸 On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a range of 3.5%–3.75%, the lowest level since October 2022. The market’s reaction will become clear in the coming hours, but a sharp rally in crypto assets is unlikely, as the decision was widely expected and already priced in.

‼️ Binance co-founder Yi He hit by WeChat hack 📉 According to analytics firm Lookonchain, scammers promoted the Mubarakah token using the WeChat account of Binance co-CEO Yi He, artificially inflating its price. ➡️ Yi He acknowledged the incident, stating that her WeChat account was hacked after her phone was stolen, although she had not used the account for a long time. The inactive WeChat account was later restored by the attackers through a recovery request. The platform reported that the scammers earned $55,000 through this scheme. Binance has promised to compensate affected users.

💵 Tether introduced the AI health app QVAC Health The company’s new product aggregates data from wearables, tracks sleep and workouts, recognizes food from photos with calorie counting, and helps manage medication schedules. The app also allows voice-recorded symptom tracking and analyzes recovery — all processed locally on the device, with no data sent to the cloud.

🔹 SharpLink earned 446 ETH in staking rewards over the past week The company made about $1.5 million just last week. Since June 2, 2025, its staking strategy has generated 8,776 ETH (around $30 million) in rewards.

Traders Union — official media partner of Wiki Finance Expo Hong Kong 2026 Hong Kong will host WikiEXPO HK 2026 on July 23–24 at the Hopewell Hotel. As a leading global fintech event, this event is expected to attract over 12,000 professionals, 200+ speakers, and 100+ exhibitors from more than 120 countries and regions. This year’s expo will spotlight key innovations: 🔹 Fintech & Artificial Intelligence 🔹 Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets 🔹 Foreign Exchange & Liquidity Solutions 🔹 Web3.0 & Decentralized Finance 🔹 Next-Generation Payments 🔹 ESG in Finance Join the Event’s LinkedIn Group for updates and announce your attendance to your business connections. 🗓 July 23–24, 2026 📍 The Hopewell Hotel, Hong Kong Free of charge registration is now open here We look forward to welcoming you to Hong Kong in July 2026!

🔥 Porsche and Lamborghini in Europe can now be purchased with crypto French fintech startup Lyzi (built on Tezos) has enabled crypto payments at Porsche Centre Montpellier and Lamborghini Bordeaux. Sports cars can now be bought with Bitcoin (BTC), XTZ, USDC, EURC, and more than 80 other crypto assets, while dealers receive euros instantly — with no volatility risk.

📊 Fidelity leads Bitcoin ETF inflows Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $152 million in net inflows over the past 24 hours, with Fidelity’s FBTC driving the surge by attracting $199 million — the largest inflow in the market. Total inflows into FBTC since launch have now reached $12.3 billion. 🌐 Other issuers, including Grayscale, Bitwise, ARK Invest, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, and WisdomTree, also saw positive flows. Meanwhile, BlackRock’s IBIT faced $135 million in net outflows. Ethereum ETFs also picked up momentum, bringing in $178 million — their strongest single-day inflow since October. Fidelity’s fund led the group, followed by Grayscale and BlackRock.

💸Animoca and Solv help Japanese companies earn yield on Bitcoin. Web3 giant Animoca Brands and the DeFi platform Solv Protocol are launching a partnership that will enable Japanese corporations to turn their BTC reserves into a source of income. The companies aim to give large holders the ability not just to store bitcoin but to generate yield from it. 📈 Solv offers between 4% and 12% annual yield on BTC. The income comes from lending markets, providing liquidity to AMM pools, and participating in structured staking programs. Solv manages $2.8 billion in assets and is backed by investors such as Binance Labs and Blockchain Capital.

🇺🇸 CFTC authorized spot crypto trading on regulated exchanges The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has, for the first time, officially allowed exchanges registered as DCMs to list and trade spot cryptocurrency contracts. These contracts typically settle within two days, but in some cases may settle within up to 28 days. 🚀 At least one platform has already received approval to offer leveraged trading and clear such contracts through a licensed DCO—opening access to retail traders.

🧊Upbit to Raise Cold Wallet Ratio to a Record 99% Following a $31 million hack, Upbit plans to reduce its hot wallet share to below 1%, pushing cold storage to 99% — higher than Coinbase and Kraken. The exchange already keeps 98.33% of assets offline and states that customer protection remains its top priority. ✔️However, experts warn that such a minimal hot wallet balance may slow withdrawals during periods of volatility, especially in South Korea’s closed market, where arbitrage opportunities are limited and the “Kimchi premium” often emerges. Upbit insists that its updated infrastructure will ensure adequate liquidity even under heavy load. Still, moving to 99% cold storage sets a new global security standard and could reshape the industry’s approach.

‼️ Circle develops a “confidential” stablecoin 📈 Circle, the world’s second-largest stablecoin issuer, is developing a privacy-focused stablecoin called USDCx in partnership with the blockchain company Aleo. ✅ USDCx is intended for banking institutions, many of which want to use blockchain-based payment systems but refrain from doing so because their transactions would become publicly visible. The new stablecoin aims to provide bank-level privacy while still allowing Circle to supply compliance reports if law enforcement or regulators request information about specific transactions.

‼️ TRUMP Billionaires Club prepares for launch 📣 An announcement has appeared online for a mobile web game — TRUMP Billionaires Club, a Monopoly-style title featuring a $1 million prize pool in TRUMP cryptocurrency. ➡️ Players must roll programmable dice and build their own empire while earning in-game rewards. To participate, users must fund their wallet with at least one TRUMP token. The wallet is created during registration. According to the website, Trump Billionaires Club is not developed or sold by Donald Trump or any affiliated organizations. The publisher, Freedom45Games LLC, uses the name, image, and likeness of “Trump” under a licensing agreement.

🚀 Twenty One Capital debuts on the NYSE 🟠 Jack Mallers’ company, which holds the third-largest bitcoin reserves after Strategy and MARA Holding, has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker XXI. ✅ Currently, Twenty One Capital holds 43,514 BTC worth around $3.9 billion. Jack Mallers’ ambitions go far beyond another bitcoin-treasury firm. He aims to transform XXI into a major player in a new financial system built on Bitcoin.

⚠️ Arkham and the “deanonymization of Zcash” The Arkham platform published a post claiming it managed to link 53% of Zcash transactions to known individuals and companies, reporting “tagged” activity worth $420 billion. The community interpreted this as a hint at breaking private shielded transactions — and sharply criticized the company. However, in practice Arkham analyzes only transparent transactions, which do not hide data by design. The co-founder of Zcash emphasized: private ZEC transactions remain anonymous, “there is simply no information there,” and Arkham merely tracks addresses that opted for transparency.

🟣 Polygon has completed the Madhugiri hard fork and increased network speed by 33% The update reduced consensus time to 1 second and boosted throughput by nearly one-third. The network introduced the Fusaka EIP (7823, 7825, 7883), making heavy computations cheaper and safer, while preventing the network from being overloaded by a single “heavy” transaction. A new transaction type for the Ethereum → Polygon bridge has been added, simplifying interaction between the networks.

🇦🇪 UAE: Bitcoin is becoming the foundation of the future financial system The authorities of the Emirates stated that BTC already plays a systemic role in their financial architecture. The value of the local digital asset market in 2025 is estimated at $680 billion: around 30% of the population invests in Bitcoin, and over 500,000 people trade daily. The country has no VAT, income tax, or capital gains tax on BTC operations, making the UAE one of the most favorable markets in the world.

🪣 400,000 BTC has been withdrawn from exchanges over the past year About 1.8 million Bitcoin were held on crypto exchanges a year ago, but since then 403,000 BTC have been moved off exchanges, according to Santiment. 💼 Users are actively transferring BTC to cold wallets for storage. Analysts see this as a positive sign: the fewer coins sit on exchanges, the lower the odds of a major sell-off.

🏦 Fitch Ratings is warning banks about crypto Fitch Ratings is hinting that it may revise its ratings for U.S. banks that are heavily tied to cryptocurrencies. 📊 Fitch says that integrating with the crypto industry can boost returns, but it can also hurt a bank’s reputation and liquidity. Fitch’s ratings carry a lot of weight, and any downgrade could hit investor confidence.

🤑 BitMine has become more active in buying Ethereum BitMine Immersion ramped up its ETH accumulation, purchasing 138,452 ETH last week. 👛 In a new filing, it said the total value of its crypto assets reached $13.2 billion. The company holds nearly 3.9 million ETH, 193 bitcoins, $1 billion in cash, and a $36 million stake in Eightco Holding.

🕯 HashKey is preparing for an IPO HashKey Holdings Limited, the company behind Hong Kong’s largest crypto exchange, has filed for an IPO. 🧮 HashKey wants to bring roughly 240 million shares to the market and raise around $184–215 million. The funds will go toward innovation, infrastructure upgrades, and expanding its presence.