OpenSea has acquired Rally Wallet, a mobile-native crypto wallet startup, in a move aimed at expanding its reach into mobile and token-based trading. The acquisition was announced on July 8 by Rally co-founder and chief executive officer Chris Maddern, who will now serve as OpenSea’s chief technology officer. Rally co-founder Christine Hall also joins OpenSea’s…
Morpho traded near $1.39 and was 2.4% in the green on the day, as bulls look to hold a key price level, with resilience at this crucial zone showing as Morpho’s total value locked on Base nears $2 billion. The Morpho (MORPHO) crypto platform is increasingly a major player in the decentralized finance ecosystem. It’s…
Uniswap’s token price has rebounded over the past three months, but technical indicators suggest a potential pullback. Uniswap (UNI) rose to $7.5485 on July 8, up 67% from its lowest level in April, valuing it at $4.7 billion. On-chain data shows UNI supply on exchanges climbed to 85.6 million, the highest level since June 5….
Japanese Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet is now looking beyond accumulation. After months of aggressive BTC buying, the company says it’s preparing to use its Bitcoin holdings as collateral to finance acquisitions. Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich recently told the Financial Times that the company is in a “Bitcoin gold rush” and wants to use its growing…
Grayscale Investments has completed its quarterly fund rebalancing, with key changes including the addition of ONDO to the DeFi Fund and the replacement of DOT with HBAR in the Smart Contract Fund. On July 7, Grayscale Investments announced that it had completed its regular quarterly rebalancing for its DeFi Fund, Smart Contract Fund, and its…
A years-long legal battle between crypto policy group Coin Center and the US Treasury Department over the sanctioning of crypto mixer Tornado Cash has officially come to an end. In a June 7 post on X, Coin Center director Peter Van Valkenburgh announced that the legal fight over the Treasury’s authority to sanction Tornado Cash…
The meme coin market is seeing diverging trends, with Floki maintaining recent gains, Fartcoin slipping after a strong run, and Shiba Inu showing weaker momentum. Short-term expectations for each memecoin are being shaped by retail interest, whale behavior, and ecosystem growth, even though market activity has generally decreased for the majority of altcoins. Fartcoin (FARTCOIN)…
What if Uniswap’s model isn’t the endgame? Kuru Labs, backed by Paradigm’s latest investment, is testing that theory with an audacious plan to replace AMMs entirely with an on-chain orderbook. Success could redefine DeFi’s trading infrastructure. On July 7, Kuru Labs, the startup building a decentralized exchange on Ethereum-compatible Monad, announced an $11.6 million Series…
The White House is getting ready to release its first official crypto report after several months of internal work. According to a Monday release by Crypto in America, the report, ordered under a January executive directive from President Trump, is due by July 22. Expected to outline a broad strategy for digital asset regulation in…
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