Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. oday in crypto, Indonesia is exploring the idea of a Bitcoin reserve, the US SEC issued new guidance on liquid staking and spot Ether ETFs recorded their […]
SEC‘s guidance on liquid staking tokens a win for DeFi, institutions
Institutions may now have a clearer footing to build products around liquid staking tokens and unlock new market segments, according to industry executives. The crypto industry is hailing the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest guidance on liquid staking as a rare regulatory win, with stakeholders calling it a major step forward for decentralized finance […]
Base blames faulty sequencer for 33-minute outage, fixes made
Base blamed a 33-minute outage on Tuesday on an unprepared sequencer. The blockchain team said it would update the infrastructure Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Base stopped producing blocks for 33 minutes on Tuesday after switching to a backup sequencer that wasn’t set up properly to process transactions. The incident began at 6:07 am UTC when […]
Bitcoin is now bigger than Amazon: Here’s how it became a top-5 asset
On July 14, 2025, Bitcoin crossed a historic threshold. Its price surged past $122,600, pushing its market capitalization to approximately $2.4 trillion — surpassing Amazon’s estimated $2.3 trillion. With that, Bitcoin officially joined the ranks of the top five most valuable assets on Earth. It wasn’t a slow burn. Bitcoin BTC$113,962 climbed nearly 13% in just one week, […]
Bitcoin dip to $112K lacks whiff of altcoin summer: Bitfinex
The performance of altcoins this week suggests “rapid derisking across the high-beta segments” of the crypto market. “Speculative appetite” declining across the crypto market Several major altcoins also slumped in the past week. Solana SOL$163.18 has been down 9.45% over the past seven days, while XRP XRP$2.92 has retraced 5.48% and Dogecoin DOGE$0.1995 has been down 10.80%. “Interestingly, […]
Crypto exec to pay $10M to settle SEC claims over betting on TerraUSD
The founder of lending firm MyConstant agreed to pay over $10 million to the SEC to settle claims that he used investors’ money to buy the now-collapsed Terra stablecoin. The creator of a now-defunct lending platform agreed to pay more than $10.5 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission claims that he used investor […]
SEC’s crypto pivot has ‘not been priced in,’ Bitwise exec says
Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan remarked on “the most bullish document I’ve read on crypto.” Crypto investors may be underestimating the extent of the US securities regulator’s new stance on crypto, meaning that crypto prices would still have room to grow, according to the chief investment officer of Bitwise. US Securities and Exchange Commission […]
Binance futures volume hits 6-month high amid Bitcoin volatility
Crypto derivatives volumes surged across major exchanges last month, with Binance leading at $2.55 trillion. Crypto derivatives trading volumes on the Binance exchange surged to six-month highs in July, signaling increased trading activity and potentially more volatility in the wake of recent market swings. Binance futures trading volumes hit $2.55 trillion in July, the highest […]
Indonesia is exploring a national Bitcoin reserve, says local group
Bitcoin Indonesia said it recently pitched Bitcoin to the vice president’s office and discussed Bitcoin mining as a national reserve strategy. The Indonesian government has been exploring Bitcoin as a reserve asset, according to Bitcoin Indonesia, which recently met with officials to discuss how the strategy could drive economic growth in the country. “We were […]
Hyperliquid revenue surges as it takes users from Solana: VanEck
Hyperliquid’s derivatives platform drove 35% of blockchain revenue in July, capturing high-value users from struggling Solana. Massive adoption of decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid led to a huge increase in Hyperliquid network revenue in July, largely at the expense of Solana, according to VanEck. In July, Hyperliquid earned 35% of all blockchain revenue, with growth coming specifically at […]
