Cryptocurrency News

Bitwise has dropped Polkadot (DOT) and Avalanche (AVAX) from its flagship Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF (BITW). Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Stellar (XLM) were added to the fund’s latest monthly rebalance. BITW works like a crypto stock index fund. It automatically holds the 10 largest eligible coins by market cap, so investors gain exposure to HYPE

Bitcoin shows signs of bottoming, but capitulation, ETF outflows, and defensive options markets still threaten recovery.

XRP futures open interest on Binance has fallen to roughly 397 million XRP, its lowest level in over three months. The decline arrives as the token trades at $1.09. Here is what the drop means, how spot data contrasts, and what could come next for the price. What the XRP Open Interest Decline Actually Means

Bitcoin Magazine New Hampshire Council Rejects $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed Bond New Hampshire's Executive Council voted 3-2 to reject a proposed $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond, shelving what supporters said would have been the world's first such issuance despite arguments that it posed no risk to taxpayers. This post New Hampshire Council…

The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) and non-custodial wallet provider Phantom have jointly asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to stop regulating decentralized finance (DeFi) like traditional financial firms. The two filed their joint comment ahead of the CFTC’s July 9 comment deadline. They argue that onchain software and self-custodial…