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OUSD's powerful backers and partner-driven incentives have fueled concerns that Circle faces one of its biggest competitive challenges to date.

FBI agents extradited alleged Scattered Spider hacker Peter Stokes, 19, as the group faces $100 million ransom claims.

Bitcoin Magazine Metaplanet Adds 2,823 Bitcoin, Reaches 43,000 BTC and Becomes World’s Third-Largest Corporate Treasury Metaplanet added 2,823 BTC in the second quarter to reach 43,000 Bitcoin, becoming the world's third-largest corporate Bitcoin treasury behind Strategy and Twenty One Capital. This post

Robinhood launches its Arbitrum-based Layer-2 mainnet, debuts Stock Tokens, and sets a Guinness AI record as HOOD jumps 8%.

Gold extended its losing streak in June, recording a fourth consecutive red month as expectations of Fed rate hikes and Middle East uncertainty weighed on prices. Despite this, new data shows that central bank demand remained strong. The metal fell 11.7% in June after a 1.8% decline in May. Meanwhile, World Gold

Ethereum is having a tough time at the moment, with sentiment at rock bottom, but underlying supply dynamics paint a different picture.

"Your window to buy crypto this cheap is almost gone," one analyst argued.

Stablecoin issuer Tether froze funds held in all 131 TRON wallets sanctioned by the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on July 1 as part of its updated ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) designation. The action adds 134 cryptocurrency addresses as identifiers for the group, 131 on TRON (TRX) and 3 on Monero

Sony will stop making physical game discs in January 2028, and Xbox's Project Helix reportedly drops its disc drive too.