Goldman Sachs expects the yen to weaken to 165 per dollar within a year, a more bearish call than its earlier 155 forecast and among the gloomiest on Wall Street. The revised forecast comes amid the yen’s slump to its weakest level against the dollar since 1986, making it one of 2026’s worst-performing major currencies.

Lighter (LIT) surged more than 20% on Monday to $2.6, its highest level since January, after the perpetuals exchange unveiled a tokenomics overhaul that adds permanent burns and a revamped staking model. The move made LIT the top gainer among the 100 largest cryptocurrencies. It extended a rally that has lifted the token roughly 40%

Polymarket trader coldsway lost $11.6 million on 2026 World Cup bets, winning just 4 of 15 positions in early July.

Bitcoin (BTC) spot ETFs pulled in $221.7 million on July 2, their first positive day in 10 sessions, catching up to a wave of whale buying that had built since late June. That single green day came after weeks of institutional selling drained roughly $2.7 billion from the funds. On-chain buyers, meanwhile, had been absorbing

Here are the next major obstacles on BTC's path forward.