Bitcoin Hits $81,000 After Waller Cools Rate-Hike Bets
Bitcoin climbed to $81,000 after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller cooled expectations for further interest-rate hikes, giving risk assets a fresh macro tailwind and pushing the net
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Coinbase Lend deposits pass $500M less than a year after launch
Half a Billion in Deposits @coinbase and @Morpho confirmed on Thursday that Coinbase Lend has crossed $500 million in total deposits, a milestone reached less than a year after the product's
Core Completes Hard Fork to Resolve Reward Issuance Issue
Emergency Upgrade Seals Validator Exploit @Coredao_org has completed a hard fork of version v1.0.26 on its mainnet, bringing a formal close to a serious vulnerability in the network's reward
Pineapple Financial has put more than $1 billion of mortgage records on Injective
Pineapple Financial (NYSE American: PAPL) has passed the $1 billion mark in mortgage records migrated onto the Injective blockchain, @injective confirmed on Thursday, marking a notable step i
DefiLlama has listed an investor relations dashboard for Flare
@FlareNetworks has secured a spot on DefiLlama's investor relations platform, with the analytics provider publishing a dedicated dashboard for the network on Thursday. The page was vetted by
Chainlink data feeds are running on the Stripe-backed Tempo blockchain
Chainlink Feeds Go Live on Tempo @tempo announced on Thursday that @chainlink Data Feeds are now available to developers building on its payments-focused blockchain. The integration lets team
Injective says INJ now swaps straight into Robinhood Chain tokens on Jumper
One Route, No Manual Bridging @injective announced on Thursday that users can now swap native $INJ or native $USDC directly into any token on Robinhood Chain through Jumper (@jumperapp), incl
Bitcoin tops $81,000 after Fed Governor Christopher Waller signaled support for keeping rates steady
Bitcoin broke above $81,000 after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he may back rate cuts. This reduced the chances of a September rate hike. As a result, more than $415 million in short p
Hyperliquid Opens the Door to Permissioned Perpetual Markets
Key Takeaways HIP-3* adds optional wallet-level market access. Existing HIP-3 markets remain open. Deployers manage approved wallets on-chain. An allowlist is not regulatory approval. The fir
Coinbase Seeks SEC Approval for 24/7 Equity Perpetuals
Coinbase is seeking SEC approval to list 24/7 equity perpetuals, a step that would extend always-on trading into regulated, stock-linked derivatives and require a formal regulatory pathway be
Analysts rank Bitcoin above Tesla in new tech growth asset list
The first edition of the Roundtable 100 went live this week, with analysts ranking Bitcoin ahead of Elon Musk's Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA). Notably, Tesla holds 11,509 Bitcoin on its balance sheet.
Bitcoin Back Above $77,500 as XRP Leads Majors on Lower Fed Hike Odds
Bitcoin climbed back above $77,500 as XRP set the pace among major cryptocurrencies, with the broad risk-on move tracking a slide in Federal Reserve rate-hike expectations to 62%. For a marke