BIP-110 has become a symbolic battle over Bitcoin’s future direction, from censorship resistance to network governance. Bitcoin maximalist Justin Bechler has warned that the failure of BIP-110 would leave BTC permanently under the control of what he called a “fiat funding apparatus.” He also argued that the network would lose its role as permissionless,…
Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceXAI will release its Grok 4.5 artificial intelligence model to the public on Thursday after completing beta testing, setting up a direct contest with OpenAI’s upcoming GPT-5.6 launch. Summary Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will launch Grok 4.5 publicly after positive beta testing. OpenAI plans to release GPT-5.6 models Sol, Terra,…
In crypto news today (July 8), Bitcoin has experienced a slight retracement, still sitting comfortably above $60,000, but down -1.1% over the past 24-hours and trading for around $62,600. Liquidations have slowed since yesterday, dropping from over $532M to $345M, with over $240M of that figure coming from long positions, highlighting that overly optimistic bulls…
XRP remains under pressure across both the USDT and BTC pairs, with sellers continuing to control the broader trend despite several short-lived recovery attempts. While the USDT chart shows buyers defending an important support area, the XRP/BTC pair continues to trade near multi-month lows, highlighting the token’s persistent relative weakness against the market leader. Ripple…
Ripple has secured a five-year sponsorship with the University of Kansas that will place the XRP logo on Jayhawks athletics uniforms, creating the first crypto jersey sponsorship for a major NCAA Division I athletics program. Summary Ripple has signed a five-year deal with the University of Kansas, placing the XRP logo on Jayhawks team jerseys….
Solana News: The Solana Foundation has appointed Michael Coates, Twitter’s first-ever Chief Information Security Officer and a veteran of Mozilla and enterprise SaaS security, as its new CISO, a hire that signals the Foundation is treating security as a boardroom priority rather than an engineering footnote. Coates announced the move on X on July 7,…
XRP’s logo will appear on countless jerseys in the US. ‘History on a jersey patch.’ That’s how Ripple’s team on X described the new partnership between the company and the Kansas Jayhawks. Mostly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, the Jayhawks are the athletic teams representing the University of Kansas. KU athletic teams…
Tokenized stocks put real equities on blockchains as tradable tokens, and in July 2026 the idea crossed a threshold: the DTCC, the utility that settles nearly every American share, began production trades of tokenized Russell 1000 stocks. This guide explains how stock tokens actually work, the custody chain behind them, what you do and do…
In Bitcoin news today, the BTC price is trading at $62,000 on Wednesday after failing to clear the $64,000 resistance level, with fresh US-Iran military exchanges delivering the immediate blow to risk appetite. The sell-off is not happening in a vacuum; it lands atop a shrinking stablecoin market, and institutional ETF flows are too thin…
A tagged SpaceX Bitcoin address has moved funds for the first time in months, raising speculation about whether a larger transfer could follow. Arkham Intelligence reported today that a SpaceX-tagged wallet has made a small test transaction after roughly six months of being inactive. The address, identified as SpaceX (15atF), sent about $88 worth…
