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The crypto revolution began in 2009 with Bitcoin, and it has reached unprecedented heights with the cryptocurrency leading the charge. However, the tides are changing, and Bitcoin’s role in the future of the industry is being debated.  Should legitimacy come from nations and institutions holding Bitcoin in their reserves? Or does crypto need robust regulations to earn mainstream acceptance? Some argue that Bitcoin reserves signal trust and stability. Others insist that without clear legal frameworks, crypto will remain volatile and misunderstood. The real question may not be which approach is better, but whether both are necessary for crypto’s long-term credibility.…

The Pepe price remains in a bear market after crashing by over 43% from its peak in March. Pepe Coin (PEPE) has fallen to a low of $0.0000090, bringing its market capitalization to approximately $3.86 billion, down from its all-time high of $10 billion. The decline follows broader weakness in the cryptocurrency market, with most altcoins experiencing significant pullbacks. Ethereum (ETH) has dropped to $2,435 from a monthly high of $2,800, while the total market capitalization of all crypto tokens has slipped to $3.28 trillion. Still, PEPE is flashing some bullish signals that may support a rebound in the coming…

Quick take: The funding also attracted participation from Sequoia Capital and several angel investors. The AI product development and ranking platform claims more than one million developers have used OpenRouter’s API since its launch two years ago. Annual run-rate inference spend on OpenRouter increased from $10M in October last year to $100M in May, according to a press release seen by NFTgators. OpenRouter, the unified interface for LLMs founded by a former OpenSea co-founder, Alex Atallah and Louis Vichy, has raised $40 million in a Series A round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) and Menlo Ventures. The fundraising also attracted…

Bad actors managed to siphon roughly $2.1 billion worth of crypto across 75 incidents in the first half of 2025. According to a report by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, the majority of these losses stemmed from infrastructure attacks that targeted the technical backbone of crypto systems. Suck exploits include private key thefts, seed phrase compromises, and front-end hijacks, and accounted for over 80% of all stolen funds. On average, such attacks yielded 10 times more in value than other methods. TRM Labs noted that the largest incident so far this year was the $1.5 billion breach of Dubai-based crypto…

Altcoins are leading the shift, with rising realized cap growth pointing to a rotation toward real utility. If Ethereum and DOGE no longer dominate capital inflows, is altseason rewriting its core narrative? While Bitcoin’s [BTC] potential for new all-time highs, the Fed’s rate trajectory, and Trump’s tariff rhetoric remain key macro variables, one thing appears increasingly clear: A full-scale altcoin season hasn’t yet materialized. Still, there’s an interesting split happening under the surface. Some altcoins are attracting fresh inflows, while others are seeing major drop-offs. AMBCrypto believes that it’s a subtle shift, but it might be telling us something important…

Injective has just announced a new Revenue Fund aimed at boosting ecosystem growth just as the INJ token comes under pressure from a bearish chart pattern in the near term. On June 26th at the NYC Summit, Injective (INJ) announced the launch of Injective Revenue Fund, a new initiative designed to accelerate ecosystem development, scale on-chain revenue, and enhance INJ token’s deflationary mechanics. While specific implementation details are unclear at press time, the initiative will likely involve channeling protocol revenue into ecosystem expansion, supporting builders and dApps that drive user growth and network activity, and increasing token burns fueled by…

HNT dropped over 5% as selling pressure spread across the Helium ecosystem following Coinbase’s delisting of the deprecated Helium Mobile token. According to data from crypto.news, Helium Mobile (MOBILE) price dropped to an intraday low of $0.00026 on June 27 before recovering slightly to $0.00027 as of press time. It remains around 87% lower than its last December high of $0.0021. The token’s price drop today came shortly after crypto exchange Coinbase announced that it had delisted Helium Mobile (MOBILE) alongside other tokens, including Render (RNDR), Ribbon Finance (RBN), and Synapse (SYN), on June 26. The reason cited was that…

Hi DeFiChain Community,Welcome to your weekly round-up of the DeFiChain ecosystem! It’s been another bustling week with plenty of developments. Let’s dive in and explore what’s new and exciting.DeFiChain News Show: Tokenomics, Website, And More!Welcome to the DeFiChain News Show summary – your go-to source for all the latest happenings in the DeFiChain ecosystem.In this edition, we cover the ongoing tokenomics discussion, the revamp of the website, and Crypto Factor’s expansion with a dedicated Labs division, and more.Read more about it here.A Closer Look at the July DFIP & CFP Voting RoundOne DeFiChain Improvement Proposals (DFIPs) is up for vote…

Insider activity is picking up across Trump family-linked crypto projects, with wallets offloading tens of millions of dollars in tokens. The team behind the Melania Trump-themed meme coin $MELANIA (MELANIA)has sold 82.18 million tokens over the past four months, according to Lookonchain data. Spread across 44 wallets, the sales accounted for roughly 8.22% of the total supply and were exchanged for 244,934 SOL (SOL), worth approximately $35.76 million at the time. Most of the MELANIA sales were executed through liquidity manipulation, adding and removing liquidity from pools, a method often used to avoid slippage and reduce market impact by minimizing…

Crypto asset manager Grayscale has updated its Top 20 list for the third quarter, adding Avalanche and Morpho — two assets it sees as having strong potential in the months ahead. On June 26, Grayscale updated its Top 20 asset list as part of its Q3 2025 Crypto Sectors report, with the only changes being the addition of Avalanche (AVAX) and Morpho (MORPHO). According to Grayscale research team, Avalanche was added due to a recent surge in transaction volume and user activity, possibly linked to new gaming integrations (specifically, the onboarding of video game MapleStory) and stablecoin usage, suggesting organic ecosystem…