A New York federal court has returned prediction-market access to state hands just weeks before the CFTC closes comments on national event-contract rules.In a July 7 opinion and order, Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York denied KalshiEX LLC’s request for a preliminary injunction to block New York gaming officials from enforcing state gambling law against its sports-event contracts while the case proceeds.The decision is preliminary. It leaves the merits open, but it rejects Kalshi’s bid for immediate relief on the argument that the Commodity Exchange Act preempts New York’s gambling laws as applied to those contracts.The access…
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By mid-June, the XRP Ledger shipped a fresh server release. Validators moved fast. Most nodes in the wild did not. That mismatch is why people keep asking if the network is actually upgrading or just talking about it. The short version: xrpld 3.2.0 is out, a big chunk of the default validator set already runs it, yet the main amendment tied to that release has not cleared the bar it needs to activate. Different dials control code versions and governance votes. They do not always sync. If you are watching dashboards and seeing green checkmarks beside validators but a patchwork…
NIGHT price may still be stuck in a bearish trend, but the Midnight network has quietly delivered something many critics claimed it lacked, which was verifiable onchain activity. The project’s new data partnership with Token Terminal puts its blockchain metrics in full view, giving investors a clearer look at network usage even as the token struggles to regain lost ground.Price hasn’t followed the optimism yet. Still, the latest data suggests the network isn’t as inactive as some market participants believed.Token Terminal Brings Midnight Onchain Into FocusMidnight announced a data partnership with Token Terminal, an onchain analytics platform used by institutional…
Seven different XRP exchange-traded funds now trade on US exchanges. The five primary spot funds alone held $927.78 million in combined net assets as of early June 2026, while cumulative net inflows across the XRP ETF complex have reached roughly $1.47 billion since the first fund launched in November 2025. If you’ve searched for a specific ticker — XRPI, XRPC, GXRP, TOXR — and come away more confused about which fund is which, you’re not alone: these products launched within months of each other in late 2025 and early 2026, each from a different issuer, with different fee structures and,…
All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. HYPE trades near $68 after roughly tripling from its March low of $25.64, a run built during one of the most risk-averse stretches crypto has seen since 2022. Global retail crypto activity contracted for two straight quarters through Q1, yet Hyperliquid’s token set an all-time high at $76.90 in June. Understanding why it outperformed in risk-off conditions explains why a risk-on turn could compound the effect rather than replace it. Summary HYPE tripled from $25.64 in March to a $76.90 high in June. At peak…
Solana (SOL) is up 18.5% over the past 30 days. Analysts are watching the $85–$90 resistance zone. B3 futures and FullSend add to Solana’s momentum. Solana has regained momentum after a difficult stretch earlier this year, with the token climbing back above the $77 mark and extending its monthly recovery. At the time of writing, SOL is trading at $77.73, up 0.8% over the past 24 hours after moving between $76.25 and $78.62 during the session. Over the past month, the cryptocurrency has gained 18.5%, while its two-week performance stands at 21.6%. The recent recovery has renewed interest in Solana’s…
As crypto scams continue draining millions from victims, law enforcement agencies are increasingly leaning on stablecoin issuers to help freeze stolen funds before they disappear.Now, that growing dependence has landed Circle in the middle of an unusual legal battle after Wisconsin prosecutors accused the company of refusing to comply with the court order aimed at recovering stolen USDC..The dispute isn’t about whether Circle froze the funds. I did. Instead, prosecutors argue the stablecoin issuer stopped short of helping return the assets, while Circle insists the court demanded something its technology simply cannot do.A Frozen Wallet Becomes A Courtroom BattleThe case…
Crypto scams start online with a fake bank alert, a cloned voice, a romance message, or a tech-support pop-up. Then, the last instruction is usually much more physical: withdraw cash, find a crypto kiosk, scan a QR code, and keep the scammer on the phone until the money is gone.However, that last step is turning Bitcoin ATMs and other crypto kiosks into a pressure point in America’s fraud problem.The FBI’s Internet Crime Report said that Americans submitted 181,565 complaints involving cryptocurrency, with reported losses exceeding $11 billion. A later IC3 cryptocurrency-kiosk PSA put a smaller but more concrete mechanism under…
Kresus launches crypto inheritance service for self-custody users. Users can pass crypto to heirs without sharing private keys. New tool aims to simplify digital asset legacy planning. Kresus has launched a new inheritance planning service designed to help cryptocurrency investors securely transfer their digital assets to beneficiaries after death without sharing private keys or relying on complex recovery procedures. The company said the new subscription-based service, called Kresus Inheritance, is built directly into its self-custody wallet and aims to address one of the biggest challenges facing crypto investors: ensuring digital assets can be passed on across generations while maintaining user…
The CLARITY Act missed its July 4 target, so the focus has now shifted to whether Senate leaders can find time to bring it to the floor before the August work period begins.Stand With Crypto urged supporters to press senators for a vote before August 7, calling that date a hard deadline for passage before the next recess. The Senate returns from its July break on July 13.The official Senate schedule lists June 29 through July 10 as a state work period and August 10 through September 11 as another, making Friday, August 7 the final scheduled weekday before the August…
