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Bitcoin transaction fees hit a four-year low on July 7, falling to $38.69. Miners remain profitable due to reduced network difficulty and lower computational power needs.

Nigeria’s cryptocurrency regulations are currently being updated.

After investing $13 billion in OpenAI in 2023, Microsoft is distancing itself from the AI startup amid growing scrutiny from regulators.

Investors have piled into Bitcoin ETFs since July 5, but it wasn’t enough to offset Germany’s BTC selling spree.

Italy’s central bank will soon share how the country should apply the EU’s MiCA crypto laws, with its governor slamming Bitcoin and Ethereum as “unbacked” cryptocurrencies.

Bitwise’s chief compliance officer Katherine Dowling says “fewer and fewer” issues in the S-1 filings are being pushed back and forth between the SEC and prospective ETF issuers.

Zodia Markets is reported to be in talks to buy Elwood Capital Management, a crypto firm backed by billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard.

Uniswap Labs argues the SEC’s proposed legal amendments to give it power over DeFi are being made against “a legal backdrop that no longer exists.”

Water Coin spiked nearly 40% one hour after Ronaldinho mentioned it in an Instagram post, but it has since settled below its pre-pump price.

The payment will allow the company to focus on scaling operations rather than keeping up with debt obligations in the post-halving environment.

Circle announced that the new Base version of EURC is the first MiCA-compliant stablecoin for the network.

Analysts say the all-stock deal will transform the Canadian crypto platform into “a smaller version of Galaxy Digital.”

Ethereum price underperforms BTC on a number of metrics as investors await spot ETH ETF to start trading.

According to the advocacy group, the US president still has an opportunity to counter Donald Trump’s “change of heart on cryptocurrency” by supporting regulation.

A hacker reportedly posted to Doja Cat’s X account telling fans to “buy DOJA or else.”

Bitcoin price has dropped to a worrying low, leading some traders to throw in the towel and claim the bull run is over.

Hut 8 secured a purchase agreement for 205 megawatts of power and land in West Texas, expanding its energy infrastructure to about 1.3 gigawatts of capacity.

The proliferation of proposed spot Ethereum ETFs could benefit spot investors as fund sponsors compete on management fees.

Lower levels on the Crypto Fear & Greed Index indicate negative investor sentiment, while higher levels indicate a fear of missing out.

Consumer apps could be another pathway toward mass crypto adoption, according to Coinbase’s senior director of engineering.

Ton Application Chain and Polygon Labs say the L2 integration will bring a range of new applications, including DeFi and GameFi, to users of the TON ecosystem.

Ethereum layer-2 fragmentation may require a ZKP fix in the future, but interoperable L2s are the surest fix in the meantime.

Bitcoin shrugs off the latest round of German government onchain transactions, but BTC price resistance trendlines stay out of reach.

Former FTX executives Nishad Singh and Gary Wang, who both testified at Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial, are scheduled to be sentenced later this year.

Immutable co-founder Robbie Ferguson says the Web3 ecosystem is at a “critical inflection point,” and Notcoin’s price jumps 17% as other gaming tokens tumble.

The Labour Party has promised to make the UK “a global leader in tokenization.”

The Labour Party has promised to make the UK “a global leader in tokenization.”

A recent study revealed that China leads the world in AI usage and investment, while the U.S. remains the leader in fully implementing the technology.

With the World Chain developer preview, devs can deploy infrastructure on a “gated mainnet,” as World Chain is skipping a testnet.

Argentina has emerged as the top market by numbers of visitors on Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges.