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President Trump don sign di GENIUS Act for July 18, wey create di first federal framework for stablecoin regulation. Di law dey try improve how dem protect customers, fight money laundering, plus make big investors dem enter blockchain plus crypto markets. E set clear rules for how asset suppose dey back stablecoins, real-time trading plus redemption. Bitwise Asset Management CIO Matt Hougan later talk say critics wey dey compare modern stablecoins with di 19th-century US free-banking no see di koko. E talk say today stablecoins dey operate under strict regulation, no be like di old-time banknotes wey no too reliable. Hougan also talk say state-regulated tokens get $10 billion cap and small for di market, while over 95% stablecoins dey follow federal oversight wey require transparent asset management. E ask policymakers make dem rely on current frameworks for stablecoin regulation and oversight.

Grayscale Investments don quietly file for IPO wit di U.S. SEC, dey use SEC rules wey allow secret filing make dem fit keep their strategic moves flexible. Dis move follow after dem win legal case wey turn GBTC to spot Bitcoin ETF and ETHE to Ethereum ETF earlier dis year. Dem never talk how many shares, valuation or when dem go list, but di company fit issue common stock or convertible bonds. Grayscale dey manage over $34 billion assets now, including GBTC. Dis secret IPO dey happen as U.S. dey wait for crypto law dem like GENIUS, CLARITY and CBDC Anti-Surveillance State bills wey fit clear regulations and make more crypto companies list. Circle don hit NYSE wit $18.5 billion valuation and other companies like OKX, Kraken, Gemini, BitGo, DCG, Anchorage, Uphold and Ledger get plan for IPO, wey show say market level dey grow. If Grayscale IPO succeed, e go boost demand for Bitcoin ETF and Ethereum ETF, attract big investors and carry more crypto IPOs come.

Bitcoin don show 24% rise for 2025 reach record high pass $118,800, e beat S&P 500 wey gain 7% as big bros dem dey use institutional demand push record money inside spot Bitcoin ETFs. Big US Bitcoin ETFs already hold pass 1.26 million BTC—dem hold pass 6% of all di Bitcoin wey dey circulate—as investors dey shift money from stock market go digital assets. Spot Bitcoin ETFs rank third for H1 2025 inflows, only short-term government debt and gold dey pass am. For July 10, US Bitcoin ETFs record one-day inflow of $1.17 billion. Dis Bitcoin ETF money dem dey see as correct bullish signal, e dey boost liquidity and e show say confidence for Bitcoin as strategic portfolio get better as market dey waka anyhow.

Bitcoin don jump pass im old highest wey na $112,000 reach $118,000, as strong on-chain analysis and derivatives data dey support am. Exchange reserves dey fall, SOPR low, plus $1.14 billion for BTC short liquidations show sey market dey strong. OKX USDT Simple Earn rate climb to 53%, like as e dey happen before big rallies. Derivatives open interest rise 5.7% to $41.2 billion, Glassnode record $4.4 billion increase for realised cap pass $113,000, confirm fresh money enter. MVRV oscillator dey 2.25—below the 3.0 overbought level—and e dey signal first big profit-taking around $130,900. Technical charts show breakout pass $103,600 and $109,300 with volume up and bullish moving averages. As Bitcoin dey find new price, traders dey eye $120,000 psychological support and $131,000 resistance, but higher US Treasury yields and macro risk need make dem cautious.

Donald Trump Jr. don buy 350,000 shares for Thumzup Media Corp., invest over $4 million for the Los Angeles based social media company. Dis purchase happen after one $6 million private placement wey Dominari Securities arrange, where him and him pikin brother, Eric Trump, dey serve as advisers. Thumzup Media, wey known for how dem dey run Bitcoin-focused treasury strategy, don build one crypto portfolio wey get six tokens now. Since November 2024, di company don put up to 90% of surplus cash for Bitcoin, make their holdings reach over 19 BTC (wey worth more than $2 million). Dem still dey pay some sales people with Bitcoin. The company dey work on Instagram app wey go reward users if dem recommend products for social platforms. Thumzup don expand their SEC shelf registration to fit raise up to $500 million, money wey dem fit use for their crypto treasury. This move show say more institutions dey interested for corporate Bitcoin treasuries and e highlight the Trump family ongoing dedication to cryptocurrency investments.

Toncoin suffer big blow to im rep afta TON Foundation mistakenly announce one UAE Golden Visa programme wey require $100,000 Toncoin stake plus $35,000 fee. UAE authorities (ICP, VARA, SCA) quick deny say government no dey back am, talk say golden visas dey reserved for certain investor categories. De Foundation later say di proposal na just exploratory and promise say dem go dey more transparent. In response to di wahala, Toncoin don start to fix im marketing, recruit new VP of Marketing. VARA don advise investors to only deal with licensed crypto service providers. Dis matter show say correct communication and crypto compliance na important, e make traders dey watch regulatory approval well and adjust dia risk strategies.

Crypto traders weh dey find di best crypto to buy for 2025 go find strong options among plenty altcoins weh dey gain momentum. BlockDAG (BDAG) presale don raise over $350 million, them don sell 24 billion tokens at $0.0016 and attract 2 million X1 app users. Di Bluetooth-enabled X10 Miner weh dey come go fit give yields up to 10×. Ethereum (ETH) don jump 36% for one month, e dey trade near $3,795 and e dey eye 10% breakout weh fit liquidate $1 billion for shorts. Solana (SOL) dey test $191 resistance after e climb 12% for di month, e dey target $200 if e break decisively. Cardano (ADA) don surge 60% since mid-June go pass $0.88, open interest dey $1.66 billion. Binance Coin (BNB) dey trade near $770, e dey fuel fee discounts, DeFi and NFT launches for BSC plus e dey gain from quarterly burns. Toncoin (TON) at $3.35 dey leverage Telegram 900 million users for in-app payments and dApps, plus new Ethereum bridge dey support am. Tron (TRX) at $0.315 dey support millions low-cost USDT transfers daily, backed by active DeFi developer ecosystem. These best crypto to buy candidates combine solid fundamentals, real-world use cases and technical momentum, e offer bullish opportunities but traders suppose consider competition plus regulatory risks before dem enter position.

Solana price don jump well well for the recent weeks, e gain over 20% from $165 to clear the critical $200 resistance and e gain almost 50% for the month. The surge follow Bitcoin rally and e come with obodo two-month high for Solana development activity, as Santiment compare e power to Ethereum early run. Technical indicators show say SOL don cross 76.4% Fib retracement and the 50-day SMA, bulls dey eye $212, $220 (1.236 extension) and $225 (1.618 extension). If SOL fit keep daily close over $200, e fit try new highs and go back to previous all-time peak by August. Demand for chain dey rise as big players like DeFi Development Corp (wey get almost 1 million SOL), Bit Mining and Hong Kong’s MemeStrategy plan big SOL investments. Immediate support dey for $192, then $185, with trend-line near $172; if e fail hold these ones, e fit cause pullback to $165. Overall, to maintain Solana price above $200 na the key to keep bullish momentum and attract more capital rotation into Solana.

On July 18, 2025, President Trump law GENIUS take effect, wey come establish US first federal regulation framework for stablecoins and introduce stablecoin yield ban wey no allow yield-bearing stablecoins. Under GENIUS Act, dem issuers go face KYC/AML checks, reserve custody, third-party audits plus possible issuance caps. The yield ban don push traders and institutions to shift fund from yield-bearing stablecoins go Ethereum DeFi protocols to still get income targets. Data from DeFiLlama show sey Ethereum DeFi dey lead total value locked (TVL), with liquidity pools, lending markets and staking services for Ethereum na main sources for on-chain yield. Industry leaders like Tether co-founder Reeve Collins and CoinFund president Christopher Perkins dey predict sey dem go move from "stablecoin summer" go "DeFi summer." Nasdaq filing to add staking for BlackRock iShares ETH ETF show sey institutional interest for Ethereum DeFi dey grow. Analysts dey expect more DeFi inflows as yield-bearing fiat tokens dey adjust to the new legal environment.

For early July, one Satoshi-era Bitcoin whale move total 80,201 BTC—wey worth about $9.6 billion—go custody Galaxy Digital for two deposits: 40,009 BTC on July 2 and 40,192 BTC on July 6. Dis Bitcoin whale sef send over 6,000 BTC go Binance and Bybit exchanges. Blockchain analytics company Lookonchain flag dis as the whale first onchain transfer since 2011 and 2021. After Bitcoin reach pass $122,000 on July 14, e holding skyrocketed pass $9.7 billion. Komodo CTO Kadan Stadelmann talk say the transfer fit mean profit-taking, wallet consolidation, or new biz funding, no be immediate sell-off. Pseudonymous trader Marty Party reason say Galaxy Digital fit don buy the 80K BTC, sell part, keep the rest for operations.

Stellar XLM lead di crypto market rally dis week wit 63% gain, pass XRP wey rise 39%. E market capitalization climb reach about $15.6 billion, put XLM near di world top 10. XLM come out wit XRP under Jed McCaleb, di performance show say investors don get fresh confidence for Stellar blockchain. Di bigger altcoin sector also show strong gains: meme tokens BONK (+52%) and PENGU (+45%), plus smart-contract platform Hedera (HBAR) and Algorand (ALGO) all advance pass 40%. For traders, XLM surge show say e get short-term breakout potential and say e important to dey watch market-cap changes, sector movements and regulatory updates. Make una keep portfolio diversified as XLM dey try enter top 10 for market weh dey change.

Legendary NBA star Scottie Pippen spark one Bitcoin rally wit im tweet “SEND EVERYTHING HIGHER,” wey tag BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, LINK, DOGE and SHIB. Him post come as Bitcoin don cross $118,000, a 9% gain for di week. Ethereum near $3,000 amid record spot ETF inflows: $1.18 billion enter Bitcoin ETFs and $383 million enter Ethereum ETFs. Solana don climb pass $160, e dey eye $200, while meme coins SHIB and HYPE jump pass 9% and AVAX still get strong gain. Analysts talk say di crypto market rally na becos corporate people dey buy more Bitcoin and possible crypto laws for US. Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson predict “gigachad bull run,” with Bitcoin go hit $250,000 and big altcoin inflows dey driven by Genius and Clarity Acts. But Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff advise make people buy silver for lower risk. Traders suppose dey monitor ETF flows, dey look for breakout pass $120,000, and watch regulatory updates well-well to sabi short-term wahala and long-term momentum.

XRP dey ready for rally as Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse join di US Senate Banking Committee summit wey dem title am “From Wall Street to Web3” wey go happen on Wednesday. Dis kain big appearance fit bring clear eye for regulation and boost investor confidence inside XRP. For technical side, XRP don break pass di strong resistance at $2.34. Di 20-day EMA dey rise and di RSI don enter better zone, wey confirm say bullish movement dey. If e fit close steady pass $2.34, e fit push price go $2.48 and $2.65. If e clear $2.65, di target na $2.76, wey go complete inverse head-and-shoulders pattern for di 4-hour chart. Traders suppose dey watch di 50-SMA support level well well. If e drop below di moving averages, e fit cause pullback go $2.15 or $2.00. Overall, di technical indicators plus di development for US Senate involvement dey give small cautious bullish outlook for XRP. Market people dey wait for policy signal from di Web3 summit to sabi short-term feeling and long-term adoption trend.

Trump Media and Technology Group don build $2 billion Bitcoin treasury, dey hold about 17,000 BTC plus reserve $300 million for Bitcoin-linked equity options. Di company Bitcoin treasury now represent two-thirds of their $3 billion liquid assets, after dem raise $2.3 billion through stock and convertible note sales. CEO Devin Nunes talk say dis move dey promote financial freedom, protect against banking discrimination and support di planned Truth Social utility token. Di company dey work with Crypto.com to expand di crypto treasury and dem dey file for several crypto ETFs, including Bitcoin ETF, Bitcoin-Ethereum fund plus crypto blue-chip ETF wey dey track BTC, ETH, SOL, CRO and XRP. Dis aggressive crypto strategy put Trump Media among wall street big Bitcoin holders and fit increase demand and confidence for Bitcoin market.

US crypto regulation don move forward as House don pass GENIUS Act wey set rules for stablecoin, and CLARITY Act wey define commodity and security assets. Another bill bin ban US CBDC. This legislative push help total crypto market cap cross $4 trillion. Bitcoin don regain $120,000 and Ethereum don rise pass $3,600. XRP price jump 20% reach all-time high of $3.65. Whale wallets don add over 2.2 billion XRP since July. On-chain metrics dey show record new addresses and transactions. Analysts for Standard Chartered and Bitget dey predict say XRP price fit reach $5–$7 by year-end. Grayscale don add XRP inside their large-cap fund. Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin launch and Dubai real estate tokenization show real-world use cases. The combination of regulatory clarity, broad crypto rally, and growing institutional investment dey signal say XRP get bright future.

Ethereum don climb over 10%, reach six months high as institutional money dem put pass $500 million for spot ETFs. People dey talk say SEC go approve spot Ethereum ETF, e make price rally, plus the post-Merge deflationary system wey reduce how many tokens dem dey create and token dem wey dem dey burn. Demand for decentralized finance still rise. Big asset managers like Grayscale and BlackRock dem see their ETH ETFs Assets Under Management (AUM) jump 30% from week to week. On-chain numbers like active addresses and transaction volume rise 25%, futures open interest still hit record high. Layer-2 networks like Arbitrum and Optimism dey drive DeFi activities before EIP-4844. Traders fit expect more wahala (volatility) as Ethereum fundamentals and market mind dey align for better price movement.

Ethereum price don surge pass di $3,500 resistance, e create one bullish triangle pattern wey resemble di May rally. Di Ethereum price breakout don renew di momentum, technical indicators like MACD and RSI dey support more upside. Immediate resistance dey for $3,650 and $3,720 – if dem break am, e fit open way to $3,800 and $4,000. Analyst CryptosBatman talk say e fit get renewed upswing to $3,600 once di pattern clear. Spot Ethereum ETF inflows from BlackRock and Fidelity plus big accumulation wey SharpLink and BitMine treasuries hold show say institutional demand strong. Traders suppose dey watch ETF inflows, key support levels for $3,550–$3,500 and di triangle breakout for short-term trades and long-term bullish potential.

Bitcoin don bounce back reach about $119,171, e rise by 2.4%, weh e gain dey come from over $2 billion USDT stablecoin flow enter main derivatives exchanges plus strong spot-side bid stacking between $118,000 and $120,300. CryptoQuant talk say open interest dey rise and Coinbase Premium Index dey positive, dis show say institutional demand and leveraged long positions dey increase. Glassnode data also show $90 million short squeeze for $118,139 and 196,000 BTC wey dem collect near these levels, e mean bullish pressure dey increase. Meanwhile, $800 million USDT wey don flow comot from spot exchanges mean say e be strategic risk-off rotation no be general de-risking. As the U.S. House go soon vote on GENIUS Act, regulatory clarity fit push breakout go new all-time highs. Traders make dem dey watch stablecoin flows, derivatives metrics, bid stacking and regulatory developments for signals about the next rally.

Ether don burst comot from one expanding triangle and don clear the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level, e dey target $3,400 as RSI pass 70, wey mean say the momentum strong. The ETH/BTC ratio still dey signal say Ether dey perform well, with support dey near $2,933 to maintain the bullish view. Bitcoin don comot from one descending channel for the hourly chart, e form higher low around $117,000, and the bullish crossover for Ichimoku cloud and Guppy EMAs dey suggest say e fit try test the record highs again, with support for $117,000 and $113,688. Solana don stable above im 200-day SMA and e dey eye move above the Ichimoku cloud to flip resistance at $168 to support, e dey target $200 next. On the other hand, XRP hourly chart show say e breakout bullish from downtrend and e breakout from cloud, but the hanging man candle dey warn say if $2.80 support fail, bearish reversal fit happen. Traders suppose dey watch volume confirmation, RSI divergences, and main support levels for possible breakout or reversal.

US lawmakers don start “Crypto Week” for House Rules Committee to discuss three big crypto regulation bills: Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, and GENIUS Act. The Anti-CBDC Act wan reduce the power of central bank digital currency. The CLARITY Act dey propose clear trading rules for platforms and middlemen. The GENIUS Act go set national stablecoin issuance standards. Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters introduce amendments to stop president, vice president, congress members and close family from owning or promoting cryptocurrencies, and to deny stablecoin recognition to regimes wey dictators declare themselves. Republican Rep. Warren Davidson carry amendment wey strengthen people self-custody rights to protect hardware and software wallet users from unnecessary interference. Meanwhile, FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve issue joint guidance on legal, operational and audit risks for banks wey dey offer crypto custody, stressing strong third-party oversight. Advocacy group Stand With Crypto, wey Coinbase back, urge quick passage of the CLARITY Act, say clear crypto regulation go boost innovation and market stability. Floor votes dey expected within days, showing the pressure to shape US digital asset framework before recess.

XRP don rally pass 12% inside 24 hours, e dey trade above $2.80 after e weekly gains pass 25%. The open interest for futures dey rise, near six-month high of $7.2 billion, wey mean say professional traders dey get more confidence for the market. The first momentum come from Ripple we dey push for clear US regulation because of im waka with SEC lawsuit and people dey talk say if Trump government come, e fit dey good for industry. Recently, ETF talk don plenty since Ripple comot their SEC cross-appeal, this make people dey expect BlackRock go file for spot XRP ETF. Existing leveraged XRP products—ProShares Ultra XRP (UXRP) and Teucrium 2X Long Daily XRP (XXRP)—don dey get steady money inflow, XXRP alone don gather almost $160 million since April. JPMorgan talk say if spot XRP ETFs get approval, e fit attract up to $8 billion for first year. Technical analysis show say if e break resistance above $3, e go quick move gain go $9.63 if momentum hold. Traders must watch futures open interest, ETF development, and policy updates as the main things wey go direct XRP market.

Di Office wey dey control moni (OCC) don confirm Jonathan Gould as Comptroller wey get pro-innovation mind, den dem appoint Michael Hsu as acting chief wey don warn say dem go hold stablecoin issuance plus crypto banking services with stricter eye. Hsu way of doing things require say national banks go need make dem get clear charter for stablecoin issuance and put beta risk controls plus compliance rules for digital asset custody. This change mean say new time don come for stablecoin regulation plus tighter crypto banking rules. This leadership waka mean say regulation on stablecoin and banking go tight well well, e fit affect how market liquidity and stablecoin demand go be. Traders suppose dey watch for any OCC guidance wey go show so dem go fit prepare if crypto banking operations change.

Emirates Airlines don tanda MoU with Crypto.com to join Crypto.com Pay and make Bitcoin plus other cryptocurrency payments possible for flight booking by 2026. Crypto.com Pay dey already support BTC, ETH and CRO. Emirates wan make their payment system modern, bring in tech-savvy plus younger travelers, and make cross-border transactions easy. This move match Dubai vision as digital asset hub since government don accept crypto for some services. If dem approve am, passengers fit pay for tickets, extra fees and in-flight services with crypto. The Bitcoin payment join fit increase BTC liquidity and demand and show say regulators dey progressive.

10x Research don give latest Bitcoin price prediction wey talk say e get 60% chance say BTC go rally to $133,000 by September, based on Monte Carlo simulations, supply dynamics after halving, on-chain activity, plus plenty institutional money dey enter. The company trend model flip to bullish on June 29, dem forecast say e go rise about 20% for two months. The main push things na possible soft US CPI number on July 15, supportive US crypto week policies and $215.7m spot Bitcoin ETF money. Even tho dem expect bullish momentum, analysts dey warn say 40% fallback fit happen because some people go take profit or regulator matter fit bring wahala. Technical indicators like 200-day moving average and RSI also support this market talk. Traders suppose manage risk well and sabi how to size their positions well because Q3 don dey weak usually. This Bitcoin price prediction dey show say disciplined risk control na very key.

Bitcoin jump pass $112,000 an briefly top $111,000 afta Nvidia get record $4 trillion market cap, grounded by strong ETF inflows, company crypto buys an AI-powered rally. On-chain data from Glassnode show say di Bitcoin–Nvidia correlation fall from 0.80 to 0.36, meaning Bitcoin fit break free an hold steady even if Nvidia stock correct. Meanwhile, Australia Project Acacia move go real-life trials of central bank digital currency (CBDC), gather 24 firms to test programmabale digital money inside bond an carbon-credit settlements. These developments—mix institutional demand, weak tech connection and CBDC innovation—support steady Bitcoin progress; traders make dem reason ETF flows, on-chain signals an central bank policies for market impact.

On-chain data plus analysts dem talk say Altcoin Season go strong for Q3 2025. Ethereum (ETH) wey big whale address dem dey gather don reach levels wey neva happen for many years, meanwhile stablecoin and Bitcoin (BTC) liquidity hold 73.5% top, talk Alphractal. Dis metrics show say bullish momentum strong wella and e don prepare ground for Altcoin Season. Crypto analyst João Wedson name ETH, XRP, ADA, SOL and SHIB as better picks wey fit perform pass BTC between July and September. E still yarn say network upgrades, developer activity plus DeFi ecosystem wey dey grow go back sustain gains well. Traders suppose dey watch as Bitcoin dey stable pass $30,000 cos na key katalyst for bigger market rallies. For short term momentum, another ETH upswing dey near, e fit get parabolic runs for leading altcoins. Long term, diversified portfolio wey get DOT and AVAX fit catch gains as altcoin season dey unfold. Dis outlook dey give crypto traders beta hints on wen to enter and how to manage risk.

Toncoin bounce pass 12% for few hours join reach 19-day high afta dem TON Foundation collaborate wit di UAE to launch one $100,000 staking Golden Visa program. Di investors wey dey stake $100,000 worth TON tokens for three years plus pay $35,000 processing fee fit get 10-year residency visa. Di on-chain staking wey decentralize smart contract dey manage for TON blockchain dey give around 3–4% APY. Di visa scheme take away real estate and income requirements plus cover spouses, pikin dem and parents without extra cost and approval fit come within as small as seven weeks. After di announcement, Toncoin reach pass $3.00 small before e drop come round $2.93, showing say resistance dey near di $3.00 level. Di important support zones between $2.70–$2.80 and $2.50 don hold since April, limit di downside risk. Volume indicators like Chaikin Money Flow and Accumulation/Distribution line dey show uneven demand, while historical metrics like Coin Days Destroyed dey point to weak selling pressure since May. Traders see di UAE Golden Visa incentive as one bullish catalyst for Toncoin adoption and price momentum, with possible long entries pass $3.00.

South Korea FSS don issue non-binding advisory wey dem dey urge local asset managers make dem reduce and no increase di holding of U.S.-listed crypto stocks like Coinbase (COIN) and MicroStrategy (MSTR) for exchange-traded funds. Dem talk say, based on di 2017 Virtual Currency Guidelines wey no allow regulated institutions to hold crypto assets or derivatives and accept dem as collateral, di FSS want make dis crypto stock ETF exposure wey dey waka for foreign side slow down before new domestic crypto framework commot. Some Korean ETF portfolios dey hold over 10% for crypto-themed stocks, and e don cause warnings say index-tracking fit spoil plus retail investors fit move go U.S.-listed crypto equity ETFs. Even though retail clients no too dey affected, passive funds fit find am hard to rearrange their portfolios, showing how regulators dey cautious as pro-crypto political things dey happen.

Di latest report from Ark Invest show say long-term Bitcoin holders—people wey dey hold BTC for pass 155 days—don control 74% of the circulating supply, dis na the highest for 15 years. Institutional investment through ETFs wey BlackRock dey lead plus corporate treasuries like MicroStrategy don drive this trend, push Bitcoin price reach many all-time highs pass $123,000. Global liquidity per BTC reach $5.7 million, wey be 12-year peak. On-chain support still steady between $96,000 and $99,000, with short-term holder cost basis at $98,888 and the 200-day moving average at $96,278. Pseudonymous analyst Mr. Wall Street believe say local bottom dey close to $116,000. Him expect short-term rally go $120,000-$123,500 and mid-term rise go $133,000-$140,000. But on-chain data dey warn say sell-side pressure dey increase: wallets wey accumulate for $16,000-$20,000 dey offload, and centralized exchange reserves don climb to multi-week highs. Traders suppose balance the near-term bullish momentum of Bitcoin price with emerging distribution signals and possible ‘sell the news’ events around Fed meetings.