Author: Alice Monroe

The WLFI Token, while not officially gone live, has already created some buzz in grey markets. Per a Galaxy Digital report WLFI had $10 in pre-market trading volume to $15M. That demand is a sign of large interest before the launch of the platform and its DeFi tools’ go live. Early at very low which was.015 during private sales which is today’s price a 10x return for some. 25 billion tokens go out or 25% of total supply which brought in around $550 million. WLF is to stage a second governance vote which will determine the how and what of…

In 2025 we had the report that CoinDCX, the largest crypto exchange in the country, had experienced a security breach. They reported on July 19 that saw the company report a $44 million loss from an internal operational account. Before the company issued their statement during the CoinDCX Security Breach, the news broke to the public via blockchain investigator ZachXBT. He put out word of unusual transactions almost 17 hours first. That delay in action from the exchange didn’t go over well. It brought into sharp focus issues of security and transparency in what is still a growing crypto sector…

In July 2025 the Stellar XLM price saw a shock rise which had traders and analysts taken off guard. XLM has grown between 80% to 120% this month. It has outperformed most altcoins. Also at the helm is legendary trader Peter Brandt, who put forth that it has the most bullish chart in crypto at present. He attributes this to the large-scale formation of an ascending triangle pattern. After being tested in the range of $0.50 to $0.52 many times, the asset is now looking to break out to $0.63. This level may see large positive movement in the coming…

Bitcoin has seen a social dominance of 43.06%, which is a record. It has not been this high in over two years. This sharp increase comes after Bitcoin hit a record high of $123,100 on July 14’. However, it came back down 4.9% to $117,00, which saw it drop. Analysts report this rare social surge may be that of a turning point. This means retail FOMO may have run its course. Santiment’s analyst Brian Quinlivan reported that a level of dominance has surpassed what is usual in quieter markets. Typically, we see ranges between 15-30%. What we are seeing is…

Venture capitalist Tim Draper reports that by the end of 2025 we will see Bitcoin hit $250,000. He attributes this to global economic instability, a declining U.S. dollar, and increasing institutional adoption. Draper’s case is also a break away from the past. It saw Bitcoin’s value rise at the time of mining halvings. Now, it presents Bitcoin as a haven in times of global financial distress. He projects that the U.S. dollar may die out in 10-20 years’ time, which he terms as an “anthropological leap.” In his view, Bitcoin will become the world’s reserve currency. This comes at a…

MEI Pharma (NASDAQ: MEIP) shocked everyone in Wall Street by introducing Litecoin as its main treasury reserve asset. For the first time a public company on a national stock exchange did that. On July 18 of 2025, the company broke in with a $100 million private investment in public equity (PIPE). All $100 million went into Litecoin. The move brought out a fast response. MEIP stock shot up 98.98% in a single day. At the same time, trade volume saw a rise of over 19,000%. The average went from just over 214,000 shares to a number which is hard to…

The U.S., for the first time, saw the introduction of Solana in an ETF format with the First Spot Solana Staking ETF. REX-Osprey introduced the Solana Staking ETF (SSK) to the Cboe BZX Exchange on July 2 to bear direct SOL exposure. It also offers real-time staking rewards. At launch, it traded at a volume of $33 million and at close had $1 million in assets under management. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas reports that the fund’s growth is at a stage where AUM hit $10 million very soon. That level of early interest indicates a rising trend for regulated crypto…

Robinhood has been at the center of a controversy which saw the launch of tokenized shares of over 200 companies. These included private firms like OpenAI and SpaceX. But it was OpenAI that put out a quick refutation. They said they had in no way approved any equity transfer or token partnership with Robinhood. OpenAI issued OpenAI’s official denial, saying, “These ‘OpenAI tokens’ are not OpenAI equity. We didn’t partner with Robinhood… Please be careful with such unauthorized initiatives involving Robinhood tokenized shares. The launch of the tokens in the EU on June 30, 2025 saw the introduction of the…

Ondo Finance and Pantera Capital have launched a $250 million Catalyst fund for RWA tokenization, the largest of its kind, aiming to fund both equity and project tokens across the tokenized asset ecosystem. The fund, which is dual sided in its approach of putting money into both equity and project tokens, reports to be the largest to date dedicated to RWA tokenization. The collaboration between Ondo and Pantera is pivotal in shaping the future of this market. In the middle of a global effort to revamp capital markets, Catalyst’s launch will support startups and mature platforms as they develop infrastructure…

In a turn of events no one saw coming, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) put on hold the much looked forward to Grayscale ETF’s change of its Digital Large Cap Fund (GDLC) just 24 hours after it had approved it. The grayscale ETF conversion was to be the second multi-asset crypto ETF in the US at that point. It was going to trade on NYSE Arca. Also, they came out with Rule 431. This rule brought in an automatic stay that will keep the conversion on hold until the Commission does a full review. On July 1, 2025,…