Monthly Archives: July 2025

Starting Aug. 1, offering or advertising unlicensed stablecoins to retail investors in Hong Kong could get violators a 50,000 Hong Kong dollar fine and six months in jail. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-stablecoin-law-august-2025?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Ripple’s Chris Larsen shifted 50 million XRP to exchanges just as prices peaked, sparking accusations of “dumping” tokens. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/xrp-dump-ripple-co-founder-under-fire-for-moving-175m-xrp-near-highs?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Australia’s Federal Court ruled Finder’s Earn product is not a financial instrument, defeating ASIC’s appeal in a major win for the country’s fintech sector. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/finder-wins-asic-crypto-yield-case?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin exchange order-book liquidity is creating the conditions for a giant short squeeze event as traders bet against BTC price upside. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-due-massive-short-squeeze-btc-dominance-bounces-to-62?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

An amended lawsuit accused Pump.fun and key Solana partners of operating an unlicensed digital casino that funneled billions through deceptive memecoin schemes. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/pump-fun-lawsuit-slot-machine-rico?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Wealthy crypto investors are attracted to golden visa programs thanks to their residency and tax benefits, but their list of options is getting shorter. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/golden-visas-shrinking-crypto-investors?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Spot Ether ETFs went live on the US market one year ago, have taken in nearly $8.7 million in net inflows, and now wield over $16.5 billion in assets. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-ethereum-etfs-1-year-us-market?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A judge has denied MIT brothers’ bid to dismiss $25 million crypto fraud charges, ruling their novel crypto exploit methods still constitute wire fraud. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/brothers-25-million-mev-bots-face-trial-judge-says?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Solana isn’t the only network upgrading its block capacity; Ethereum’s gas limit increased to just under 45 million units as of Tuesday. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-block-capacity-increase-2025-upgrade-plans?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The Ethereum validator exit queue is at its longest in nearly two years as $2.3 billion worth of Ether now awaits unstaking. Is it profit taking or repositioning? Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ether-stumbles-eth-validator-exit-queue-hits-18-month-high?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound