Monthly Archives: July 2025

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responds to Jason Chaskin’s call for layer-1 blockchains to become Ethereum layer-2s, suggesting an approach to L2 design. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-minimalist-layer-2-blockchain-design?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The CLARITY Act promises long-awaited regulatory clarity for digital assets, balancing innovation, oversight and investor protection. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/explained/clarity-act-explained-what-it-means-for-crypto-week-and-beyond?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Crypto criminals are using cross-chain tools like bridges, DEXs and coin swappers to obscure $21.8B in illicit flows across multiple blockchains. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crosschain-swaps-move-21b-illicit-funds-up-200-two-years-elliptic?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

BigONE crypto exchange has confirmed a $27 million loss after a third-party attack on its hot wallet infrastructure. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bigone-exchange-27m-hot-wallet-hack?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Billionaire Peter Thiel has bought a 9.1% stake in the crypto mining service company BitMine, which sent the company’s stock soaring in after-hour trading. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitmine-surges-peter-thiel-discloses-stake?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The odds are low that Bitcoin dominance will continue pushing higher if Ether holds its current bullish uptrend, says crypto analyst Matthew Hyland Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-dominance-high-chance-ceiling-ether-price-surge-crypto-analyst?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The town of Grosse Pointe Farms has no crypto ATMs, but has regulated them anyway, requiring registration, warnings and limits on kiosks. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/michigan-town-pre-emptive-curbs-crypto-atms?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Ryan Cohen says GameStop’s $500 million investment in Bitcoin was to act as a “hedge against inflation and global money printing.” Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/gamestop-teases-crypto-payments-says-bitcoin-investment-inflation-hedge?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Brandon Lutnick’s Cantor Fitzgerald is nearing a big Bitcoin acquisition through a SPAC merger, targeting 30,000 BTC from Blockstream Capital. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/cantor-fitzgerald-plans-3-5b-bitcoin-buy-from-adam-back-s-blockstream-reports?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin’s “structural imbalance” signals that it probably won’t experience a significant downturn in the near term, says 21Shares crypto research strategist Matt Mena. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-correction-unlikely-strong-fundamentals-21shares-crypto-analyst?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound