July 1, 2026

Crypto

Crypto

XRP Ripple Ledger 3.2.0 Upgrade Targets June 15 and What it Means for XRP

XRP Ripple Ledger 3.2.0 is targeting a June 15 release, bringing two headline changes: the core server software is renamed from rippled to XRPLD, and the upgrade promises 30–40% lower memory usage across network nodes. XRPL Operations announced the update on June 4, describing it as a transition that will require infrastructure operators to update

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Trump adviser Patrick Witt backs sweeping crypto tax bills

Trump adviser Patrick Witt has backed six House crypto tax bills as lawmakers seek to clarify rules for staking, mining, and digital asset transactions. Summary Patrick Witt backed six House crypto tax bills covering staking, mining, crypto payments, and tax reporting rules. Lawmakers split the proposals into separate bills, allowing individual measures to advance independently.

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MetaMask Has New AI Agent Wallet Which Lets Bots Trade Your Crypto

MetaMask launched Agent Wallet on June 8, 2026, a self-custodial wallet purpose-built for AI agents to autonomously execute trades and DeFi interactions without users ever surrendering their private keys. Roughly 200 users are in an Early Access Program right now, with a broader rollout planned for summer 2026. The catch? AI agents are, by definition,

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Neura Closes Strategic Funding Round and Partnerships to Build Emotional AI with Persistent, User-Owned Memory

[PRESS RELEASE – Tokyo, Japan, June 9th, 2026] Joined by partners and investors including Animoca Brands, Basics Capital, TBV, Kinetic Kollective, Mario Nawfal, and Grammy-winning artist Ne-Yo, Neura is building the missing layer of AI: empathy and memory. Neura, the protocol building the world’s first Emotional AI Economy, today announced the close of a strategic

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Morpho raises $175M at $2B valuation for institutional DeFi push

Morpho Association has raised $175 million in one of decentralized finance’s largest funding rounds.  Summary Morpho raised $175 million from investors as institutional demand for onchain credit infrastructure expands globally. Morpho’s official announcement highlighted plans to expand its open credit network through deeper institutional integrations. Coinbase, Kraken, Anchorage and Galaxy already use Morpho across lending,

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From SEC Crypto Lawsuit to S&P 500: How Coinbase Won Its Three-Year Regulatory War

In SEC crypto news, we’re taking a look at May 19, 2025, when Coinbase became the first crypto-native company ever admitted to the S&P 500, the same index that tracks trillions of dollars in passive investment and sits inside millions of American retirement accounts. COIN stock had already surged roughly 24% on the day of

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BTC, ETH, and XRP Flash Buy Signals After Market Sell-Off: Santiment

Cardano showed the deepest negative reading, placing it in a stronger historical accumulation zone by MVRV standards. During the recent market sell-off, several major crypto assets fell into historic “buy zones,” as indicated by their 30-day MVRV metric, which flashed signals seen in other cycles, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment. The firm added

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Ripple tests XRP Ledger lending code for hidden Layer-1 flaws

RippleX developers are applying formal verification to the XRP Ledger’s planned native lending system before Mainnet activation. It covers XLS-66 Lending Protocol and XLS-65 Single Asset Vaults. Summary Ripple and Common Prefix are formally verifying XRPL lending code before validators consider Mainnet activation. Formal models can expose edge cases that conventional testing may miss in

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Crypto News Today (June 9): BTC Holding $63K, Humanity Protocol Hacked for $32M, Ethereum ETFs Turn Green

In crypto news today (June 9), the market is sitting relatively flat, with Bitcoin barely holding on to $63,000 on this Tuesday after a +0.2 overnight move. Liquidations continue to slow, with just $301M in positions liquidated and, most notably, the split between longs and shorts is nearly even. Of the other major caps, Cardano

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Metaplanet weighs stock repurchases after mNAV falls to 0.92x

Metaplanet has reiterated that share buybacks remain a potential capital allocation tool after its mNAV ratio fell to 0.92x, a level the company says could support accretive purchases for shareholders. Summary Metaplanet said it could consider share buybacks after its mNAV ratio fell below 1.0x, a level the company views as potentially beneficial for BTC

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