What happened in crypto last week?
• 🇺🇸 Bitcoin sank to a 21-month low near $58.2K before ripping back above $61K on softer Fed inflation talk
• Ethereum held near $1.6K as traders eyed the H2 Glamsterdam upgrade
• 🇺🇸 Crypto Twitter turned on Arthur Hayes over fresh "exit liquidity" claims tied to
$CARDS
• Tether and Ledn moved to launch gold-backed loans via ethereum:0x68749665ff8d2d112fa859aa293f07a622782f38
• 🇺🇸 Cathie Wood called Bitcoin AI's "insurance policy" investors can't do without
• 🇺🇸 Polymarket acquired Craft Agents and named Viktor Páli as new CEO
• Aave confirmed plans to push into securities-backed lending via V4
• 🇪🇺 Binance got locked out of the EU after failing to secure a MiCA license
• 🇺🇸 Polymarket crossed a $1B annualized revenue run rate
• 🇺🇸 Michael Saylor defended Strategy as unrealized BTC losses topped $13B
• 🇺🇸 ZachXBT flagged liquidity concerns at AscendEX
• 🇺🇸 SpaceX set its sights on the $1.6T US telecom market
• Multicoin Capital set a $319 (2028) price target for
$HYPE
• 🇺🇸 The CLARITY Act missed its July 4 target as Senate talks dragged on
• Solana captured 96% of Q2's $4.84B tokenized stock trading volume.
What happened in crypto last week?
• Bitcoin touched $60.10K
• Ethereum held near $1.4K
• US Crypto Twitter turned on Arthur Hayes over exit liquidity claims
• Global Tether and Ledn launched gold-backed loans via XAUT
• US Cathie Wood called Bitcoin AI’s insurance policy
• US Polymarket acquired Craft Agents and named a new CEO
• Global Aave confirmed plans for securities-backed lending
• Europe Binance faced shutdown risk over MiCA licensing issues
• US Polymarket hit a $1B revenue run rate
• US Saylor defended Strategy amid a $14B BTC loss
• US ZachXBT flagged liquidity concerns at AscendEX
• US SpaceX targeted the $1.6T telecom market
• US Multicoin set a $319 price target for HYPE
• Global AI agent funding topped $2.9B across 50 deals
• Global tokenized stock volume hit a record $565M on DEXs