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BlackRock’s 2% Bitcoin cap has a hidden impact – advisors may have to sell during rallies

BlackRock’s 1% to 2% Bitcoin allocation range reads as a bullish nod to advisor adoption, but it also works as a boundary. Once Bitcoin is included in a model portfolio, its upside runs through rebalancing bands, tax location, and sometimes……
Institutional

Russia's largest bank plans crypto wallet launch as Moscow clears market path

Services will integrate into “Sberbank Online” and “SberInvestments” once the “On Digital Currency and Digital Rights” bill takes effect in September. Read Full Story at…
Markets

SpaceX's Nasdaq 100 inclusion comes with a historical warning

The largest IPO ever enters the Nasdaq 100. Previous additions like Palantir and Strategy saw volatility after the index inclusion rather than the start of…
Markets

U.S. inflation outlook underpins bitcoin bulls after best week since March

Your day-ahead look for July 6, 2026 Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Infrastructure

Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum’s Next Major Upgrade Will Take Three to Four Years and Rival the Merge

Buterin says “Lean Ethereum,” a rebuild touching nearly every layer of the protocol, will take three to four years and rival the Merge in scope.…
Markets

Crypto bounces back from the brink as altcoin optimism returns despite pockets of weakness

BTC holds at $62,800 after last week’s brush with $58,000, while LIT surges 50% and the Altcoin Season indicator hits its highest reading in three…
Markets

ESMA Warns Prediction Market Contracts May Fall Under EU’s Retail Binary Options Ban

Europe’s securities regulator says yes-or-no “event contracts” like those offered by Kalshi and Polymarket could be barred from retail investors under the bloc’s decade-old binary…
Payments

Samsung and Dunamu Say They Never Agreed to Join Open Standard’s OUSD Stablecoin Consortium

Samsung, Dunamu, and other South Korean firms say they were named as OUSD founding partners without ever signing on, raising fresh doubts about Open Standard’s…
Markets

Trump Defends $1.4 Billion Crypto Income as Memecoin Investors Lose $3.8 Billion

President Trump called his family’s cryptocurrency windfall “nothing wrong,” even as Nansen data show most TRUMP memecoin buyers are deep in the red. The post…