Vitalik Buterin’s July 4 Lean Ethereum post put a clock on ETH’s institutional story: a protocol pitched as financial infrastructure now has to show it can rebuild itself in public. In a weekend post on X, Buterin described Lean Ethereum as a three- or four-year collection of upgrades and called it Ethereum’s third major iteration,…
Ripple’s cross-border token has gained over 9% in the past week and now sits near $1.15 after bottoming (for now, at least) at $1.01 a few weeks ago. Such a notable resurgence in a relatively short timeframe has given wings to the perma-XRP-bulls, as new predictions of bigger rallies and peaks emerged over the weekend.…
Veteran trader Peter Brandt said gold is going to gain substantially on bitcoin.
The gradual price recovery that began in early July continued over the past 12 hours or so, as bitcoin jumped to $64,000 for the first time in almost two weeks. Although it was stopped there for now, analysts seem more confident that the overall market environment has improved and outlined the cryptocurrency’s next big resistance…
Heavy volume pushed XRP through resistance, but sellers met the move near $1.16 and left traders watching whether former resistance can now hold as support.
A stalling rebound in AI and chip stocks and a stronger dollar kept the mood cautious as the second half gets underway.
Crypto markets have had a positive weekend, holding on to and marginally improving gains made late last week. The next seven days will see the release of the Federal Reserve’s minutes from its last meeting, which could shed more light on the direction of monetary policy as inflation continues to climb. Meanwhile, the US stock…