The team behind the Solana blockchain has released a long-term roadmap detailing their strategy to make the Solana blockchain the foundational layer for global internet capital markets (ICMs) by 2027.
ICMs, a term coined by former Solana Foundation core team member Akshay, refers to a “globally

BlackRock’s spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) has emerged as one of the fastest-growing ETFs ever, joining the ranks alongside two other cryptocurrency funds.
BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum ETF (ETHA) has become the third-fastest ETF to hit $10 billion in total assets under management (AUM),

Japanese publicly listed artificial intelligence firm Quantum Solution announced plans to create a Bitcoin treasury targeting 3,000 BTC within the next year — an investment worth over $350 million at current prices.
According to a Thursday announcement, Quantum Solutions’ Bitcoin (BTC) treasury

Layer-2 blockchain network Build on Bitcoin (BOB) has rolled out a major technical upgrade that brings it closer to getting a fully decentralized mark on L2Beat, a platform that ranks the maturity and decentralization of layer-2 networks
BOB, which aims to bring Ethereum-style decentralized

Societe Generale, the world’s 19th-largest banking conglomerate by assets, is partnering with cryptocurrency asset manager 21Shares to provide liquidity for its crypto-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) in European markets.
As part of the partnership, Societe Generale will provide liquidity

Two men accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in a Manhattan townhouse as part of a cryptocurrency extortion plot have been granted bail.
John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33, were each issued a $1 million bail on Wednesday by New York Supreme Criminal Court Judge Gregory

A wallet tied to Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen moved 50 million XRP, worth around $175 million, between July 17 and Wednesday, sparking backlash from the crypto community amid a pullback in XRP’s price.
Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT flagged the transactions in a Thursday post on X, noting that

The Australian Federal Court has ruled in favor of Australian fintech firm Finder.com, clearing the company and its yield-generating product, Finder Earn, in a legal battle with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that lasted nearly three years.
In a Thursday court

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Governments globally are rethinking so-called “golden visa” programs that allow wealthy investors, including crypto executives, to secure residency or citizenship.
Golden visa programs let applicants secure citizenship after investing a sum, often in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, in a

Two MIT-educated brothers have failed to get fraud charges dismissed in court in connection with a $25 million cryptocurrency theft from the Ethereum blockchain.
US District Judge Jessica Clarke denied a motion to dismiss by Anton and James Peraire-Bueno on Wednesday, stating the government

A US appeals court has overturned a $9 million judgment given to non-fungible token conglomerate Yuga Labs in its long-running lawsuit against artist Ryder Ripps and business partner Jeremy Cahen.
The

Key points:
SOL dropped 9.5% as $30 million in long liquidations took place.
A bearish divergence in futures CVD and elevated funding rates suggests that a long squeeze triggered the correction.
Support at $180 and a recent golden cross hint that the bullish continuation is still in

US President Donald Trump released his plan to make the United States the “world capital” of artificial intelligence (AI) on Wednesday, outlining steps to ease data center regulations, revise federal content standards and prioritize government contracts for select AI developers.
The report,

MoonPay, a fintech company specializing in crypto payments and Web3 infrastructure, has announced a new liquid staking program for Solana holders. The product will leverage liquid staking to earn users 8.49% annual yield on their SOL tokens.
According to the company, users can stake as little as $1