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Eightco treasury composition as of July 1, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $386 million Worldcoin token (WLD) now listed on Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), expanding access to millions OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., July 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco…

Tortola, British Virgin Islands, July 1st, 2026, Chainwire VCT combines blockchain transparency, agribusiness intelligence, export-finance infrastructure and real-world asset tokenization on BNB Smart Chain. Valle Capital Token (“VCT”) today announced the development and expansion of its blockchain-powered ecosystem designed to connect global digital capital with Brazilian agribusiness operations and international commodity exports. Built on BNB Smart Chain, Valle Capital Token combines utility-token functionality with a real-world asset-focused model intended to support greater transparency, operational visibility and digital infrastructure across agricultural production, commodity financing, logistics and export activity. The project is structured around a British Virgin Islands tokenization entity and aims…

Persistent questions over the path of US interest rates have left markets balancing caution with opportunity. The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark rate in the 3.5%–3.75% range at its June meeting and trimmed language that once pointed toward cuts, while some projections now flag the possibility of hikes before the year ends, and Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh has consistently refused to offer what he considers excessive forward guidance regarding the FOMC’s future moves. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has settled near $59,300 after a 1.3% daily gain, and Ethereum trades around $1,570 (up 1.9% in 24 hours), as participants weigh macro signals against…

I have been in crypto since 2013. In all those years, across four bull runs, an NFT mania, countless airdrops, and more sketchy contracts than I can count, I have never once been drained.That is not luck. Honestly, it comes down to one habit I picked up early: I took security seriously before it was cool to. I was somewhere in the first thousand people to ever buy a Ledger hardware wallet. Back then almost nobody was talking about cold storage, and I already had my keys off the internet.Have I been rugged? Of course. Pre-sales that promised the moon…

Cardano activity is showing signs of recovery after EMURGO addressed user concerns tied to Yoroi wallet syncing and connection lag. The issue was a client-side wallet problem, not a protocol exploit, and there has been no indication that user funds were lost or that the Cardano network itself was compromised. TL;DR EMURGO patched Yoroi wallet sync and integration concerns. Cardano active address growth has reportedly started to recover after the update. The issue was connected to wallet-side lag and connectivity, not a Cardano protocol failure. Users should avoid treating the incident as a hack or loss-of-funds event. Wallet issues can…

About Faraz Siddiqui Full Name: Faraz Siddiqui Designation: SVP, Finance Risk & Control Company: Citi Country: United States Faraz’s Learning Journey That Inspires Which 101 Blockchains certification did you complete? I have completed the Certified Enterprise Blockchain Professional (CEBP)™ certification program by 101 Blockchains. Why did you choose this program and how was your learning experience with the 101 Blockchains platform? The opportunity to learn about blockchain technology from the perspective of governance, enterprise adoption and business strategy is the first reason for which I picked the CEBP certification program. As a professional who has worked in financial services, in…

Panther Hollow is building a merchant bank. Not a typical one — a multi-strategy hybrid aimed squarely at compliant real-world asset plays and yield generation across four blockchain networks. The firm wants to run investment management, incubation, and a fund complex all under one roof, which is pretty ambitious for a single launch. The networks in focus are Ethereum, Canton, Solana, and StarkNet. Each one brings something different to the table — Ethereum’s depth, Canton’s privacy-oriented design, Solana’s speed, StarkNet’s zero-knowledge architecture. Panther Hollow is betting that running across all four gives it flexibility that a single-chain approach can’t match.…

Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin fund a new dedicated go-to-market organization built by Ethereum Foundation alumni NEW YORK, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ethereum Institutional, an independent non-profit organization, today announced its public launch as the dedicated institutional front door for the Ethereum ecosystem. The organization consolidates a year of institutional engagement work led by the Ethereum Foundation’s go-to-market team, housing it in an independent organization with a sharper mission, broader geographic footprint and long-term funding. Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), Sharplink, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBET) and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin are anchoring the funding, along with dozens of individual and…

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire argued that USDC’s decade-long network of integrations, liquidity and regulatory infrastructure gives it a structural advantage over new stablecoin entrants, while challenging key elements of Open USD’s proposed business model.In a Wednesday X post, Allaire described stablecoin networks as platform businesses driven by network effects, saying sustained investment in integrations, liquidity, regulatory approvals, banking relationships and reserve management creates competitive advantages that are difficult to replicate. He also questioned whether permanently offering free, unlimited minting and redemption would remain sustainable at scale and said returning nearly all reserve income to partners risks “starving an infrastructure.”The comments…

The seasonal pattern normally runs the other way. Across bitcoin’s full record, the fourth quarter has been its strongest by a wide margin, averaging a 77% gain with a median near 48%, the stretch that has repeatedly salvaged mediocre years. The third quarter is the opposite, the weakest quarter on average and often flat. The calendar, in other words, would normally argue for a quiet third quarter and a strong fourth-quarter finish. In 2018 and 2022, that seasonal strength failed. The bear market overrode the calendar, and the fourth quarter, usually the best, became one of the worst.A sample of…