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Backpack EU has secured the full European regulatory stack, MiCA, a Payment Institution license from the Bank of Latvia, and a MiFID II license.

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JUST IN: Meta ($META) is planning to establish a cloud business to sell its surplus AI computing power.

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SOUTH KOREA MOVES TO PROSECUTE CRYPTO WHALE OVER PUMP-AND-DUMP

South Korean authorities are moving to prosecute a major crypto investor accused of orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme that allegedly manipulated token prices for profit.

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XDC NETWORK HOLDS $1.1B IN TOKENIZED VALUE

XDC Network now holds around $1.1B in tokenized value, including roughly $860M in real-world credit across debentures, receivables, and business loans.

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Bitcoin CRASHES To 21-Month Low As Circle DUMPS 17% https://t.co/KggcmpkuXh

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BYTEDANCE PICKS BRAZIL FOR $39B DATA CENTER

TikTok owner ByteDance has reportedly chosen Brazil for a $39B data center, marking the company's largest infrastructure investment outside China.

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SPOT CRYPTO ETFS SEE BROAD OUTFLOWS

Spot Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP ETFs all recorded net outflows on June 30, led by $222.64M exiting Bitcoin ETFs.

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BLACKROCK ETF SELLS $212M WORTH OF BITCOIN

BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF sold $212.45M worth of BTC, adding to the continued wave of outflows from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs.

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CHINA'S SOLAR BUILDOUT IS LEAVING THE U.S. BEHIND

China added 59.6 GW of new solar capacity in the first five months of 2026, far outpacing U.S. installations and underscoring the country's rapid expansion in renewable energy.

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BITCOIN FEAR & GREED FALLS TO 11

The Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index has dropped to 11, signaling deep Extreme Fear as BTC trades around $59,176 amid continued market weakness.

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BITCOIN ETFS POST THEIR WORST MONTH ON RECORD

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a record $4.5B in net outflows during June, with BlackRock's IBIT accounting for $3.55B of the withdrawals as institutions pulled back amid higher rates and geopolitical uncertainty.

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ANTHROPIC SAYS CLAUDE FABLE 5 RETURNS GLOBALLY TOMORROW

Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 will be available globally again starting tomorrow, ending the temporary disruption to access.

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AI chip startup Etched raised $800 million and signed $1 billion in sales contracts while positioning itself as an Nvidia challenger according to Bloomberg.

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Pumpfun will discontinue support for tokenized agent issuance while existing tokens using the feature remain unaffected.

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Solana now hosts over 1,000 apps and averages more than 100 million transactions per day according to Grayscale Research.

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Dutch prosecutors are asking a court to declare crypto platform Knaken bankrupt after 30,000 users were reportedly locked out of their funds.

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Riot Platforms moved 500 BTC worth about $29.48 million to NYDIG Custody according to Onchain Lens.

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Japan is reportedly backing SoftBank and other firms with up to 1 trillion yen to strengthen its domestic AI model ecosystem.

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Vice President JD Vance disclosed holding over $250,000 in Bitcoin.