Cloudflare has opened the waitlist for its Monetization Gateway, a new stablecoin-based payments product that will allow customers to charge for digital resources behind Cloudflare’s network. The product is designed to let publishers, developers and data providers monetize web pages, APIs, datasets, files and Model Context Protocol tools without building their own payment infrastructure. Cloudflare
Bitcoin briefly reclaimed the $61,000 level after buyers stepped back into the market following a late-June selloff that pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency below $60,000. Live market data showed Bitcoin reaching an intraday high of about $61,030 before easing back toward $60,182. The move marked a rebound from an intraday low near $58,279, suggesting that
U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded funds recorded approximately $280.7 million in combined net outflows on Wednesday, July 1, as continued Bitcoin ETF redemptions outweighed modest inflows into Ether and Solana products. Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $296.0 million on the day, extending a late-June outflow streak into the first trading session of July. BlackRock’s IBIT led the
Why Is France Escalating Its Response To Crypto Ransom Attacks? French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has promised a more ambitious response to crypto-linked ransom attacks after confirming that authorities recorded 77 kidnapping, extortion, or attempted extortion incidents tied to crypto in the first half of 2026. The figure marks a sharp increase from the 45
Where Is Ethereum Node Activity Concentrated? Nearly a third of Ethereum node activity is hosted in the United States, while roughly 39% sits across the European Union excluding the UK, according to new research from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. The findings show that Ethereum’s infrastructure remains heavily Western-centric, even if it is not
Why Are Web3 Firms Building a Court for AI Agents? A group of crypto and Web3 companies, including OKX, MetaMask, Matter Labs, and Genlayer, have formed the “Internet Court,” a dispute resolution protocol designed for transactions between AI agents. The project is being led by the Genlayer Foundation and has backing from 27 firms. Its
SharpLink has purchased another 10,000 ETH, bringing its total Ethereum holdings to 886,725 ETH as the company continues to position itself as one of the largest public corporate treasuries built around the asset. The company said it acquired the latest batch of Ether at an average price of approximately $1,611 per ETH during the week
The U.S. crypto industry’s most important market-structure bill is no longer broadly projected to be signed into law this year, as Senate delays, unresolved policy disputes and the 2026 midterm calendar narrow the path for final passage. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, known as the CLARITY Act, is designed to create a federal framework
The U.S. Commerce Department has lifted export controls on Anthropic’s advanced Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models, reversing restrictions imposed less than three weeks earlier over national security concerns. Anthropic said it received notice that the controls had been removed and would begin restoring access to the models. The decision follows a June
UAE-based Goldman Lampe Private Bank says it has acquired approximately €120 million, or about $137 million, worth of Bitcoin, positioning the purchase as a strategic allocation during the latest crypto market downturn. The company announced the acquisition in a press release, saying the purchase was timed to take advantage of a recent market pullback and