XRP has finally come alive after a prolonged period of consolidation and underperformance relative to other major crypto assets. Over the past two weeks, Ripple’s token has broken out from long-standing patterns against both USD and BTC, shifting market structure and flipping critical resistances into support. The breakout is...

[PRESS RELEASE – Mahe, Seychelles, July 16th, 2025] BitMEX, the safest crypto exchange, announced today the launch of its Summer Supercharge Trading Competition, allowing traders to compete for their share of a 3 BTC prize pool, travel funds, MacBooks, and more. The competition will run from 16 July 2025...

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, July 16th, 2025] The presale for Little Pepe ($LILPEPE), a frog-themed meme token, has crossed a new milestone with Stage 5 now sold out. To date, the project has raised over $6.57 million and distributed more than 5.2 billion tokens. Stage 6 is currently...

[PRESS RELEASE – Culver City, United States, July 16th, 2025] Snail, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAL) (“Snail Games” or the “Company”), a leading global independent developer and publisher of interactive digital entertainment, announced its intention to explore pursuing a strategic digital asset initiative that includes the evaluation and feasibility for introduction of...

[PRESS RELEASE – Vienna, Austria, July 16th, 2025] The Vision token is now live across major exchanges and DeFi platforms, unlocking staking, governance, and multi-chain trading The Vision Token (VSN) has officially launched today, marking a new chapter for Web3 tokens. Vision is now available across major centralised exchanges...

Nasdaq-listed Blockchain Technology Consensus Solutions (BTCS) is joining the Russell Microcap Index, giving the Ethereum-focused firm greater exposure among investors who track the benchmark for smaller U.S. companies. The Maryland-based firm announced earlier this month a $100 million funding plan to acquire more ETH for its balance sheet. The...

Ethereum scaling network Arbitrum’s token ARB is gaining on Wednesday as speculation swirled that the network could be next where PayPal’s U.S. dollar stablecoin PYUSD will be deployed. The network was recently added to PayPal’s cryptocurrency terms and conditions webpage as a supported chain for PYUSD, alongside Ethereum and...

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3701.0, up 2.7% (+97.31) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Nineteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LINK (+4.5%) and HBAR (+4.4%)....

What to know: XRP rose 1.79% from $2.89 to $2.95 between July 15 13:00 and July 16 12:00, after dropping as low as $2.84 early in the session. Trading volume spiked to 134.08 million during the initial decline, with strong buy-side absorption near $2.84–$2.85. In the final hour, price...

José Fernández da Ponte, formerly the head of blockchain at PayPal, has left the fintech giant, where he oversaw the roll-out of digital currencies and stablecoins, to become president and chief growth officer of the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF). The foundation also said it appointed Jason Karsh, a former...