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Issuer, chain, custody, redemption, market and launch choices will determine whether Wallet becomes a native transaction route or a narrower integration. The post Samsung Wallet is getting native stablecoins – and it could make one token the default for 800M users appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The European Union has sanctioned HTX, widening a Russia crackdown that has already affected counterparties beyond the exchange. The bloc placed Huobi Global S.A., the entity behind HTX, under a transaction ban in its 21st sanctions package adopted July 23. From Aug. 23, EU operators will be prohibited from transacting with the exchange, though the The post EU expands HTX crackdown as Russia-linked crypto network keeps shifting its financial rails appeared first on CryptoSlate.

President Donald Trump joked about seeking a fourth term as millions of dollars in his namesake meme coin moved toward exchanges. Trump used the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to revive one of his longest-running political provocations, pulling out a red “Trump 2028” hat and declaring that he intended to run again. He joked: “I’m The post Trump jokes about 4th term as $17 million in TRUMP tokens move onto exchanges appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Galaxy Digital said the Senate has four working days to save the CLARITY Act, as it cut passage odds to 30%. In a July 24 note to clients, the crypto investment firm lowered its estimate for CLARITY Act chances this year from 50%, saying lawmakers need a deal by July 30 to leave enough time The post US Senate has 4 days to save CLARITY Act as odds fall to 30% – Galaxy Digital says appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin traded around $64,000 on July 25 after changing hands near $65,000 around the ECB’s July 23 decision as the central bank kept rates unchanged, its bond portfolios continued shrinking, and euro-area banks tightened access to business and housing credit. The ECB kept its three key interest rates unchanged, leaving the deposit facility rate at The post Bitcoin is now fighting the ECB’s €51.8 billion bond wall for a shrinking pool of capital appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Stablecoin supply has roughly doubled since January 2024, while entity-adjusted transaction volume has grown fourfold to fivefold, according to Coinbase Institutional, opening a wide gap between the amount of dollar liquidity held onchain and the volume of activity that liquidity supports. Market capitalization records the stock of stablecoins in circulation, which captures available liquidity, reserve The post 8x faster than US cash: The $1T network settling millions while banks sleep on weekends appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ten once-prominent cryptocurrency networks now carry a combined market value of $12.06 billion, trading an average of 97.13% below their all-time highs. A recent report by Taurex noted that recovery needs across the group range from roughly 21.5x for Avalanche, the largest of the ten at $2.91 billion, to roughly 323x for Internet Computer, which The post These 10 altcoins are still worth $12B after a 97% collapse – but do users pay enough to them keep running? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin's daily correlation with the S&P 500 fell to 0.12 during the second quarter, down from 0.58 in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a joint report from Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode covering data through June 30. Its correlation with the Nasdaq sat at 0.21 over the same window, and gold moved in the The post Bitcoin broke away from AI stocks but now $96 oil could turn its escape into a trap appeared first on CryptoSlate.

About $31.69M in combined bridge losses and B²'s July 22 staking suspension reveal three distinct control failures. The post Two Ethereum bridges lose $31.7M within hours as third protocol halts staking appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Strategy has published a financial metric showing that Bitcoin could decline at a constant annual rate of 11.34% across the weighted duration of the company’s credit structure before its modeled coverage falls below 1.0x. The BTC Floor ARR stood at -11.34% at 3:35 p.m. BST on July 24, when Strategy’s dashboard showed a weighted credit The post Strategy now publishes the Bitcoin return threshold below which it may have to restructure appeared first on CryptoSlate.