TREE NEWS reports: Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argues that holding zero crypto is an active bearish position, given the neutral weight is about 2% of global stocks. He notes Wall Street is all-in despite crypto’s 50% decline, citing BlackRock’s tokenized funds and Morgan Stanley’s Solana ETF approval. Hougan recommends a 5% allocation as a ‘free lunch’ and sees BTC’s resilience to bad news as a bullish sign.
TREE NEWS update: MoonPay now allows eligible US customers to fund crypto purchases using Cash App balances. This expansion moves the payments firm beyond its core onramp business, offering more payment options to users.
TREE NEWS update: Following PURR’s inclusion in the Russell 3000 and Russell 2000 indices, major hedge funds and family offices like Duquesne and Renaissance Technologies have disclosed significant holdings in the Hyperliquid treasury company, indirectly increasing their exposure to HYPE tokens. This marks a growing trend of traditional financial institutions entering the Hyperliquid ecosystem.
TREE NEWS reports: Yu Shu (Yu Shu) reports that Unitree will be listed tomorrow, with Hyperliquid’s pre-market contract price implying a market cap of 276.4 billion RMB. This marks a significant event in the crypto and robotics sectors.
TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin Magazine reports on the Schizocollage Movement, led by Evil Biscuit, arriving in Hong Kong, drawing parallels to the Gutai avant-garde collective. The piece explores the intersection of art and crypto culture.
TREE NEWS reports: Solana-based meme coin 67COIN saw its market cap briefly exceed $3 million, surging over 99 times in a day. The token’s explosive rally highlights the speculative nature of meme coins on Solana.
TREE NEWS update: Data shows Binance recorded a net inflow of 246 million USDT in the past 24 hours, indicating significant capital movement into the exchange. This could signal increased trading activity or investor positioning.
TREE NEWS update: Metaplanet plans to invest 2,100 BTC to acquire Super League, aiming to build Superplanet, a US-based Bitcoin treasury platform. The move underscores the growing trend of Bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset and expands Metaplanet’s footprint in the US market.
TREE NEWS reports: PUMP token has printed its first golden cross, with revenue reaching a seven-month high, signaling a potential bullish trend. Meanwhile, Ethereum researchers are focusing on privacy, Robinhood is introducing agentic trading, and Ansem is launching his own platform.
TREE NEWS reports: Visa is searching for a new stablecoin settlement partner to replace BVNK, which has been acquired by Mastercard. The move underscores Visa’s continued push into stablecoin-based payment infrastructure.
TREE NEWS reports: Jiaxing’s city investment group launched a Token operations center, integrating computing power and AI models for resale, marking local SOEs’ entry into the AI token market. This move, following telecom operators and cloud providers, signals the commoditization of AI tokens, with profits expected to thin as infrastructure becomes utility-like.
TREE NEWS update: Standard Bank is in talks to acquire a stake in African fintech OPay, betting on its prospects for a US IPO. The deal would mark a significant investment in the region’s digital payments sector.
TREE NEWS reports: USDC Treasury has minted 250 million USDC on the Solana blockchain, increasing the stablecoin’s supply on the network. This move enhances liquidity for Solana-based DeFi and trading activities.
TREE NEWS reports: Citigroup has introduced Custody+, a new custody solution suite, with plans to launch Bitcoin custody services within the year. This move signals traditional finance’s increasing embrace of digital assets.
TREE NEWS update: The Royal Government of Bhutan has transferred 300 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $19.28 million, to a new wallet. This move is part of the country’s ongoing management of its state-held crypto assets, which have been accumulated through government mining operations.
TREE NEWS reports: Analysts warn that record expansion in energy market crack spreads could exert new downward pressure on Bitcoin. The widening spreads reflect rising energy costs, which may increase mining expenses and affect market sentiment.
TREE NEWS update: Galaxy Research reports that Q2 2026 saw synchronized declines in on-chain lending across CeFi, DeFi, and CDP stablecoins, marking the first such quarter since Q4 2022. Total crypto-backed lending fell 16.78% to $56.16B, while futures open interest dropped 3.08% to $103.2B, with a notable shift as CeFi lending surpassed DeFi for the first time since Q3 2023. The orderly, step-down deleveraging contrasts with the 2022 crash, indicating a healthier risk reduction process.
TREE NEWS update: Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, challenging ICE’s direct award of a $94.6 million contract to competitor TRM Labs. The suit alleges the procurement process was unfair and bypassed standard bidding procedures.
TREE NEWS update: Chainalysis has filed a bid protest in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims challenging the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sole-source award of a $94.6 million contract for blockchain forensic tools to rival TRM Labs. The lawsuit pits the two largest crypto tracing firms against each other over the lucrative government deal.
TREE NEWS update: According to DeFiLlama data, Binance, Bybit, and Bitget recorded the highest net capital inflows among global centralized exchanges over the past 24 hours. This indicates strong investor activity and liquidity movement in the crypto market.