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TLDR: HBAR price stays trapped between $0.085 support and $0.095 resistance with low volatility. Whale OTC movements and upgrade activity have kept liquidity balanced within a narrow trading range. Supply expansion pressures persist, but buyers continue to defend the key support near the $0.085 zone. A breakout above $0.095 may trigger a momentum shift, while a loss of $0.085 risks a drop toward the $0.080 level. HBAR traded near $0.08 while price action remained locked in a tight consolidation range, as whale OTC flows and a recent network upgrade shaped short-term sentiment. Market behavior reflected balanced pressure between accumulation activity…

Key highlights:Franklin Templeton submitted a new filing for two BTC-related funds.The ETFs could begin trading as early as September 2026.The proposed funds will start with 95% U.S. equities and 5% Bitcoin exposure.Major asset manager Franklin Templeton has filed to launch two new ETFs that would automatically invest stock dividends into exposure to Bitcoin. This comes as the firm continues to explore ways to combine traditional investing with digital assets. The funds could begin trading as early as September 2026 once approved.Franklin Templeton looks to use dividends to buy BitcoinAccording to a filing with the U.S. SEC, the asset manager plans…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. WB-Shield Innovations GmbH secures MiCA authorization in Austria, expanding regulated crypto services across the European Economic Area. Summary WhiteBIT EU secured MiCA authorization in Austria, enabling regulated crypto services across the EEA under FMA oversight. The approval strengthens WhiteBIT’s European strategy, ensuring compliant, secure, and transparent crypto-asset operations under MiCAR. With Austria’s MiCA license, WhiteBIT EU advances its regulated presence, supporting retail and institutional crypto services across Europe. WB-Shield Innovations GmbH, operating as WhiteBIT EU, announced today that it…

Police in Marseille, France said they arrested four suspects over the weekend after they interrupted what appears to be a crypto robbery that was escalated into a kidnapping attempt as the accused reportedly held two women hostage. News of the arrests, which first appeared in the local French newspaper La Provence, marks the first instance of such an operation targeting crypto holders in the Marseille region. Earlier Cryptopolitan reports have followed the crime wave that the appetite for crypto has unleashed on France, with over 70 such attacks reported across the country this year alone. Arrested suspects were on a…

TLDR: Moody’s brought machine-readable credit ratings to Solana through its integration with Alphaledger infrastructure. Solana became the first public blockchain capable of supporting Moody’s ratings directly on-chain. Issuers can now embed Moody’s credit data into tokenized fixed-income assets at the asset level. The rollout follows Moody’s earlier TIE deployment on Canton Network during March 2026. Moody’s has expanded its blockchain strategy by bringing machine-readable credit ratings to Solana through a new integration with Alphaledger.  The move places one of the world’s most widely used credit assessment systems directly on a public blockchain network. It also marks the first time Moody’s…

Singapore’s Monetary Authority has added Bybit to its Investor Alert List, placing one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges alongside other platforms that are not licensed to offer regulated services to users in the city-state. Summary Singapore’s MAS has added Bybit to its Investor Alert List, warning that the exchange is not licensed or regulated to provide services to local users. The move follows Singapore’s continued push for stricter crypto compliance, weeks after MAS revoked Bsquared’s licence over regulatory breaches and false statements. Despite the Singapore alert, Bybit continues to expand globally and recently launched tokenized fixed income products through…

Prediction market platform Kalshi has partnered with StarCompliance to give financial institutions real-time visibility into employee trading activity as it expands efforts to address insider trading concerns and attract institutional participants. Summary Kalshi has partnered with StarCompliance to give financial firms real time monitoring of employee prediction market trades. Employees at participating firms will be required to link their Kalshi accounts, allowing compliance teams to flag suspicious activity. The agreement follows Kalshi’s recent compliance push, which included employer disclosures, market risk reviews, and more than 100 blocked insider trading attempts in Q1 2026. According to a Barron’s report, employees at…

TLDR: Avalanche sentiment dropped sharply as Santiment data showed a shift from bullish to bearish tone FUD around AVAX focused on developer activity and competition from faster growing layer1 networks Avalanche subnet architecture remains central to ecosystem scaling strategy and network design focus AVAX remains among top trending tokens despite mixed sentiment and rising social media debate Avalanche sentiment weakened across crypto markets as social discussions turned increasingly skeptical around the network. Santiment Intelligence data shows sentiment sliding from one of its most optimistic phases earlier this year into a more bearish range.  Traders pointed to rising concerns over developer…

The Bitcoin ETF market is showing signs of life again, but Ether funds are still struggling to find the same bid. TL;DR US spot Bitcoin ETFs returned to inflows after a run of outflows. Bitcoin funds led by larger issuers showed renewed demand, while Ether ETFs remained under pressure. The split keeps Bitcoin looking stronger than Ethereum on the institutional-flow side. Bitcoin Gets Its Flow Signal Back US spot Bitcoin ETFs returned to net inflows after a run of outflows that had put institutional demand back under the microscope. That makes the latest positive flow print more than just another…

Paradigm has led a $9 million Series A funding round for Latin American payments platform El Dorado as the company expands stablecoin-powered cross-border transfers across underserved markets in the region. Summary Paradigm led a $9 million Series A round for Latin American payments app El Dorado, with Coinbase Ventures and Verda Ventures also participating. El Dorado said it serves more than 100,000 active users, has processed over 5 million transactions, and operates across 12 countries in Latin America. The company has expanded into business payments on the Tempo blockchain, onboarding more than 100 corporate clients and supporting cross-border trade flows,…