Crypto Breaking News

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) spot exchange-traded funds attracted US$221.7 million in net inflows on 2 July, ending a 10-session outflow streak as on-chain data indicated large investors had been accumulating Bitcoin since 30 June.

Abu Dhabi has spent years building one of the Gulf's fastest-growing stock markets through a wave of blockbuster IPOs, only to now take one of its biggest companies private. Bloomberg's Laura Gardner Cuesta reports.

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, rejected allegations that he improperly accepted undisclosed gifts from George Cottrell, a crypto-linked businessman convicted of wire fraud in the United States.

European NATO allies have mostly replaced the assets that the US has cut from its rescue plans in case of a war in Europe, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Sir John Stringer told Bloomberg TV in an interview. "European allies have definitely stepped up in terms of backfilling the adjustment in the US forces in Europe," he said

Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume reached a record US$1.79 trillion in June, up 63% from US$1.10 trillion in May and 125% higher than a year earlier, according to Visa's Allium-powered analytics dashboard.

Coinspect warned that the "Ill Bloom" vulnerability could expose thousands of cryptocurrency wallets across Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH), Polygon (CRYPTO:POL), Rootstock, Tron (CRYPTO:TRX) and Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) because of weak recovery phrase generation in certain software wallets.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) warned that some event contracts offered by prediction market platforms, including Polymarket and Kalshi, could qualify as financial instruments under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II).

EasyJet agreed in principle to a takeover offer of more than £5 billion from Castlelake, which swooped in as the UK budget carrier was reeling from soaring jet fuel prices and suppressed demand after the Iran war. Bloomberg's Danny Lee reports.

Vanadi Coffee is facing a shareholder dispute after Vallecid, which owns nearly 10% of the company, sought to replace the board and review fees paid to directors on financing used to acquire Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC).

CryptoQuant reported higher exchange deposits for Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) and altcoins.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to travel to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand this week. Bloomberg's Swati Pandey discusses the agenda for the leader's Indo-Pacific tour.

Strategy remains the largest public corporate holder of Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) with 847,363 BTC, but investors are increasingly focused on valuation metrics that could affect its ability to expand its treasury.