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Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) could face a funding gap for core protocol development within the next three to nine months.

Hyperliquid (CRYPTO:HYPE) continued to attract investor attention after reaching a record high of US$76.95 on June 16.

Strategy faces pressure over its STRC preferred stock after Arca Chief Investment Officer Jeff Dorman suggested the company may need to sell between US$3 billion and US$4 billion of Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC).

Coinbase Global Chief Executive Brian Armstrong said he remains long Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) and expects the cryptocurrency to trade at much higher levels by 2030.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) has rebounded from a June selloff but remains about 15% below Glassnode’s True Market Mean of US$77,200.

Ripple (CRYPTO:XRP) said its Swell 2026 conference will be held in New York from Oct. 27-29 and is expected to attract more than 1,500 attendees.

Ledn announced plans to add Tether Gold (CRYPTO:XAUT) as eligible collateral for loans later this year, allowing clients to borrow against tokenised gold holdings without selling the asset.

XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) fell nearly 5% to an intraday low of US$1.16 after a broader cryptocurrency selloff followed the Federal Reserve's decision to maintain interest rates at 3.50%-3.75%.

Lite Strategy invested US$1 million in ZK Innovations, the developer of Litecoin (CRYPTO:LTC) Layer-2 platform LitVM.

Public Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) mining companies are estimated to require roughly US$50 billion in funding to support planned artificial intelligence infrastructure projects.

Wealthsimple will launch a standalone prediction markets application this summer, giving Canadian investors access to approximately 4,000 event-based contracts through a partnership with Kalshi.

Malta’s financial regulator has opened a public consultation on a proposed legal framework for decentralised finance that would recognise decentralised autonomous organisations.