💥Linqto Goes Bust — And Takes Investor Hopes With It

👀Linqto, the "everyday investor's gateway" to pre-IPO gold, just filed Chapter 11.

💰They pitched shares in giants like Ripple & CoreWeave — but turns out, users may have never actually owned them.

⚠️New filings hint at years of shady mismanagement and securities violations dating back to 2020.

📉10K+ creditors could be affected, with $500M–$1B on the line.

🥴Another fintech dream… turned legal nightmare.

📉NFT Market Tanks — But Users Are Sneaking Back In

🪦NFT trading just dropped for the 5th quarter in a row — down 80% YoY to $823M.

💸NFT lending? Basically dead. -97%, now crawling at just $50M/month.

📈Weird twist: Sales are up 78%. Translation? Prices nuked, but users still mintin’.

🛍PFPs fell hard (-72%), but RWA NFTs climbed into 2nd place with a 29% volume boost.

🎮Gaming NFTs are back on top — Guild of Guardians even outplayed CryptoPunks & BAYC.

🎨Art NFTs? -51% in volume, but 4x more sales. Cheaper, more people buying.

🪙$TON domains spiked too, as Telegram users stack SIM-free usernames.

🚀Pump.fun Drops $PUMP ICO This Week!

🔥Solana’s top memecoin launchpad goes big with an ICO kicking off July 12 at 14:00 UTC.

💰They’re aiming for a massive $600M raise by selling 150B $PUMP at $0.004 each.

🎯Plan? Take on giants like Facebook, TikTok & Twitch... because why not.

⏳First-come, first-served till July 15 or till bags run dry.

📉All this after a 75% volume dip—either genius or meme-fueled madness.

🇭🇰Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Rush Begins

🧾HK’s new Stablecoin Bill drops Aug 1 — and over 40 firms are already lining up for licenses.

🏦Big names like JD.com, Ant Group, Circle & Standard Chartered want in.

📋Most applicants are mainland giants — smaller players? Just chasing clout, according to Cobo’s Alex Zuo.

🧠Real players are hiring blockchain devs & compliance leads, prepping infra for issuance, wallets & fiat rails.

😙Some are building, some are just vibing for headlines — and HK’s about to separate the two.

📅Mark it: Aug 1 could be a turning point for Asia’s stablecoin game.

💥PUMP-USD Goes Live on Hyperliquid

📈$21M+ in pre-market volume for PUMP-USD on day one — and that’s before the token even launched.

🎯Price hit $0.015 before crash-landing to $0.0055... classic pre-launch degen action.

🧪Hyperliquid’s hyperps let you long/short unreleased tokens with up to 3x leverage — no oracles, just their own mark price avg.

📣Funding rates get spicy during trend moves — you win more betting against the herd.

🧠No token yet. Just vibes, leverage, and a lotta pain if you ape without brakes.

⏳$PUMP isn't live... but its casino is open.

🔥🔥$BTC is on 122k and is pulling the whole market up!!!

🚀Pump.fun Raises $600M in 12 Minutes—Memecoin Mania Ain’t Over

🐸Bitcoin may be flexin’ ATHs, but the degens are still all about the memes.

💥Pump.fun pulled a wild $600M in 12 minutes in their public token sale—bringing total raise to $1.32B.

🧪This Solana-based meme machine lets you spin up joke coins like it’s nothing—and apparently, investors are eating it up.

🗽No U.S. or U.K. investors allowed (they said nah to legal headaches).

🧻Memecoins might be useless AF, but Pump.fun’s raked in nearly $800M in revs since 2024.

🤡Utility? Nah. Hype? Infinite!

🏦BOE Governor: Tokenized Bank Deposits > Stablecoins

🔈Andrew Bailey says he’s not a fan of banks dropping their own stables.

⚠️Stablecoins = “systemic risk” + pulling money out of the traditional credit system.

📉He argues they could drain the banking system and mess with how credit’s created.

🔗Bailey prefers tokenized deposits—same money, just digitized under bank control.

📈FYI: Stablecoins ballooned from $125B to $255B in under 2 years... and regulators are watching.

🐋SharpLink Becomes Biggest Public ETH Whale

💰On July 13, SharpLink Gaming snagged 16,374 ETH for $48.85M.

📈That pumps their total stack to 270K+ ETH—worth a whopping $717.7M.

🎯They now top the leaderboard as the largest public corporate Ethereum holder.

🔥Their mega buys (over $180M in 5 days!) helped push ETH above $3K.

✔️They’re not just holding—they’re staking and restaking to boost Ethereum’s decentralization game.

🤖DeepSeek AI Predicts 3 Altcoins Ready to Moon

📢With $BTC hitting $122K, bulls are back and blowing the horn for a mega run.

📉Even with a slight 4.9% dip, Bitcoin’s rally has lit a fire under the whole market.

🧠China’s DeepSeek AI says a new wave is coming—and these 3 altcoins might lead it.

🚀They expect fresh ATHs by late 2025, maybe even outshining the 2021 cycle.

🔍Names not dropped yet, but eyes are peeled—DeepSeek’s got alpha and everyone’s watching.

📱Venga Drops Mobile App in Catalan & Spanish

🌍Venga’s going local—launching its crypto app in both Catalan and Spanish.

🧠The app’s got clean UX, solid security, and tools to help users learn the ropes.

🇪🇸🇵🇱Officially registered in Spain & Poland as a legit Virtual Asset Service Provider.

🏦Offers named IBANs, crypto trading, and earn products—all in your native tongue.

🤝Targeting 10M+ Catalan speakers, Venga’s mission is clear: DeFi for everyone.

🧠Peter Thiel Backs BitMine’s Big $ETH Pivot

🔄BitMine ditched $BTC mining and stacked 163K+ $ETH—now worth $500M.

💼Peter Thiel just scooped up 9.1% of the firm via Founders Fund Growth II.

✔️The SEC filing confirms: Thiel’s in deep with 5.09M BMNR shares.

🚀BitMine’s gunning to become a top Ethereum treasury—and now it’s got serious backing.

📈Institutional $ETH bets are heating up... and Thiel just made his loud and clear.

🇺🇸$TRUMP Token Wobbles Ahead of $2B Unlock

📉TRUMP's up 9.8% this week, but still lagging behind Solana memecoins like Bonk, Pudgy, Fartcoin & Popcat (+20%+).

🧨Why? A massive $2B token unlock drops Friday—102% of float—mostly going to Trump-controlled wallets.

💸That unlock could add $100M to Trump’s net worth, now pushing $6.5B.

🤑Whales are buying the dip—holdings rose from 5.72M to 5.95M tokens.

🤝Justin Sun says he’s eyeing another $100M TRUMP buy—he’s the biggest holder after The Donald.

📲Shinhan Bank Adds Crypto Tools to SOL App

🏦South Korea’s Shinhan Bank is jumping deeper into crypto.

✔️Their $SOL smartphone app now offers real-time price tracking for major crypto assets.

📚Also dropping beginner-friendly guides to help new investors get started.

🚀Big move from TradFi—crypto is officially going mainstream in Korea.

👀$ETH is eyeing $4k, still having small pumps and overall being +25% in the last 7 days.

👀Alon Cohen Teases Possible $PUMP Airdrop

📢Crypto KOL Downsin Jerome claims a $PUMP airdrop is dropping July 24, 15:00 UTC—for active Solana wallets.

💬Jerome says it’s official, quoting Pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen.

🌀Alon’s response? A gif of B.O.B. from Monsters vs. Aliens awkwardly shifting his eye 👁️👁️

🧠No confirmation, no denial—but CT’s reading between the pixels.

🪂With 330K+ views on the post, everyone’s watching July 24 like hawks.