Today's Crypto News:

Bitcoin below $79,000, XRP leads losses as traders start betting on a Fed hike Full Story

Every major token except solana and BNB is flat or lower over 24 hours, with bitcoin holding a 14% weekly gain and XRP 28%.

Lesser-tracked bitcoin market dynamic lends credibility to August surge to $80,000 Full Story

An indicator fundamental to understanding whether capital consistently moved in size to push prices higher is flashing green.

SEC resurrecting U.S. crypto custody rule the previous administration failed to land Full Story

In 2023, the regulator tried to narrowly restrict the places investment advisers could park clients' crypto assets, but the new approach is still shrouded in secrecy.

Nvidia shares rise after earnings top estimates, guides to $108 billion in revenue next quarter Full Story

The tech bellwether reported fiscal second-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday.

South Korea’s top financial conglomerate team up with Visa to test stablecoin issuance and B2B settlements Full Story

Shinhan Financial Group will use Visa’s platform to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption while building new AI-powered payment models.

Crypto Long & Short: Tokenized equities: the model underneath the trade Full Story

In this week's Crypto Long & Short, CoinDesk's Joshua DeVos writes that demand for tokenized equities is accelerating fast, from $16 billion to more than $590 billion in perpetual futures in a single year, but that the headline growth hides the question that matters most. Two tokens can trade under the same ticker while granting entirely different rights, and the structure underneath, whether it conveys real ownership or a synthetic claim, determines the risks and protections a holder actually has.

Ethereum developers propose first step to protect ETH staking from quantum attacks Full Story

A draft proposal would allow validators to deposit with quantum-resistant keys, then permanently stop accepting the format the network runs on today.

The evidence doesn't support the banks' case against stablecoin rewards Full Story

Dallas Fed warns tokenized deposits could strip $700 billion from U.S. banks' lending capacity Full Story

Programmable deposits and AI agents may enable instantaneous, automated bank switching for higher yields, driving up bank funding costs.

ECB claims digital euro will offer 'maximum level of privacy' amid surveillance fears Full Story

Central bank officials say the Eurosystem will be structurally unable to link users to purchases, but civil society groups remain skeptical.