Search results for July 1
Crypto
Ripple targets institutional payment networks with Mastercard, JPMorgan partnerships, two-track XRP and RLUSD strategy
Ripple is accelerating efforts to expand institutional digital asset infrastructure using the XRP Ledger and its dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD. It is working with firms including Mastercard, JPMorgan, Ondo Finance and OKX to connect traditional finance with blockchain payments. Ripple plans to use XRPL for inter-institution payments and value transfer, while expanding RLUSD use in trading and collateral. Ripple issued RLUSD on XRPL and Ethereum this month, with most minted on XRPL.
Crypto
Bitcoin spot ETFs have far to go despite rebound; June outflows hit record
U.S.-listed bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds posted net inflows for a second straight week, but the rebound remains limited. The past two weeks brought $273.1 million of net inflows, just 3.3 percent of the $8.2 billion that exited over the previous eight weeks. June outflows totalled about $4.5 billion, the largest monthly figure since the products launched in January 2024. Analysts remain divided over whether the move marks a trend shift.
AI & Enterprise
Anthropic integrates Claude Fable 5 into Max and Team Premium plans
Anthropic has made its top-performance AI model, Claude Fable 5, a standard feature in selected higher-tier subscription plans, ending its limited-time availability since launch. The model will be available on the personal Max plan and the business Team Premium plan, but usage will be capped at up to 50 percent of each plan’s total limit. Anthropic said the restrictions are to manage demand and expand access gradually as it secures additional computing resources.
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Crypto
Australia to scrap 50 percent long-term capital gains discount for crypto, other assets from July 2027
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Crypto
Robinhood Chain memecoin investors post 63% losses, CashCat down 75%
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AI & Enterprise
GPT-5.6 vs Fable 5 head-to-head puts focus on price and access
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Crypto
Uniswap holds first vote to activate v4 pool protocol fees
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Crypto
OKX Europe supports USDT-to-USDC conversion
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Crypto
Robinhood Chain memecoin launchpad Vlad.fun halts operations over internal integrity issues
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Crypto
BitPay secures Dutch approval, seeks to expand stablecoin payments
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Crypto
Ark Invest buys another 220,000 shares of Circle, bets more despite slowing USDC activity
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Crypto
Robinhood chain boom raises question for Ethereum: tailwind or dilemma
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Telecommunications & Media
Dlive TV signs MOU with French K-content platform KFTV
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Fintech
Shinhan Bank opens Shinhansol Cluster in Jeonnam-Gwangju to support strategic industries
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AI & Enterprise
Upstage to provide Daum AI Summary based on Solar and Renegade
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Mobility
U.S. Senate panel moves to bar Chinese EV sales; Tesla shifts from EVs to robots
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Games & Commerce
AI use in games expands beyond dev tools to live services as policy support grows
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Industry
Korean blockchain firms post joint commercialisation and technology cooperation gains in Europe