Fold’s latest play makes Bitcoin as easy to gift as a last-minute birthday card. With Blackhawk’s retail muscle, BTC is now a checkout-line option at over 400,000 stores, transforming crypto from an investment into something users pick up while shopping.…
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Fold expands Bitcoin’s reach through America’s $300b gift card infrastructure [btcmanager]
Fold’s latest play makes Bitcoin as easy to gift as a last-minute birthday card. With Blackhawk’s retail muscle, BTC is now a checkout-line option at over 400,000 stores, transforming crypto from an investment into something users pick up while shopping.…
Qubetics crypto price collapses 97% amid airdrop turmoil [btcmanager]
The ambitious Qubetics project is facing its biggest test yet as traders rapidly lose confidence.
Pi Network dumps hard, will PI recover? [btcmanager]
Pi Network rallied nearly 300% between April and May 2025. The token is trading close to its all-time low on Thursday, at $0.4156. PI token is trading at $0.4158. With PI token in a free fall, traders are likely rotating capital to other altcoins, awaiting altcoin season rally this cycle. The token’s July unlock has contributed to the rising selling pressure and the likelihood of recovery is low.
Sequans and other Bitcoin treasury companies saw their stocks plummet this July. What does this signal mean? [btcmanager]
Swan-promoted Sequans and several other Bitcoin treasury companies went through a rough period in July. After peaking on Jul. 14, 2025, Sequans’ stock price dropped by around 75%. Several treasury companies saw even harsher drops. What does this signal mean?…
Visa expands stablecoin offerings amid rising competition from institutions [cointelegraph]

Visa, Mastercard, tech firms and banking institutions are all exploring ways of using blockchain technology for payments and settlement.
SEC launches Project Crypto to bring America’s markets on-chain [btcmanager]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced the launch of “Project Crypto,” with SEC Chair Paul Atkins saying the initiative will help achieve President Donald Trump’s vision of making America the crypto capital of the world. SEC announced the…
SEC launches Project Crypto to bring America’s markets on-chain [btcmanager]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced the launch of “Project Crypto,” with SEC Chair Paul Atkins saying the initiative will help achieve President Donald Trump’s vision of making America the crypto capital of the world. SEC announced the…
Tether posts $4.9B profit in Q2 as stablecoins go mainstream [cointelegraph]

In the first six months of 2025, Tether has had a profit of $5.7 billion, a rise of 9.6% compared to the same period in 2024.
Blockstream launches Simplicity to bring verifiable contracts to Bitcoin [btcmanager]
Blockstream’s newly launched Simplicity language brings formally verifiable contracts to Bitcoin’s Liquid Network, offering institutions a new logic they can trust. By anchoring to Bitcoin’s UTXO model, it sidesteps the fragility that plagues state-based systems. In a press release dated…