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Markets
Trump-Linked WLFI Adds $5 Million in Ether, Lifted Holdings to 66,000+ Coins
World Liberty Financial, an investment vehicle linked to U.S. President Donald Trump, purchased 1,531 Ether for roughly $5 million on Wednesday, per on-chain data

TradFi & Fintech
Citigroup Explores Issuing Stablecoin, Plans $4 Billion Buyback
Citigroup is evaluating the issuance of its own dollar-backed stablecoin, Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser told analysts on the bank’s second-quarter 2025 earnings call

Markets
Thiel’s Founders Fund Takes 9.1% Stake in Ethereum Treasury Firm BitMine
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund disclosed a 9.1% passive stake in BitMine Immersion Technologies, according to a Schedule 13G filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 15 July.

Blockchains
PayPal Plans to Add Ethereum Layer 2 Arbitrum Support for PYUSD Stablecoin
PayPal has added the Arbitrum network to the list of blockchains supporting its U.S.-dollar-backed stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD) in its updated terms and conditions.

CeFi
Cantor Fitzgerald Nears $4 Billion SPAC Tie-Up With Bitcoin Pioneer
Cantor Fitzgerald is in advanced talks on a roughly $4 billion special-purpose acquisition company deal with Adam Back, a cryptography expert widely credited as one of Bitcoin’s earliest pioneers, according to the Financial Times

Regulation & Politics
US House Panel Declares Digital Assets a National Priority
The US House Committee on Financial Services said on 15 July that "the era of digital assets is no longer just a promise—it’s a national priority."

Blockchains
BNB Chain to Host Ondo Finance’s Tokenized US Stocks Suite
Blockchain platform Ondo Finance said its full suite of more than 100 tokenized U.S. equities, exchange-traded funds and other funds will soon be available on BNB Chain

Regulation & Politics
DOJ, CFTC End Polymarket Probes as Trump Warms to Crypto Betting
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have closed their investigations into Polymarket

Hacks
DeFi Platform Arcadia Hit by $3.5 Million Exploit on Base
Decentralized-finance platform Arcadia, which operates on Coinbase-backed Layer-2 network Base, suffered an exploit on 15 July that drained an estimated $3.5 million from its liquidity pools






