The filing asks SEC staff to confirm that recording securities entitlements on Ethereum Mainnet will not trigger enforcement action. If SEC staff approve, it would be the first formal confirmation that public blockchain infrastructure can operate within the U.S. securities recordkeeping system.
Network activity rebounds from weekly lows while Rakuten Wallet prepares to bring SHIB to 44 million users in Japan. A $440 million short liquidation wave and Steve Aoki's full exit frame the contrasting forces shaping SHIB's outlook.
Bitcoin started it all. But the 18,000 coins that followed are where most of the innovation — and most of the risk — lives. Altcoins are not simply Bitcoin alternatives. They are an entire ecosystem of technologies, financial instruments, and experiments — some solving real problems, others riding pure speculation. Understanding the difference is the most important skill a crypto investor can develop.
A Google quantum paper, a new perp DEX launch, and a yield product on Solana drove the week's biggest moves — all of it playing out against a broader market sitting deep in Extreme Fear.
A token built around AI hype collapsed 70% after on-chain investigators exposed extreme supply concentration. The rest of the losers list told a more familiar story: a macro risk-off week, revenue pressure in DeFi, and a July token unlock hanging over Worldcoin like a known weight.
