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Binance will remove the Seed Tag from Bonk (BONK), EigenLayer (EIGEN), ether.fi (ETHFI), Pudgy Penguins (PENGU), and Pepe (PEPE) on July 21, 2025. This announcement follows a standard review assessing each project’s progress, transparency, and risk level. Could this signal growing maturity for these once high-risk tokens? Five tokens cleared Seed Tag Status The Seed
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The crypto market has experienced a modest correction, with several major coins witnessing small declines amid a broader bull run.
This dip comes amid significant whale activity, revealing divergent strategies among the crypto market’s largest players.
BeInCrypto Markets data revealed that over the past 24 hours, the broader crypto market has dropped 3.83%. Furthermore, 7 of the top 10 cryptocurrencies are in the red.
Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship crypto, dipped 0.48% over the past day. Ethereum (ETH), Lido Staked Ether (STETH), and TRON (TRX) bucked the trend, with the latter posting the highest gains of 3.19%.
Meanwhile, (Micro) Strategy has bought the dip. The firm announced the acquisition of 21,021 BTC, valued at approximately $2.46 billion. The average purchase price was $117,256 per coin.
This purchase, funded through a $2.5 billion initial public offering of Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (STRC), increases the company’s total holdings to 628,791 BTC. The firm is now sitting at an unrealized profit of $28.18 billion.
“With approximately $2.521 billion of gross proceeds, this is the largest US IPO completed in 2025 to date based on gross proceeds and the largest U.S. exchange-listed perpetual preferred stock offering in the U.S. since 2009,” the firm added.
Furthermore, its year-to-date BTC yield stands at 25%. This acquisition aligns with the company’s pattern of leveraging equity and debt to bolster its BTC reserves, a strategy that has positioned it as a leading institutional holder.
Besides Strategy, Lookonchain highlighted that Anchorage Digital, a digital asset platform and infrastructure provider, has also increased its Bitcoin exposure.
“Anchorage Digital has accumulated 10,141 BTC($1.19 billion) from multiple wallets over the past 9 hours,” Lookonchain posted.
In contrast, a previously dormant investor’s activities indicated a more profit-oriented approach. Lookonchain reported that after 12 years of dormancy, a Bitcoin holder transferred out 343 BTC, worth $40.52 million. Of this, the ‘Bitcoin OG’ deposited 130.77 BTC, valued at $15.45 million, to Kraken.
“This OG received 343 BTC (around $29,600 at the time) 12 years ago, when the BTC price was $86. That’s a 1,368x return!,” the blockchain analytics firm revealed.
This small transfer follows one of the largest Bitcoin transactions ever executed in the cryptocurrency’s history. BeInCrypto reported that Galaxy Digital sold over 80,000 Bitcoin, worth more than $9 billion, on behalf of a long-term investor.
Ethereum’s market has similarly seen contrasting whale behaviors. A new wallet (0x3dF3) accumulated 12,000 ETH worth over $45 million through Galaxy Digital.
“Since July 9, a total of 9 fresh wallets have accumulated 640,646 ETH ($2.43 billion),” Lookonchain wrote.
However, this accumulation is offset by sell-offs. An on-chain analyst noted that Galaxy Digital deposited 5,000 ETH worth $19.28 million into Coinbase, and Cumberland also transferred 10,592 ETH worth approximately $40.79 million to the same exchange.
Moreover, Fidelity also followed the same path and sent 12,981 ETH valued at around $49.7 million to Coinbase.
“The institutional address suspected to be HashKey Capital transferred 12,000 ETH to OKX the day before yesterday, and then withdrew 46.16 million USDT from OKX yesterday. In other words, those 12,000 ETH have been sold at a price of $3,847,” analyst EmberCN added.
Thus, the crypto whales’ divergent strategies—accumulation versus liquidation—illustrate varying risk appetites and outlooks in the market.
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially acknowledged the spot Dogecoin ETF filing from 21Shares, an update that has set the DOGE price on a bullish ride. This acknowledgement officially sets the 21Shares DOGE ETF product on the commission’s timeline for approval. Notably, the commission can take up to 240 days to approve or reject the ETF proposal.
With SEC acknowledgement, the 21Shares product now joins Grayscale Investments, which are also awaiting feedback from the US SEC. 21Shares filed for the DOGE ETF on April 9. Per the firm’s demand, it hopes to launch the product to provide exposure to the Dogecoin price with institutional investors as its target.
Though it is not sure that the commission will approve the fund like it did with Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, the recent acknowledgement suggests that a review process for the proposed ETF has kicked off.
The fund may be approved and launched later this year, considering the US SEC’s regulatory overhaul. Many crypto enthusiasts are optimistic that the new SEC leadership will hasten the review process.
With a pro-crypto Donald Trump-led administration and the confirmation of Paul Atkins as SEC Chair, the agency has become more receptive to crypto. This ‘benevolence’ could impact the 21Shares’ Dogecoin ETF filing.
Following the US SEC acknowledgment of the 21Shares spot Dogecoin ETF filing, the DOGE price jumped 6.29% in the past 24 hours to $0.2404. This rally comes despite the volatility recorded earlier in the trading hours. However, the coin has pared off all short-term and long-term losses, with its 7-day price growth at 42.19%.
The price jump aligns with Rekt Capital’s recent analysis on the future of the canine-themed memecoin. Per the earlier DOGE price analysis, Rekt Capital noted that the coin could rally to $0.27 because it can hold support at the $0.22 price level amid an ongoing bullish shift in the market.
Beyond the Dogecoin ETF push, other asset management firms are waiting for related acknowledgment from the market regulators on their ETF applications. As reported earlier by CoinGape, Bitwise filed to list a spot NEAR ETF with the US SEC about a week ago.
With the current trend that has seen other top altcoins like Binance Coin, XRP, and Cardano jostling for ETF listings, market analysts have highlighted high odds of listing these alternative products.
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Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has played a significant role in the GENIUS Act, a bipartisan bill that, if passed, will regulate the use of stablecoins in the United States. But, as a lead co-sponsor of the bill, Gillibrand’s involvement in its passage comes with its share of controversy.
In an investigation into campaign financing during the 2024 federal election cycle, BeInCrypto found that the combined donations from individuals associated with prominent crypto firms—including Coinbase, Ripple, Uniswap Labs, Andreessen Horowitz, and dYdX Trading—exceeded $200,000 for the New York Senator’s campaign.
On Monday night, the Senate advanced the GENIUS Act concerning stablecoins by approving a procedural vote. This vote was for cloture, which limits debate and prevents a filibuster.
Cloture requires the support of 60% of senators present. The bill still needs a full Senate vote to pass. To reach the required threshold, 16 Democrats voted in favor of the move, with Senator Gillibrand leading the initiative.
The road to getting there was difficult. During a previous Senatorial reunion on May 8, the same vote failed to advance to the final round of discussions. Nine Democratic senators – including Gillibrand – retracted their initial support of the bill during that round of debate.
Opposition to the bill stemmed from several concerns. These included inadequate consumer protections, potential risks to national security, and apprehension regarding how the legislation might be affected by or even exacerbate issues related to President Donald Trump’s involvement in different crypto ventures.
During this latest round, some of those Senators, like Delaware Senator Blunt Rochester, decided to greenlight the bill, while others, like New Jersey Senator Andy Kim, remained unconvinced.
What’s certain is that the US is closer than ever to national crypto legislation on stablecoins. Senator Gillibrand’s efforts significantly influenced the road to get here. Her negotiating skills have been instrumental in securing sufficient Democratic support for the bill at every step.
However, her connections to the crypto industry raise questions about her motivations for advocating its passage.
Gillibrand has been a Senator for her home state of New York since 2009. Last year, she was re-elected to office for a fourth term.
According to OpenSecrets, a non-profit organization that tracks and publishes campaign finance and lobbying data, Gillibrand received tens of thousands of dollars from individuals representing different crypto entities during the last election cycle.
Under US federal law, corporations generally cannot donate directly to congressional campaigns. This prohibition applies to contributions from a corporation’s treasury funds.
Nonetheless, OpenSecrets monitors contributions from individuals, who are typically required to disclose their employer when donating.
Considering this information, in 2024, contributors associated with Coinbase were the tenth-largest corporate donors to Off the Sidelines, Senator Gillibrand’s leadership PAC. Together, they donated $59,900 to her re-election campaign.
Following its lead, venture capital firm Andressen Horowitz donated $57,000 to Gillibrand’s efforts. In 16th place was Uniswap Labs, where individuals contributed $48,900.
Ripple donors came in 40th place, contributing a total of $32,000. Further down the list was dYdX Trading, donating $19,200.
Gillibrand received $217,000 in total from these different crypto entities. Searching through the Federal Election Commission (FEC) database, BeinCrypto revealed the identities of some of these independent contributors.
According to data compiled by the FEC, Gillibrand’s leadership PAC received $366,043.12 worth of individual contributions between 2023 and 2024.
Combining these contributions, BeInCrypto found 10 individual donations from prominent figures who listed Coinbase, Ripple, and Uniswap Labs as their employers.
Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, individuals are generally limited to donating $5,000 per calendar year to a traditional Political Action Committee (PAC). This limit applies per election cycle, meaning separate donations can be made for primary and general elections.
Among Coinbase-associated names were CEO Brian Armstrong and Chief Operating Officer Emilie Choi, who donated a total of $8,300 to Gillibrand’s leadership PAC during last year’s primary elections.
Meanwhile, Ripple Labs CEO Bradley Garlinghouse, Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty, and Co-founder Chris Larsen each donated $5,000.
In the case of Uniswap, CEO Hayden Adams and Chief Legal Officer Katherine Minarik each donated $3,300. Marvin Ammori, also a Chief Legal Officer, donated a sum of $7,300 on three separate occasions.
BeinCrypto found no individual contributions from dYdX or Andressen Horowitz employees to Gillibrand’s leadership PAC.
Campaign financing from prominent names in the crypto industry, whether from political action committees or individual contributors, became a household activity during last year’s elections.
According to a report by Public Citizen, Behemoths like Coinbase and Ripple Labs each contributed $50 million to Fairshake, the crypto super PAC that spent $119 million during the 2024 federal elections.
In fact, OpenSecrets labeled Fairshake as one of the few Super PACs that qualify as bipartisan committees. Crypto contributions toward Republican and Democratic candidates alike demonstrate the industry’s broad range of investments to achieve a brighter regulatory future for crypto in Washington.
But they also raise questions over the impartiality of congressional representatives like Senator Gillibrand when it comes to voting on legislation that will directly impact the businesses of the very actors who contributed to their political campaigns.
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