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15 Jul 2026

Hormuz Is Closed Again But Crypto Keeps Climbing

The June US-Iran peace deal collapsed, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and oil hit a one-month high, but a soft June CPI print pulled Bitcoin back toward $65,000. Plus the CLARITY Act stalls in the Senate and an SBI-backed XRP treasury moves toward a Nasdaq listing.

09 Jul 2026

Bitcoin ETF Stopped Bleeding And Buy Boost is Live

The 10-day Bitcoin ETF selloff finally broke, Buy Boost went live, Washington still can't pass the CLARITY Act, a $6M Summer.fi exploit, and Ripple cleared Europe with a MiCA license.

02 Jul 2026

The carry trade is cracking. Whales don't care.

The yen hit a 40-year low and a $4 trillion carry trade is looking shaky, while Bitcoin whales made the largest single on-chain accumulation ever recorded at $59,000. Plus, Ripple joins the 140-company Open USD stablecoin consortium.

24 Jun 2026

The Ceasefire Is Real. But It's Fragile.

The US and Iran signed a 14-point ceasefire memorandum, but localized escalation in Lebanon is already testing it. Plus: South Korea's KOSPI fell 10% in a day and cascaded into crypto, and a $15 million reverse honeypot drained one of Ethereum's most aggressive sandwich bots.

18 Jun 2026

Ceasefire signed. Oil crashes and markets recover.

A signed US-Iran peace deal reopened the Strait of Hormuz and sent Brent crude down 35% in a single session. New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh held rates at 3.50-3.75%, while XRP sentiment hit 2026 lows even as institutional ETF inflows kept climbing.

11 Jun 2026

The $1.7 trillion dollar company that can't get into the S&P 500

Lantern now lets you buy, sell, and hold crypto directly in the app. Plus: SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic head for the public markets, and the Clarity Act clears committee.

08 Jun 2026

Security Best Practices for Trading & Custody

08 Jun 2026

Trading & Custody FAQ

08 Jun 2026

How Trading & Custody Works On Lantern