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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.

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Hormuz Is Closed Again But Crypto Keeps Climbing

Bitcoin ETF Stopped Bleeding And Buy Boost is Live

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

The Ceasefire Is Real. But It's Fragile.

Ceasefire signed. Oil crashes and markets recover.

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

Lantern Trading and Custody Is Here

Security Best Practices for Trading & Custody

How Trading & Custody Works On Lantern

Trading & Custody FAQ

RLUSD Loans Are Now Live and XRP Turns 14 Years Old

RLUSD Loans Are Now Live

Peace talks and price drops

The Clarity Act and the Bitcoin Reserve Are Both Moving

Lantern Finance Lowers Its XRP Loan Interest Rate to 11%

Cold Storage vs Smart Contract: Where Your Collateral Actually Sits

For the First Time in Months, Crypto Looks Good

Iran’s Economy Is Collapsing. Institutions Are Still Buying.

Trump Extends Ceasefire While DeFi Lost $292 Million (Again)

How To Deposit USDC on Lantern Finance

Trump Says Talks With Iran Could Resume Soon

Connecting Your Bank & Setting Up Autopay

Is Crypto Lending Safe? What to Check Before You Post Collateral

Bitcoin Hits $72,000 After Ceasefire

Your Loan Funds in Less Than 10 Minutes (Even on Weekends)

Bitcoin Snaps a 5-Month Losing Streak

How a Bitcoin Line of Credit Works

Pay taxes without selling your crypto

Best Bitcoin (BTC) Line of Credit Platform in the United States (2026)

Lantern Finance Now Accepts XDC (XinFin Digital Contract) as Collateral

Bitcoin Holds Steady. Ripple Bets $750M On Itself.

Lantern Now Offers Bitcoin-Backed Loans at 8%, Lowest Rate for U.S. Borrowers

What Happened to BlockFi (and What It Means for Your Crypto)

The Signal In The Noise

Gradually, then Suddenly

The 10AM Dump Is Gone. The Internet Has Theories.

Announcing Seamless Loan Principal Payments Using Your Connected Bank Account

Crypto Wasn’t Built for Humans. We’re Fixing That.

New Feature: Text Message Alerts for Margin Calls

Bitcoin Just Had Its Worst Two Weeks Since 2022. Here's Where We Stand.

$2.5 Billion Got Liquidated In 24 Hours

How Lantern Calculates Your Loan-to-Value (LTV) Ratio

$42 Million Stolen Across DeFi Hacks in January

Meet Lantern Finance, a better alternative to Nexo

Meet Lantern Finance, a better alternative to Arch Lending

Three Market Shifts That Matter for Crypto Borrowers

Lantern Finance Launches Loans Backed by Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Chainlink (LINK), and Sui (SUI) for US-Based Customers

Your First Month Is Interest-Free

The billionaire who borrowed $215 million from Wall Street to build a real estate empire

Changes To Our Margin Call And Liquidation Policy

Happy New Year from Lantern 🎆

New Feature: Pay Interest And Add Collateral Instantly From Your Exchange

Remember When Banks Called Crypto 'Too Risky'? Ripple Is Now A Federally-Chartered Bank

Add Collateral Instantly from Your Exchange Using Mesh

Pay Interest From Your Exchange Without Leaving Lantern

How Mariah Carey Turned $9 Million into $35 Million

A Real Story About Why Custody and Grace Periods Matter

Happy Thanksgiving From All Of Us!

When Markets Move, Our Community Shows Up

3 Things We Learned at Ripple Swell Last Week

How DeFi Lost $200M This Week [Explained]

Three New Features to Help You Manage Your Crypto Loans Better

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Now Available For Added Security

Introducing Unlock Collateral: Flexibility for Your Crypto Assets

$19 Billion in Crypto Liquidations. Zero at Lantern.

Why October Could Be XRP’s Turning Point

How to Refinance Your Lantern Loan

Flash in the Pan or Future of Finance?

XRP-Backed Loans For Institutions and Businesses

How Cred Lost $783 Million

Your funds are safe from the NPM supply chain attack

How to withdraw your XRP out of Uphold (with screenshots)

What the LTV says about the lending platform's business model

How a trader in his pajamas nearly broke the stock market

How fast will my funds arrive?

A new Lantern is live now!

XRP Loans Platforms: Where to Borrow Against Ripple in 2025

How Larry Ellison (Oracle co-founder) bought "Pineapple Island"

Biggest misconception when it comes to paying interest on Lantern