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20 Aug 2026
The Treasury doubled its bond buybacks. $2.74 billion in short positions got liquidated in a single day. Trump held a crypto meeting at the White House. And Bitcoin hit $72,000 in three days.
15 Jul 2026
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
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 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 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
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
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.
04 Jun 2026
RLUSD is now live as a loan payout option on Lantern, available on both Ethereum and the XRPL. Plus: Bitcoin closed May down 3.58% in its first monthly loss in three months, and the XRP Ledger turned 14.
28 May 2026
Iran peace talks are moving toward a ceasefire that could pull oil back to the $70s, Bitcoin sits at $73,000 in Extreme Fear while long-term holders accumulate, and XRP's price lags its institutional momentum. Plus: Lantern adds RLUSD as a loan payout option.
21 May 2026
Washington delivered a big week for crypto: the CLARITY Act advanced out of the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 and a formal Strategic Bitcoin Reserve announcement is said to be weeks away. Plus, Lantern users can now pay refinance fees directly through a connected bank account.