The crypto market is experiencing a downturn as major tokens like Bitcoin, XRP and Solana plummet, with the SOL ecosystem and PayFi sector both dropping over 4%. Why is crypto down today? According to data from CoinGecko, the overall market…

Why is crypto down today : SOL, XRP and memecoins plummet amidst Bitcoin dominance rise

Crypto analysts and several metrics suggest that an &#8220;altcoin season&#8221; will 
begin once Ether’s price breaks new all-time highs.

Ethereum chart signals ‘altseason’ as analysts predict $10K ETH price top

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) notched their 13th straight day of 
inflows with $228 million in fresh capital, led by Blackrock’s IBIT. 
Meanwhile, ether ETFs stumbled into the red, posting a $26.46 million net 
outflow. Bitcoin ETFs Extend Winning Streak to 13 Days With $228 Million 
Inflow The rally in U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pushed into […]

Crypto ETF Flows Split: Bitcoin Adds $228 Million While Ether Sees $26 Million Exit

Bitwise Asset Management has quietly nudged Dogecoin one step closer to Wall 
Street’s ETF club, filing an amended S-1 on 26 June that for the first time 
allows “in-kind” creations and redemptions. The tweak is more than procedural. 
It lines the proposed Bitwise Dogecoin ETF up with the operational playbook 
the US Securities and Exchange Commission already blessed for spot-bitcoin and 
spot-ether products, and it signals that SEC staff are now deep in the weeds 
on the mechanics of custody and settlement. Signs Point To Dogecoin ETF 
Approval “Bitwise has filed amended S-1s for their spot Dogecoin ETF and their 
spot Aptos ETFs. Good signs as it indicates SEC engagement, and tracks with 
other spot approvals,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric 
Balchunas wrote on X. He underscored the importance of the new language: “One 
HUGE update to the filing is ‘in-kind’ creations and redemptions… Near-lock at 
this point that in-kind will be allowed in spot ETFs across board.” Related 
Reading: Dogecoin Flashes Rare Buy Signal—But One Move Could Ruin It The 
change matters because in-kind processing lets authorized participants swap 
DOGE directly for ETF shares (and vice versa) without the tax friction and 
slippage that accompany the cash-only model imposed on futures-based crypto 
funds. The SEC’s willingness to consider that structure for a dog-branded 
altcoin would have seemed fanciful a year ago. It now appears consistent with 
the regulator’s post-bitcoin-ETF détente, during which issuers also sought in- 
kind redemptions. Approval odds are converging on the high end of the 
spectrum. Less than a week ago, Balchunas and fellow analyst James Seyffart 
raised their probability for “the vast majority” of pending altcoin 
ETFs—including Dogecoin—to “90 percent or higher,” citing what Seyffart called 
“very positive” SEC engagement. Related Reading: Dogecoin Crash Far From Over? 
Analyst Reveals The Target Notably, that optimism has not fully washed into 
prediction markets: on Polymarket, the contract titled “Doge ETF approved in 
2025?” was trading around 69% early Friday morning in Europe, while a shorter- 
dated line for approval by 31 July priced in barely 13% odds. Dogecoin Price 
Stalls (For Now) Dogecoin itself has yet to reflect the regulatory tail-wind. 
The token changed hands near $0.161—down roughly 2% on the day. Technical 
trader Kevin (@Kev_Capital_TA) argues that bulls still control the longer-term 
picture: on his weekly chart, DOGE has respected a momentum breakout line 
traced back to late-2022 on five separate tests, each time spring-boarding 
into “major bounces.” He pegs the “line in the sand” at the $0.143–0.127 
support band: “ Yet Kevin cautions that meme-coin exuberance ultimately hinges 
on the Federal Reserve, not tweet-driven hype. In a separate post this week, 
he noted that fresh highs in bitcoin dominance continue to ride “restrictive 
monetary policy and an uncertain geopolitical environment.” Alt-season, he 
wrote, will require the end of quantitative tightening and a tangible decline 
in the US terminal rate—conditions absent since late-2023 and still distant 
according to Fed-funds futures. At press time, DOGE traded at $0.16123. 
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Spot Dogecoin ETF Gains SEC Traction—Is A Price Surge Next?

What once took half a month now takes a moment. Tezos has activated fast 
withdrawals for Etherlink, using a native liquidity bridge and smart contracts 
to unshackle users from the long delays of optimistic rollups. According to a 
press release…

Tezos collapses 15-day withdrawal bottleneck with lightning-fast Etherlink exits

Countries that ban crypto payments often have no restrictions on using crypto 
abroad, but such legal overlaps may attract scrutiny from global regulators 
like the FATF.