The Block
Quick Take The Block’s GMCI Meme Index showed a nearly 10% increase in the past 24 hours. The top heavyweights included Shiba Inu, Dogecoin and Pepe. Political memecoins also fluctuated after Trump survived an assassination attempt and announced his vice president.
Bitfinex analysts found Saturdays this summer have seen an average return of about 1% in the price of bitcoin.Recent supply pressures driven by the German government and Mt. Gox seem to subside during the weekend.
Quick Take U.K. Judge James Mellor ordered Craig Wright to post on his website, Slack and on X that he is not the founder of bitcoin, according to a court document filed on Tuesday. Changes have been reflected on Wright’s website.
Quick Take Trekki, the first NFT series incubated by Singapore-based Trip.com, will cease operations on August 1, the team announced Tuesday. Trip.com launched the series of 10,000 dolphin-themed NFTs and supporting infrastructure in 2023 to “enable holders to access experiences and benefits.”
Quick Take Polymarket has brought on well-regarded election statistician Nate Silver as an advisor, Axios reported on Tuesday. The platform is rapidly becoming the most popular blockchain-based prediction market, accounting for 80% of bets on the U.S. election. Silver says investors will increasingly leverage betting markets to assess the news.
Quick Take Payment processing giant Stripe has enabled crypto purchases via its technology in the EU, according to the Irish Independent. Online vendors in the region can reportedly now add a widget on their sites for users to purchase Bitcoin, Ether and Solana, among others.
Quick Take Cross-chain blockchain protocol LI.FI has lost around $9 million in an exploit, security firms say. The team has asked users to avoid the protocol and revoke permissions. Security firm Peckshield alleges a similar attack affected LI.FI in 2022.
Quick Take Uniswap Labs’ wallet browser extension is now available to the public. First unveiled in February, the Uniswap wallet browser extension amassed a waitlist of 793,391 users. The wallet browser extension supports 11 blockchains, including Ethereum, Base, Blast and Arbitrum.
Worldcoin token unlock for investors and “team members” of Tools for Humanity is set to kick off on July 24.The project also announced that the unlock schedule for 80% of the tokens held by Tools for Humanity team members has been extended from three years to five years.
Quick Take UK High Court Judge James Mellor is referring Craig Wright to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider perjury and forgery charges. Judge Mellor ruled in March that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto or the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper.
