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Robert Kiyosaki, best-selling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, said he hopes Bitcoin (BTC) crashes so he can buy more, according to U.Today. In a post on X, he criticized “clickbait losers” for warning of a BTC crash to scare off speculators, adding that a price drop would give him the chance to increase his holdings.

A short-form video titled What is a stablecoin has topped the trending list on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, according to Odaily. The video has already garnered 12.125 million views.

Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX), a publicly listed digital asset trading platform, announced it has raised NOK 5.4 million (approximately $535,369) to purchase Bitcoin (BTC). According to JinSe Finance, the company has already acquired six BTC, worth approximately $633,700, and plans to explore using BTC as collateral.

In a recent update on X, crypto data platform Token Terminal shared that total active loans on Ethereum (ETH) lending protocols have hit a record high of $22.6 billion. Leading platforms driving this growth include Aave, Spark, Morpho, Maple, Fluid, Compound, Euler, Goldfinch, Curve, Gearbox and Silo Finance.

Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Bitdeer (BTDR) announced on X that as of July 4 it holds 1,527.5 BTC, excluding customer deposits. Over the past week, the company mined 57 BTC, sold 15.6 and added a net total of 41.4 BTC to its holdings.

Swedish esports firm Fragbite Group has obtained a SEK 5 million (roughly $522,854) interest-free loan to support the rollout of its new Bitcoin (BTC) Treasury division, according to MarketScreener. The loan, which may be converted into shares at a rate of SEK 10 (about $1) per share, was provided by a group of shareholders including three company insiders: Treasury Director Patrik von Bahr and board members Mikael A. Pettersson and Niclas Bergkvist. The conversion requires approval by a supermajority at an extraordinary general meeting. CEO Stefan Tengvall said the swift completion of the deal shows investor confidence in the firm’s efforts to use BTC to strengthen its capital structure and drive long-term shareholder value.

According to analysis by The Block, Bitcoin (BTC) futures volume saw a sharp 20% month-over-month decline in June, totaling around $1.55 trillion. This dip continues a three-year pattern of midyear slowdowns. The average for the first five months of 2025 was $1.93 trillion per month. The seasonal decline mirrors similar trends in 2023 and 2024, with volumes typically rebounding later in the year, The Block concluded.

Commenting on today’s large Bitcoin transfers from a 14-year dormant address, Coinbase director of product strategy and business operations Conor Grogan said on X that the BTC likely belongs to a single miner from 2011. He noted the miner once consolidated 180 block rewards and held an address with 200,000 BTC in 2011 — one of the top five largest wallets ever, worth $22 billion at today’s prices.

Crypto exchange Gemini has launched a new batch of tokenized U.S. stocks for European Union investors, including companies like Tesla, Apple, Google and Microsoft. The tokenized stocks, issued on the Arbitrum (ARB) blockchain in partnership with Dinari, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer, enable EU investors to trade fractional shares 24/7 without needing a U.S. brokerage account. This move expands Gemini's efforts to democratize access to U.S. equities through blockchain technology, according to Crowdfund Insider.

Russia’s state-owned defense company Rostec announced it will launch the RUBx stablecoin, pegged 1:1 to the ruble and issued on Tron (TRX), along with the RT-Pay payment platform later this year, according to state news agency TASS. RT-Pay will integrate with Russia’s banking system to enable digital payments, external wallets and smart contracts, while complying with local laws and anti-money laundering rules. The platform aims to support various economic sectors with a focus on security and innovation.