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Is there a Robinhood Chain token？

No. There is no official Robinhood Chain token, there is no airdrop, and there is no snapshot. Every token currently claiming that association is either a joke that admits it or a trap that does not.　　SummaryRobinhood has not issued a native token for Robinhood Chain. The network runs on ether for gas, which removes the main technical reason a chain needs a token of its own.Robinhood Markets trades as HOOD on Nasdaq. That equity is the only official way to own a piece of the company, and it is a stock, not a crypto asset.CASHCAT, the chains best-known token, is a community project with no affiliation to Robinhood. Its own website describes itself as fan fiction with a ticker.New tokens keep launching into the branding gap. STONKCAT opened a presale on July 16, and others are running alongside it.The absence of a token is the scam surface. Treat any airdrop claim, snapshot rumor, or official-looking token as false unless Robinhood confirms it through its own channels.　　Ask the internet whether Robinhood Chain has a token and you will get a hundred confident answers, most of them wrong and several of them designed to be. The correct answer is short: no. Robinhood

07-17Industry

LTC Price Prediction: Crowded Longs, Quiet Sellers — A Break Below $44 Could Open the $40 Door

Terrill Dicki　　Jul 17, 2026 08:14　　Litecoins short-term moving average stack has collapsed into a 50-cent dead zone around $44.50 while sell-side taker flow silently dismantles a 74%-long retail positioning book; the bear case targ…　　LTCs Technical Reality Check　　When three different moving averages — the 7-, 20-, and 50-day SMAs — all converge within 50 cents of each other, the market is telling you it has been drifting without conviction long enough for the math to catch up with itself. That is exactly where LTC sits at $44.51, pinned in a compression zone with no directional edge in sight. The 200-day SMA looming at $55.60 isnt subtle: this coin is structurally damaged, trading more than 20% below its long-run average. Every short-term bounce this year has been a lower high.　　Momentum has gone genuinely inert. The MACD histogram sits at zero — not nudging higher, not rolling over, just dead flat. RSI at 50 echoes this with almost uncomfortable precision. A neutral RSI after a sustained period of underperformance is not a reset; its a failure of buyers to press an advantage when the setup was there. The 12- and 26-day EMAs are kissing at $44.48 and $44.44 respectively — there is no hidden

07-17Industry

MLB Makes Punishment Decision On Phillies Bryce Harper Gambling Video

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – JULY 14: Bryce Harper #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies warms up before the 2026 MLB All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park on July 14, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)　　Getty Images　　Coming out of the All-Star break, the Philadelphia Phillies remain firmly in postseason position entering the second half, making any off-field development involving superstar slugger Bryce Harper especially noteworthy. The club continues to rely on Harpers bat to push it toward another October run.　　And after Harper became the subject of scrutiny over a personalized video sent to a FanDuel user that recently made headlines, there were some questions about how much the first baseman might have known about that users growing losses or the gambling addiction he would later claim in a lawsuit was being encouraged by the platform.　　With those questions swirling, it seemed as if Harper might have broken one of Major League Baseballs rules regarding sportsbook endorsements.　　Discover more　　Economics　　Finance　　News　　ForbesBlue Jays Turn To Brand New Arm After Trey Yesavage SetbackBy Peter Chawaga　　MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Clarifies Punishment Decision For Philadelphia Phillies Bryce Harper　　Harper publicly responded to the controversy after that video became public, writing on social media that he believed he was simply recording

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XRP Deleveraging Nears 2026 Lows: Can XRP Repeat Its 790% Rally From 2024？

$XRP is going through another deleveraging phase on Binance.　　According to CryptoQuant author Darkfost, a key derivatives metric has dropped to one of its lowest levels since late 2024. A similar reset in 2024 preceded $XRPs 790% rally.　　Binance Leverage Ratio Drops Near Multi-Month Low　　Darkfost said Binances Estimated Leverage Ratio (ELR), which measures leveraged futures positions relative to exchange reserves, has fallen to 0.16. It is now close to its April 2026 low of 0.15, making it one of the weakest leverage readings since November 2024.　　Meanwhile, $XRP has corrected by about 70% from its 2025 high of $3.65. This suggests traders have significantly reduced their leveraged exposure during the downturn.　　The accompanying chart shows the ELR steadily moving toward the red support zone after peaking during $XRP‘s previous rally. At the same time, $XRP’s price has retraced to around $1.10.　　Lower Open Interest Points to a Healthier Market　　According to Darkfost, the falling leverage ratio is primarily due to shrinking futures positions. Liquidations during the correction have also contributed to the decline. As leveraged positions are closed, open interest falls, reducing speculative activity.　　The analyst said this deleveraging phase is a healthy sign. Excessive leverage often makes markets more fragile and increases the risk of sharp

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Coinbase CEO: S&P 500 Tokenization Will End Wall Street Monopoly

The US stock market is breaking records, with the S&P 500 surpassing 7,534 points. It has risen 75% over the past five years, but only a small part of the world is profiting from this growth. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is convinced that the traditional financial system has become a closed club and that only tokenization can fix it.　　“Imagine being on the sidelines of this growth,” Armstrong wrote. According to him, billions of people do not even need to imagine it, because strict geographical barriers, complex compliance requirements, and brokerage bureaucracy leave them with no practical way to buy shares in major US technology companies directly.　　Imagine being on the sidelines of this growth.　　Billions of people dont have to imagine - they have no access to invest in American companies. The S&P500 is up 75% in the last 5 years, and the majority of the world just had to watch from the sidelines.　　Tokenized stocks are…　　Experts estimate that more than half of the adult population in developing countries is currently completely cut off from global capital markets.　　The “Everything Exchange”: Bringing Wall Street to smartphones　　The crypto exchange has decided to capitalize on this gap by launching its “Everything Exchange”. A month ago, Coinbase

07-17Exchange

Why Is Hyperliquid Falling？ HYPE Breaks $60 Despite ETF Inflows

Two days ago this site retired its concern about HYPE when the token bounced over $67. The market took one look at that and reopened the case. HYPE trades at $59.93 now, down 9% in a day, below the round number, 22% off the all-time high it set just a month ago. So: why is Hyperliquid falling？ The data gives three answers, and one of them is a date.　　HYPE trades at $59.93 as of July 17, 2026, down 9.0% over 24 hours, per CoinGecko. It sits in both the trending and most-viewed lists, which is what happens when a top-10 token breaks a round number. The all-time high: $76.67, set June 16, 2026. One month later the token has surrendered 22% of that.　　Answer one: the leverage is leaving　　HYPE is the token of a derivatives exchange, and its own derivatives tell the story. Futures open interest in HYPE has contracted toward $2.7 billion, long positions have been liquidated in waves through the week, and funding rates collapsed as traders flipped to paying premiums for shorts. That is a positioning cleanout in plain sight: leveraged bulls who bought the June high are being carried out, and each liquidation is forced selling that

07-17Industry

Pi Network Revamps Navigation With New Interface

TLDRPi Network introduced the first phase of a redesigned mining application with improved navigation and a refreshed user interface.The update adds a reorganized side menu, dark mode, and easier access to the Mainnet Checklist, mining details, and featured Pi Apps.The Core Team said the redesign followed user feedback and represents the beginning of a broader application refresh.The team plans to release future interface improvements gradually because the mining app serves more than 60 million engaged Pioneers.Pi Networks native token remained under pressure despite the announcement and continued trading near recent record low levels.　　Pi Network introduced a redesigned mining application that reorganizes key features while improving navigation and accessibility for users. The update marks the first stage of a broader interface refresh announced by the Core Team through its official blog. The rollout arrives as the project continues refining its ecosystem despite continued weakness in the native tokens market performance.　　Mining app receives a redesigned interface　　Pi Network rolled out a refreshed mining application with a reorganized layout and updated visual presentation. The redesign introduces a cleaner structure while preserving existing core functions. Users can access the new menu through the hamburger icon in the upper left corner.　　The updated side menu groups important

07-17Industry

Bitcoin buyers and bagholders are both selling into the rebound below $70,000

Bitcoins recent price rebound faltered as the advance gave long-term holders and recent buyers an opportunity to sell before the cryptocurrency reached its next major resistance zone.　　Data from CryptoSlate shows that the largest digital asset crossed $65,000 on Wednesday for the first time in about a month, then retreated under $63,000 as of press time. The move followed softer US inflation data and marked Bitcoins strongest response to favorable economic news in weeks.　　The retreat came even as several market indicators turned more constructive, setting up a test of whether recovering demand can absorb the supply emerging during rallies and carry Bitcoin above $70,000.　　Long- and short-term holders constrain Bitcoins recovery　　Bitcoins failure to hold above $65,000 showed how quickly the rebound was drawing supply from investors on both sides of the recent downturn.　　Bitcoin has traded below the realized price of the 18-month-to-two-year UTXO cohort since early June, according to CryptoQuant data. The measure estimates the average price at which coins in the group last moved and serves as a proxy for their break-even level.　　Bitcoin Realized Price Across UTXO Age Bands (Source: CryptoQuant)　　That moving cost basis has since risen to about $80,800 as coins enter and leave the cohort, leaving many of its

07-17Industry

Bitcoin $DOG Mode proposal targets Bitcoin Core policy restrictions

Bitcoin Ordinals advocate Leonidas has proposed a new open-source Bitcoin client that would raise transaction size limits and reduce the dust threshold, seeking to remove policy restrictions affecting Ordinals and Runes transactions.　　SummaryLeonidas has proposed a new Bitcoin client that raises transaction size limits and lowers the dust threshold for Ordinals and Runes.Bitcoin $DOG Mode is intended to remove policy restrictions enforced by Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots rather than Bitcoin consensus rules.The proposal comes months after Ord.io shut down, as Leonidas continues to push for wider support for Bitcoin native digital assets.　　In a Friday post on X, Bitcoin Ordinals advocate Leonidas introduced a proposal for an alternative Bitcoin client called Bitcoin $DOG Mode, describing it as software designed to remove limits enforced by existing Bitcoin clients rather than by the Bitcoin protocol itself.　　I am very excited to announce the launch of a new open source Bitcoin client called Bitcoin $DOG Mode.　　Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots have spent years enforcing rules that Bitcoin itself does not have.　　A transaction can be fully valid under consensus and still be blocked from…　　— Leonidas ???? $DOG (@LeonidasNFT) July 17, 2026　　The proposed client would increase the maximum individual transaction size to 3.9 million weight units (WU)

07-17Industry

Bitcoin price prediction: $55.5K or $70K for its next impulse move？

After falling to $62.2K on Monday, 13th July, Bitcoin [$BTC] gained by 4.45% a day later as the price poked its head above the $65K-level. In the 48 hours since then, Bitcoin has fallen by 1.37% again. The liquidations caused by the rejection of $65K were not much.　　Compared to the liquidation cascade caused by the slide from $74K to $60K, the liquidation figures in recent days were modest. The past 24 hours only saw $52 million in $BTC trader liquidations, compared to nearly $980 million in liquidations on 23rd June, when $BTC fell from $64.2K to $62K.　　AMBCrypto reported that fragile market conditions could stall a recovery. According to a Bitfinex analyst, there was no Bitcoin-specific demand in sight, ETF flows were negative, and so was the Coinbase Premium Index.　　Bitcoin bounce is not over yet!　　Source: Axel Adler Jr.　　The Bitcoin Regime Score combines taker flow, funding rates, Open Interest, exchange flows, ETF flows, and price trends. Using this metric, crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr. demonstrated that the press time reading of +34.6 put the regime score in modestly bullish territory.　　The pullback below zero on 14th July has been reversed since, due to the buying pressure that followed.　　Main market components have been pointing

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