Today's crypto news highlights:
1. The German government sold about 10,000 $BTC in one day. It currently holds 27,461 $BTC.
2. Coinbase International Exchange will add support for $BLAST, $ZRO and $ZK perpetual futures on July 11.
3. $ADA - Cardano released "Node 9.0" on July 8. CEO Hoskinson expects the Chang hard fork to start this week.
4. $CRV - 51.4 million $CRV was locked in just 4 days, accounting for about 1/3 of all CRV emissions in 2024.
5. $CQT - Covalent has announced a governance proposal to transition from $CQT to $CXT tokens.
6. $DIMO - The DIMO Foundation proposes to use DIMO Points (DCX). DCX has a stable value of $0.001 and is created by destroying $DIMO. Voting will begin on July 15.
7. $ENS - ENS announced the details of its rebranding, including a new logo and a new website.
8. $MON - Pixelmon announced that it will release a major game update in July.
9. $SOL - CBOE has formally requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow VanEck and 21Shares to bring Solana-based exchange-traded funds to market.
10. $XAI - Xai contributors have agreed to re-lock their July unlocked tokens within 6 months. (85.5 million > 17.7 million)
11. Grayscale announced July 18 as the record date for the creation and distribution of "Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust" shares to ETHE shareholders. ETHE will contribute 10% of its ETH to the Mini Trust.