Crypto News, July 2: Circle USDC Hit by Blackrock and Ripple XRP Backed OUSD, Bitcoin and Ethereum Price Recovering

Market do what market does, crypto is looking slightly better after taking a few beatings last month. Price is grinding higher despites few unsupporting metrics, institutions are still panic-selling while whales and corporations quietly feast at the lows. The Bitcoin price just reclaimed $60,000 after a 21-month low of $58K, and the Ethereum price tagged $1,600 in the bounce.

Meanwhile, Blackrock is leading another ETF exodus, and a fresh OUSD stablecoin is hammering Circle USDC. Trump’s $1.4 billion crypto windfall is still in the news as regulators reshuffle the deck.

The catalyst was Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. His take that inflation risks had eased flipped crypto and most risk assets higher and gave both majors the lift they needed after June’s bloodbath. Bitcoin price had dipped below $59K on heavy outflows before recovering, while Ethereum held $1,500 support and moved green alongside SOL and DOGE. Fear & Greed sits at Extreme Fear, but but market is looking better.

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Bitcoin price recovery is unexpected as spot ETF outflows still printing in hundreds of million. Yesterday, Bitcoin ETFs posted a net $296 million outflow with Blackrock’s IBIT led with $219.4 million redeemed, Fidelity’s FBTC shed $51 million, and Grayscale’s GBTC lost $62.8 million.

Why this month might be better? June closed as the worst month ever with $4.5 billion exiting the products. Institutions are de-risking hard even as BTC climbs. But on-chain data sees whales accumulated 270,000 BTC st $59K zone. It’s the largest single spike ever recorded, bigger than COVID or FTX bottoms. Long-term holders remain in strong accumulation mode.

Corporate buyers are also stepping up, besides Strategy, Metaplanet has added another 2,823 BTC worth $170 million, bringing its treasury to 43,000 BTC valued at north of $2.5 billion.

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Ethereum price followed BTC higher and reclaimed the $1,600 level after touching multi-month lows $1,505 to start July. ETH has now suffered its first stretch of three consecutive red quarters but is holding the $1,500 support zone. Whale wallets in the 1K–10K ETH range are accumulating, even as active addresses have dropped sharply. It could be a sign retail has exited while bigger players position, which usually marks bottom.

Ethereum’s bigger catalyst still sits ahead as Glamsterdam remains in active development with Devnet-5 testing underway. Public testnet is targeted for July or August, with mainnet eyed for Q3 2026.

Key upgrades include EIP-7732 for Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation to improve MEV fairness and EIP-7928 for Block-Level Access Lists that enable better parallel processing. Glamsterdam’s goals are higher L1 scalability, lower gas fees, and groundwork for higher throughput.

Blackrock isn’t just selling Bitcoin exposure, it’s also backing the new OUSD stablecoin consortium alongside Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, Stripe and over 140 other firms. Following it, Circle’s stock cratered 17% as the rival gains traction. As of now, Circle’s CEO is pushing back hard on network effects while yield experiments like MetaMask’s new yield-paying accounts heat up.

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Also today, SCOTUS cleared Trump to fire SEC and CFTC chiefs, opening the door to major oversight changes. In Europe, MiCA’s grace period has ended, leaving Tether to abandon parts of the region. Not just USDT delistings, Binance is still reassuring users as Venga secured a MiCA license. For America, tt present, the CLARITY Act odds are sliding, but Trump is publicly pushing back against banks while the SEC keeps its comment window open on novel ETFs.

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The gap between scared institutions and aggressive whales plus corporates is the clearest bull signal in months. As Blackrock and ETF players keep selling, on-chain data shows the largest accumulation spike in history and treasury companies keep buying.

Bitcoin and Ethereum price looks increasingly constructive as Glamsterdam coming. Regulatory clarity is moving forward despite few tackles from banks, as whales positioning.

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