Daily Recap – July 2, 2025

News Highlights:

Echo Protocol ($ECHO) announces airdrop for Binance Alpha traders.

Impossible Cloud Network ($ICNT) to be listed on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures on July 3.

Coinbase acquires LiquiFi.

Plume Network ($PLUME) partners with World Liberty Financial ($WLFI).

DeFi Development Corp, a Solana treasury firm, secures a $112.5M private placement to fund SOL purchases.

Anchorage Digital chosen as staking partner and custodian for REX-Osprey Solana + Staking ETF.

Standard Chartered maintains $200K year-end BTC forecast, driven by ETF inflows, corporate treasury interest, and favorable policy trends.

Bit Digital (Nasdaq-listed) raises $163M from a share offering to grow its Ethereum treasury.

Velodrome activates native cross-chain swaps across its DEX ecosystem on the Optimism Superchain.

DEX to CEX futures trade volume ratio reaches an all-time high of 8%.