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Ethereum’s 12 Biggest Wallets Expose 6 Exchanges Controlling 6.6 Million ETH
Key TakeawaysThe Beacon Deposit Contract holds 88.29 million ETH, 73.16% of the top 12 wallets tracked.Binance controls 3.19...
Former UFC Champion Conor McGregor Risks $100K on Viral 3-2 World Cup Prophecy With a $3.6M Payday
Key TakeawaysMcGregor risked $100,000 on Argentina winning 3-2 for a potential $3.6 million return.Kalshi gave Spain 58.2% odds as...
Prediction Market Traders Turn Bearish on Clarity Act Becoming Law in 2026
Key TakeawaysPolymarket prices a 39% chance the Clarity Act becomes law by December 31, 2026.Kalshi bettors set 67.8% odds the...
Michael Saylor Teases Strategy’s Next Bitcoin Move After Buying Pause and $3 Billion Cash Buildup
Key TakeawaysSaylor’s “What’s next?” post showed the company’s 843,775 BTC position but did not disclose a new transaction.Strategy...
Robinhood Roars, Coinbase Reorgs, and Ethereum Rakes in $1,538
This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the...
The Target Is Pix: Why the US Is Imposing Unprecedented Tariffs Over Brazil’s Free Payment System
Key TakeawaysThe U.S. imposed a 25% tariff on over $11 billion in Brazilian exports to counter unfair trade practices.The USTR...
Kenya Investigates President William Ruto Website Breach as Hackers Demand 5 Bitcoin
Key TakeawaysHackers defaced President Ruto’s website on Saturday, demanding 5 bitcoins to prevent a data leak.The threat...
Latam Insights: Unpacking Bolivia’s Stablecoin Push, Venezuela’s Massive P2P Market, and Argentina’s Libra Crackdown
Key TakeawaysBolivia is exploring integrating USDT into its financial system to combat a severe foreign currency crisis.Venezuelan...
Canada Crypto Week Returns July 20–26, Celebrating the Future of Web3, Digital Assets and AI
TORONTO, ON – Canada Crypto Week returns July 20–26, 2026, for its sixth year, bringing together dozens of events across Canada...
This Group of Four Now Dominates Over 70% of a Key Blockchain Resource
Key TakeawaysFoundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC and F2Pool held 70%+ of Bitcoin hashrate on Jun. 23, 2026.D-Central put Bitcoin’s...
Brazil’s CVM Launches Strategic Working Group to Regulate Securities Tokenization
Key TakeawaysBrazil’s CVM established a working group to test onchain securities and draft future token regulations.The initiative...
Trump’s $1.4B Crypto Income Draws Scrutiny as Senate Weighs CLARITY Act
Key TakeawaysSenator Elizabeth Warren requested updated disclosures covering President Trump’s cryptocurrency earnings through the...
CLARITY Act Delivers 3 Key Benefits for Developers, Investors, and Markets, Senator Says
Key TakeawaysU.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act is built around three core benefits for developers, investors, and...
Bitcoin Flashes ‘End of Bear’ Signal as Cost Basis Crossover Suggests Final Bear Market Phase
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s short-term holder cost basis has crossed below the adjusted long-term holder level, triggering an “end of...
Ripple’s CLARITY Act Campaign Returns as Senate Democrats Challenge Crypto Bill
Key TakeawaysRipple returned its CLARITY truck to Washington as lawmakers continued debating a national framework for...
Michael Saylor Says Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Is ‘Necessary, Inevitable and Welcome’
Key TakeawaysSaylor says corporate adoption is essential to Bitcoin’s global monetary role.Public companies hold 1.263 million BTC,...
One Year Later, CLARITY Act Remains Stuck in Senate as Crypto Rules Stall – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysOne year after bipartisan House passage, the CLARITY Act still has not delivered the comprehensive market structure...
France Orders ISPs to Block Polymarket After French Traffic Surges to 578,000 Visits
Key TakeawaysOn July 17, the ANJ ordered French ISPs to completely block the prediction platform Polymarket.Data manipulation at...
FTX Plans to Pay Creditors $900 Million as Fifth Distribution Starts on July 31
Key TakeawaysFTX starts a $900 million fifth distribution to creditors on July 31, 2026.Dotcom and U.S. customer claims now reach...
‘The Only Way’: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Champions Self-Custody to Reach 1 Billion Users
Key TakeawaysCoinbase’s CEO emphasized self-custody is essential for scaling crypto to the next billion global users.Self-custody...
Saylor Rejects BIP 110, Warns Softfork Threatens Bitcoin’s Neutral Rules
Key TakeawaysMichael Saylor published 100 arguments against BIP 110 on July 18, 2026.BIP 110 uses a 55% miner threshold, far below...
Stablecoin Shakeup: $12 Billion Disappears in 2 Months While Tether Refuses to Flinch – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysDefillama data shows stablecoins lost $12.4B since May 17, 2026, marking the biggest pullback since 2022.Tether’s USDT...
Satoshi Nakamoto Predicted Bitcoin’s Hash Defense 16 Years Before Quantum Fears
Key TakeawaysSatoshi Nakamoto defended SHA-256 in a July 16, 2010 Bitcointalk forum post.Google Quantum AI cut its 2026 estimate...
Drake Drops $1.5M USDT Bet on Argentina Despite Spain’s World Cup Edge
Key TakeawaysDrake bet $1.5 million in USDT on Argentina at +245 odds through Stake ahead of the July 19 final.Drake has lost $5.7...
Larry Fink Comes out as Bullish, CFTC Intervenes With Kalshi, and More
Saylor Hoards $3 Billion in Cash as Strategy’s $55 Billion Bitcoin Bet Sinks $9.9 Billion Underwater Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR)...
World Cup Betting Frenzy: $5.5B Wagers Back Spain to Crush Argentina
Key TakeawaysPolymarket’s $4.28B World Cup market and Kalshi’s $1.29B market both favor Spain at 59%.Messi leads Golden Boot odds...
Bitcoin Faces $65,500 Wall as Daily Chart Volume Cools After Mid-July Rebound
Key TakeawaysBitcoin holds near $64K after bouncing off a $62,516 low, testing $64,500 resistance on July 18.The MACD reads 118 and...
Why Crypto Tokenization Fails—and the One Mistake Institutions Keep Making
Key TakeawaysTraditional finance relies on manual checks, but Zignaly has scaled to over 500,000 users to disrupt this.Abdul Rafay...
Fhenix Upgrades Sedona With Confidential FHE to Keep Balances Hidden From AI Agents
Key TakeawaysSedona partnered with Fhenix on July 15 to integrate default cryptographic encryption into its system.The FHE shift...
SBI Holdings Acquires Coinhako Majority Stake, Deepens its Asia Crypto Footprint
Key TakeawaysSBI acquired control of Coinhako on July 16 after MAS approval, expanding its Singapore footprint.Coinhako gives SBI a...
‘Useless Plastic’: NSPK CEO Declares the End of Visa and Mastercard in Russia
Key TakeawaysMir cards captured 85% of Russia’s market as sanctions rendered Visa and Mastercard effectively useless.Remaining...
Ripple Commits $250,000 to 25 Veteran-Owned Businesses Through Hire Heroes USA
Key TakeawaysRipple committed $250,000 to 25 veteran- and military spouse-owned businesses selected by Hire Heroes USA.Each...
T. Rowe Price Launches Active Spot Crypto ETF With BTC, ETH, XRP Among Top Holdings
Key TakeawaysT. Rowe Price, which manages $1.89 trillion in client assets, combines multiple spot crypto assets in an actively...
Underdog Files First 7 Sports Contracts for Its Own Prediction Exchange
Key TakeawaysUDX self-certified seven sports contract templates with the CFTC on July 15.Filings target first contract listings no...
Nigerian President Tinubu Signs Executive Order to Regulate Country’s Crypto Sector
Addressing Regulatory Gaps Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order aimed at regulating virtual assets and...
$1.38 Billion in One Month: How Venezuela’s Binance P2P Market Now Rivals Its Oil Exports
Key TakeawaysVenezuelan Binance P2P volumes hit $1.4B in a month, proving crypto is a primary currency exchange channel.This...
Bitcoin Traders Pull BTC Below $63K as Middle East Tensions Trigger Fresh Risk-Off Selling
Key TakeawaysBitcoin fell 1.4% below $63,600 on July 17, hitting a session low of $62,732 as post-CPI sentiment faded.Middle East...
Shiba Inu price slips as exchange outflows offset Japan boost
64 billion SHIB have left crypto exchanges today, so far. SBI inherited 1.111 trillion SHIB through the Coinhako acquisition....
Tether’s USDT Is Adding Over 30 Million Wallets Every Quarter, CEO Paolo Ardoino Says
Key TakeawaysPaolo Ardoino says USDT adds over 30 million wallets a quarter, with its user base above 550 million.USDT’s market cap...
Investors Push $79M Into Bitcoin ETFs as Ether Funds Lose $28M
Key TakeawaysBlackrock led bitcoin ETFs to $79.15M inflows on July 16, while ether funds lost $28.04M.Bitcoin’s 3-day streak and...
A16z-Linked Whale Dumps $28 Million in HYPE as Token Slides 10% in a Day
Key TakeawaysLookonchain tracked 437,000 HYPE ($28.38M) from an a16z-linked whale to OKX, Bybit and Gate in 2 days.HYPE traded near...
SOL struggles below key resistance as ETF outflows weigh on sentiment
Key takeaways Solana (SOL) is down nearly 2% over the past 24 hours after failing to break above the crucial $78 resistance. Spot...
Grant Cardone Stacks Another 10.5 Bitcoin From July Rent Cash Flow, Keeping Holdings Above 2,700 BTC
Key TakeawaysCardone Capital added 10.5 BTC from July real estate cash flow, bringing total to more than 2,700 BTC.Grant Cardone...
PI eyes rebound as Open Interest rises and oversold conditions deepen
Key takeaways Pi Network (PI) is showing signs of recovery after several days of consolidation and easing selling pressure. Rising...
Morgan Stanley Completes E*Trade Crypto Rollout With 50 Basis Point Fees: Here’s What Clients Get
Key TakeawaysE*Trade now offers spot BTC, ETH and SOL trading 24/7, with Zerohash handling custody and settlement.Morgan Stanley’s...
Musk’s SpaceX Breaks Below Its $135 IPO Price After a 42% Collapse From Its Peak
Key TakeawaysSPCX closed at $131.11 on July 16, down 3.08% and below its $135 IPO price for the first time.SpaceX raised a record...
Polymarket: CLARITY Act Odds Rebound to 35% After Crashing to a 2026 Low
Key TakeawaysPolymarket’s CLARITY Act contract rebounded to 35% on July 17 from a record-low 24% on July 13.The market sat near 74%...
Argentine Judge Orders Urgent Freeze of Crypto Wallets Tied to Controversial Libra Token
Key TakeawaysJudge Martinez froze Libra wallets after police traced the funds, exposing the networks used to hide them.Wallets...
DeFi’s Newest Threat: How Malicious Liquidity Pools Are Trick-Quoting Ethereum and Polygon Users
Key TakeawaysEnso’s July 16 report exposed “toxic pools” that fake quotes, causing tens of thousands of dollars in losses on a...
He Still Has Two Password Guesses Left Before $840 Million Deletes Itself Forever
Key TakeawaysStefan Thomas has 2 IronKey attempts left to recover 7,002 BTC worth about $777M in 2026.Kingston says no recovery...
UK HMRC Says Crypto Lending Will Trigger No Capital Gains Tax Until Economic Disposal
Key TakeawaysHMRC will defer capital gains tax on some DeFi loans and AMMs from April 6, 2027.About 700,000 UK users could see...
Circle and BIND Group Partner to Bring Institutional USDC Access to Argentina
Key TakeawaysCircle paired with BIND Group, letting Argentine firms access USDC liquidity via the BEN platform.BIND’s network will...
Tether Backs Argentine Neobank Ualá With a $20 Million Strategic Investment
Key TakeawaysTether backed Ualá with $20M in a $197M round, accelerating the neobank’s expansion across Latin America.Ualá will use...
Visa Stablecoin Platform Pushes Institutional Payments Onchain With Open USD
Key TakeawaysVisa Stablecoin Platform combines stablecoin issuance, wallet infrastructure and payment-network connectivity in one...
Congress Is About to Make Its Biggest Crypto Decision Yet—and the Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher
Key TakeawaysPatrick McHenry says the Clarity Act could become the most important U.S. technology law since the Telecommunications...
Pakistan’s Crypto Regulator Fights to Save Asset-Backed Tokens from a Total Ban
Key TakeawaysBilal bin Saqib of PVARA challenged a June ruling by a top Karachi seminary declaring crypto unlawful.JS Global...
Bitpay Wins MiCA Approval as Europe Builds a Unified Crypto Payment Market
Key TakeawaysBitpay won MiCA approval on July 16, opening regulated payment services across the EU.AFM authorization supports...
France’s World Cup Exit Erases Sportsbook Liability as Prediction Volume Surges
Key TakeawaysBetmgm said 94% of semifinal qualification money backed France.France was Draftkings and Betmgm’s largest remaining...
Blackrock Ignites Crypto ETF Comeback as Bitcoin, Ether Flows Turn Green
Key TakeawaysBitcoin ETFs gained $107.80M on July 15, led by Blackrock IBIT’s $80.82M inflow.Ether ETFs added $53.83M with no...
$400 Million Crypto.com Deal Links Citadel Securities to Digital Finance Expansion
Key TakeawaysCrypto.com secured $400 million from Citadel Securities at a $20 billion valuation.Citadel Securities’ backing may...
Trump Teleprompter Operator Faces Trading Ban After Alleged $100K Kalshi Windfall: Report
Key TakeawaysGabriel Perez, Trump’s teleprompter operator since 2016, allegedly faces a CFTC probe over $100,000 in Kalshi...
Grupo Salinas Chairman Anchors $40 Million Raise for Bitcoin Treasury Startup
Key TakeawaysRicardo Salinas anchored a $40 million raise for a bitcoin treasury firm dubbed ORANGE JUICE on July 15, 2026.The...
US Senate Unanimously Opposes Any Pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried After FTX Fraud
Key TakeawaysThe Senate unanimously approved S.Res. 772, opposing any form of federal clemency for Sam Bankman-Fried.The bipartisan...
Cardano whales accumulate as van Rossem hard fork fuels recovery hopes
Key takeaways Cardano (ADA) traded near $0.161 on Thursday after a slight pullback, while whale wallets continued accumulating...
Ripple’s Schwartz Says SEC Treated XRP Like a Security Despite Calling the Crypto ‘Just Code’
Key TakeawaysDavid Schwartz says the SEC treated XRP as a security by arguing holders expected profits from Ripple’s efforts.Former...
ONDO price surges as DTCC-backed tokenized stocks fuel bullish momentum
Ondo Finance (ONDO) jumps nearly 16% as trading volume approaches $290 million. DTCC-backed tokenised stocks strengthen...
Stanford Study: Polymarket’s Bitcoin Bets Were Rigged in the Final 10 Seconds
Key TakeawaysStanford and SMU researchers found 821 traders took $8.2 million from Polymarket’s 5-minute bitcoin bets.Net order...
XLM extends recovery amid rising Open Interest
TL;DR XLM is trading higher on Thursday after defending key support levels earlier this week. Rising Open Interest (OI) and...
Coinbase Policy Chief Calls CLARITY Act a ‘Dramatic Advance’: Here’s What Comes Next in the Senate
Key TakeawaysCoinbase’s Faryar Shirzad called the Clarity Act “a dramatic advance in consumer protection.”The Senate targets floor...
Is Bitcoin Really Headed to $38,000? NYDIG’s October Scenario, Explained
Key TakeawaysNYDIG sees a potential bitcoin cycle low near $38,000-$39,000 by October if a 2022-style drawdown repeats.Bitcoin is...
Solana Hits 300,000 RWA Holders as Ethereum’s $16.3 Billion Value Lead Starts to Slip – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysSolana RWA holders hit a record above 300,000 recently, ahead of Ethereum’s roughly 200,000, per RWA.xyz.Solana’s...
Saylor Hoards $3 Billion in Cash as Strategy’s $55 Billion Bitcoin Bet Sinks $9.9 Billion Underwater
Key TakeawaysStrategy holds $3 billion in USD reserves against 843,775 BTC worth about $55 billion as of July 16.Saylor’s firm has...
Luno Pushes South Africa to Rewrite Crypto Rules Through Parliament, Not Proclamation
Key TakeawaysLuno challenged South Africa’s draft capital flow rules in 2026, arguing the executive-led plan is...
Emirates NBD Launches Real-Time USD Blockchain Payments, Cutting Cross-Border Delays
Instant Settlement via JPMorgan Dubai-based Emirates NBD has become one of the first financial institutions in the Middle East,...
CFTC Blocks Kalshi From Cancelling Michigan Sports Trades Ordered Voided
Key TakeawaysThe CFTC ordered Kalshi to fulfill Michigan users’ open trades normally.Kalshi had proposed force-liquidating...
Cleanspark Lands $6.6B AI Lease as 20-Year Deal Reshapes Bitcoin Mining Strategy
Key TakeawaysCleanspark signed a 20-year AI lease worth $6.6B, with potential to reach $11.6B.A major tech tenant secured...
Bitcoin Whales Are Not Selling Over Quantum Fears, Analyst Says
Key TakeawaysGalaxy analyst says bitcoin whales have not linked selling activity to quantum risks.Institutional investors have...
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink ‘Very Bullish’ on Markets as Bitcoin Stabilizes
Key TakeawaysFink expects a bullish wave of technology-driven productivity and margin expansion to fuel markets over the next 12...
Ripple Warns Senate: Voting Against CLARITY Act Leaves Crypto Users Exposed to FTX-Style Risks
Key TakeawaysRipple says rejecting the CLARITY Act would leave crypto holders exposed to bad actors exploiting regulatory gaps.U.S....
Quickswap Adopts Orbs Layer 3 Perps Stack After 81.8% Vote, Challenging CEX Execution
Key TakeawaysQuickswap approved Orbs with 81.8% support, unifying perps across supported blockchains.Orbs’ Layer 3 stack boosts dex...
Blackrock Becomes World’s First $15 Trillion Asset Manager, Unleashes Tokenization Blitz
Key TakeawaysBlackrock’s Q2 2026 revenue hit $7.1 billion as Fink filed new SEC papers for tokenized funds.Ishares products crossed...
Blackrock, CME, Goldman, JPMorgan, NYSE, Nasdaq, Vanguard Among 30+ Firms in DTCC’s Successful Tokenized Trade Test
Key TakeawaysMore than 30 traditional finance and digital market firms joined live trades using tokenized securities.Participants...
US and UK Back Shared Stablecoin Rules to Boost Cross-Border Digital Payments
Key TakeawaysThe U.K. and U.S. backed aligned stablecoin rules for reserves, redemptions and market access.Both governments support...
Securitize-Cantor Tokenized IPO Framework Could Change How Public Companies Issue Stock
Key TakeawaysSecuritize and Cantor will support tokenized IPOs within existing U.S. securities rules.SEC data show 376 IPOs raised...
Bitcoin Tops $65,500 as $209 Million in Crypto Shorts Collapse Across Markets
Key TakeawaysBitcoin surged past $65,000 on July 15, driven by a surprise 0.3% drop in U.S. producer prices.Nansen reported strong...
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Turn Green With $239M in Inflows as Japan Moves Toward Crypto ETFs
Key TakeawaysBitcoin ETFs gained $181.08M, and ether ETFs added $58.34M with no fund outflows.Blackrock’s IBIT and ETHA led inflows...
Sensex, Nifty 50 Crash, Then Strike Back as India Defies Global Chaos
Key TakeawaysThe Sensex fell 2.15% on July 8 before recovering as Indian mutual funds bought the dip.UPI processed 241.6 billion...
Bitmine Makes Ethereum King, Turns 98% of Revenue Into Staking Windfall
Key TakeawaysBitmine reported $45.7 million in Q3 2026 staking revenue, ending a focus on bitcoin mining. The firm is the largest...
Bitcoin Blasts Past $65K as Soft Inflation Ignites Stocks, Gold and Crypto
Key TakeawaysThe BLS reported June PPI at 5.5%, below forecasts, on July 15, 2026.Bitcoin hit $65,494 intraday on Wednesday July...
Fort Knox Standoff: Treasury Secretary Bessent Says All the Gold Is There, Skeptics Demand an Audit
Key TakeawaysTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said all 147.3 million ounces at Fort Knox remain accounted for.Trump’s 24-karat coin...
























































































