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Michael Saylor Opposes BIP 110, Says Bitcoin Needs “Guardians of Neutrality” Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor published an article titled “110 Reasons BIP 110 Is a Bad Idea,” opposing the proposal to restrict certain Bitcoin tran

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 FBI arrests hacker for hiding crypto‑stealing malware inside Steam video games. Once installed, the malware stole passwords, data and drained victims' crypto wallets.

Cobie: Coinbase Has Long Been Distant From Crypto-Native Users KOL Rune asked Coinbase trading product lead Cobie how the Base App plans to attract onchain users after trust in the Base ecosystem was damaged. Cobie replied that he took ove

Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs Record $132M and $36.73M in Net Inflows According to SoSoValue data, on July 17 (ET), spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net inflows of $132 million, while spot Ethereum ETFs recorded total net inflows of $36.7

Highlight Clip Tom Lee: Ethereum Will Penalize Impatient Investors Tom Lee: Ethereum Will Penalize Impatient Investors On July 7, 2026, Tom Lee stated on the New Era Finance Podcast that the recent lag in the crypto market is primarily du

Consensys Says North Korea-Linked Developer Contributed to MetaMask Code Before Access Was Revoked According to Drop Site News, blockchain firm Consensys accidentally hired a software developer linked to North Korea. The developer, using t

FTX to distribute roughly $900 million to creditors in fifth wave of payouts

WuBlockchain Weekly Tether Freezes $131M in USDT Linked to Iran’s IRGC, U.S. and U.K. Move to Align Stablecoin Rules, Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE Launches Crypto Spot Trading, DTCC Begins a Tokenized RWA Pilot, and Crypto Media Faces Widespre

CoinShares: Record $8B Outflow Streak Ends as Bitcoin Funds Return to Inflows CoinShares said digital asset investment products ended a record eight-week, $8 billion outflow streak with $287 million of inflows last week. Softer-than-expect

Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index Stays Negative for Record 60 Consecutive Days According to Coinglass, the Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has remained negative for 60 consecutive days since May 19, with the latest reading at -0.1025 %. The p

SBI Holdings completes majority acquisition of Singapore crypto platform Coinhako following MAS approval

Plasma One Launches Stablecoin Account with XPL Rewards and Aave Yield Plasma One has launched an account combining a stablecoin card, fee‑free USDT transfers, on‑chain yield and an XPL‑based membership program. Users can earn XPL cashback

Japanese financial group SBI Holdings said it received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and, on July 16, acquired a majority stake in Holdbuild, the parent company of Singapore‑based crypto platform Coinhako, through a capi

Argentine judge orders exchanges to freeze 25 crypto accounts linked to the LIBRA investigation and hand over KYC, IP and transaction records, with enforcement still pending

Argentine Judge Freezes 25 Crypto Accounts, Orders Six Exchanges to Identify Account Holders Argentine federal judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi ordered 25 crypto accounts linked to the LIBRA investigation frozen and directed Binance, Bybit

Binance to List Aerodrome’s AERO With Seed Tag Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, will list Aerodrome Finance (AERO) at 19:00 UTC+8 on July 17, opening AERO/USDT, AERO/USDC and AERO/TRY spot trading pairs. Depo

Suspected a16z-Linked Wallet Sells $6.5 Million in HYPE as Token Slides 9% A wallet suspected to be linked to a16z sold 105,400 HYPE worth about USD 6.48 million at an average price of USD 61.49, according to HyperInsight. Another 190,000

Bitcoin ETFs Draw $79 Million as Ether Funds Return to Outflows According to SoSoValue data, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net inflows of USD 79.15 million on July 16, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with USD 33.44 million. Spot Ethereum E

Token Buybacks Cannot Rescue Weak Valuations, Ansem Says Crypto trader Ansem said token buybacks do not necessarily provide lasting support for valuations, pointing to the sharp gap between Hyperliquid and Pump.fun. The two platforms gener

USDT Trading in Venezuela Now Rivals the Country's Oil Exports Between June 11 and July 13, about 1.389 billion USDT was traded on Binance’s peer-to‑to market in Venezuela, averaging roughly USD 44 million a day. Ecoanalítica, a Venezuelan

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Crypto Clarity Act expected to be released today does not have Senate Democrat support, Politico reports.

Largest U.S. Retail Market Maker Citadel Securities Invests $400 Million in Crypto com at a $20 Billion Valuation Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto com at a $20 billion valuation, marking the crypto exchange’s first in

Citadel Securities invests $400 million into cryptocurrency exchange Crypto․com at a $20,000,000,000 valuation.

*CRYPTO.COM REPORTS $400M INVESTMENT FROM CITADEL SECURITIES: BBG

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Crypto Clarity Act is not projected to be signed into law this year despite President Trump meeting with Senators today to help advance the bill.

TKNZ, the First Multi-Token Actively Managed Spot Crypto ETF, Launches With HYPE Significantly Overweight Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said T. Rowe Price’s actively managed crypto ETF TKNZ launched today as the first multi-token ac

1inch-commissioned Dune research finds 85% of concentrated DeFi liquidity is underutilized, with $150m in annual fees foregone

Arkham: Satoshi Leads Bitcoin Holdings With 1.096 Million BTC, Coinbase Ranks Second Arkham data shows that Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto holds approximately 1.096 million BTC worth around $71 billion, making Satoshi the

$1.9 trillion asset manager T. Rowe Price launches first actively managed multi-token crypto ETF

$1.9 trillion asset manager T. Rowe Price launches first actively managed multi-token crypto ETF

JUST IN: Visa launches new platform to provide crypto stablecoin services to over 200 million merchants.

Hyperliquid's HIP-3 markets surge to nearly 50% of perp volume as onchain stock trading grows

Polygon Labs Announces Layoffs, Shifts From Blockchain Foundation to Blockchain Payments Company Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron said the company is in the final stage of acquiring Coinme and integrating its team. To achieve profitability in

Visa launches new platform to provide stablecoin services to more than 200 million merchants

VISA LAUNCHES NEW PLATFORM TO PROVIDE STABLECOIN SERVICES TO MORE THAN 200 MILLION MERCHANTS

Bybit Launches Localized Indonesian Platform Bybit Indonesia Following its majority acquisition of Indonesian crypto platform PT Enkripsi Teknologi Handal (formerly NOBI), Bybit has officially launched Bybit Indonesia, which operates under

Binance Founder CZ says Bitcoin protects you against "inflation."

Tether invests $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as it expands Latin America push

Upbit and Bithumb Delist Multiple Tokens South Korea’s largest exchange Upbit announced the delisting of Tottenham Hotspur Fan Token (SPURS/BTC). The country’s second-largest exchange Bithumb will delist Gracy (GRACY), Tottenham Hotspur Fa

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Recorded Total net Inflows of USD 108 Million According to SoSoValue data, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net inflows of USD 108 million on July 15, with BlackRock’s IBIT posting the largest single-day inflow at US

U.S. Senate unanimously opposes clemency for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried

NYDIG: Bitcoin Could Bottom Near $38,000–$39,000 If Past Bear Markets Repeat NYDIG said Bitcoin’s 2025–2026 drawdown is increasingly resembling the four-year cycle corrections seen in 2014, 2018 and 2022. If the current decline follows the

Study Finds Signs of Manipulation in Bitcoin Bets on World’s Largest Prediction Market Researchers from Stanford University and Singapore Management University found signs of settlement manipulation in Polymarket’s popular five-minute Bitc

ZachXBT Says Hardware Wallets Are “Garbage,” With Ledger the Worst ZachXBT, one of the crypto industry’s most prominent onchain investigators, said he does not consider current hardware wallets suitable for signing critical transactions or

Study Finds Signs of Manipulation in Bitcoin Bets on World’s Largest Prediction Market Researchers from Stanford University and Singapore Management University found signs of settlement manipulation in Polymarket’s popular five-minute Bitc

NYDIG: Bitcoin Could Bottom Near $38,000–$39,000 If Past Bear Markets Repeat NYDIG said Bitcoin’s 2025–2026 drawdown is increasingly resembling the four-year cycle corrections seen in 2014, 2018 and 2022. If the current decline follows the

Base Founder Jesse Pollak: Base Will Focus on Trading, Payments and AI Agents After Moving Away From Social Push Base founder Jesse Pollak said he was wrong to focus heavily on social products and content coins, acknowledging that the stra

During Q2, Bitcoin maintained its inverse relationship with the U.S. dollar and moved in tandem with a declining gold market, but failed to join the S&P 500's rally despite their high correlation, held back by tighter monetary policy expect

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump to meet with US Senators tomorrow to discuss Crypto Clarity Act.

Bitfinex Alpha: Bitcoin Lacks Sustained Spot Buying Support Bitfinex Alpha said the softer-than-expected US June CPI pushed Bitcoin to its highest close since June 22, but the rally was driven mainly by a repricing of macroeconomic expecta

🇺🇸 White House officials to meet with US Senators to help advance Crypto Clarity Act.

$1.8 Billion in USDC Left Binance After Its MiCA Setback. But Who Really Gained? Binance recorded $1.8 billion in net USDC outflows in Q2 2026, including $1.4 billion in June alone, while its tracked USDC balance fell 19%. Over the same pe

RWA Perpetual Protocol Ostium Suffers Suspected $18 Million Exploit on Arbitrum Security firm Blockaid said it detected an exploit involving Ostium Vault on Arbitrum. According to Blockaid, the attacker used a registered PriceUpKeep forwar

RWA Perpetual Protocol Ostium Suffers Suspected $18 Million Exploit on Arbitrum Security firm Blockaid said it detected an exploit involving Ostium Vault on Arbitrum. According to Blockaid, the attacker used a registered PriceUpKeep forwar

Ondo launches the first tokenized US stocks backed directly by securities held at DTCC, starting with BlackRock’s IVV ETF and Micron shares

JUST IN: $111,111,000 worth of crypto shorts liquidated in the past 60 minutes.

DTCC Launches Tokenization Pilot for Microsoft, QQQ Shares and U.S. Treasuries According to The Wall Street Journal, DTCC has launched a securities tokenization pilot with nearly 40 financial firms and technology providers, testing the tok

BNB Chain Completes 36th Quarterly Burn, Removing 1.61M BNB According to an official announcement, BNB Chain has completed its 36th quarterly BNB token burn, destroying 1,615,827.795 BNB worth approximately $932 million at the time of the

Bitmine Generated $45.7M from ETH Staking Last Quarter, 98% of Revenue According to Bitmine’s latest 10-Q filing, Bitmine Immersion Technologies generated $45.7 million in Ethereum staking and validation revenue for the quarter ended May 3

US Treasury freezes more than $130M in crypto held in wallets linked to Iran’s central bank

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Recorded $181 Million in Net Inflows According to SoSoValue data, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $181 million in net inflows yesterday (July 14, ET). Spot Ethereum ETFs saw $58.3385 million in net inflows, with none of the 10

South Korea to bring crypto under new state asset management law

Pumpfun Completes First Team and Investor Token Unlock Worth $86.49 Million PUMP According to , Pumpfun's one-year lock-up for team and investor tokens expired today, marking the start of a three-year vesting period. Earlier today, Pumpfun

Velocity Raises $38 Million Series A Led by Dragonfly and FirstMark Stablecoin settlement platform Velocity has raised $38 million in a Series A round co-led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, with participation from Activant Capital, Capital One

Jeff Yan on Hyperliquid's future vision: the AWS of finance On July 9, 2026, Hyperliquid co‑founder Jeff Yan stated on the VALR podcast that the platform is fundamentally a liquidity infrastructure layer for all of finance, rather than jus

Tether Freezes 4 TRON Addresses Linked to IRGC, Involving $131M USDT According to analyst Specter, Tether has frozen 4 TRON network wallet addresses, involving a total of approximately $131 million USDT. On-chain data indicates that most o

Interactive Brokers, the Fourth-Largest U.S. Brokerage, Adds Nine Crypto Tokens and Two-Way Stablecoin Transfers Interactive Brokers has added trading support for nine tokens through zerohash: AAVE, APT, CC, LDO, MON, NEAR, XPL, PAXG and U

U.S. Government-Labeled Seized-Funds Addresses Move $12.9 Million in Crypto Arkham data show that over the past six hours, a U.S. government-labeled address holding funds seized in the Bitfinex hack transferred approximately 5,939 ETH and

SEC Crypto Task Force Meets Hyperliquid Policy Center and XYZ on Crypto Regulation SEC Crypto Task Force staff met with representatives of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, XYZ Ltd. and Sullivan & Cromwell on July 14 to discuss approaches to

UK and US Seek Stablecoin Regulatory Convergence and Cross-Border Market Access The UK and US governments issued a joint statement supporting closer coordination on stablecoin regulation and their use in cross-border payments, settlement a

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U.S. Government-Labeled Seized-Funds Addresses Move $12.9 Million in Crypto Arkham data show that over the past six hours, a U.S. government-labeled address holding funds seized in the Bitfinex hack transferred approximately 5,939 ETH and

UK and US Seek Stablecoin Regulatory Convergence and Cross-Border Market Access The UK and US governments issued a joint statement supporting closer coordination on stablecoin regulation and their use in cross-border payments, settlement a

SEC Crypto Task Force Meets Hyperliquid Policy Center and XYZ on Crypto Regulation SEC Crypto Task Force staff met with representatives of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, XYZ Ltd. and Sullivan & Cromwell on July 14 to discuss approaches to

US-UK transatlantic taskforce unveils digital asset roadmap promoting stablecoin innovation

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇬🇧 US and UK announce joint plan to support cross-border tokenized assets and crypto stablecoins.

INTERACTIVE BROKERS ADDS 12 CRYPTO TOKENS AND LAUNCHES STABLECOIN WITHDRAWALS

Review: Major Institutions' Bitcoin Bottom Price Predictions for This Cycle Major institutional assessments of Bitcoin’s cycle bottom cluster mainly in two ranges: $50,000–$60,000 and $40,000–$46,000. However, some figures are base-case bo

🇺🇸 Senate has 24 days to pass the Crypto Clarity Act before leaving for summer recess.

JUST IN: $100,000,000 worth of crypto shorts liquidated in the past 60 minutes.

Wintermute: Bitcoin Holds Above $62K Amid Geopolitical Shock as Crypto ETFs Return to Net Inflows After Eight Weeks Wintermute said Bitcoin held above $62,000 and rebounded toward $64,000 despite last week’s geopolitical shock, suggesting

UK HMRC adopts 'no gain, no loss' tax treatment for crypto lending, liquidity pools

BTC and ETH Social Media Activity Falls to Lowest Level Since 2020 Crypto analyst CryptoJack said social media posts about Bitcoin and Ethereum have fallen to their lowest level since 2020, continuing a decline from the 2021–2022 peaks. He

U.S. government moves $288 million in seized Bitcoin, Ether to Coinbase Prime

Upbit, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, will list Derive (DRV) with KRW, BTC and USDT trading pairs, with trading scheduled to begin at 17:00 Korea time on July 14. Derive, formerly known as the onchain options protocol Lyra Finance,

Binance US Plots Comeback With 20% U.S. Market Share Target Binance US CEO Stephen Gregory said the company is restarting growth after a two-year regulatory setback and plans to reclaim about 20% of the U.S. crypto trading market. Binance

U.S.-Linked Wallets Move Nearly $297 Million in Seized Crypto to Coinbase Prime According to Arkham data, a wallet linked to the U.S. government that had been dormant for about four years transferred 140.214 BTC, worth about USD 8.78 milli

U.S.-Linked Wallets Move Nearly $297 Million in Seized Crypto to Coinbase Prime According to Arkham data, a wallet linked to the U.S. government that had been dormant for about four years transferred 140.214 BTC, worth about USD 8.78 milli

Binance Releases 44th Proof of Reserves Report Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by user count and trading volume, released its 44th Proof of Reserves report with a July 1 snapshot. User BTC holdings rose 1.22% from June 1 to ab

Dragonfly’s Haseeb: Annualized DeFi Hack Losses for 2026 Remain Below 2025 Levels Despite AI Threats Annualized losses from DeFi hacks in 2026 remain below 2025 levels and within the historical range, Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qure

As of June 2026, individuals hold 66.1% of Bitcoin’s 21 million total supply. Businesses hold 7.8%, funds and ETFs hold 7.2%, and an estimated 7.7% is considered lost

🇺🇸 President Trump calls for the Senate to pass the crypto Clarity Act.

Bolivia weighs adding Tether's USDT to its national payments system

The Final Countdown for Clarity: Senate Has Four Weeks to Act According to Crypto in America, lawmakers have roughly four weeks to advance the Clarity Act before the August recess, widely seen as its last realistic chance to pass this year

Bolivia Considers Integrating USDT Into National Payment System According to CriptoNoticias, Bolivia’s Economy Minister José Gabriel Espinoza said the government is technically evaluating whether to incorporate USDT into the national payme

BitMine Buys 27,801 ETH, Holdings Reach 5.77M ETH BitMine said it acquired 27,801 ETH over the past week, lifting total holdings to 5,770,038 ETH, or about 4.8% of Ethereum’s supply, and has staked 4,917,189 ETH. As of July 12, the company

Robinhood Chain records $3.1B in DEX volume in its first week, ranking among the top five chains by trading activity

Chinese Prosecutors Suggest Crypto Mixers and Privacy Coins as Money Laundering Signals A research article published on China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate website proposed treating the use of crypto mixers, privacy coins and abnormal h

QCP: Crypto Markets Await CPI, Fed Testimony and Q2 Earnings for Direction QCP said crypto entered the week with limited conviction as investors await Tuesday’s US CPI release, Fed Chair Warsh’s two-day congressional testimony and the star

Hyperliquid OI Tops $11B as HIP-3 Markets Reach Record $3.69B Hyperliquid’s total open interest reached approximately $11.07 billion on July 13, its highest level of 2026, before easing to about $10.88 billion, according to DeFiLlama. HIP-