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Top Crypto Industry Groups Pen Letter to Senate Leaders Urging Them To Support the Clarity Act
Three advocacy groups are the latest to throw their support behind the crypto market structure bill.
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Smarter Web Company Sells Bitcoin to Clear $11.7 Million Debt Facility
The Smarter Web Company sold 177.89 BTC for $11.7 million to repay a convertible debt facility early, avoiding shareholder dilution while retaining a treasury of 2,700 BTC.
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Bitcoin Slumps But These Mining Stocks Are Up Thanks to AI Deals
Bitcoin is selling off and so is the stock market — but mining stocks are on a tear.
This post Bitcoin Slumps But These Mining Stocks Are Up Thanks to AI Deals first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.
U.S. spot ether ETFs attracted $72.64 million on Wednesday, surpassing the $68.99 million added to bitcoin funds. Bitcoin funds extended their inflow streak to seven sessions, while solana ETFs recorded modest outflows, and XRP and HYPE funds posted no net flows. Blackrock Pulls $53 Million Into ETHA as Ether Beats Bitcoin ETF Inflows The balance
Bitcoin dropped nearly 2% to trade below $64,700, wiping out around $20 billion in market cap and triggering $42.3 million in liquidations of long positions. Morning Sell-Off Drives $42 Million in Long Liquidations Bitcoin reversed course on Thursday, tumbling from just over $66,000 to well under $65,000 as momentum driven by the CLARITY Act began
Brent crude futures broke above $100 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since late May, after Yemen’s Houthi movement claimed strikes on two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea and President Donald Trump warned Iran it would face “major military punishment” for further attacks. Oil Jumps as a Second Front Opens
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BlackRock Says Crypto Can Outrun the Quantum Threat — If It Moves Fast Enough
BlackRock thinks Bitcoin and other crypto networks have the upper hand when facing the threat of quantum computers.
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Benchmark Raises Hut 8 Price Target After Bitcoin Miner Signs $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Deal
Bitcoin miner Hut 8’s stock will soar due to its AI ambitions, according to investment bank Benchmark.
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Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength: “Bitcoin on Easy Mode” for Developers and Autonomous Agents
Available immediately on Signet and testnet (mainnet invitation-only), Wavelength exposes the same API to AI agents through the Model Context Protocol so machines can pay machines in fractions of a cent while users retain full key control.
This post Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength: “Bitcoin on Easy Mode” for Developers and Autonomous Agents first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Juan Galt.
The real-world asset (RWA) sector logged $34.67 billion in distributed value this week, down from the $35.2 billion peak recorded on July 10, 2026, according to data from rwa.xyz. The modest pullback over the last week comes even as the broader tokenization ecosystem keeps expanding on other fronts. Treasuries Still Dominate, But Growth Has Seen
Bitcoin struggled to hold $66,000 on Wednesday, trading near $66,200 after bouncing between a low of $65,536 and a peak of $66,921. Intra-Day Volatility and Price Movement Bitcoin, which came within a whisker of breaching $67,000 on July 21, struggled to hold $66,000 on Wednesday amid slow progress on the CLARITY Act in the U.S.
President Donald Trump issued a severe public warning on Wednesday, declaring on Truth Social that the United States will destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran if attacks on commercial shipping continue in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. President’s July 22 statement marks a significant escalation in the rhetoric of the 2026 Iran war. Trump specified
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New Clarity Act Draft Would Bar Trump and Officials From Issuing Crypto, With a 2029 Sunset
Senate Republicans unveiled a revised Clarity Act that adds a temporary ban on top federal officials issuing or sponsoring digital assets while preserving key pro-crypto provisions.
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White House Presses Senate Democrats To Accept Trump Ethics Deal On Clarity Act
White House officials are urging Senate Democrats to accept President Trump’s ethics deal on the Clarity Act, with negotiations entering the final stretch before Congress’ August recess.
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Falcon Finance has introduced a payment card that lets eligible users spend USDf, its overcollateralized synthetic dollar. The product is designed to connect tokenized collateral, onchain liquidity, and real-world purchases. Falcon Card Lets Users Spend USDf Online and in Stores With a $0 Annual Fee Falcon Finance has launched a payment card aimed at turning
A proposed Ethereum upgrade could make validator activity harder to trace, addressing a long-standing concern for institutional stakers. Yet the added privacy may come with higher operational costs, slower workflows, and new compliance challenges. Sygnum’s Dubuis Warns Privacy Upgrade Could Raise Institutions’ Execution Costs Ethereum’s staking market is approaching record levels, with roughly one-third of
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Hyperscale Data Buys More Bitcoin, Bridging Holdings to Over $72 million
Hyperscale Data, Inc. now has over 1,000 Bitcoins worth over $72 million following its latest buy.
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Veteran trader Peter Brandt says bitcoin has further to fall before its next major advance, telling Trade Secrets show host Ciaran Lyons he expects a bottom near $40,000 to $50,000 in early October, followed by a rally that carries the asset above $250,000 by 2029. Peter Brandt, who has traded markets for 51 years, said
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U.S. Senator: Clarity Act is ‘Almost There,’ Treasury Secretary Puts It at the ‘1-Yard Line’
Senate negotiators say the Clarity Act is “almost there” as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls it the “1-yard line,” with lawmakers racing to pass the crypto market-structure bill before the August recess.
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Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Japan Announces Plan to Scoop Up Coins Despite Market Downturn
Metaplanet subsidiary Bitcoin Japan is starting a crypto treasury.
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Bitcoin-Treasury Capital B Plans 10-for-1 Reverse Stock Split for September
Capital B will execute a 10-for-1 reverse stock split in September as the Paris-listed bitcoin treasury company looks to attract more institutional investors while continuing to build its 3,139 BTC reserve.
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Bitcoin climbed back to $65,644 on July 20, capping a volatile three-day stretch shaped as much by chart levels as by the war between the United States and Iran. The move came after a hard drop on July 17, when BTC fell to $63,706 as U.S. stocks sold off and oil prices jumped on renewed
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Coinbase Executive Says Clarity Act Has ‘Tremendous Momentum’ in the Senate
Coinbase’s Ryan VanGrack said the Clarity Act is gaining strong Senate momentum and argued it would bring long-awaited federal rules, stronger consumer protections, and regulatory clarity to the crypto industry.
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Galaxy Digital has agreed to pay roughly $75 million over 15 years to put its name on Texas Tech University’s football stadium. Texas Tech Athletics announced the deal on July 17, confirming that Jones AT&T Stadium will become Galaxy Stadium starting with the 2026 season. The agreement replaces AT&T’s naming rights, which expired in June
One year after the U.S. House passed the CLARITY Act to replace “regulation by enforcement” with clear rules, the bill remains stalled in the Senate due to banking opposition and partisan friction. Industry groups warn that stripping Section 604 will trigger First Amendment legal challenges and drive open-source developers out of the U.S. Political Headwinds
Ethereum’s largest wallets hold more than 82% of the supply tracked across the network’s top 12 addresses, according to onchain data reviewed by Bitcoin.com News. The list spans staking infrastructure, a token wrapping contract, five exchange wallets, two layer two (L2) bridges, and one address unlabeled on Etherscan but identified through Arkham Intelligence. Together, they
Conor McGregor has placed $100,000 on Argentina beating Spain 3-2 in Sunday’s World Cup final, wagering that a five-year-old internet prediction will deliver a roughly $3.6 million payday. The former UFC champion shared the exact-score wager through 1xBet ahead of the 3 p.m. EDT kickoff on Sunday, July 19. The bet must hit within regulation
Prediction market traders are betting against the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act becoming law in 2026, even as Kalshi bettors put strong odds on a Senate vote happening within weeks. On Polymarket, the market asking whether the Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) gets signed into law before December 31, 2026, has drawn nearly $1.94 million in
Over the past two months, the stablecoin economy has been tightening its belt, trimming $12.413 billion since mid-May. In just the last week, the sector said goodbye to another $1.555 billion. Stablecoin Market Sheds More Than $12 Billion Since Mid-May The fiat-pegged crypto coin sector, as tracked by defillama.com on Saturday, Jul. 18, shows that
Sixteen years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto answered a doubter on a forum in 2010, and the reply still guides how the network defends its money today. A Forum Post That Set the Rules On July 16, 2010, a user named bdonlan questioned Bitcoin’s double SHA-256 hashing on the Bitcointalk forum. He asked whether the design weakened
Rap superstar Drake has placed a $1.5 million bet in USDT on Argentina to beat Spain in Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final, a wager that could pay out roughly $5.175 million if Lionel Messi’s team wins in regulation or extra time. The rapper placed the bet through Stake, the crypto betting platform he has partnered
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Bitcoin Sentiment Is Turning Bullish — But It’s Too Early to Celebrate: Report
CoinShares has said that while investors have put money in crypto funds again, the Bitcoin price may still struggle.
This post Bitcoin Sentiment Is Turning Bullish — But It’s Too Early to Celebrate: Report first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.
Bitcoin fell for a second straight day, dropping 1.4% to trade just under $63,600. It hit a session low of $62,732 early Friday, trimming its market cap and dragging the aggregate crypto market capitalization down 1.8% to $2.26 trillion. Tech Sell-Off and Geopolitical Tensions Weigh on Markets Bitcoin trended lower for a second consecutive day
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Ocean Mining VP Jason Hughes: BIP-110 on Track to Fail as Miner Signaling Stays Below 1%
Ocean Mining’s VP of Development and Engineering Jason Hughes argues BIP-110 lacks measurable consensus, with node signaling at 7-15% and hashrate support under 1% ahead of the critical block 961632 window.
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SBI Holdings Takes Majority Stake in Singapore’s Coinhako After MAS Approval
SBI Holdings has acquired a majority stake in Singapore’s Coinhako after MAS approval, strengthening its push to build a cross-border digital asset network across Japan and Southeast Asia.
This post SBI Holdings Takes Majority Stake in Singapore’s Coinhako After MAS Approval first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says USDT’s user base is growing by more than 30 million wallets per quarter, extending the stablecoin’s lead as its market capitalization hovers near record levels. Growth That Shows No Signs of Slowing Down Ardoino’s latest growth figure is the newest in a series of adoption statistics the chief executive has
Crypto ETF demand split sharply on Thursday, July 16, as bitcoin products drew $79.15 million while ether funds lost $28.04 million. XRP and Solana ETFs also attracted fresh capital, while T. Rowe Price launched a multi-token fund with an unusually large HYPE allocation. Bitcoin ETFs Extend Their Inflow Streak to Three Days Wall Street’s crypto
ONDO, the native token of DeFi platform Ondo Finance, jumped 15% to $0.393, pushing its weekly gains past 20% and driving its market cap to nearly $1.87 billion. Double Catalyst ONDO, the native token of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Ondo Finance, surged following an announcement that the firm is partnering with Japanese financial services
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T. Rowe Price Debuts New ETF With Bitcoin and Crypto Exposure
Asset manager T. Rowe Price has debuted a crypto fund giving investors exposure to Bitcoin and other digital assets.
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A White House teleprompter operator who has worked behind the scenes of Donald Trump’s biggest speeches since 2016 is now the subject of a federal investigation into whether he used advance knowledge of the president’s remarks to win more than $100,000 on a prediction market, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to
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Fed Chair Warsh: No Bailout for Crypto Industry in Crisis
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said the Fed will not bail out failing crypto firms, insisting the industry must bear its own risks while regulators finalize rules under the GENIUS Act.
This post Fed Chair Warsh: No Bailout for Crypto Industry in Crisis first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.
After briefly crossing $65,000 following positive U.S. producer price index data, bitcoin fell back to around $64,200, dragging its market cap back under $1.3 trillion. Volatile Intraday Trading On Thursday, bitcoin failed to maintain an uptrend that had seen it log significant gains in the prior 48 hours. Market data shows the cryptocurrency gradually retreated
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Bitcoin VC Veterans Launch $40 Million Holding Company Targeting Small Business Acquisitions
Lyn Alden is helping debut a permanent capital company to buys profitable small businesses and put them on a Bitcoin standard.
This post Bitcoin VC Veterans Launch $40 Million Holding Company Targeting Small Business Acquisitions first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.
Blackrock reported record second-quarter results on Wednesday, with revenue climbing 31% year over year to $7.1 billion as the firm’s chairman and chief executive officer, Larry Fink, detailed new steps toward tokenizing money market funds and expanding the company’s digital asset business. The New York-based asset manager posted adjusted earnings per share of $13.91, up
Fueled by positive economic data, bitcoin added to its July 14 gains on Wednesday to breach $65,000, hitting an intraday peak of $65,518 and driving its market cap past $1.3 trillion. Leveraged Shorts Wiped Out in Derivatives Flurry Building on a recovery that wiped out Monday’s losses, bitcoin comfortably surpassed the $65,000 threshold on Wednesday.
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President Trump To Meet Senators On Clarity Act’s Ethics Fight: Report
President Trump will meet senators as negotiations over the CLARITY Act’s ethics provisions threaten the bill’s chances of passing before the August recess.
This post President Trump To Meet Senators On Clarity Act’s Ethics Fight: Report first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.
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Traders Took $8.2 Million From Polymarket’s Five-Minute Bitcoin Bets, Study Found
A new study found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin contract functioned as a wealth transfer mechanism, funneling money from retail traders to a small group of manipulators while distorting Bitcoin’s spot price.
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Crypto ETF flows turned positive on Tuesday, July 14, as bitcoin funds drew $181.08 million and ether ETFs added $58.34 million. Altcoin ETFs were unusually quiet, with XRP, solana and HYPE products seeing no trading activity. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Post Clean Inflow Day as Altcoin Funds See No Trading Activity The crypto exchange-traded fund
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Bitcoin Price Jumps Over $65,500 on Soft Inflation Data
Bitcoin price jumped over $65,000 per coin after US inflation data was cooler than expected.
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China’s Prosecutors Move to Treat Crypto Mixers as Evidence of Money Laundering
China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate published proposals that would make it easier to prosecute crypto-related money laundering, including treating the use of mixers and privacy coins as presumptive evidence of laundering intent.
This post China’s Prosecutors Move to Treat Crypto Mixers as Evidence of Money Laundering first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.
The U.S. government moved $12.36 million in ether, USDC and USDT out of a Bitfinex hack seizure wallet on Tuesday, July 14, sending the funds to Coinbase Prime and one unlabeled address, according to Arkham Intelligence data. The transfer follows Monday’s movement of roughly 3,941 BTC to Coinbase Prime, giving the government two straight days
Interactive Brokers announced a major expansion of its digital asset footprint on Tuesday, introducing nine new trading tokens and unveiling bidirectional account funding through prominent stablecoins. The Connecticut-based brokerage firm aims to streamline how global investors manage cryptocurrency positions alongside traditional equities, options, and futures contracts. Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), the automated global broker that
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The Bitcoin Softfork That Tried to Police “Junk Data” — And Why It’s Already Failing
Bitcoin’s real power is that anyone willing to pay fees can write to the ledger. BIP-110’s backers want to change that for data-heavy transactions. The backlash reveals what’s truly at stake.
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San Francisco, July 14, 2026 — Anchorage Digital, home to America’s first federally chartered crypto bank, today announced expanded support for the TRON Network with native TRX staking and custody for TRC-20 assets. The expansion enables institutions to securely custody TRON-based assets and participate in network staking through the same regulated platform they already use
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CleanSpark Signs $6.6 Billion Data Center Lease as Bitcoin Miner Pivots to Compute
CleanSpark, the Nasdaq-listed bitcoin miner, said on July 14 that it has signed a 20-year infrastructure lease with an unnamed high-investment-grade global technology company at its campus in Sandersville, Georgia. The deal marks the firm’s largest step from pure bitcoin mining toward high-performance computing for hyperscale clients. The lease covers data center infrastructure that will
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Bitwise Sees a Bottom in Bitcoin’s Worst Vibes Yet: ‘Darkest Before the Dawn’
Bitwise says Bitcoin’s brutal nine-month downturn masks a stronger-than-ever foundation, arguing institutional adoption, corporate buying, and improving market infrastructure position the industry for a rebound despite record ETF outflows and weak sentiment.
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Bitmine now holds 5.77 million ETH, equal to 4.8% of ether’s total supply, putting it 96% of the way to its 5% target. The company said its staked ether position has grown to 4.92 million ETH, with projected annualized staking revenue of $242 million. Bitmine Grows ETH Treasury to 5.77 Million, Reaching 96% of 5%
Bitcoin fell nearly 3% to the $62,000 range, dragging the total crypto market cap down to $2.24 trillion and triggering over $322 million in liquidations. Bitcoin Tumbles Amid U.S.-Iran Clashes Bitcoin tumbled to the $62,000 range Monday as a weekend exchange of gunfire between U.S. and Iranian forces threatened to spark another energy crisis. Market
Across 52 distinct markets monitored by Bitcoin.com News, over $5.81 billion floods World Cup prediction markets on Polymarket and Kalshi, shifting liquidity for traders. Prediction markets have reached unprecedented liquidity milestones during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, capturing billions of dollars in volume as digital asset traders search for alternative high-yield environments. Capital allocations across
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‘Don’t Let China Win’: President Trump Presses Senate on Clarity Act in Final Stretch
President Trump urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act before the August recess as lawmakers face a narrowing window and unresolved political hurdles.
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