GPT-5.6 vs. Fable 5: Benchmarks Split, Pricing Gap Widens
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Bitcoin Japan’s $60M Raise: Only 7% Allocated to BTC, Stock Slides 27%
What happened: Bitcoin Japan Corp (TSE: 8105), formerly Marusho Hotta, announced a planned raise of up to 9.
Jul 19: Bitcoin Japan’s $60M Raise: Only 7% Allocated to BTC, Stock Slides 27%
DEXs Leave $1.6B Idle as 1inch Pushes Aqua Protocol · Quantum Wallet Recovery Tool Debuts—But Satoshi’s Coins Remain Lost · $2.5B in BTC Call Spreads Target $72K by July 31 as Fed Decision Looms
Crypto Executives Predict Digital Natives May Never Need Bank Accounts
What happened: In a series of interviews, executives from Steakhouse Financial, Binance, and Standard Chartered argued that digital-native generations may bypass traditional banking entirely.
$1.6B in DeFi Liquidity Sits Idle, Missing $150M in Annual Fees
What happened: Dune research commissioned by 1inch found that $1.
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Jul 19: Crypto Executives Predict Digital Natives May Never Need Bank Accounts
$1.6B in DeFi Liquidity Sits Idle, Missing $150M in Annual Fees · $2.5B BTC Call Spread Bets on $72K by July 31, Expiry After Fed Meetin · France Blocks Polymarket, EU Adds 14 Crypto Firms to MiCA Register
France Blocks Polymarket, EU Adds 14 Crypto Firms to MiCA Register
What happened: France's National Gambling Authority (ANJ) ordered internet service providers to block Polymarket, escalating its previous 2024 payments ban after enforcement proved ineffective.
Jul 16: Tether Invests $20M in Argentine Neobank Ualá, Joins $197M Round
PrismML Releases Bonsai 27B: 27B-Parameter AI Model Runs on iPhone · Glacis Labs Raises $6.8M to Expand ZeroDelta Multichain Clearinghouse · US Sanctions Freeze $131M in Iran Central Bank Crypto Wallets
Tether Invests $20M in Argentine Neobank Ualá, Joins $197M Round
What happened: Tether has invested $20 million in Ualá, an Argentine neobank with over 11 million users across Latin America, as part of a $197 million funding round led by Allianz X.
PrismML Releases Bonsai 27B: 27B-Parameter AI Model Runs on iPhone
What happened: PrismML unveiled Bonsai 27B, a 27-billion-parameter multimodal AI model that can run locally on an iPhone 17 Pro Max (at 11 tokens/sec) and laptops, thanks to aggressive model compressi
Glacis Labs Raises $6.8M to Expand ZeroDelta Multichain Clearinghouse
What happened: Crypto clearinghouse Glacis Labs closed a $6.
US Sanctions Freeze $131M in Iran Central Bank Crypto Wallets
What happened: The US Treasury’s OFAC added four TRON-based wallets linked to Iran’s Central Bank to its sanctions list, prompting Tether to freeze $131 million in USDT.
Bitcoin Surges to $65.5K on Surprise US PPI Drop, Short Squeeze
What happened: Bitcoin reached an intraday high of $65,500 on July 15, its highest in three weeks, after US Producer Price Index data showed a -0.
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Jul 15: Benchmark Raises Hut 8 Price Target to $165 on $16.8B AI Data Center Deals
US Government Transfers $288M in Seized Bitcoin, Ether to Coinbase Pri · Solo Miner Wins $200K Bitcoin Block With $150 Bitaxe Rig
Benchmark Raises Hut 8 Price Target to $165 on $16.8B AI Data Center Deals
What happened: Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer nearly doubled his price target for Hut 8 (HUT) to $165, citing $16.
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Solo Miner Wins $200K Bitcoin Block With $150 Bitaxe Rig
What happened: A hobbyist solo miner using a single Bitaxe Gamma device, retailing for $60–$200, successfully mined Bitcoin block #957,382 on July 9, 2026, via Public Pool.
Jul 12: Bitcoin, Ether ETFs End 8-Week Outflow Streak with $282M Inflow
Cambridge Study: Ethereum Among Most Energy-Efficient PoS Chains · Saylor, Adam Back Reject BIP-110 Ordinals Proposal Amid Community Spli · Fidelity: Bitcoin Nears Power-Law Support, No Bounce Without Catalyst
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