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AMD Stock Surges 13% on AI Chip Demand, Approaches $500 Mark
What happened: AMD shares jumped 13% (+$55.
Tether Adds 14 Metric Tons of Gold as Prices Slide
What happened: In Q2 2026, Tether increased its gold reserves by 14 metric tons, bringing its total to approximately 146.
Tether Q2 Profit Falls to $1.5B as Reserve Buffer Drops by Half
What happened: Tether reported a net operating profit of $1.
Coldcard Hardware Wallet Exploit Drains $38M in Bitcoin
What happened: Nearly 600 bitcoin (worth approximately $38 million) were stolen from around 500 Coldcard hardware wallets in a rapid 25-minute sweep on July 30, 2026.
Aug 1: Coldcard Hardware Wallet Exploit Drains $38M in Bitcoin
Tether Q2 Profit Falls to $1.5B as Reserve Buffer Drops by Half · Tether Adds 14 Metric Tons of Gold as Prices Slide · AMD Stock Surges 13% on AI Chip Demand, Approaches $500 Mark
Strategy Adds $525M to Cash Reserve, Fifth Week Without Bitcoin Buy
What happened: Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) increased its USD reserve by $525 million to a record $3.
Thailand SEC Accuses Bitkub of Concealing $50 Million Cyberattack
What happened: Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub, one of the country's largest crypto exchanges, and two former directors for allegedly
BitMine Nears 5% Ethereum Supply With $11.8 Billion Treasury
What happened: BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) now holds 5,787,414 ETH—about 4.
Jul 28: Lido Consolidates $16 Billion in Staked ETH With Curated Module v2 Rollout
Prediction Markets Price GPT-6 September Release at 77% · BitMine Nears 5% Ethereum Supply With $11.8 Billion Treasury · Thailand SEC Accuses Bitkub of Concealing $50 Million Cyberattack
Prediction Markets Price GPT-6 September Release at 77%
What happened: On-chain prediction markets Polymarket and Myriad are pricing a 77% probability that OpenAI's GPT-6 will be released by September 30, 2026, with Polymarket's contract seeing $731,000 in
Lido Consolidates $16 Billion in Staked ETH With Curated Module v2 Rollout
What happened: Lido Finance has begun consolidating over 8 million ETH (about $16 billion) as it rolls out Curated Module v2 (CMv2), following DAO ratification on July 23.
Jul 28: Thailand SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitkub for Concealing $50M 2021 Hack
Bitmine Nears 5% of Ethereum Supply With $11.8 Billion Treasury · BlackRock's IBIT ETF Sells $414 Million in Bitcoin Over Two Days · Strategy Adds $525M to Cash Reserve, Pauses Bitcoin Buys for Fifth Str
Strategy Adds $525M to Cash Reserve, Pauses Bitcoin Buys for Fifth Straight Week
What happened: Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) increased its USD reserve by $525 million to $3.
BlackRock's IBIT ETF Sells $414 Million in Bitcoin Over Two Days
What happened: BlackRock's IBIT ETF saw outflows totaling $414 million over July 23–24, leading a broader spot Bitcoin ETF complex that shed $465 million in the same window.
Bitmine Nears 5% of Ethereum Supply With $11.8 Billion Treasury
What happened: Bitmine (BMNR) now holds 5.
Thailand SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitkub for Concealing $50M 2021 Hack
What happened: Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub and two former directors, alleging they concealed a May 2021 cyberattack that resulted
Shiba Inu Surges 36% as Korean Traders Drive Volume
What happened: Shiba Inu (SHIB) rallied 36% to $0.
BitMart to Wind Down Operations, BMX Token Collapses
What happened: Crypto exchange BitMart announced an orderly wind-down after nine years in operation.
Jul 26: Binance Intensifies Monthly Security Drills for Staff
Micron's $250B AI Chip Investment Analyzed Amid Nvidia-AMD Rivalry · BitMart to Wind Down Operations, BMX Token Collapses · Shiba Inu Surges 36% as Korean Traders Drive Volume
Micron's $250B AI Chip Investment Analyzed Amid Nvidia-AMD Rivalry
What happened: Micron, the third-largest global memory supplier, recently raised its planned US investment to $250 billion through 2035 to meet surging AI memory demand.
Binance Intensifies Monthly Security Drills for Staff
What happened: Binance Chief Security Officer Jimmy Su confirmed that the exchange has conducted monthly simulated phishing and social engineering tests on employees for the past 3–4 years.
Bitcoin ETF Trading Volume Drops to Lowest Since October 2024 as Ether ETFs Lead Inflows
What happened: US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw just $8.
Kweather and Flare Launch On-Chain Weather Data Pilot for Tokenized Derivatives
What happened: South Korea’s Kweather and blockchain platform Flare signed a Letter of Intent to pilot on-chain weather finance products.
US Lawmakers Propose AI Kill Switch Act Targeting Large-Scale Models
What happened: Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) introduced the bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act, which would require AI companies using more than $100 million in compute and ear
North Korea Arrests Alleged Bank Hacking Ring Tied to Crypto Laundering
What happened: North Korea’s National Intelligence Agency reportedly arrested a group of former state cyber operators accused of hacking the Chosun Central Bank and Foreign Trade Bank.
Jul 26: Kweather and Flare Launch On-Chain Weather Data Pilot for Tokenized Derivatives
US Lawmakers Propose AI Kill Switch Act Targeting Large-Scale Models · North Korea Arrests Alleged Bank Hacking Ring Tied to Crypto Launderin · Bitcoin ETF Trading Volume Drops to Lowest Since October 2024 as Ether
Bitcoin Slides Below $64K as Bond Yields Raise Rate-Hike Odds
What happened: Bitcoin fell below $64,000, trading as low as $64,056 amid rising US bond yields.
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $225M, Breaking Seven-Day Inflow Streak Amid Iran Tensions
What happened: US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $225.
Jul 25: Bitcoin Slides Below $64K as Bond Yields Raise Rate-Hike Odds
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $225M, Breaking Seven-Day Inflow Streak Amid Iran Te · Hyperliquid RWA Trading Surges to $25.1B, Outpacing All DEX Perps · EU Targets $120B Russia Crypto Network in Sweeping 21st Sanctions Pack
Hyperliquid RWA Trading Surges to $25.1B, Outpacing All DEX Perps
What happened: Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) became the largest trading category on Hyperliquid, recording $25.
EU Targets $120B Russia Crypto Network in Sweeping 21st Sanctions Package
What happened: The EU adopted its 21st sanctions package against Russia on July 23, targeting the A7 cross-border payments network (which processed ~$120 billion) and the ruble-pegged A7A5 stablecoin.
Claude Opus 5 Outperforms Fable 5 on Most Benchmarks at Half the Cost
What happened: Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5, claiming superior performance to its own frontier model, Fable 5, on most benchmarks—while charging half the price ($5/$25 per million tokens).
SEC Pays $150K to Settle Coinbase Lawsuit Over Missing Gensler Texts and Deleted Records
What happened: The U.
Strategy, BlackRock, and Coinbase Lead $15M Quantum-Proof Bitcoin Security Consortium
What happened: Nine major crypto and finance firms—including Strategy, BlackRock, Coinbase, Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, Block, Blockstream, Fidelity Digital Assets, and Galaxy—announced a $15 milli
Black Forest Labs Launches FLUX 3: Multimodal Video, Audio, and Robotics AI Model
What happened: German AI startup Black Forest Labs (BFL) released FLUX 3, a multimodal foundation model trained on images, video, audio, and robotic action prediction.
Jul 24: SEC Pays $150K to Settle Coinbase Lawsuit Over Missing Gensler Texts and Deleted…
Strategy, BlackRock, and Coinbase Lead $15M Quantum-Proof Bitcoin Secu · Black Forest Labs Launches FLUX 3: Multimodal Video, Audio, and Roboti
Jul 23: SEC and Coinbase Settle Records Lawsuit, Agency to Overhaul Retention Policies
US Moves to Forfeit $25M in Crypto Linked to International Fraud Schem · Benchmark Raises Hut 8 Target, Citing $50B Data Center Contract Pipeli · Bitcoin Steadies Near $66,000 as Chip Stocks Surge and Yen Plunges
SEC and Coinbase Settle Records Lawsuit, Agency to Overhaul Retention Policies
What happened: The U.
US Moves to Forfeit $25M in Crypto Linked to International Fraud Schemes
What happened: U.
Benchmark Raises Hut 8 Target, Citing $50B Data Center Contract Pipeline
What happened: Benchmark increased its price target on Hut 8 from $165 to $195—an 18% boost—after the company secured a second 15-year, 352 MW lease at its Beacon Point campus in Texas.
Bitcoin Steadies Near $66,000 as Chip Stocks Surge and Yen Plunges
What happened: Bitcoin hovered near $66,300, up about 1% on the day and 3% for the week, as global markets responded to a rally in semiconductor stocks and the Japanese yen’s slide past 163 per dollar
Benchmark Trims Coinbase Estimates, Sees Regulatory Clarity as Offset
What happened: Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer lowered Coinbase’s Q2 2026 revenue forecast from $1.
Jul 22: Galaxy Digital Launches $5M Fund to Quantum-Proof Bitcoin
Digital Asset Adds $10M From Shinhan, SC Ventures at $2B Valuation · US Seeks Forfeiture of $25M in Crypto Linked to Global Fraud Schemes
Galaxy Digital Launches $5M Fund to Quantum-Proof Bitcoin
What happened: Galaxy Digital has announced the "Galaxy Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative," pledging up to $5 million in grants for developers to strengthen Bitcoin’s defenses against future quantu
Digital Asset Adds $10M From Shinhan, SC Ventures at $2B Valuation
What happened: Digital Asset, developer of the Canton Network, has secured an additional $10 million in funding from Shinhan Financial Group and SC Ventures (Standard Chartered’s venture arm).
US Seeks Forfeiture of $25M in Crypto Linked to Global Fraud Schemes
What happened: U.
Base to Launch 1:1-Backed Tokenized Equities, Pivoting from Social Strategy
What happened: Base, the Ethereum layer-2 backed by Coinbase, is preparing to launch tokenized equities that are 1:1-backed.
UK Lawmakers Open Inquiry Into Crypto Banking Access
What happened: A cross-party group of UK lawmakers has launched an inquiry into why banks in the country block accounts and payments for crypto firms.
Galaxy Commits Up to $5 Million for Bitcoin Quantum Security Initiative
What happened: Galaxy has launched the Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative, committing up to $5 million in developer grants to address potential quantum computing threats to Bitcoin.
Vietnam Imposes $1,900 Fines on Binance and OKX Users Amid Crackdown
What happened: Vietnamese retail users trading on offshore crypto exchanges such as Binance or OKX now face fines of up to $1,900.
Canton Network Developer Digital Asset Raises $10 Million at $2 Billion Valuation
What happened: Digital Asset, the developer behind Canton Network, has secured an additional $10 million in funding from Shinhan Financial Group and SC Ventures.
Jul 22: Base to Launch 1:1-Backed Tokenized Equities, Pivoting from Social Strategy
UK Lawmakers Open Inquiry Into Crypto Banking Access · Galaxy Commits Up to $5 Million for Bitcoin Quantum Security Initiativ · Vietnam Imposes $1,900 Fines on Binance and OKX Users Amid Crackdown
Vietnam Cracks Down on Offshore Crypto Trading; Coinbase Opens to Mainland China
What happened: Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance issued Decree No.
UK Lawmakers Launch Inquiry Into Crypto Banking Access
What happened: The UK’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) launched an inquiry on July 21, 2026, into why major banks—including HSBC, Nationwide, NatWest, Santander, and St
Bitcoin Stalls at $65K as Hedge Funds Dump Tech Stocks
What happened: Bitcoin has hovered around the $65,000 resistance level throughout July, with the price at $66,558.
Jul 21: Vietnam Cracks Down on Offshore Crypto Trading; Coinbase Opens to Mainland China
UK Lawmakers Launch Inquiry Into Crypto Banking Access · Bitcoin Stalls at $65K as Hedge Funds Dump Tech Stocks · Base Prepares to Launch 1:1-Backed Tokenized US Equities
Base Prepares to Launch 1:1-Backed Tokenized US Equities
What happened: Jesse Pollak, creator of Coinbase’s Base layer-2, announced that the launch of 1:1-backed tokenized US equities is “imminent,” with final regulatory and technical details being finalize
Jul 20: Brazil’s Securities Regulator Launches 60-Day Tokenization Task Force
Strategy Sells $263.5M in MSTR Shares, Holds BTC as USD Reserve Tops $ · Bitmine Slows ETH Purchases, Launches $86M Stock Buyback · Allbridge Core Pauses After $1.65M Flash Loan Exploit, TVL Plunges
Brazil’s Securities Regulator Launches 60-Day Tokenization Task Force
What happened: Brazil's Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) established a Tokenization Working Group (GTT) tasked with delivering a proposal for an experimental regulatory regime within 60 days.
Strategy Sells $263.5M in MSTR Shares, Holds BTC as USD Reserve Tops $3.2B
What happened: Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) sold 2,732,318 MSTR shares between July 13–19, raising $263.
Bitmine Slows ETH Purchases, Launches $86M Stock Buyback
What happened: Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) acquired just 7,430 ETH (~$14 million) last week, a marked slowdown from previous accumulation rates.
Allbridge Core Pauses After $1.65M Flash Loan Exploit, TVL Plunges
What happened: Allbridge Core, a Solana-based cross-chain bridge, suffered a $1.
Project Eleven Unveils Quantum-Resistant Wallet Recovery Tool—But Satoshi’s Coins Remain Out of Reach
What happened: Project Eleven funded a zero-knowledge proof system that allows owners of BIP-32 HD wallets to prove key ownership even if quantum computers can forge digital signatures.
Succinct Labs’ Brian Trunzo: Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are Critical as AI Agents Proliferate
What happened: In a CoinDesk opinion piece, Succinct Labs Chief Growth Officer Brian Trunzo argued that the rise of autonomous AI agents poses systemic risks that current detection methods cannot addr
Tether Faces Two-Year GENIUS Act Countdown as U.S. Compliance Risks Mount
What happened: The U.
Kraken Launches USD-Settled Bitcoin and Ethereum Options for International Clients
What happened: Kraken introduced European-style, cash-settled BTC and ETH options for eligible international users, excluding Europe, North America, and Australia.
Jul 20: Project Eleven Unveils Quantum-Resistant Wallet Recovery Tool—But Satoshi’s Coins…
Succinct Labs’ Brian Trunzo: Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are Critical as AI · Tether Faces Two-Year GENIUS Act Countdown as U.S. Compliance Risks Mo · Kraken Launches USD-Settled Bitcoin and Ethereum Options for Internati
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
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.
DEXs Leave $1.6B Idle as 1inch Pushes Aqua Protocol
What happened: A Dune Analytics study commissioned by 1inch found that about $1.
Quantum Wallet Recovery Tool Debuts—But Satoshi’s Coins Remain Lost
What happened: Project Eleven unveiled a prototype zero-knowledge proof tool that lets BIP-32 wallets prove ownership and recover coins after a quantum attack, running a proof in just 243 milliseconds
$2.5B in BTC Call Spreads Target $72K by July 31 as Fed Decision Looms
What happened: Deribit saw $2.
GPT-5.6 vs. Fable 5: Benchmarks Split, Pricing Gap Widens
What happened: OpenAI’s GPT-5.
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.
$2.5B BTC Call Spread Bets on $72K by July 31, Expiry After Fed Meeting
What happened: Large traders executed a $2.
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.
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.
US Government Transfers $288M in Seized Bitcoin, Ether to Coinbase Prime
What happened: On July 14, 2026, U.
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
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs End 8-Week Outflow Streak with $282M Inflow
What happened: After eight consecutive weeks of outflows totaling $9.
Cambridge Study: Ethereum Among Most Energy-Efficient PoS Chains
What happened: The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance published an updated analysis of Ethereum's energy and emissions footprint post-Merge.
Saylor, Adam Back Reject BIP-110 Ordinals Proposal Amid Community Split
What happened: Prominent Bitcoin figures Michael Saylor and Adam Back publicly criticized BIP-110, a proposal to restrict data-heavy transactions (including Ordinals) for one year by capping OP_RETURN
Fidelity: Bitcoin Nears Power-Law Support, No Bounce Without Catalyst
What happened: Fidelity's Director of Global Macro, Jurrien Timmer, highlighted that Bitcoin is approaching the lower bound of a power-law support model the firm has tracked since 2015, with the suppo
Jul 12: Japan Moves Toward Legalizing Cryptocurrency ETFs
Bonzo Lend Suffers $9M Loss in Hedera Oracle Exploit · ETF Inflows Break Eight-Week Outflow Streak for Bitcoin and Ether · Bitcoin $300K–$500K Price Forecasts Challenged by Slowing Growth Multi
Japan Moves Toward Legalizing Cryptocurrency ETFs
What happened: Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama announced at the Open QUICK 2026 seminar that the government intends to authorize crypto asset ETFs, with the first products potentially debuti
Bonzo Lend Suffers $9M Loss in Hedera Oracle Exploit
What happened: Bonzo Lend, the largest DeFi lender on Hedera, lost approximately $9.
ETF Inflows Break Eight-Week Outflow Streak for Bitcoin and Ether
What happened: Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reversed an eight-week trend of outflows, attracting a combined $281.
Bitcoin $300K–$500K Price Forecasts Challenged by Slowing Growth Multiples
What happened: Several high-profile analysts, including Peter Brandt and Bernstein’s Gautam Chhugani and Mahika Sapra, have predicted that Bitcoin could reach $300,000–$500,000 by 2029, citing the fou
Jul 9: Sony Secures Conditional OCC Approval for U.S. Stablecoin Trust Bank
Robinhood Chain’s CASHCAT Memecoin Turns $800 into $1 Million+ for Ear · Bitcoin ETF Outflows Slow as $510M Inflows Signal Sentiment Shift · Brazil’s B3 Exchange Debuts Options on Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana Futu
Sony Secures Conditional OCC Approval for U.S. Stablecoin Trust Bank
What happened: Sony Bank has received preliminary conditional approval from the U.