Bitcoin falls to $63,000 as Fed decision looms, Clarity Act hopes fade

Bitcoin fell to its lowest level in ten days on Tuesday as investors braced for the Federal Reserve's upcoming decision and a potential delay to key crypto legislation in Congress.

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BitMEX’s Final Countdown: What the Shutdown Means and When You Should Withdraw

BitMEX operator HDR Global Trading Limited announced the permanent closure of the exchange, effective Sept. 23, 2026. Wind-Down Timeline and Operational Limits BitMEX, the pioneer of cryptocurrency derivatives trading that once dominated digital asset markets, announced Thursday, July 23, it will permanently close its exchange operations on Sept. 23, 2026. The announcement sparked widespread reaction […]

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Foundry asks Bitcoin miners to vote on BIP-110 support

Foundry USA asked its mining customers to signal their support for BIP-110, an actively debated proposal seeking to shrink the amount of data that can be stored in a Bitcoin transaction.

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Peter Brandt predicts the exact day Bitcoin’s bear market will be over

Renowned trading analyst Peter Brandt says investing in Bitcoin today, will pay off much better in two to three years than buying AI stocks at current prices.

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Cardano activates van Rossem hard fork

The upgrade reduces smart contract execution costs while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major scalability upgrade expected later this year.

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Inside Zcash's new node that targets Visa-scale privacy at 50,000 transactions per second

The new Zakura client is the first live piece of a plan to take Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second to payment-network scale.

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‘Useless Plastic’: NSPK CEO Declares the End of Visa and Mastercard in Russia

Dmitry Dubynin, CEO of the National Payment Card System (NSPK), stressed that cards issued by Visa and Mastercard “don’t provide any value,” as their operations are currently supported by the national system. Visa and Mastercard exited the Russian market in March 2022. Mastercard and Visa ‘Absent’ from Russia as Cards Reach Expiration As local options […]

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Live markets: Bitcoin slips below $63,000 as the chip rout goes global

A deepening global selloff in chipmakers dragged risk assets lower, pulling bitcoin back from the $65,000 level it reached on this week's soft inflation print.

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High-level White House meeting said to be planned to hash out Clarity Act ethics section

The most contentious piece of the crypto market structure bill is unresolved in the final weeks of Senate runway, and administration officials are expected to meet on it.

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US freezes $131M in Iran-linked crypto as Middle East tensions rise

“US Treasury is committed to disrupting and degrading Iran’s illicit financial activities, including its abuse of digital assets,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.

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Bitmine Raises Ether Holdings to 5.77 Million, Reaches 4.8% of Ethereum Supply

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% […]

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Ethereum climbs 3% on tokenization boom: Can bulls push ETH price past $1,800?

Despite strong tokenization gains and institutional accumulation, weak onchain and derivatives data leaves ETH vulnerable to a $1,700 retest.

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‘The Clearest Macro Risk to Bitcoin’: Why Bitfinex Is Warning Investors About the Yen Carry Trade

Analysts warn that a reversal in the current conditions of the Japanese yen, as the Bank of Japan moves to protect its fiat currency, would lead investors to unwind risk positions globally, impacting tech stocks and bitcoin markets primarily. Yen Carry Trade Reversal Awakens Fears in Bitcoin Analysts One of the most relevant global liquidity […]

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Live markets: Bitcoin ETFs bleed again while ether funds snap a five-day inflow streak

Spot bitcoin funds lost about $95 million on Thursday and ether funds roughly $52 million, ending the one bright spot in crypto's institutional flows even as prices rallied.

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Eco Powers Programmable Cross-Chain Stablecoin Liquidity With TRON Integration

San Francisco, California, July 9, 2026 — Eco, a leading provider of programmable cross-chain stablecoin liquidity, today integrates the TRON network. Through this integration, TRON becomes part of Eco’s unified stablecoin network, allowing users to deposit stablecoins directly into TRON applications in seconds. As one of the world’s leading blockchains for stablecoin payments, TRON processed […]

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Institutional crypto exchange EDX lands $76M from SBI Holdings

The funding round comes as institutional investors continue backing crypto market infrastructure despite slower venture investment across the digital asset sector.

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Bitcoin recovers from Strategy's BTC sale, funding rates hit 9%: Are bulls back?

Bitcoin sold off as news of Strategy selling BTC shook investors’ nerve but the quick rebound suggests bulls remain ambitiously positioned.

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Live markets: Bitcoin drops under $62,000 after Strategy sells 3,588 BTC

Strategy raised $216 milliion with the sale of 3,588 bitcoin last week.

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How the Mighty Have Fallen. But That’s Crypto, Baby! – Week In Review

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week with a comment on each story. The stock market pushed higher once again this […]

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AI and Crypto Payments Raise New Questions for Autonomous Transactions

AI agents may soon begin transacting on their own, but the real tension lies in whether existing payment systems can handle machines that need programmable, always-on rails. Why Payment Infrastructure Is Becoming the Main Question AI and crypto payments are moving into the same discussion because autonomous agents may need more than intelligence to operate […]

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Aave brings V3 lending and GHO stablecoin to Monad

Aave launched its V3 lending protocol on Monad with 12 supported assets as the network commits $15 million in first-year incentives to build liquidity and adoption.

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Brad Garlinghouse Takes Aim At Strategy’s Debt-Fueled Bitcoin Play

Brad Garlinghouse Takes Aim At Strategy’s Debt-Fueled Bitcoin Play: what the validated data shows, why it matters for crypto markets, and the caveat traders.

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Europe’s unlicensed crypto firms face ‘wipeout’ as MiCA deadline hits

European regulator ESMA called on unauthorized crypto-asset service providers to wind down their businesses in an orderly manner as the MiCA transitional period ends on July 1.

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Spark Seeds $150M Into Uniswap v4 to Build Shared FX Layer for Stablecoins

On Thursday, Spark and Uniswap revealed the launch of a Stablecoin FX Layer, a shared liquidity infrastructure built on Uniswap v4 designed to enable low-slippage swaps between dollar-pegged stablecoins for institutions, banks, fintechs, and payment providers. $150 Million to Start The initial deployment seeds approximately $150 million in liquidity across two pools on Ethereum mainnet: […]

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HYPE down 22% from record highs: Will spot demand revive the uptrend?

HYPE price drops near a key support zone where fading selling pressure collides with shrinking futures market activity. Will the altcoin resume its uptrend above $60?

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Digital Euro Clears Key Parliament Hurdle As Europe Pushes CBDC Plan Forward

The European Central Bank’s digital euro project secured key parliamentary backing on Tuesday. The vote moves Europe in the opposite direction from US lawm

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