The weekly Baker Hughes oil rig count showed a gain of 7 to 452. The Gas rigs were unchanged at 126 and Total rigs rose

Bitcoin Magazine SBI Holdings Takes Majority Stake in Singapore’s Coinhako After MAS Approval SBI Holdings has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Coinhako,

Bitcoin Magazine Ocean Mining VP Jason Hughes: BIP-110 on Track to Fail as Miner Signaling Stays Below 1% BIP-110 – My Notes to Miners This

The escalation is showing no signs of stopping in the Middle East. There were reports that Iran targeted Kuwait yesterday and hit a desalization plant

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Mining Giant Foundry Asks Miners To Vote on BIP-110 Soft Fork Foundry Digital, the world’s leading Bitcoin mining pool operator, has said

The Trump administration notified Israel it is sending dozens more refueling planes to the country ahead of a potential expansion of military operations against Iran,

With the Senate likely voting on a crypto bill within days, Elizabeth Warren asked for information on Donald Trump’s earnings between January and July ahead

The feature offers European customers a voluntary path away from Tether’s USDT as MiCA rules reshape the region’s stablecoin market.

The Bank of England approved HSBC Orion to go live in its Digital Securities Sandbox, with the first Digital Gilt Instrument transaction expected in the

Prior was 48.9 Conditions 54.9 vs 48.7 expected Prior was 48.4 Expectations 54.20 vs 51.7 expected Prior expectations 49.3 One-year inflation 4.2% vs 4.6% prior

Bitcoin saw a key rejection at local highs before reversing lower, moving with stocks for a second day as US-Iran war downside took its toll.

Prior month housing starts 1.177 million revised to 1.199 million. Prior month building permits 1.410 million. Housing starts for the month of June 1.427 million

Prior was +0.1% Capacity utilization 76.1% vs 76.2% expected Manufacturing output 0.0% vs +0.1% expected Prior output 0.0% (revised to +0.1%) This article was written

Kraken, Bitstamp, 1inch and Bitfinex have all set up shop in the British Virgin Islands — but you might find it tricky to book an

SBI Holdings received regulatory approval to acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako as it expands into stablecoins, onchain finance and tokenized assets.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Falls Under $63,000 on U.S.-Iran Strikes and Trump’s China Charge, but Onchain Data Points to Buyers Bitcoin price fell below $63,000

The pair pleaded guilty after investigators linked them to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, which US prosecutors say extorted dozens of companies.

Headlines: Tech shares continue to stay under pressure in final stretch of the week How have interest rate expectations changed after this week’s events? IRGC

ECB’s Piero Cipollone said stablecoin adoption could erode bank deposits, but the digital euro will keep banks at the center of payments.

The Rotterdam court said bankruptcy was necessary to ensure an orderly settlement because the company lacked enough assets to fully repay users.

ESMA adds 14 CASPs to its MiCA register, with banks and Ripple Payments Europe among the new entries as total providers reach 294.

Federal prosecutors allege the South Dakota investor used false promises to raise money, repaid earlier investors with new funds and laundered proceeds through crypto exchanges.

Bitcoin supply in loss hit 50% nearly 50 days ago, mimicking the countdown to BTC price bear-market bottoms.

A macOS malware steals credentials to hijack Telegram sessions, decrypt cryptocurrency wallets or trick users into entering their wallet recovery phrases through fake applications.

June final CPI +2.8% vs +2.8% y/y prelim Prior +3.2% June final core CPI +2.4% vs +2.4% y/y prelim Prior +2.6% No change to the

US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $79.2 million on Thursday, lifting their three-day inflow total to about $368 million as Bitcoin attempted a price recovery.

“Over time the economic incentives will drive $DOG Mode’s adoption and force Bitcoin Core to stop gatekeeping and allow these completely valid transactions,” said Leonidas.

No change to government stance that specific monetary policy is left for the BOJ to decide upon Government will work to avoid misunderstanding in markets

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we just have the final Eurozone CPI report. This is not going to change anything for the ECB, so

Asian tech stocks slide as AI rally unwinds, oil set for biggest weekly gain since April Oil steady despite fresh wave of strikes across Gulf,

The launch gives Bybit a locally operated platform in one of Asia’s largest crypto markets, home to more than 21 million crypto exchange users.

Vessel traffic along the Strait of Hormuz has dropped back significantly in the past week or so. And we’ve only been seeing an average of

“If we are not welcome, there are many other countries that would welcome us,” said Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan in a message to the

For markets, the relevant angle is less the election dispute itself and more what it signals about the US-China relationship heading into a planned September

The paid Truth API is aimed at high-frequency trading firms seeking “the fastest” access to market-moving Truth Social posts, including those from US President Donald

The miss against consensus, and the sharp deceleration from May’s two-decade high, suggests the AI-driven electronics export surge may be starting to normalize after several

Trump is speaking now.  China …   This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

Crypto exchanges have increasingly positioned themselves as bridges between digital asset markets and traditional finance.

Bitcoin futures traders are propping up the current market move, while liquidation heatmap data provides hints on where BTC price may go next.

The round of layoffs was part of Polygon transitioning operations to payments following a $250 million deal to acquire Coinme and Sequence in January.

Hoisington’s capitulation carries symbolic weight well beyond the size of its roughly $2 billion book, given the firm built its reputation calling the multi-decade decline

Food prices make up around 19% of New Zealand’s consumer price index. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

Bitcoin Magazine Crypto.com Secures $400M Investment From Citadel Securities at $20B Valuation Global market maker Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in crypto exchange Crypto.com,

Anton Bukov said that he no longer took an active role at 1inch and had been “fired” in 2025 after pushing for changes to the

Trump to sell faster access to his Truth Social posts Google Gemini launch delayed as tech falls short of goals – report Fed’s Logan: Investment

Bitcoin buyers have returned to spot, futures and ETF markets but geopolitical headwinds could quickly unravel the progress of the past two weeks.

According to ABC News, federal regulators are investigating whether the longtime White House staffer used nonpublic information to profit from event contracts tied to President

The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets approved BitPay’s application as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets requirements.

Bitcoin Magazine T. Rowe Price Debuts New ETF With Bitcoin and Crypto Exposure Asset manager T. Rowe Price on Thursday debuted its first crypto exchange-traded

The company said the filing would create a regulated pathway for maintaining ownership records for tokenized securities onchain.

Bitcoin Magazine Fed Chair Warsh: No Bailout for Crypto Industry in Crisis Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told the House Financial Services Committee on July

Eligible E*TRADE retail clients can now buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash.

A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin VC Veterans Launch $40 Million Holding Company Targeting Small Business Acquisitions Another day, another Bitcoin treasury.  But this time, with a twist:

Bitcoin fell 1.5% from local highs amid a reversal in US stocks as markets moved from bullish US inflation cues to retail profit-taking.

Bitcoin Magazine Breez Partners With Turnkey to Bring Non-Custodial Bitcoin to Backend-Run Apps Breez has partnered with Turnkey to let developers add non-custodial bitcoin to

Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets.

Bitcoin Magazine Cloudflare x402 Integration Opens Door for Bitcoin in AI Agent Micropayments Cloudflare recently announced the launch of its monetization program via the Coinbase-led

Prior week 215K revised to 216K initial jobless claims 208K vs 217K estimate 4 week moving average of initial claims 214.25K versus 219.0K last week Continuing claims

Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon

The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business.

Bitcoin Magazine Senate Unanimously Votes That Sam Bankman-Fried Should Never Get a Pardon The Senate passed a resolution on Wednesday stating that Sam Bankman-Fried should

Prior was +0.5% (revised to +0.6%) This is in-line with estimates but there is a slight upwards revision to the April reading, which should add

Prior was +0.2% Details: Ex-autos vs -0.1% expected Prior ex autos +0.8% Ex autos and gas vs +0.5% prior Control group vs +0.5% expected Prior

The market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion, as investors sought exposure to the growing list of tokenized equity products launched

Prior was +10.3 Details: New orders 37.0 versus 27.3 last month Shipments 33.7 versus 14.9 last month Unfilled orders 18.1 versus 10.5 last month Delivery

MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure.

Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined.

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly

Headlines: US futures keep more mixed ahead of the open later Oil prices remain skewed to the upside heading into the weekend as US-Iran crisis

Visa and Artemis found that infrastructure bottlenecks are preventing broader commercial adoption of the autonomous AI agent economy.

May trade balance (non-seasonally adjuted) -€7.8 billion vs -€1.6 billion Prior -€1.0 billion; revised to -€1.2 billion That is a marked increase in the Eurozone trade deficit

The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July

Bitcoin realized losses appeared to be copying a reversal structure that marked previous bear-market bottoms, with $69,000 a new BTC price battleground.

June final CPI +3.0% vs +3.0% y/y prelim Prior +3.2% June final HICP +3.0% vs +3.1% y/y prelim Prior +3.2% Slight delay in the release

Tether reportedly invested $20 million into Ualá, as part of the Argentine neobank’s $197 million funding round announced earlier in March.

The deal gives Hyperion an equity stake in Skew and a share of listing-service revenue as it expands the utility of its HYPE treasury assets.

Iran has no conflict with neighbouring countries Remains committed to cooperation and “brotherly relations” with Gulf nations Other countries from outside the region should engage

Vlad.fun suspended its platform after discovering a “serious internal integrity issue” involving members of its team, without disclosing the nature of the alleged misconduct.

UK May monthly GDP +0.1% vs +0.1% m/m expected Prior -0.1% The more detailed breakdown for the month: Services output +0.3% vs +0.1% m/m expected

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the only highlight was the UK GDP report. The data pointed to marginal growth in the UK economy for the

After a bit of a breather early yesterday, the US PPI numbers for June also came in much softer than anticipated. So, that pretty much

This all started all the way back in 2023 already, with the falling response rate to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) being the main issue.

Senior BOJ official: Delay in adjusting rates could lead to economic downturn in future US slaps a 25% tariff on some Brazil goods, exempts beef

US President Donald Trump is set to meet with several senators on Thursday as negotiators race to get the CLARITY Act across the line before

New tariffs in effect from July 22/  This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

New tariffs in effect from July 22/  This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

Base creator Jesse Pollak is stepping back from leadership of the Base App after admitting he was “definitively wrong” to bet on social experiences driving

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin to $40,000? If History’s Anything to Go By, It’s Possible, Says Report Bitcoin has underperformed compared to other “risk-on” assets this year

US US military strikes Iran (again) At 3 PM, US forces launched operations for a second wave of strikes today against Iran. US military strikes

Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority approved the London-headquartered fintech company for broker-dealer, management and investment, and exchange services in the UAE.

Trump is speaking on FOXBusiness and says: Oil prices will yo-yo for a while. Thinks inflation at year end will be lower than it is

Researchers found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing longer settlement windows as a potential fix.

Ostium halted trading and advised revoking contract approvals after blockchain security firms reported an apparent oracle-related exploit of its OLP liquidity vault, with estimated losses

Bitcoin Magazine Traders Took $8.2 Million From Polymarket’s Five-Minute Bitcoin Bets, Study Found A new study argued that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin contract became a machine

Bitcoin Magazine President Trump To Meet Senators On Clarity Act’s Ethics Fight: Report President Donald Trump plans to meet with a group of senators at

Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Qalibaf is on the newswires and says: We have never welcomed war, but we must always be ready to fight and stand

President Donald Trump’s pick for US Attorney General faced criticism from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on his approach to crypto enforcement and the

Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald are developing infrastructure for tokenized IPOs and secondary equity offerings within the existing US securities framework.

The deployment marks Aave V4’s first expansion beyond Ethereum and introduces lending infrastructure designed to support future markets for tokenized real-world assets.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Jumps Over $65,500 on Soft Inflation Data  The Bitcoin price jumped over $65,500 on Wednesday after US inflation data showed that

The FT is reporting that Shabana Mahmood is set to become Britain’s next Chancellor of Exchequer Shabana Mahmood is viewed as a fiscally disciplined, centrist Labour politician

Bitcoin Magazine VerifiedX and BitGo Sign MOU to Deliver Qualified Custody for vBTC, Expanding Institutional Access to Native Bitcoin Utility, and with Immediate Support for

Bitcoin moved up to its highest levels since June 22 as US PPI inflation numbers provided the week’s second surprise macro data drop.

Bitcoin Magazine Japan’s Landmark Vote Reclassifies Bitcoin And Crypto As Financial Assets Japan’s parliament passed an amendment on Wednesday that reclassifies cryptocurrency as a “financial

AMLA is expanding its crypto oversight as firms complete the transition to the EU’s MiCA licensing regime.

Surging volumes on Robinhood Chain could be very good for Ethereum, but only if the “ETH is money” crowd turn out to be right.

Headlines: Cooler US inflation gives markets a bit of a breather USD/JPY shrugs off the surprisingly soft US CPI as Middle East crisis keeps inflation

Prior was +4.2% sales rose in 14 of the 21 subsectors Transportation equipment +4.1% Sales of motor vehicles increased 11.8% m/m vs -4.6% prior Chemical +4.6% Electrical equipment, appliance and

Prior was 6.5% PPI final demand m/m -0.3% vs 0.1% expected (prior was +1.1%) Core readings: PPI ex food and energy y/y 4.7% vs 5.2%

Prior was 5.7 (the estimate was 14.0) New orders 22.2 vs. +3.5 prior Shipments 24.4 vs. +8.6 prior Prices paid 52.3 vs. +61.0 prior Prices

The Czech Finance Ministry added Polymarket to its blacklist of unauthorized online gambling websites, requiring internet providers to block access within 15 days.

BTC price upside predictions include $68,000 within two weeks and up to $80,000 next month, contrasting with warnings of a 2022 bear-market rerun for the

South Korea’s Economy Ministry plans to include digital assets and intellectual property under the country’s new state-asset management framework.

Japan’s revised Financial Instruments and Exchange Act introduces crypto insider trading rules, tougher penalties and new oversight requirements for crypto businesses.

Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for $53 billion, at a 28% premium compared to the company’s Tuesday closing price.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added $13.9 million worth of Circle shares on Tuesday, extending its July buying spree to 725,517 shares amid a steep stock

May industrial production -0.2% vs +0.2% m/m expected Prior +0.1%; revised to +0.3% That’s a notable miss on estimates with the country-level breakdown showing a

I don’t think the draft economic blueprint upset markets Foreign exhcnage rates are determined by markets We aim for a strong economy and sustainable fiscal

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than a couple of low tier releases like the final Spanish

June final CPI +3.2% vs +3.2% y/y prelim Prior +3.2% June final HICP +3.6% vs +3.6% y/y prelim Prior +3.6% Core CPI +2.9% y/y Prior

“We are disappointed by this decision and believe it is unfair to Kalshi,” the company’s legal counsel said on X.

The US inflation pulse stole the spotlight yesterday, as the June CPI report came in softer than anticipated. In case you missed it: US June CPI

“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.

Nikkei rises but gains checked ahead of ASML earnings, Kospi surges China Q2 GDP growth cools to 4.3%, weakest pace in three and a half

Economic ‘activity’ data from China, June 2026 Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) (YoY) (Jun) -5.7% a big miss, but the other data is strong expected -4.9%,

Economic growth data for China in the April – June quarter. China Q2 GDP 0.9% q/q expected 0.9%, prior 1.3% 4.3% y/y, well down from

Ethereum staking generated 98% of Bitmine’s revenue last quarter as the company’s pivot from Bitcoin mining gained momentum following its March validator launch.

China House prices June 2026 -3.3% y/y prior -3.5% -0.1% m/m prior -0.2% Still to come: The economic activity date from China, for June, along

The steady manufacturers’ reading, underpinned by robust semiconductor and AI server demand, supports the BOJ’s narrative that AI-linked external demand is reinforcing growth even as

New Zealand retail data, June 2026: -1.4% m/m prior +1.7% +1.3% y/y prior +3.3% This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly said the chamber will consider a vote on the crypto market structure bill before Aug. 10, though it’s unclear

The plan signals a structural shift in Beijing’s growth model, with policymakers explicitly targeting a slower pace of retail sales growth than the previous five-year

Backed by Dragonfly, FirstMark and Coinbase Ventures, the startup is expanding software that helps businesses integrate stablecoins into treasury and payment workflows.

Crude oil settles at $79.34, up $1.20. Bias remains to the upside from a technical perspective Fitch affirms Canada at AA+ with a stable outlook

The economic activity date from China, for June, along with Q2 growth data, is the focus for the calendar in Asia today. June is expected

The two governments issued recommendations on the treatment of digital assets as the US prepares to implement a 2025 law on payment stablecoins.

Bitcoin Magazine China’s Prosecutors Move to Treat Crypto Mixers as Evidence of Money Laundering China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate has published a set of recommendations that

The companies will explore using USDC for JCB’s cross-border treasury operations and merchant payments in Japan as regulated stablecoin adoption gains momentum.

The change in tax policy, expected to impact about 700,000 people in the UK, was related to the disposal of crypto in lending and liquidity

Axios is out with an interesting report, and the timing of it is also notable. Trump yesterday created some more bluster in the Iran war

Bitcoin Magazine The Bitcoin Softfork That Tried to Police “Junk Data” — And Why It’s Already Failing Within the tiny internet bubble of Bitcoin X

Bitcoin Magazine 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

The Bitcoin miner’s Georgia agreement with an undisclosed investment-grade technology company expands its footprint in AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.

Pres. Trump is speaking to reporters from the Oval Office with the Iraqi prime minister We are there for Iraq if they need protection. We

BTC price action returned to $64,000 on low US CPI inflation but traders stayed wary of rejection at key resistance.

Bitcoin Magazine UK Adopts ‘No Gain, No Loss’ Tax Treatment for Crypto Lending and Liquidity Pools The United Kingdom’s HM Revenue & Customs will treat

Institutions can now stake Tron’s native token directly from Anchorage’s custody platform as the company expands support for one of the largest USDT settlement networks.

Just now from Trump: Oil is flowing like never before, thanks to the awesome Power of the United States Military. A special salute to Secretary

MicroStrategy blew up during the dot-com era, before Michael Saylor transformed it into the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder. Did he learn his lesson?

OpenAI’s ChatGPT now displays Kalshi’s World Cup prediction market odds in search results, marking the AI firm’s first reported deal with a prediction market platform.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Jumps Above $64,000 as Cooler-Than-Expected Inflation Strengthens the Case for Rate Cuts Bitcoin price briefly climbed above $64,000 on Tuesday after

Prior was 4.2% CPI m/m -0.4% vs -0.1% exp Prior CPI was +0.5% Unrounded -0.349% Core readings: Core y/y 2.6% vs 2.8% expected Prior core

Humanity Protocol’s founder said they will refocus on operational security, as malicious actors are switching from smart contract vulnerabilities to exploiting human behavior.

Bitcoin Magazine White House Crypto Chief Patrick Witt to Begin Military Leave as Clarity Act Nears Senate Deadline Patrick Witt, the White House’s top crypto

The European Central Bank will beta test a digital euro with 36 providers, including Revolut, after the project drew more than 50 applications.

Is it time to buy the gold miners? US June NFIB small business optimism index 97.4 vs 95.7 expected What is the distribution of forecasts

Superteam UK lead Stephen “Cap” Newnham is taking on Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election with pledges on pension reform and onchain transparency.

ABA and state banking associations published a joint letter calling for more detail on the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin yield provisions, ahead of the bill’s House

A solo Bitcoin miner secured a $200,000 block reward with a budget mining rig, pushing payouts to hobby-level miners to $4.7 million for the past

Total value stolen and median hack size are declining compared to 2025, signaling that the AI hacking apocalypse was a false alarm, argued Dragonfly managing

The ranges of estimates are important in terms of market reaction because when the actual data deviates from the expectations, it creates a surprise effect.

Bitcoin RSI continued to copy previous bear markets as a trader predicted that historical BTC price bottom signals would “happen again” in 2026.

Prior 95.3 This article was written by flfeaa2662d774455a8d50fa77b791ed5f at investinglive.com.

Traders and investors are all gearing up for the US CPI report to come later in the day. And that is seeing a bit of

Global investor sentiment hits highest since February on optimism on macro ‘boom’, AI capex and dovish Fed Record 54% of fund managers expect ‘no landing’

US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw their largest single-day outflows in July, with $424.66 million leaving the funds, reversing a brief return to positive weekly flows.

South Korea will test tokenized government bonds linked to the Bank of Korea’s wholesale CBDC system in 2027 as token securities rules take effect.

June wholesale price index -0.7% m/m Prior -0.6% Wholesale prices in Germany continue to fall again in June, with the annual estimate also easing further

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have anything on the agenda, so the price action will likely stay rangebound heading into the US

Witt’s departure comes during a critical moment for the CLARITY Act, with deputy director Harry Jung expected to assume his responsibilities.

The transfers have raised questions over Trump’s Bitcoin reserve pledge, though deposits to Coinbase Prime do not confirm an impending sale.

China June trade data smashes forecasts on AI demand surge NZD firms as Conway reinforces RBNZ hawkish tilt on inflation risk China’s export growth accelerated

There’s only one game in town for markets today. And no, it isn’t France versus Spain sadly. The trading day ahead will center around the

Coming straight after Westpac’s consumer confidence release, this is the second Australian sentiment survey in one session to show improvement that predates the latest escalation,

China trade data for June 2026: Balance of Trade $125.8bn expected 121B, prior 105.43B Imports +36% y/y expected 24%, prior 27.4% Exports +27% y/y, fastest

The likely headline decline is almost entirely a gasoline story rather than a genuine broadening of disinflation, which is why the core reading matters more

The scale of the beat, on both exports and imports, is the story here, since it suggests the AI investment cycle and tariff front-loading are

Australia Business Confidence June 2026: -5  prior -14 Business conditions: remains at 3 prior 3 I’ll have more to come on this separately  This article

The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association expressed support for the CLARITY Act but urged changes to the legislation’s language.

Bitcoin backed mortgages and stablecoin yield are hot topics in Japan right now, as Hyundai experiments with Avalanche for global stablecoin transfers. Asia Express

A beat on consensus is a modestly supportive headline, but the deceleration from Q1’s 6.3% to 5.7% is the more relevant detail for the coming

The headline bounce is worth treating cautiously given the timing, since the survey window closed on July 9, just before oil prices spiked again on

The retail data points to a UK consumer still spending, but decelerating from May’s pace even with two clear tailwinds in the heatwave and the

The rebound in confidence looks less like an all clear and more like a snapshot taken during a brief window of calm, given the survey

Reed Smith’s Aquarius platform automates regulatory filings and legal workflows as demand for MiCA compliance tools grows across Europe.

US navy details that it will enforce a full blockade on Iran US June federal budget deficit $120 billion vs $138 billion expected More from

NZ business survey and China trade data due to test recovery narrative Tuesday’s Asia calendar carries two releases with genuine policy weight, even if neither

Reports earlier indicaetd the US was planning at least a few days of strikes.  The time in Tehran is 10:30 pm and this is around

Bitcoin Magazine Bitwise Sees a Bottom in Bitcoin’s Worst Vibes Yet: ‘Darkest Before the Dawn’  Bitcoin closed the second quarter of 2026 mired in its

May was -$239 billion Last June was a surplus of $108 billion Year to date deficit of $1.367 trillion vs $1.337 trillion a year ago

With the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and another senator hospitalized, Republicans’ current majority in the chamber has been reduced to 51-47, likely requiring more

Hyundai completed a proof-of-concept using Tether’s USDT to settle a cross-border treasury transfer between its US and Mexican subsidiaries, highlighting growing enterprise interest in stablecoin-based

There are reports of a missile attack of Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia  The price of crude oil is trading up $4.30 at $75.74 the

As foreign currency reserves remain under pressure, Bolivia is considering a framework to let the world’s largest stablecoin be used for payments, savings and trade.

Trump writes on Truth Social: The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran. We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE,

Bitcoin Magazine ‘Don’t Let China Win’: President Trump Presses Senate on Clarity Act in Final Stretch The Senate returns to Washington on July 13, with

Bitcoin bulls faced an uphill struggle to preserve $62,000 as stocks opened down on Strait of Hormuz rhetoric between the US and Iran.

The Fed cut rates three times in the past year but two-year borrowing rates aren’t cooperating. The two-year note yield touched 4.24% overnight, which is

Strategy boosted its US dollar reserve to $3 billion after selling $466.7 million in MSTR shares, while keeping its 843,775 Bitcoin holdings unchanged.

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Raises $467 Million in Cash, Leaves Stash of 843,775 Bitcoin Untouched Strategy (MSTR) sold about $466.7 million worth of its stock

Coinbase’s venture capital arm leads 2026 crypto investing even as funding withered and unique investors shied away amid the bear market.

Bitcoin Magazine Strive (ASST) Adds 18 Bitcoin, Pushing Treasury to 19,900 BTC Strive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST) bought 18 bitcoin last week, a modest addition that

Headlines: US-Iran tensions continue to dominate proceedings in the new week Iran reaffirms it won’t keep its end of the deal so long as the

This is a comment that sounds like a resumption of the war in Iran. Trump didn’t TACO at the start of the week, so we

Binance futures volume jumped 80% in June, to $1.61 trillion, outpacing rivals while broader crypto trading activity remained weak.

A dormant whale transferred BTC worth $188 million after seven years of holding, adding to the growing ratio of whale transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges.

The government-backed roadmap calls for the UK’s first digital gilt by early 2027 and seeks to make tokenized bonds usable for trading and borrowing.

SBI VC Trade will open JPYSC lending applications on July 16, offering an initial 3% annual rate for a 12-week term without deposit insurance.

Bitcoin price analysis called for the end of the bear market within three months as the US-Iran war sent BTC lower from strengthening $64,000 resistance.

June CPI Y/Y 4.38% vs 4.30% expected Prior 3.93% Full report here India’s annual inflation rate rose to 4.38% in June, breaching the central bank’s

Lawson will test yen stablecoin payments in Tokyo as Netstars launches a merchant service supporting USDC, USDT and JPYC.

Iran will not execute its commitments in the memorandum of understanding as long as US is not fulfilling its commitments We are not the ones

The spokesperson says that Qatar, Oman, and Pakistan are all continuing mediation efforts between the US and Iran in recent days. Adding that Tehran remains

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have anything on the agenda. There’s Fed’s Bowman speaking at a Bank Policy Institute Roundtable on Modernizing

On Friday, Japan’s finance minister Katayama came out to say that the government would seek avenues to encourage the GPIF to make “substantially greater investments

The AI-native cohort of the expanding gig economy could increasingly use stablecoins to avoid slow and expensive traditional payment rails, Australian crypto exchange Swyftx said.

So much for the great “reopening”, eh? It seemed like both sides would try to at least close one eye on hostilities to play to

It’s a brand new week, but it is very much the same old story for markets. Once again, we’re needing to deal with more US-Iran

Thailand has been plagued by Chinese-affiliated scam centers, with illicit gains flowing through a “gray money” economy.

South Korean shares sink over 5% as SK Hynix profit-taking hits, Nikkei falls too Goldman expects US core CPI to ease to 2.8% year-on-year in

Analysts are not yet ready to call it a recovery in institutional demand for Bitcoin.

June’s move back above the 50.0 breakeven line offers the first tangible sign that New Zealand’s services sector, which makes up the bulk of the

We just had the one data point on the agenda today: NZ services sector returns to growth as PSI hits 50.6 in June NZ’s BNZ-BusinessNZ

Even Ethereum’s critics believe Robinhood Chain is bullish for ETH. Nigel Farage and Donald Trump become embroiled in crypto related scandals, and more.

A combined autumn fiscal statement covering both tax measures and departmental budgets would represent a significant shift in UK fiscal signalling, potentially giving gilt markets

The widening of Iranian strikes to Qatar and the UAE, states that had avoided attack for months, signals a material escalation that traders will read

Standard Chartered sees communication challenges facing the biggest digital asset treasury company as “muddying the waters” for Bitcoin in the near term.

The coming week is headlined by two events that have the potential to reshape expectations for Federal Reserve policy and drive volatility across the U.S.

According to statements released by his office, Senator Graham died on July 11, 2026, at age 71, following what was described as a “brief and

Pakistan’s virtual-assets regulator called for continued dialogue on the treatment of digital assets after meeting an Islamic scholar who backed a ruling against purchases made

Cambridge estimated that Ethereum consumes 7.87 GWh annually and has the second-lowest market-value-adjusted energy intensity among the PoS networks studied.

The ongoing debate comes despite a broad downturn in Ordinals transaction activity over the last two years.

The sales come months after a major Empery shareholder demanded the firm ditch its Bitcoin treasury strategy and force the resignation of its CEO and

Real Vision chief crypto analyst Jamie Coutts said it’s far too early to call $1 million by 2030, but he’s confident Bitcoin could climb up

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

Bitcoin price gains approached 10% for the first two weeks of the month, but analysis warned of the bear market returning from August onward.

An attacker inflated the value of SAUCE collateral and borrowed $9 million from Bonzo Lend through a flaw in Supra’s on-chain oracle verifier.

An IMF working paper says dollar stablecoins can improve access to foreign currency but may also help coordinate exits from local currencies during periods of

More than 70,000 agentic accounts have already been created by Robinhood equities and options traders since late May, when Robinhood launched a beta version of

Matthew Goettsche was set to face trial in October for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and selling unregistered securities.

Five senators called for committee hearings to investigate US President Donald Trump’s policies potentially being influenced by crypto funding from United Arab Emirates-linked and other

The redesigned app will use AI to recommend trades and tailor investing tools around users’ financial goals as Kraken expands into broader financial services.

Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Representatives Urge Senate to Vote on CLARITY Act in July, Address Ethics Concerns Rep. French Hill wants a deadline.  One year after

Canada June employment report shows +18.2K jobs vs +10K expected Baker Hughes total rig count +1 at 580 Fed report to Congress sees ‘stepped up’

Donald Trump confirmed on social media that he would not sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which includes a ban on a US

The launch comes as tokenized stocks become one of the fastest-growing corners of crypto, with exchanges and traditional finance firms racing to expand 24/7 trading.

Bitcoin Magazine Circle (CRCL) Wins Final OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Circle Internet Group secured final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller

State representative Keith Ammon said the New Hampshire executive council’s vote against Bitcoin-backed bonds was “short-sighted,” urging the body to reconsider the measure.

Stablecoins are carving out specialized roles as regulation reshapes the market, while Strategy’s Bitcoin sale and Vanguard’s tokenization push highlight crypto’s evolving financial landscape.

Trump wrote on Truth Social: The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked us to continue “talks.” We have agreed to do so, but the United

Bitcoin price gains came thanks to US whales propeling the Coinbase Premium above a key trend line, new analysis from CryptoQuant reported.

Bitcoin Magazine Metaplanet Announces Joint Study to Bring Bitcoin-Backed Digital Credit to Japan Metaplanet wants to turn its bitcoin pile into a credit market. On

As the CLARITY Act advances, crypto’s growing political influence in Washington is under scrutiny. But the crypto lobby’s massive campaign spend is only part of

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin is “A Screaming Buy”: Standard Chartered Backs $100,000 Target, Shrugs Off Strategy (MSTR) Sell-Off Standard Chartered maintained its end-2026 Bitcoin price forecast

A MiCA license allows crypto firms to operate in the EU, but the ESMA’s review will test whether custodians can meet the required security and

The Fed named a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen to co-lead an AI productivity and jobs task force under Chair Kevin Warsh’s policy review.

US prosecutors charged Rossen Iossifov over the alleged laundering of $290,000 in forfeited crypto from a Kraken account.

Prior month revised to -6.6% versus -7.6% previously reported building permits for the month of May -1.7% versus +2.4% estimate. Details of the Report: Overall Total

CRYL is offering Bitcoin-backed loans to individuals and businesses as Japanese firms explore broader uses for BTC in lending and credit markets.

Circle announces it received final OCC approval for a national trust bank that will initially serve the company and affiliates, with possible future custody services

Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, are restricting employee prediction market trades as insider trading fears spread across Polymarket and Kalshi.

Headlines: A calmer end to the week for markets? Iran’s strategy in leveraging on control over the Strait of Hormuz looks to be working Global

Metaplanet said it is studying Bitcoin-backed digital credit products in Japan with JPYC and Progmat, but no product has been launched.

Bitcoin miner TeraWulf is reportedly seeking $3.5 billion in debt financing led by Morgan Stanley for its Kentucky data center campus leased by AI company

Bitcoin bulls faced “crucial resistance” at $65,000 next as BTC price action diverged from oil and US dollar strength.

June final CPI +1.8% vs +1.8% y/y prelim Prior +2.4% June final HICP +2.0% vs +2.0% y/y prelim Prior +2.8% French headline annual inflation is

Robinhood’s choice to use Ethereum further solidifies its position as the “ultimate settlement layer and liquidity foundation for tokenized assets,” said HashKey Group’s Tim Sun.

EU lawmakers have again allowed tech firms to scan chats for abuse material, but exempted end-to-end encrypted messages.

June final CPI +2.3% vs +2.3% y/y prelim Prior +2.6% June final HICP +2.4% vs +2.4% y/y prelim Prior +2.7% German headline annual inflation is

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than a couple of low tier releases like the final French

Zcash’s next upgrade will replace the once-compromised Orchard pool and may offer clues about whether counterfeit tokens were created via a recent bug.

Despite US president Trump saying that the ceasefire deal is “over”, things have not gone up in flames just yet. The US and Iran are

When US president Trump earlier this week said the deal is “over”, everyone feared the worst. However, he then toned things down by playing his

Asia rallies on chip rebound and Japan pension-flow hopes as Iran risk fades Japan to press GPIF on domestic assets as JGB selloff exposes BOJ

“DeFi usually swings much harder than Bitcoin, so holding up this well is unusual,” says Bitwise, as DeFi tokens have outperformed Bitcoin.

The incident is significant for developers and applications that handle Injective wallet workflows, Socket researchers said.

The upside surprise in producer prices strengthens the case for the BOJ to press ahead with further tightening, with markets increasingly pricing a hike as

Katayama’s refusal to comment on specific bond yield levels keeps the government’s usual distance from JGB market moves, leaving traders to price yields off underlying

The findings point to sovereign capital increasingly acting as a strategic, rather than purely returns-driven, force in AI infrastructure, with direct implications for how Stargate,

Japan PPI published by the Bank of Japan  +7.1% y/y expected +6.8%, prior +6.3% +0.4% m/m expected +0.3%, prior +0.9% I’ll have more to come

The “Economic and event calendar in Asia Friday, July 10, 2026” is a light one. A couple of things to note, 1. It’s a holiday

A U.S. official says talks with Iran will proceed despite recent tanker attacks in the Strait, which Washington views as terrorism. The MOU remains performance-based,

The soon-to-be former chief legal officer did not announce the details of his next move but said that he would continue working with the Board

Bitdeer shares rallied after the company announced a $36 million Nevada manufacturing facility that will produce its SEALMINER Bitcoin mining machines and expand its hardware

Bitcoin Magazine JPMorgan Says the Real Threat to Bitcoin Isn’t Strategy (MSTR) — It’s Private Blockchains Strategy’s recent bitcoin sales and its formal monetization program

The U.S. Treasury auctioned off $22 billion of 30 year bonds to complete the coupon auctions for the week. Below are the details from the

Iranian news agencies report that there are strikes in Iran for a third day. Iran yesterday retaliated against US bases in the region and is

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s New Debt Machine is Facing Its First Major Test Public companies kept stacking Bitcoin in June, but the month’s real story played

The Bitcoin miner’s shares climbed about 15% after announcing it’s acquiring a Texas site with up to 2 GW of power capacity to expand its

US 10-year Treasury yields nears dangerous level while major Deribit Bitcoin options expiry approaches.

Labour lawmakers proposed a full moratorium on crypto donations in March, which some have sought be made permanent after millions of dollars in contributions were

As AI-driven mining stocks retreat, investors are examining executive stock sales, governance and shareholder alignment across leading Bitcoin miners, according to Blocksbridge Consulting.

Bitcoin Magazine New Hampshire Council Rejects $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed Bond The New Hampshire Executive Council rejected a plan on Wednesday to authorize a $100 million

Bitcoin gained new upside targets for the daily close and beyond after US president Donald Trump said that Iran “wants to make a deal.”

Bitcoin Magazine BitGo Adds Quantum-Risk Controls to Bitcoin Custody BitGo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BTGO) introduced a set of tools to help institutions measure and reduce

Dealing with large post quantum signatures slowing down Bitcoin can be solved with bigger blocks, or aggregating signatures using STARK proofs.

Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Largest Private Bank Alfa-Bank To Test Bitcoin and Crypto Trading Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, is preparing to launch its own digital

Hong Kong’s regulator has ordered crypto platforms and online brokers to meet newly issued phishing-resistant login requirements within the next 12 months.

Interpol said a suspect’s crypto wallet processed over $122.5 million in 10 months as authorities uncovered the scheme during a global anti-fraud operation that led