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Cointelegraph by William Suberg
Bitcoin beat out local resistance to pass $66,000 amid predictions of as much as 6% BTC price upside if momentum continued.
Jul 21, 2026 10:26 AM
<![CDATA[Gino Matos]]>
Brent crude futures reached $91.42 on July 20, their highest level since June 11, then eased to $88.28 as mediators floated a 10-day US-Iran ceasefire proposal. Bitcoin traded above $65,000 earlier in...
Jul 21, 2026 10:24 AM
Decrypt Agent
The asset manager's S-1 for a spot WLD fund would be the first U.S. ETF tied to Sam Altman's biometric crypto project.
Jul 21, 2026 10:16 AM
Decrypt Agent
A cross-party group is examining why UK banks block accounts and payments for crypto firms—and whether it's holding the sector back.
Jul 21, 2026 9:05 AM
<![CDATA[Gino Matos]]>
US gross federal debt reached $39.489 trillion on July 15, leaving roughly $511 billion before the $40 trillion threshold, and this debt total strengthens Bitcoin's fixed-supply argument. Treasury cur...
Jul 21, 2026 8:57 AM
Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
A UK parliamentary group launched an inquiry into banking restrictions on crypto firms and consumers, including their impact on investment and competition.
Jul 21, 2026 8:51 AM
Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $227 million in inflows as BTC climbed above $65,000, extending their longest winning streak since early May.
Jul 21, 2026 7:28 AM
Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
The Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 is preparing to expand its financial offerings as it pivots away from its earlier social-first strategy.
Jul 21, 2026 7:06 AM
Cointelegraph
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Jul 21, 2026 5:50 AM
Cointelegraph by Felix Ng
The filing expands Grayscale’s growing lineup of crypto-related exchange-traded products outside of Bitcoin and Ether.
Jul 21, 2026 3:56 AM
Cointelegraph by Felix Ng
The settlements add to former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky’s $10 million FTC settlement in April.
Jul 21, 2026 3:21 AM
Cointelegraph by Felix Ng
The move comes as traditional exchanges face growing competition from crypto markets and tokenized equity platforms that offer around-the-clock trading.
Jul 21, 2026 1:16 AM
Cointelegraph by Felix Ng
The decision keeps the administration’s chief crypto policy negotiator in place during what could be a decisive few weeks for the CLARITY Act.
Jul 21, 2026 12:02 AM
Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
Coinbase vice chair Ryan VanGrack said that Democratic lawmakers had added provisions on customer protection to a digital asset market structure bill under consideration in the US Senate.
Jul 20, 2026 9:41 PM
Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
The recognition allows regulated firms in Abu Dhabi Global Market to offer services involving Tether Gold as tokenized commodities gain broader adoption.
Jul 20, 2026 9:21 PM
Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman
Despite muted derivatives sentiment, Bitcoin’s decoupling and Strategy’s cash raise set the stage for a potential rally to $70,000.
Jul 20, 2026 9:20 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
Phase 1 of Project Hangang opened 81,000 wallets with 42% of them using the CBDC. Phase 2 is bigger, and this time it moves real government money.
Jul 20, 2026 9:12 PM
<![CDATA[Liam 'Akiba' Wright]]>
Only creditors who cleared the June 16 requirements and can onboard with BitGo, Kraken or Payoneer are on the July 31 clock. The post FTX begins $900M payout as creditors in 45 countries could lose th...
Jul 20, 2026 9:00 PM
Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
The SEC alleges Mining Automatic and its founder raised $22 million from investors by promising guaranteed crypto mining returns while spending only a fraction of the funds on mining operations.
Jul 20, 2026 8:27 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
The bill licenses exchanges, caps retail investors at about $3,800 a year, and creates a legal pathway for Russian companies to pay foreign partners in crypto—bypassing Western sanctions.
Jul 20, 2026 8:02 PM
Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
The wallet company said it expected the layoffs to generate between $10 million and $13 million in savings as part of its strategy to build a full-stack card issuance and payments platform.
Jul 20, 2026 7:29 PM
<![CDATA[Liam 'Akiba' Wright]]>
The first five repurchases generated 24% more gross Bitcoin-per-share accretion per pound than a matched BTC purchase. The post Bitcoin treasury company discovers buying own stock adds 24% more BTC pe...
Jul 20, 2026 7:00 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
For the first time in Cardano's history, no company flipped the switch on a major protocol update.
Jul 20, 2026 6:50 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
Two consecutive weeks of inflows ended the worst sustained outflow streak in Bitcoin ETF history. Here's why patience may be required from investors.
Jul 20, 2026 5:59 PM
<![CDATA[Liam 'Akiba' Wright]]>
Prosecutors say eight entities were used as investor funds moved through financial institutions and crypto exchanges, with new money repaying earlier investors. The post Crypto investor charged with u...
Jul 20, 2026 5:30 PM
Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi
Bitcoin miners rallied as investors cheered multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure contracts, underscoring the sector’s accelerating shift toward data centers and cloud computing.
Jul 20, 2026 5:27 PM
Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
The West African country’s executive order established a virtual asset council and addressed the fragmentation of crypto regulation for oversight and enforcement.
Jul 20, 2026 4:59 PM
Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi
The brokerage’s blockchain strategy, including tokenized equities and its Arbitrum-based Robinhood Chain, could reduce its reliance on traditional crypto trading, analysts said.
Jul 20, 2026 4:53 PM
Decrypt Staff
"The reduced pace of buys reflects that Bitmine repurchased 5.5 million common shares," Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said in a statement.
Jul 20, 2026 4:12 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
For the second consecutive week, Saylor's company sold MSTR stock instead of BTC to pad its reserves to $3.2 billion.
Jul 20, 2026 3:57 PM
Cointelegraph by William Suberg
Bitcoin faced troublesome resistance at $65,000 while traders still saw a potential BTC price breakout into a “bullish market structure.”
Jul 20, 2026 3:47 PM
<![CDATA[Liam 'Akiba' Wright]]>
The headline figure is gross notional for one capped spread, while $72,500 touch odds stood at just 4.1%. The post Bitcoin gets $2.5B target for $72,000 by August as unknown trader bets big on Fed ral...
Jul 20, 2026 3:30 PM
Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
The Bitcoin miner raised its year-end AI cloud revenue target to more than $4 billion after signing $2.8 billion in new contracts with AI developers.
Jul 20, 2026 3:20 PM
<![CDATA[Liam 'Akiba' Wright]]>
ANJ cited Similarweb estimates after operator-level controls were circumvented in practice while the platform's live odds remained visible. The post France blocked Polymarket after its transaction con...
Jul 20, 2026 2:50 PM
<![CDATA[Oluwapelumi Adejumo]]>
Hyperliquid plans to allow external operators to create prediction markets on its blockchain, widening its challenge to Polymarket while requiring prospective deployers to put nearly $32 million of it...
Jul 20, 2026 1:50 PM
Decrypt Agent
An attacker used a flash loan to distort the bridge's Solana stablecoin pools before moving the proceeds to Ethereum, security firms said.
Jul 20, 2026 1:47 PM
Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons
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.
Jul 20, 2026 1:30 PM
<![CDATA[Liam 'Akiba' Wright]]>
The Hyperliquid account closed 1,897.74 BTC before its recorded exit trades reached the listed $61,605 marker. The post Bitcoin whale dumps $122 million 40x long right before liquidation can strike ap...
Jul 20, 2026 12:50 PM
Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
Strategy boosted its cash reserve to $3.225 billion after selling MSTR shares, while investors weighed the value of its STRC preferred stock.
Jul 20, 2026 12:39 PM
Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
Hyperliquid plans to require developers to stake 500,000 HYPE, worth about $30.4 million, to deploy permissionless prediction markets under HIP-4.
Jul 20, 2026 12:20 PM
Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
The new rules establish penalties as much as $1,900 for crypto violations, including unlicensed trading and AML breaches, ahead of Vietnam’s regulated crypto market launch.
Jul 20, 2026 12:04 PM
Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
Zilliqa said exchanges paused ZIL deposits and withdrawals after an exchange partner’s cold wallet was compromised, with the amount stolen still undisclosed.
Jul 20, 2026 12:03 PM
Tyler Warner
Plus, a selloff in Oil has markets looking green into the Monday open. And PUMP is leading all alt movers on the week at a surprising time.
Jul 20, 2026 12:00 PM
<![CDATA[Liam 'Akiba' Wright]]>
The current period cannot reach the 55% threshold, leaving one full ordinary window before enforcing nodes require bit 4. The post Saylor joins Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fight as miners get one last chance ...
Jul 20, 2026 11:50 AM
Decrypt Agent
The Strategy chairman argued that the soft fork is a 'bad idea,' warning that it would cause more harm than the problem it aims to solve.
Jul 20, 2026 11:12 AM
Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
Institutional due diligence is shifting toward continuous monitoring, signer controls and incident readiness after operational failures accounted for most crypto losses.
Jul 20, 2026 11:00 AM
Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
Europe’s second-biggest Bitcoin treasury company said the September reverse stock split should attract more institutional investors to the French company.
Jul 20, 2026 10:54 AM
Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
Russia’s State Duma is set to consider the crypto regulation bill in second and third readings, with rules for investors and cross-border payments included.
Jul 20, 2026 10:37 AM
Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
Grayscale plans to establish regular cash distributions from staking rewards generated by its Ether and Solana exchange-traded products.
Jul 20, 2026 10:36 AM
Cointelegraph by William Suberg
Bitcoin preserved a key long-term trend line as support for a third week as US-Iran war tensions delivered new five-week highs in oil prices.
Jul 20, 2026 10:26 AM
Jose Antonio Lanz
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol or Anthropic's Claude Fable 5: Which one is right for you? The answer depends on your needs. Here's our review.
Jul 18, 2026 3:21 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
ECB board member Piero Cipollone laid out the three-layer threat banks face from digital payments, and pitched the digital euro as the only structural answer.
Jul 17, 2026 8:17 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
Input Output is handing its core infrastructure to outside teams as ADA gets a lift from an imminent protocol upgrade.
Jul 17, 2026 7:12 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model sent chip stocks tumbling and gave Wall Street a Friday it would rather forget.
Jul 17, 2026 5:55 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter model tops Fable 5 on a creative writing benchmark and leads Arena AI's frontend code leaderboard—at Claude Sonnet pricing.
Jul 17, 2026 5:36 PM
Jose Antonio Lanz
The Nasdaq-listed digital-asset firm will rebrand the Red Raiders' home as "Galaxy Stadium." The bigger bet is on the cheap power and open land of West Texas.
Jul 17, 2026 5:09 PM
Decrypt Agent
The gang built fake police websites to fool victims, then spent the stolen crypto on Rolexes and luxury holidays, the Met said.
Jul 17, 2026 1:46 PM
Tyler Warner
Wall Street and crypto's convergence snapped into focus, while crypto majors gave back most of the week's gains as broader markets sold off.
Jul 17, 2026 12:09 PM
Decrypt Agent
Some two-thirds of the coins moving onto exchanges are long-term holders taking losses, as a macro risk-off drags on Bitcoin’s price.
Jul 17, 2026 11:21 AM
Decrypt Agent
The market maker's stake marks Crypto.com's first institutional funding round, as Wall Street deepens its push into crypto.
Jul 17, 2026 10:12 AM

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