JPMorgan analysts led by Kenneth Worthington cut the bank’s Coinbase price target to US$196 (AU$282.24) from US$283 (AU$407.52) on July 14, keeping an Overweight rating, and lowered earnings estimates for both Coinbase and Circle. Under the revised agreement, Coinbase classifies USDC held on Hyperliquid as on-platform, collects the reserve income and pays 90% of it […]

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 adviser, will begin a months-long leave of absence this month to report for training with the Georgia Army National Guard, according to a report from Crypto in America.  His departure […]

Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. generated $45.7 million from ethereum staking during the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, marking a fundamental shift in the firm’s corporate operating model. The publicly traded blockchain infrastructure company filed its Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), detailing financial results for the period ending May 31, […]

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

The bankrupt firm Alameda Research reactivated its fund movements on the Solana network. According to data from the on-chain monitoring platform Onchain Lens, a wallet linked to the entity transferred a total of 201,000 SOL (equivalent to $15.14 million USD) to multiple custody addresses managed by BitGo Custody, distributing the tokens across several consecutive transactions. […]

Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn reveals Bitcoin’s 2-year whale selling spree is over as old wallet activity drops by 50% in 2026.

TL;DR The GENIUS Act’s stablecoin rulemaking deadline lands July 18, when six federal agencies must finalize capital, reserve, and licensing rules for USDC and USAT issuers. Tesla reports Q2 2026 earnings after market close on July 22, with any Bitcoin treasury commentary drawing incidental crypto-market attention. The FOMC delivers its next rate decision on July […]

Japan is bringing cryptocurrency trading under its securities law, giving regulators new powers to pursue insider trading.

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, July 15th, 2026] CT3 today announced the transition of its decentralized storage infrastructure to a dedicated Storage Contracts model designed to support continued platform growth, improve infrastructure scalability, and expand storage capacity as demand increases. The transition follows rapid growth across the CT3 ecosystem, with more than 180,000 unique […]

NEAR Governance Vote To Scrap Gas Rebates Puts Developer Incentives Under Review is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: nEAR governance voted to scrap developer gas […]

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 the June Consumer Price Index came in softer than forecast, giving traders fresh reason to bet the Federal Reserve will step back from further tightening. The Labor Department reported that […]

It’s quite a time to be looking at the world of online finance and gaming. If you’d told me a few years ago that we’d be talking about “Social Finance” as a serious pillar of the tech world, I’d have probably thought you were overcomplicating things. But here we are in mid-2026, and the way […]

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

US consumer prices fell 0.4% in June, the largest one-month decrease since April 2020, taking annual inflation to 3.5% from 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on July 14. Bitcoin traded near US$64,700 (AU$93,218), up about 3.5% in 24 hours, while Ether outperformed at about US$1,875 (AU$2,700), up roughly 5.2%, according to CoinGecko data. […]

The European Central Bank (ECB) has selected 36 payment service providers for a 12-month digital euro pilot due to begin in the second half of 2027. The project will test payments, account setup, merchant acceptance, and offline functionality using a beta version of the digital euro. ECB Advances Digital Euro With 12-Month Pilot Across 19 […]

Michael Saylor is pitching a new ‘Digital Credit’ strategy to save Strategy’s Bitcoin yield model.

Crypto exchange MEXC said today (Tuesday) that perpetual futures tied to SpaceX shares drew more than 7.1 billion USDT in trading volume in the weeks after the rocket company listed on June 12. The figure comes from the exchange’s own second-quarter report and has not been independently audited. Users could subscribe to SpaceX before it […]

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told lawmakers on Tuesday that the central bank will not bail out stablecoin or cryptocurrency enterprises in a …

On July 12, the artificial intelligence data center company Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS) announced that its accumulated Bitcoin reserves reached 1,032.49 units. The tech firm detailed that these holdings, distributed through its subsidiaries Sentinum and Ault Capital Group (ACG), reach an approximate market value of $65.8 million USD, based on the cryptocurrency’s closing […]

NFT Skill Registry Proposal Gives ERC-721s A More Active Role In On-Chain Automation is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: an Ethereum Magicians proposal explores executable […]

326 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) tokens on Ethereum were withdrawn from exchanges in a single day. According to fresh data shared by Santiment, this is the largest net exchange outflow since early June. This transfer of coins has reduced the amount of WBTC immediately available on trading platforms. Exchange Outflow The latest outflows come as Bitcoin continues […]

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 certain disposals involving cryptoasset loans and liquidity pools as “no gain, no loss,” deferring Capital Gains Tax until a user makes an economic disposal of the underlying cryptocurrency. The measure, […]

Key Takeaways: Ripple has become a Premier Member of the x402 Foundation to influence the development of payment standards for an AI era. All AI agents can now compete on XRP and RLUSD on the XRP Ledger as well, with over 402 transactions supported.  The project involves over 40 organizations in creating open and interoperable […]

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

XRP-related sentiment has reached a five-week high, according to Santiment’s analysis, as bullish commentary accelerates despite price weakness. Market participants are showing increased optimism while payments-related developments continue to shape discussions around XRP’s future opportunity. XRP FOMO Rises as Investors Focus on a Bigger Payments Opportunity XRP sentiment has shifted sharply as bullish commentary around […]

Rescuing troubled crypto firms will not be the Fed’s problem, according to Chair Kevin Warsh.

TL;DR xStocks are tokenized U.S. equities, backed 1:1 by the underlying stock, available to partners through Kraken’s existing spot and futures APIs. Partners can offer spot trading and perpetual futures (up to 20x leverage) on names like Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, SPYx, and QQQx, alongside crypto, with no new infrastructure or accounts required. The Kraken API […]

Blockchain.com has partnered with Polymarket, bringing prediction market trading directly into its brokerage app. The integration allows eligible Blockchain.com users to trade on real-world outcomes without moving funds to a separate prediction platform. For the company’s 43 million verified users, event contracts become available alongside the digital assets they already hold and manage. Capturing World […]

That cryptocurrency news reset hit just as BITCOIN was approaching $65,000, and the pullback reminded traders that the path up is never straight.

Ethereum Research Thread Puts Sybil Resistance Back In Focus For Decentralized Networks is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: an Ethereum Research post examines Sybil risks […]

North Carolina has signed into law new consumer protections for virtual currency kiosks, including fraud warnings, transaction limits, fee caps and refund rights for scam victims. The Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Protection Act requires operators to display clear fraud warnings and imposes a $2,000 daily transaction limit on new customers, according to the law. Fees […]

TL;DR Kraken launched xStocks, tokenized U.S. stocks backed 1:1 by the underlying asset, available through its spot and futures APIs. Partners can offer spot trading and perpetual futures with up to 20x leverage on Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, SPYx and QQQx alongside cryptocurrencies. The partner program pays lifetime commissions that scale based on trading volume across […]