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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 with crypto.

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

The ongoing debate over a proposed temporary fork 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 sought the resignation of its CEO and board.

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 to $250,000 over the next couple of years.

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

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

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 IMF working paper says US dollar stablecoins can improve access to foreign currency but may also help coordinate exits from local currencies during periods of severe exchange-rate stress.

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 the product.

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

Analysts point to bitcoin’s resilience amid fresh U.S.-Iran escalation and renewed spot ETF inflows as the clearest signs yet that the marginal seller has stepped away.

Strategy now has more than 20 months of coverage for preferred-stock dividends and debt interest.

Robinhood Chain has pulled in $135 million of value and 800,000 addresses since July 1. Almost none of it is doing what the chain was built for.

Crypto usage has spiked in the country, with transaction volumes hitting $430 million in the year after the central bank removed restrictions in mid-2024.

A Treasury-backed report targets putting repo, gilts and funds onchain within two years, and warms to permissionless networks that firms like Ripple have been building on.

The company expanded its ETH treasury while Chairman Tom Lee pointed to Robinhood Chain's rapid growth on Ethereum.

The Securities Transfer Association, an industry group for transfer agents, said company-authorized tokenization should receive preferential treatment under future rules.

Robinhood's new blockchain quickly became a top-five network by DEX volume, signaling strong early demand for its tokenized asset platform, the broker said.

The company raised the fresh cash via sales of common stock; its USD Reserve now stands at $3 billion.

The SBI Solana Global joint venture now includes the Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that oversees the layer-1 network.

The 54 firm-strong group, which is backed by the City of London Corporation, will spend the next year working on live tokenisation use cases across UK financial markets.

Your day-ahead look for July 13, 2026

Crypto's weekend gains gave way to a Monday selloff as Middle East tensions resurfaced, South Korea's Kospi lost 9.2% and $253 million in leveraged positions were wiped out.

Structural change can create lasting opportunities, but explosive rallies in semiconductors, metals and bitcoin show how quickly strong narratives can become speculative excess.

Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 13.

The liquidations were minor, running at about a sixth of what the market saw at its worst over the past 30 days, per CoinGlass.

Gold, oil, stocks and bonds all moved sharply on the fourth round of U.S. strikes on Iran, but bitcoin is little-changed.

Several sources told CoinDesk that a new draft of the Clarity Act may drop this week, but challenges remain.

The market shrank by $7.7 billion in June alone, the largest dollar amount since May 2022's Terra-Luna crash, but stablecoins will likely resume their long-term growth, one analyst said.

The group's Dir. of Global Macro Jurien Timmer calls it an accumulation zone but notes the lack of a catalyst to bounce yet.

South American nation Bolivia is considering the use of the largest dollar-backed stablecoin, USDT, per a local report.

The younger generation's judgment of AI has been “immediate and harsh,” according to the Oscar-winning director.

Robinhood Chain traders are reaching for Tendies over Apple.

Romantic AI companion apps have brought in nearly half a billion dollars as users pay for virtual partners, flirting, and digital intimacy.

According to BitMine Chairman Tom Lee, Ethereum is benefiting from the early success of the Robinhood Chain layer-2 network.

Strategy went another week without buying Bitcoin, focusing instead on lifting its cash reserves to $3 billion via common stock proceeds.

Data analytics flagged stablecoin transfers meant to evade scrutiny, the central bank says, handing the findings to the securities regulator.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs closed their first positive week since May, but a big week ahead will likely determine crypto's near-term fate.

An article in the top prosecutors' paper urges new blockchain evidence rules, presumptions of intent, and a state platform to sell seized coins.

One product photo, three AI tools, and about 20 minutes: Here's the full workflow for generating a sales video without a camera, a model, or a studio.

Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 network built with Arbitrum technology for tokenized assets, crypto apps, and on-chain financial products.

Google's cheapest, fastest image model is a genuinely capable tool—until you need it to be great.

Apple alleges former employees took confidential designs, supplier information, and engineering files before joining OpenAI.

Top Democrats on key Senate committees demanded inquiries into the more than $1.2 billion that President Trump made on crypto last year.

Nasdaq-listed Empery Digital said it sold 1,400 Bitcoin since May to help fuel an AI data center deal, legal bills, and other expenses.

Asha Sharma will advise the Federal Reserve on AI’s impact on jobs and productivity as Xbox undergoes the biggest restructuring in its history.

Unless President Trump vetoes the bill, it will become law at midnight, banning the Federal Reserve from developing a CBDC until 2031.

Circle secured final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, shifting its $73.2 billion stablecoin to a unified federal framework.

The bank argues that the treasury giant's Bitcoin sales are a short-term distraction, reiterating its $100,000 year-end price target.

Plus, Circle wins a national bank charter and pops 10%. And the Clarity Act gets a new draft while the clock is ticking…

A convicted launderer serving time for a $5 million scheme allegedly moved crypto that a court had ordered him to forfeit.

The state's budget law leaves oversight of Kalshi and Polymarket to the CFTC and taxes them at 6%, far below what other states are pursuing.

Researchers warn AI agents could be tricked into downloading malicious code by exploiting the same hallucinations that cause chatbots to make mistakes.

AVAX One, which stockpiles the native token of the Avalanche crypto network, is back in Nasdaq's good graces after a reverse stock split.

The company's post-trained GLM 5.2 preview pairs a cheaper open-source base with a frontier advisor—and it's already live in production.

Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke will have the power to appoint Anthropic board members as part of company's Long-Term Benefit Trust.

Ethereum researchers are using AI agents to hunt for vulnerabilities, shifting security work from finding bugs to proving which ones are real.

OpenAI's new flagship model is out, after spending two weeks locked behind a government-approved preview. It lands the same week Fable 5 leaves Anthropic's subscription plans.

Swift’s pilot allows 17 global banks to transfer tokenized deposits on weekends, but ultimate settlement still relies on legacy systems.

MARA Holdings has agreed to purchase a sizable plot of land in Texas to power its Bitcoin mining and growing AI compute ambitions.

The lawmakers have tabled amendments to make the current moratorium permanent, as the fallout over Reform UK's funding widens.

With almost 10X gains at current price levels, what does this whale move indicate?

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The UK could unlock a £33 billion economic boost by 2035 according to a government-commissioned report calling for stablecoin-enabled settlement.

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Decred broke its long-term downtrend as whale activity and trading volume surged despite persistent selling pressure.

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Strategy increased its U.S. dollar reserve to $3 billion, sparking renewed debate over why it chose equity issuance instead of selling more Bitcoin.

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Assessing if Billions Network can continue surging despite massive on-chain selling activity.

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Stablecoins saw $7.7 billion leave the market in June.

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An ETH trader opened a $53.49 million short position, while another opened a $53.49 million long position.

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Bitcoin's latest correction appears driven by strategic repositioning, as on-chain data points to measured selling.

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Bitcoin ETFs swung between inflows and outflows, with IBIT leading $351M weekly gains despite volatility.”

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Bitcoin faces a major inflation test, but steady institutional buying suggests Wall Street is accumulating through the fear.

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Attackers used hacked X accounts to promote SCATMAN before dumping the token and collapsing its value.

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