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The change in tax policy, expected to effect about 700,000 people in the UK, is tied to the disposal of crypto in lending and liquidity pools.

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

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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 hearing on Friday.

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

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

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 partner Haseeb Qureshi.

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 year.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

OP_CSFS authenticates signatures over arbitrary data. OP_CAT concatenates stack values into a single message. Together, they let Bitcoin scripts verify transaction structure at spend time, without pre-signed key management or new consensus rules beyond the two opcodes themselves.

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

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.

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 payments.

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 Democratic support to pass crypto market structure.

Wikipedia observes guidelines on crypto coverage that date back many years and may now be outdated, according to the report.

The joint roadmap aims to reduce regulatory friction for tokenized assets while strengthening ties between the world's two largest financial centers.

Hyperliquid's deal with Circle and Coinbase creates a "prisoner's dilemma" that puts pressure on earnings from the dollar-pegged stablecoin.

The spinout comes amid one of the biggest organizational shakeups at the Ethereum Foundation in years.

Fidelity International’s Giselle Lai argues that the most compelling long-term use case for tokenized funds is balance-sheet management for large, global institutions, not 24/7 liquidity.

Mark Palmer said Hut 8's Beacon Point project transforms the company into an AI infrastructure platform with a long growth runway.

This morning's report could go a long way toward determining whether the Federal Reserve raises interest rates at its late-July meeting.

The pilot will test a beta version of the digital euro for online, offline, in-store, and e-commerce payments with ECB and central bank staff as users.

JCB and Circle will explore using USDC for cross-border payments and merchant transactions as Japan ramps up efforts to bring stablecoins into everyday commerce.

Your day-ahead look for July 14, 2026

BIP-110 sought to limit non-financial data on Bitcoin's blockchain but instead reignited debates over censorship and decentralization.

Prediction markets just topped $50 billion in monthly volume, capping off the first month of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Long-term holders are quietly transferring supply to a new generation of buyers, but looming Federal Reserve rate hikes could still trigger the capitulation markets have been waiting for.

Bitcoin consolidated after Monday's selloff as Donald Trump threatened more Iran strikes, gold extended its slide and a KOSPI index meltdown sent South Korean crypto volumes soaring.

Social media chatter turned most bullish on XRP in five weeks even as the token fell, a setup that has historically favored sellers.

Trump reinstated the Hormuz blockade, sending oil higher, reversing the peace trade that helped bitcoin recover in early July.

Coins from the Farace and BTC-e seizures moved through fresh wallets before landing on the exchange, despite president Donald Trump's previous no-sell reserve order.

Solo Bitcoin mining has surged, with 24 blocks found in the past 12 months, a 41% increase year over year.

Major cryptocurrencies have dropped by 2% or more in 24 hours as traders boosted bets of a July Fed rate hike.

Binance.US is betting ultra-low fees, new regulated products and deeper liquidity will help it regain customers after two years of regulatory setbacks.

Forget the XML blocks and persistence scripts. OpenAI’s new prompting guide says define the destination, set the stopping conditions, and get out of the way.

About 200 protesters marched through San Francisco on Saturday, calling on leading AI companies to halt development of more powerful models over concerns about AI safety, jobs, and the environment.

New Hampshire's newly-signed crypto law introduces protections for users, miners, and stakers within its boundaries.

According to new Anthropic research, Claude consistently expresses different values across models and languages.

Democrats are mounting a final case against the Clarity Act centered on its lack of language restricting Trump's sprawling crypto fortune.

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.

Solana’s $75 rebound triggered $10.89M long liquidations, exposing traders’ overly bullish positioning.

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Upbit's listing sent DRV soaring, but can fresh demand outlast the initial excitement?

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Cardano whales expanded holdings to multi-year highs while ADA defended support beneath the crucial $0.20 resistance.

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With more than $20.6 billion in cryptocurrency still in possession, does this move seem bearish?

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HMRC has proposed new tax rules that would defer Capital Gains Tax on qualifying crypto lending and liquidity pool transactions until an economic disposal occurs.

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DeXe may have dropped, but the move isn't decisively bearish, and a rebound remains likely.

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Coinfest Asia, The World’s Crypto Festival, organized by Indonesia Crypto Network (ICN), will return to Melasti Beach, Bali, Indonesia, on 20–21 August 2026, bringing together institutions, builders, traders, founders, investors, developers, and global Web3 communities in one of Asia’s most dynamic crypto gatherings. This year, Coinfest Asia will feature dedicated programs for different parts of Continue reading "Coinfest Asia 2026 Connects Institutions, Builders, and Traders to The World’s Crypto Festival"

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Will DeFi security fears derail institutional adoption of vaults?

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Crypto traders lost nearly $220 million in liquidations after a softer-than-expected U.S. CPI report fuelled a risk-on rally.

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Ethereum whales have continued to accumulate, purchasing 87,083 ETH worth $153.8 million.

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The U.S. Consumer Price Index fell 0.4% in June, marking its largest monthly decline since April 2020 as annual inflation eased to 3.5%.

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