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CoinDesk 39m ago

Crypto catches its breath as bitcoin settles into a holding pattern amid July rally ↗

BTC is rangebound between $64,000 and $66,800 after a 13% recovery from July's lows, with macro markets offering little direction and WLFI the session's surprise standout at +12%.

CoinDesk 2h ago

Live markets: Bitcoin trades above $65,000 as Alphabet's bigger AI bill props up the chip trade ↗

Alphabet beat on revenue but raised its AI spending forecast again, sending its stock lower after hours. For the chip complex bitcoin tracks, more spending is the bullish read.

CoinDesk 2h ago

BitMEX, the exchange that invented perps, is shutting down ↗

BitMEX, co-founded by Arthur Hayes in 2014, redefined the global crypto market by introducing the 100x leverage perpetual swap.

CoinDesk 2h ago

24/7 financial rails: How BNY plans to eliminate the weekend lag in U.S. Treasuries ↗

The bank will begin testing tokenized Treasuries on a private blockchain by year-end and expand its settlement network to cover more international trading hours.

CoinDesk 4h ago

South Korea's oldest crypto exchange is now part of the $1 trillion Mirae Group family ↗

Korbit, South Korea's first cryptocurrency exchange, has joined the Mirae Asset Group family, marking the first time a traditional Korean financial group's affiliate has taken a controlling stake in a domestic crypto exchange.

CoinDesk 4h ago

Bitcoin, Ethereum-linked protocols lose $35 million in multiple attacks hours apart ↗

The attacks hit Verus, B² Network and other cross-chain systems, showing how compromised keys, upgrade powers and validation checks can empty protocols without breaking the underlying cryptography.

CoinDesk 6h ago

Arbitrum-based AFX Trade drained of $24 million after bridge keys compromised ↗

Security firms said the attacker used enough hot-validator signatures to approve a 24.15 million USDC withdrawal, while Arbitrum said its native bridge was not affected.

CoinDesk 6h ago

XRP whales accumulate as small holders capitulate ↗

XRP whales accumulate 2.8% more tokens over five weeks as small holders capitulate, sending the price back above $1.16.

CoinDesk 7h ago

Bitcoin wilts as oil and rates rise. Clarity Act odds tumble to 38% ↗

Geopolitical risks, rising rates, and fresh regulatory setbacks send crypto lower as key Democrats demand stronger safeguards in the market structure bill.

CoinDesk 11h ago

Senator Lummis: Ethics, other provisions in crypto Clarity Act to be further discussed ↗

Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the lead negotiators on the bill, told CoinDesk she was "pleased" that the updated bill was ready for release.

CoinDesk 12h ago

Key Democratic lawmakers say crypto Clarity Act 'falls short' on ethics, other issues ↗

Several of the Democrats most likely to vote for the crypto market structure bill said they had issues with the new draft published by Republicans earlier in the day.

CoinDesk 14h ago

Tesla holds bitcoin treasury steady, reports $112M impairment loss ↗

The electric vehicle maker maintained its 11,509 BTC treasury through the second quarter as bitcoin declined 14%, alongside mixed earnings that beat revenue expectations but missed on profit.

CoinDesk 18h ago

New Clarity Act emerges that's a start on the final draft, makes ethics rule temporary ↗

Lawmakers have circulated text of the latest draft that will be pushed toward a Senate finish line, but they're still debating a core government-ethics piece.

CoinDesk 19h ago

Revolut hits $115 billion valuation in employee share sale: WSJ ↗

The company reported strong 2025 performance, with a $2.3 billion pre-tax profit, $6 billion in revenue, and over 75 million customers.

CoinDesk 19h ago

SEC's Peirce warns some DeFi vaults, onchain lending may fall under securities laws ↗

The commissioner said onchain vaults and lending strategies could resemble investment funds or advisers, depending on how they are structured.

CoinDesk 19h ago

UK digital bond plans hinge on one missing piece: onchain cash ↗

Experts say Britain's digital gilt pilot can unlock trapped liquidity in financial markets only if regulators approve an onchain stablecoin.

CoinDesk 19h ago

Crypto Long & Short: The crypto question isn't what to own — it's what you can survive holding ↗

In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Lionsoul Global’s Gregory Mall writes that the primary crypto allocation decision is size, not selection.

CoinDesk 21h ago

U.S. seeks forfeiture of $25 million in crypto tied to romance and investment scams ↗

The cases add to more than $800 million that authorities say a dedicated federal scam task force has recovered.

CoinDesk 21h ago

Forget Nvidia: The next big AI trade could be crypto and blockchain ↗

Franklin Templeton’s Sandy Kaul and Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire argue that as autonomous AI agents start spending money on their own, blockchain networks will power the next big AI trade.

CoinDesk 22h ago

Kalshi rolls out Midterm Hubs ahead of the November elections in the U.S. ↗

The prediction markets platform seeks to position itself as the primary source for election odds ahead of the midterm elections this year.

CoinDesk 23h ago

Midnight token rebounds 19% after Wanchain bridge hack, Hoskinson calls for ZK revamp ↗

Charles Hoskinson says the exploit, which briefly sent NIGHT to an all-time low, underscores why the industry needs to move beyond legacy bridge infrastructure.

CoinDesk 23h ago

Here's why bitcoin bulls should take a closer look at interest rates ↗

Your day-ahead look for July 22, 2026

CoinDesk 23h ago

SecondFi to shut down after $2.4 million ADA wallet theft ↗

The breach stemmed from a vulnerability in transaction signing software that enabled the derivation of private keys from blockchain transaction data.

CoinDesk 1d ago

Bitcoin retreats from one-month high as oil tops $85, inflation concerns resurface ↗

BTC retreated from a one-month high as WTI crude topped $85 for the first time since June, reigniting inflation concerns and pushing investors toward gold, silver and the safety of bitcoin over altcoins.

CoinDesk 1d ago

Kraken parent expands tokenized stocks to Hong Kong, UK and South Korea equities ↗

Payward's xStocks pushes beyond U.S. equities as competition to bring global stock markets onchain accelerates.

CoinDesk 1d ago

Balance stablecoin collapses 99% after $1 million exploit drains its bitcoin vaults ↗

An attacker fed the lending system a fake, abnormally low bitcoin price, liquidated vaults that should have been safe, and pocketed the difference in a single transaction.

CoinDesk 1d ago

Live updates: Bitcoin under $66,000 as traders await Alphabet earnings to gauge AI trade ↗

A two-day chip rebound stalled ahead of Alphabet's earnings in a sign of whether the hundreds of billions going into AI is paying off. Bitcoin has tracked that trade all month.

CoinDesk 1d ago

AI models escaped OpenAI’s sandbox and hit Hugging Face. Crypto is where that gets dangerous ↗

OpenAI said the systems had their cyber guardrails lowered for an internal benchmark, but the incident shows how autonomous exploit chains could pose a deeper threat to smart contracts, where losses are final.

CoinDesk 1d ago

Bitcoin holds near $66,300 as chips extend their rally and the yen hits a 40-year low ↗

Semiconductor stocks led a second day of gains on AI optimism, while the yen slid past 163 per dollar for the first time since 1986.

CoinDesk 1d ago

Crypto lobby group TDC sues Illinois to block digital asset tax ↗

Illinois enacted a 0.2% tax on all crypto transactions last month, with the tax taking effect next year.

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