Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 29, 2026 @ 9:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s trading activity has entered a notably subdued phase this summer, with recent analysis from research firm K33 indicating that July is shaping up as the weakest month for spot volume in the leading cryptocurrency since the closing stretch of 2023. According to the firm’s… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates has activated a new digital payment pathway that lets qualifying customers settle flight bookings with cryptocurrency via Crypto.com Pay. The feature is now live on the airline’s website and mobile application, giving travellers an additional method beyond traditional cards and transfers. The service is… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ionic Digital (NASDAQ: IOND) shares rose substantially on their first day of public trading on the Nasdaq, as investors responded positively to the company’s conversion of assets originally acquired from Celsius Network’s bitcoin mining operations into long-term infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. Under… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest continued adjusting its exchange-traded fund portfolios on Tuesday by increasing its stake in SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX)  while reducing exposure to several other companies. The firm’s official daily trading disclosures show that its funds collectively purchased 105,108 shares of SpaceX, a transaction valued… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alex Svanevik, chief executive of the blockchain analytics firm Nansen, has predicted that AI trading agents will surpass human traders in both numbers and effectiveness within about two years. The forecast underpins a significant strategic redesign at the company he co-founded, as it transitions from… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthropic has announced that its advanced AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, has uncovered novel mathematical weaknesses in certain cryptographic algorithms, marking a notable step forward in AI-assisted crypto-analysis. The findings, detailed in a recent research post from the company’s Frontier Red Team, highlight two primary… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Large blockchain networks including Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and Avalanche (AVAX) have recorded notable increases in on-chain activity and reductions in transaction costs over the past year, even as the prices of their native tokens experienced substantial declines. This divergence between market prices and underlying… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), the Bitcoin-focused firm formerly known as MicroStrategy and led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, has prolonged its break from acquiring the cryptocurrency for a fifth consecutive week. In the seven-day period ending July 26, 2026, the company neither bought nor sold any… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lido, a liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, has commenced a significant infrastructure update that involves consolidating more than 8 million ETH—valued at approximately $16 billion to $16.5 billion—into larger validators. This marks the protocol’s most substantial core change since its V2 release in 2023 and… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TD Cowen has significantly revised downward its price objective for Nakamoto Inc., the bitcoin-focused treasury firm associated with David Bailey, in response to an updated assessment of the cryptocurrency’s trajectory. Analysts at the firm reduced the split-adjusted target from the equivalent of $40 to $17,… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James has voiced strong concerns about the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, commonly known as the CLARITY Act, arguing that the federal proposal risks weakening the capacity of states to combat cryptocurrency-related fraud and protect investors. In written testimony submitted… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 3:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senate Majority Leader John Thune was on Hannity last night on Fox News, where he discussed pending legislative actions in the Senate. One of the top legislative ambitions is the SAVE Act, a bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote in elections, an… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tokenization-focused Securitize (NYSE: SECZ) has taken another significant step in building out its compliance infrastructure. On July 27, 2026, the company announced that its subsidiary, Securitize Capital LLC, has successfully registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. This development expands… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tokyo-listed Metaplanet Inc., one of the world’s largest public corporate holders of Bitcoin, is progressing efforts to develop credit instruments supported by its cryptocurrency reserves. These initiatives, which industry observers have described as potential Bitcoin-backed bonds or “Bitbonds,” form part of the company’s broader Project… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a targeted report on VASPs and digital assets, the FATF [Financial Action Task Force], a global coordinator of financial standards and illicit activity, has filed a report on decentralized finance, or DeFi. FATF standards are followed, and at times adhered to, by approximately 200… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Storj Labs, the company operating a decentralized cloud storage network, has initiated a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding as part of a planned financial restructuring. The filing took place on July 26, 2026, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), a publicly traded firm focused on accumulating cryptocurrency assets for long-term investment, has disclosed that its Ethereum (ETH) position has grown to approximately 5.79 million tokens. This milestone follows the company’s purchase of nearly 9,950 ETH over the most recent week,… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that blocks Minnesota from enforcing its newly enacted prohibition on prediction markets, delivering a major win to platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi just days before the measure was set to take effect.U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez of… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A state-backed Chinese company has started mass production of domestically developed immersion deep-ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines, a critical technology for advanced semiconductor manufacturing previously dominated by Dutch firm ASML. The development, first reported by The Information and later detailed by Reuters, marks progress in Beijing’s… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 5:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) blockchain has recorded a sharp rise in real-world asset activity, with the value of tokenized equities and related holdings climbing rapidly in recent weeks. Data from analytics platforms shows the market capitalization of RWAs on the network has grown approximately fivefold over… Read More