Russia’s State Duma has approved a broad cryptocurrency market bill in its second and third readings, moving the country closer to a regulated system for crypto trading, custody and cross-border transactions. Summary Russia’s State Duma approved crypto market rules covering licensed intermediaries, investor limits, and foreign trade. Domestic crypto payments remain banned, while approved digital assets can support regulated cross-border commercial settlements.

Ethereum chatter has collapsed to 2020 levels while banks build on the chain and a nonprofit teaches institutions to buy it. The token trades as if neither audience exists. Three groups are pricing three different assets, and only one of them is right. Summary Retail attention on Ethereum has collapsed: tweet volume is at 12-month lows near 40,000 mentions, levels last seen in 2020, NFT activity has gone quiet, and daily active addresses have fallen from above 1.5 million in January toward 544,000.

Maharashtra has advanced plans for a blockchain-based legal framework to tokenize immovable property, with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directing officials to prepare draft legislation that could make the state the first in India to introduce such a law. Summary Maharashtra has proposed the DELTA Act to tokenize immovable property using blockchain technology. An expert committee with SEBI, BSE and NSE representatives will draft the legal framework.

Ethereum price has climbed nearly 2% to $1,942 after a rebound in semiconductor stocks and hopes for renewed US-Iran talks restored demand for risk assets. Summary Ethereum price rose nearly 2% to $1,942 as technology stocks and risk sentiment recovered. Whales withdrew and staked about $38 million in ETH, while ETF inflows strengthened demand. A break above $1,952 could trigger short liquidations and open a move toward $2,000.

CoinShares has entered Europe’s €26.3 trillion UCITS fund market with the launch of a regulated Bitcoin mining ETF, opening its digital asset strategies to institutional investors whose mandates previously restricted access to its products. Summary CoinShares has launched a UCITS platform with a Bitcoin mining ETF listed on Deutsche Börse Xetra. The new structure opens access to pension funds, insurers, and private banks restricted by existing investment mandates.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has renewed his criticism of the crypto industry, placing digital asset groups alongside other well-funded political interests during a campaign event supporting Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan’s Senate bid. Summary Bernie Sanders pledged to challenge crypto while campaigning for Minnesota Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan publicly. Crypto-backed PACs have become major election spenders as lawmakers debate new digital asset regulation nationwide.

Bitcoin returned above $65,000 on Tuesday as a rebound in Asian technology stocks restored some risk appetite after last week’s semiconductor selloff.  Summary Bitcoin reclaimed $65,000 as Asian chip stocks rebounded and broader risk appetite strengthened across markets. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs extended inflows to five sessions, adding fresh institutional support for prices. MACD and RSI readings improved, while $70,000 remains BTC’s next major technical resistance level ahead.

A Washington state judge has granted a preliminary injunction that will block Kalshi from offering sports-related prediction markets to residents, adding another court setback for the federally regulated event-contract platform. Summary Washington court blocked Kalshi sports contracts after finding the platform violated state gambling laws locally. Kalshi argues federal commodities law overrides state regulation, but Washington’s judge rejected that position Monday.

Celsius co-founders Shlomi Daniel Leon and Hanoch “Nuke” Goldstein will pay a combined $6.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges tied to the collapsed crypto lender.  Summary Leon and Goldstein will pay $6.5 million combined under separate FTC settlements over Celsius claims. The FTC accused Celsius executives of falsely promoting customer deposits as safe and readily available. Mashinsky’s earlier $10 million settlement brings total payments from three Celsius co-founders to $16.5 million.

White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt will remain in his post after his scheduled military training was deferred, keeping the administration’s lead CLARITY Act negotiator in Washington during the final weeks before the Senate’s summer break.  Summary Patrick Witt deferred military training, keeping the White House’s lead CLARITY Act negotiator in place. The Senate faces a narrow timeline as unresolved ethics language still threatens the bill’s vote.

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has admitted that he regrets selling some of his early XRP and Ethereum holdings, while explaining that risk management drove the decisions rather than a loss of confidence in cryptocurrency. Summary David Schwartz says risk aversion drove early XRP and Ethereum sales despite later price gains. Schwartz followed a family agreement to sell at new highs, reducing long-term crypto exposure substantially.

Polymarket has referred nearly 100 suspicious crypto wallets to law enforcement as the prediction market platform expands its monitoring of possible insider trading. Summary Polymarket referred nearly 100 suspicious wallets to authorities as insider-trading concerns grew across prediction markets. Bloomberg analysis found about $200 million in flagged trades, concentrated heavily in geopolitical prediction markets. Recent prosecutions involving Venezuela and Google-linked wagers have increased scrutiny of nonpublic information misuse cases.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has drawn a line between Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap and an AI investment cycle that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon expects to attract $725 billion this year. Summary CZ says AI boosts productivity, while Bitcoin’s fixed supply protects wealth from inflation. Jamie Dimon expects AI investment to reach $725 billion amid a powerful spending cycle. BlackRock executives believe debt and currency concerns could strengthen Bitcoin’s long-term case.

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order targeting regulatory gaps in a crypto market that received about $59 billion in inflows between July 2023 and June 2024, according to the International Monetary Fund. Summary Tinubu’s executive order coordinates crypto oversight without creating a new regulator. Nigeria will tighten registration, tax reporting and supervision of virtual asset firms. IMF data shows Nigeria received $59 billion in crypto inflows within one year.

Hackers have disabled Kenyan President William Ruto’s official website, replaced its homepage and demanded a ransom of 5 Bitcoin. Summary Hackers defaced Kenyan President William Ruto’s website and demanded a ransom of 5 Bitcoin. Kenyan authorities found no evidence that sensitive data was accessed, stolen, or lost. State investigators and external partners are examining how attackers breached the website’s security.

Crypto venture funding has reached $1.2 billion in July even as DeFi investment has fallen to its lowest quarterly level since late 2023. Summary Crypto startups have raised $1.2 billion in July despite a sharp decline in deal activity. Coinbase Ventures led investor activity as exchanges, prediction markets, payments and AI attracted major funding. DeFi funding fell for three straight quarters, with deal numbers reaching their lowest since 2020.

When the Fed chair was asked whether the central bank would rescue crypto in a crisis, he avoided one topic with lawyerly care: Section 13(3), the emergency lending power behind every modern bailout. Here is what it is, how 2010 rewrote it, and why a stablecoin rescue through it is closer to illegal than unlikely. Summary Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act is the Fed’s emergency lending authority, allowing it to lend beyond banks in unusual and exigent circumstances.

Solana price has stalled near $76 after repeated failures at $80, as two ecosystem exploits, weak momentum, and geopolitical stress have kept traders cautious. Summary Solana price remains below $80 as security incidents weigh on trader sentiment. Bearish daily momentum contrasts with positive 4-hour capital flows near $76. Losing $73 could expose SOL to $70 and the mid-$60s region. According to data from crypto.news, Solana (

Crypto has been rescued by the US government exactly once, and the rescue was aimed at something else. The mechanism was an obscure override in banking law, and understanding how it worked in March 2023, and why it may never work that way again, is the closest thing to reading crypto’s actual safety net Summary The systemic risk exception is an override in US banking law: normally the FDIC must resolve failed banks at the least cost to its insurance fund, but with extraordinary sign-offs it may spend more to prevent broader financial instability.

Hut 8 and IREN announced billions of dollars in new artificial intelligence infrastructure deals on Monday as companies with roots in Bitcoin mining continued expanding into data centers and cloud computing. Summary Hut 8 fully leased Beacon Point after signing a second 15-year, $9.8 billion AI deal. IREN added $2.8 billion in contracts and raised its AI Cloud target above $4 billion.

The stablecoin law gave regulators exactly one year to write its rules. The year ended Saturday. The rules did not arrive, the January 2027 start date is not moving, and the $300 billion industry now gets to guess what compliance means. Summary The GENIUS Act, signed July 18, 2025, gave federal regulators one year to finalize implementing rules for payment stablecoins.

The FDIC protects bank depositors, and through a mechanism called pass-through insurance, it can protect people who hold money through intermediaries. Stablecoin holders assumed they were next in line. The FDIC has now said, in a speech and a proposal, that they are not, and the reasons teach you exactly what a stablecoin is. Summary Pass-through deposit insurance extends FDIC protection through an intermediary to the underlying owners of money, which is how fintech app balances held in custodial bank accounts can be insured even though the app is not a bank.

SWIFT built a ledger for them. JPMorgan settles billions with them. The FDIC is writing rules about them. Tokenized deposits are the banking system’s answer to stablecoins, and understanding the difference decides how you read the next five years of digital money. Summary A tokenized deposit is a commercial bank deposit represented as a token on a blockchain, issued by the bank itself and maintaining a one-to-one relationship with money on the bank’s balance sheet.

Strategy raised another $263.5 million by selling Class A common stock while leaving its Bitcoin holdings unchanged for a second straight week. Summary Strategy raised $263.5 million through MSTR sales while keeping its Bitcoin holdings unchanged this week. Strategy increased its U.S. dollar reserve to $3.225 billion to support dividends and debt obligations. STRC valuation debate continues as investors assess cash flows, leverage, dividend coverage and Bitcoin exposure.

BitMine Immersion Technologies has added another 7,430 ETH to its corporate treasury, taking its total Ethereum holdings to 5,777,468 tokens as the company moves closer to its target of owning 5% of the network’s supply. Summary BitMine added 7,430 ETH, raising its total Ethereum treasury to nearly 5.78 million tokens overall. The company has staked 4.92 million ETH, representing about 85% of its total Ethereum holdings.

In one week, Bitcoin sat still through missile strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and then fell with Asian chip stocks. The war test and the tech test gave opposite answers about what Bitcoin is, and both answers are correct. Working out how is the most useful thing a holder can do right now. Summary Bitcoin held a tight range near $63,000 through a weekend of US strikes on Iran and renewed missile attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a marked change for an asset that once sold off on a single Hormuz headline.

Vietnam has added a formal penalty system for crypto violations as the country prepares to move more digital asset trading onto licensed domestic platforms. Summary Vietnam will fine domestic investors up to $1,900 for trading through unlicensed crypto platforms nationwide. The September rules also target unauthorized offerings, AML failures, improper data handling and unlicensed marketing. Vietnam’s regulated crypto market could begin activity in Q3 after five firms passed initial screening.

Capital B has announced a 10-for-1 reverse stock split as the French Bitcoin treasury company seeks to make its shares accessible to a broader range of investors. Summary Capital B will consolidate every ten existing shares into one new share beginning September 8. The reverse split reduces outstanding shares without directly changing the aggregate value of investor holdings. Capital B remains Europe’s second-largest listed Bitcoin holder while further expanding its treasury financing strategy.

Institutional investors are widening crypto security checks beyond smart contract audits as operational failures become a larger source of losses.  Summary Institutions increasingly demand continuous monitoring as audits fail to capture key, signer and infrastructure risks. Compromised keys, signers and infrastructure caused 88.3% of roughly $764 million stolen during Q2 2026. Only 4% of tracked projects combined audits, active bug bounties and third-party monitoring controls together.

Russia’s State Duma plans to hold the second and third readings of its main crypto regulation bill on Tuesday, July 21, moving the country closer to a formal legal framework for digital assets. Summary Russia’s State Duma will hold final crypto bill readings Tuesday, setting rules for investors nationwide. Non-qualified investors face annual purchase limits, while qualified investors receive much higher permitted transaction caps.

A token swap, or crypto swap, is like trading your favorite Pokemon cards with anyone you like online. But instead of trading cards, you can trade digital crypto assets in exchange for your favorite crypto tokens, often, without a conventional centralized crypto exchange. Information current as of November 2024. In this article, we take a deep dive into crypto token swaps, common types of swaps, how they work, and how you can perform a crypto swap easily.

Grayscale plans to introduce regular cash distributions from staking rewards earned by its Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded funds. Summary Grayscale plans quarterly cash distributions from staking rewards earned through its Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded funds. ETHE and GSOL payouts will vary based on rewards, operating expenses, fees and tax treatment. ETHE previously distributed $9.39 million after converting accumulated Ethereum staking rewards into shareholder cash payments.

Ethereum price has held above $1,850 as strong spot ETF inflows countered risk-off pressure from renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and volatile oil prices. Summary Ethereum price holds $1,850 support as ETF inflows counter geopolitical and oil-market risks. A breakout above $1,938 could open the path toward the key $2,000 level. Losing $1,850 may expose lower support zones at $1,781 and $1,730.

Bitcoin price has slipped below $64,000 as renewed US-Iran tensions, volatile oil prices, and a technology-sector sell-off tied to China’s Kimi K3 launch drove investors away from risk assets. Summary Bitcoin price fell below $64,000 as Middle East tensions and Kimi K3 rattled risk markets. BTC must reclaim $65,047 to confirm a sustained recovery toward $67,000. A break below $62,708 could expose the $60,000 support and trigger further liquidations.

South Korean financial authorities investigated more than 40 cases of unfair crypto trading during the first two years of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act, according to Financial Services Commission Chair Lee Eog-won. Summary Korean regulators investigated over 40 unfair crypto trading cases during the law’s first two years. Authorities referred more than 30 cases for investigation and identified 25 suspects linked to misconduct.

Allbridge Core has paused its cross-chain stablecoin protocol after a security incident on Solana that PeckShield estimated at about $1.65 million.  Summary Allbridge paused Core after a Solana exploit drained about $1.65 million, according to PeckShield estimates. The attacker used a $1.12 million USDC flash loan to quickly distort stablecoin pool rates. Allbridge urged liquidity providers to withdraw while investigators traced funds moved from Solana to Ethereum.

A prediction made more than a decade ago about closer ties between Bitcoin startups and traditional payment companies increasingly resembles the payments market of 2026. Summary A 2014 prediction about traditional payment firms partnering with Bitcoin startups increasingly resembles today’s market. Visa and Mastercard now work directly with crypto firms on cards, settlement, stablecoins, and payments. BitPay continues expanding regulated crypto payment services more than a decade after joining the payments industry.

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Spreadefi faces scrutiny as users assess trust, transparency, and DeFi platform credibility. As the decentralized finance (DeFi) space has evolved, users have gotten a lot more careful about which platforms they trust with their digital assets. After a long line of fraudulent projects, one question comes up naturally: can Spreadefi be trusted, or is it just another scam?

Bitcoin Ordinals advocate Leonidas has introduced DOG Mode, an alternative open-source Bitcoin client that changes how nodes relay certain valid transactions without altering Bitcoin’s consensus rules. Summary DOG Mode removes default relay limits while keeping Bitcoin’s existing consensus rules completely unchanged today. Leonidas says fee-paying users should access block space without Bitcoin Core deciding transaction purposes beforehand. BIP 110 takes opposite approach, proposing temporary consensus restrictions on several data-heavy Bitcoin transaction types.

Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor has stepped up his opposition to Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110, arguing that the temporary soft fork could weaken Bitcoin’s neutral base rules. Summary Saylor says BIP 110 risks Bitcoin neutrality by restricting transactions through new consensus-level protocol rules. BIP 110 would temporarily limit data-heavy transactions while leaving outputs created before activation entirely unaffected. Miner support remains near zero, while Saylor and Back warn disputed rules could divide Bitcoin.

Ethereum’s best marketing line was that using it destroyed it, that every transaction burned ETH and shrank the supply. Then the network solved its scaling problem, activity fled to layer 2s, and the burn collapsed. The scaling worked. The scarcity did not survive it. Summary Ethereum’s “ultrasound money” thesis held that EIP-1559 fee burning would outpace new issuance, making ETH deflationary and a superior store of value to Bitcoin.

Robinhood Chain launched, filled with memecoins, briefly ranked third among DEXs, and the “Solana killer” talk started immediately. Then you look at the actual numbers. Solana has 27 times the value locked and 2 million more users. This is not a flippening. It is a fair fight over the wrong metric. Summary Robinhood Chain launched July 1 and drew roughly $185 million in value locked and over $3 billion in first-week DEX volume, briefly ranking among the top DEXs by volume and prompting Solana comparisons.

There is $1.6 trillion in Bitcoin sitting idle, earning nothing, doing nothing. Charles Hoskinson has a plan to put it to work on Cardano, and the plan quietly requires every transaction to burn a little ADA. Whether that saves Cardano or exposes its central problem is the whole question. Summary Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has laid out a strategy to bring Bitcoin into Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem through a platform called Pogun, targeting the roughly $1.6 trillion in idle Bitcoin.

Ethereum has risen 1.8% to $1,845 after Rep. Bryan Steil raised hopes for a Senate vote on the CLARITY Act next week, while ETF inflows and firm chart support kept traders cautiously bullish. Summary Ethereum rose 1.8% as Bryan Steil raised hopes for a CLARITY Act vote next week. Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $105 million in weekly inflows, their highest since April.

With Strategy’s cash reserve now at $3 billion, founder Michael Saylor has named corporate adoption as a necessary condition for Bitcoin to become a global currency network. Summary Michael Saylor says corporate adoption is essential for Bitcoin to become a global currency network. Strategy’s $3 billion cash reserve has helped ease concerns about forced Bitcoin sales. Bitcoin Japan plans its first treasury purchase as companies expand exposure to the asset.

Bitcoin price fell below $63,000 after fresh US attacks on Iran lifted oil and the dollar, while renewed election claims from President Donald Trump added pressure on risk assets. Summary Bitcoin price fell below $63,000 as fresh US strikes on Iran pressured risk assets. Oil reached $80 while the US Dollar Index climbed to 100.79. BTC must defend $63,167 or risk falling toward the $57,779 support.

Morgan Stanley has completed the rollout of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading on E*TRADE, charging eligible clients a 0.50% fee on each transaction. Summary E*TRADE now allows eligible clients to trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana for a 0.50% fee. Morgan Stanley plans crypto transfers and a move to its Digital Trust bank later this year. The rollout complements Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin holdings, crypto ETFs and Galaxy Digital lending arrangement.

Solana price has fallen nearly 4% to about $74 after a rejection near $77, as a global technology sell-off and leveraged long liquidations have pushed traders toward caution. Summary Solana price tests $74 support after losing its rising trendline and facing weak four-hour momentum. A recovery above $76.50 could trigger short liquidations and drive SOL toward $78–$80. Losing $74 would expose the daily Supertrend support at $69.60 and deepen downside risks.

Lighter is the exchange running perpetual futures inside Robinhood Wallet. It is also the clearest attempt yet to rebuild payment for order flow on a blockchain, backed by the company that made the practice famous. Summary Lighter is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange built as an Ethereum layer 2 using custom zero-knowledge circuits, founded in 2022 by Vladimir Novakovski and live on mainnet since October 2025.

Ethereum price has fallen as much as 3.5% to $1,820 on July 17 after its latest rally stalled below $2,000 and weak Democratic support for the CLARITY Act hurt sentiment across the crypto market. Summary Ethereum price fell 3.5% after its latest rally failed to break the $2,000 resistance. Weak Democratic support for the CLARITY Act hurt sentiment and triggered leveraged liquidations.