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Bitcoin recovered to $65,420 on July 20 after large holders accumulated 66,700 BTC over 60 days, driving the price up more than 3% from a July 17 low of $63,706. The recovery followed $45 million in short liquidations and a bullish MACD crossover as traders navigated heightened volatility tied to th

Vietnam issued Decree No. 284/2026/NĐ-CP on July 16, introducing fines of VND 30 million to VND 50 million (roughly $1,140 to $1,900) for domestic investors who trade crypto outside government-licensed platforms. The decree takes effect Sept. 1 and aims to establish a regulated domestic crypto

Chris Fall resigned as director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation on Monday, just three months after the Trump administration appointed him to lead the agency in April, CNBC confirmed. The Commerce Department did not disclose why Fall departed from his position at CAISI, a Department of

Robinhood Markets received a price target increase to $160 from Bernstein on Monday, as the analyst firm cited the brokerage's expansion into prediction markets, tokenized equities, perpetual futures, and AI-powered trading. Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani raised the 12-month target from $130

Korean stock market trading volume and investor deposits declined as individual investors reduced positions amid unfavorable external conditions. On July 20, KOSPI market trading volume recorded 33.2087 trillion won, down 35.9% from 51.8114 trillion won on July 1, according to Korea Exchange data.

AMC Entertainment's stock climbed 24% in afternoon trading after the theater chain reported a 14% revenue increase in the second quarter and $104 million in adjusted net earnings, reversing a small loss from a year earlier.

Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, transitioning the network to protocol version 11 with zero downtime over the weekend. The upgrade represents the blockchain's first major protocol change ratified entirely through on-chain community governance, with no intervention from

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated on local time on the 20th that "we will keep the fiscal rules," adding "what I'm talking about is the existing fiscal rules, and we will utilize all the flexibility clearly allowed within them." Burnham made these remarks while meeting with reporters in the

Galaxy Digital signed a 15-year, $75 million naming rights agreement with Texas Tech Athletics to rename the university's football stadium Galaxy Stadium, the school announced on July 17. The deal, which pays approximately $5 million annually, replaces AT&T's naming rights that expired in June

NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin stated Monday that AI-assisted hacking began last October and is now outpacing traditional code security reviews. Speaking in an interview on The Block's The Starting Block podcast, Polosukhin identified the Balancer incident as the first example of this

Binance co-CEO Richard Teng revealed that 70% of funds withdrawn by affected EU customers moved to self-hosted wallets following the exchange's exit from MiCA licensing, with the remaining 30% transferring to platforms licensed under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation. Speaking at the

Strive, Inc. purchased 21 bitcoins between July 13 and July 17 at an average price of approximately $63,221 per coin, according to an 8-K filing submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20. The acquisition increased the Dallas-based company's total holdings to 19,921 BTC. The purc

Onramp, a bitcoin-focused financial services firm, published its 'Back to Basics' report in July 2026, arguing for direct spot bitcoin ownership over paper claims such as ETF shares and exchange balances. The report arrives as bitcoin trades roughly 50% below its late-2025 peak while the S&P 500

SHOW Token, an entertainment ecosystem integrating blockchain and artificial intelligence, introduced a platform allowing public participation in film production from early stages. The initiative aims to shift the traditionally one-directional relationship between audiences and the film industry

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday a test indicating iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico carried the cyclospora parasite was a false positive, but the agency maintains its conclusion that shredded iceberg lettuce from central Mexico supplied by Taylor Farms caused an outbreak that

Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery received a temporary restraining order on Monday when California District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín signed off on a 14-day pause following a Friday hearing in Oakland. The order stems from an antitrust lawsuit

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $75.7 million in net inflows for the week ending July 17, marking a second consecutive green week after eight straight weeks of outflows totaling more than $8.2 billion. The two-week recovery brought total net gains to $273.1 million across the 13 funds, according to

The Bank of Korea is launching the second phase of its central bank digital currency pilot in September, expanding real-world transaction testing to nine commercial banks as the country advances toward commercializing a digital won. The next stage of Project Hangang will shift from limited payment t

House committee leaders marked the one-year anniversary of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act's bipartisan passage, warning that regulation by enforcement is stifling American innovation. The bill remains stalled in the Senate since last year despite mounting industry pressure. Lawmakers

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joined the board of directors at crypto exchange OKX, the platform announced Monday. Cuomo appeared on Fox Business the same day to promote 24/7 tokenized stock trading, deepening his existing ties to the exchange. Last month, OKX and Intercontinental