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Solana ETFs Log Inflows Every July Day as Morgan Stanley Joins Race
US spot Solana ETFs closed every July 2026 trading session with net inflows and have drawn over $1 billion since their October 2025 launch. Morgan Stanley entered on July 28 with Ethereum and Solana ETFs charging 0.14% and passing 95% of staking rewards to shareholders.
Coldcard Wallet Exploit Drains $89M From 4,585 Addresses Across Three Attack Waves
A Coldcard firmware vulnerability allowed attackers to predict wallet seeds and steal 1,367 BTC ($89M) from 4,585 addresses. Stolen funds remain consolidated and unspent.
Crypto's Record Half-Year: 212 Exploits Drain $1.1 Billion in H1 2026
Blockaid's H1 2026 report, released July 28, verified 212 exploits that drained more than $1.1 billion, the most-hacked half-year on record by incident count. North Korea's TraderTraitor subgroup accounted for roughly $609 million, led by the $292 million KelpDAO and $285 million Drift…
Tokenized RWAs Reach $33.5 Billion as DTCC Starts On-Chain Treasuries
On-chain real-world asset value reached about $33.5 billion as of July 8, 2026, per rwa.xyz data, nearly tripling from $11.8 billion a year earlier. DTCC, which custodies $114 trillion in assets, began limited production trades of tokenized Treasuries and equities in July ahead of a full…
GENIUS Act Rules Hit July 18 Deadline as Banks Chase $263B Stablecoins
Six federal agencies faced a July 18, 2026 deadline to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules, one year after the law was signed. JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo are meanwhile building a shared tokenized deposit network targeting a first-half 2027 launch.
Bitcoin Rebounds After Trump Calls Himself 'Big Crypto Guy' Amid Strategy's $216M Sale
Bitcoin recovered from a 2% intraday decline to $63,854 after President Trump declared he's 'a big crypto guy.' Strategy's $216 million bitcoin sale abandoned its never-sell pledge.
Strategy Investors Face 40% Stock Slide as Bitcoin Falls Below $65K
Strategy (MSTR) shares fell 42.8% in the first half of 2026 and now trade near $95, roughly 80% below their peak, while Bitcoin hovers around $64,000 — under the company's $75,476 average purchase price. In July, the firm sold 3,588 BTC for about $216 million and $466.7 million of common stock to fund preferred dividends and rebuild its cash reserve.
Bitcoin Loses Momentum as Whales and Long-Term Holders Take Profits
Bitcoin dipped below $100,000 in November 2025, down over 20% from its peak, as long-term holders sold roughly 400,000 BTC worth $45 billion. Analysts say the supply overhang could persist for months.
Japan Reclassifies Crypto as Financial Assets, Enables ETFs and 20% Tax Rate
Japan's Diet approved legislation reclassifying cryptocurrencies as financial assets under the FIEA, effective fiscal 2027. Lawmakers also approved cutting the top crypto tax rate from 55% to a flat 20% starting in 2028.
Bitcoin Tops $93,000 as ETF Inflows Hit $588M Weekly, Shorts Liquidated
Bitcoin surged past $93,000 on January 5, 2026, driven by $588.6M weekly ETF inflows, $75M in short liquidations, and a constructive 'Higher High Higher Low' technical pattern. BlackRock's IBIT led with $436M in single-day flows. Analysts eye $95K-$100K resistance as the critical test for a susta
ETH Price Forecast: Can Ethereum Really Hit $3,500 in Q4 2026?
Ether trades near $1,920 in mid-July 2026, meaning a move to $3,500 by Q4 would require a rally of roughly 82%. ETF inflows led by BlackRock, the Glamsterdam upgrade, and new Layer-2 fee demand are the catalysts that will decide whether the target is reachable.
Ripple's XRP Payment Network Reaches 300+ Institutions as SWIFT Launches Blockchain Pilot
Ripple's cross-border payment network now serves over 300 financial institutions across 55 countries with $95B cumulative volume. Meanwhile SWIFT launches a blockchain pilot with 17 banks, some using Ripple tech, but not XRP.
Cardano Vasil Hard Fork: Technical Upgrade Details and Market Impact
Cardano's Vasil hard fork introduced diffusion pipelining and three CIPs to improve scalability and smart contracts. ADA price fell 10% post-announcement amid broader market pessimism.
Bitcoin at $77,500: Strategy Buys 171K BTC as ETF Winter Deepens
Bitcoin trades near $77,500 in May 2026, down 30% year-over-year. Strategy Inc. has acquired 171,238 BTC year-to-date, outpacing global miners. Standard Chartered slashed its 2026 price target to $100,000 citing ETF Winter.
Ethereum's Shanghai Fork: Real Timeline From Final Testnet to Mainnet
Ethereum's Shanghai upgrade completed its final testnet deployment on Goerli on March 14, 2023, and activated on mainnet on April 12, 2023. The fork enabled staked ETH withdrawals for the first time since the Beacon Chain launched in December 2020.
Raoul Pal's Real Ethereum Thesis: No $10,000 Model, No 2027 Date
Raoul Pal has cited a rough $10,000 Ethereum level in past interviews, but no publicly documented appearance attaches that figure to a 2027 deadline or a derived model. His actual framework is a timing call built on a five-year cycle extension and a mid-2026 peak, with a $100 trillion crypto market cap target framed on a roughly ten-year horizon.
How US Economic Data Moves Bitcoin: The Q3 2026 Playbook
Bitcoin rose from roughly $62,600 to above $64,500 on July 14, 2026 after June CPI printed 3.5% year over year against a 3.8% consensus, with July rate-hike odds collapsing from about 50% to 12%. The rally was energy-led rather than a sign of durable disinflation, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh declined to endorse the print as evidence of progress.
Bitcoin Hash Rate Retreats From 1 ZH/s as Difficulty Falls 5%
Bitcoin's network hash rate fell to between 879 and 908 EH/s in mid-July 2026, down from about 986 EH/s on July 1, triggering a 5% difficulty cut to 127.17 trillion at block 957,600. The retreat follows Bitcoin's first first-quarter hash rate decline since 2020, as publicly listed miners redirect energized capacity toward AI and high-performance computing tenants.