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White House Loses Its CLARITY Act Dealmaker Days Before Expected July 20 Senate Vote
Patrick Witt, the White House crypto council executive director who has led CLARITY Act negotiations, works his final day Friday, roughly two days before a Senate floor vote expected around July 20. Deputy Director Harry Jung inherits the fbitcoin.comHurupay Exits Kenya as FATF Grey List Pressure Triggers Tougher Crypto Compliance Rules
Financial technology startup Hurupay is reportedly leaving the Kenyan market due to intensifying regulatory audits and stricter anti–money‑laundering compliance scrutiny targeting digital asset platforms. Key TakeawaysHurupay is exiting Kenbitcoin.comBinance US Plots Comeback From 2-Year ‘Hibernation’ With 20% Market Share Target
Binance.US chief executive Stephen Gregory says the exchange is back in growth mode after a two-year “hibernation” brought on by the regulatory storm around the wider Binance brand. Key TakeawaysBinance.US CEO Stephen Gregory targets a retbitcoin.comTelegram’s t.me Domain Vanishes From Global DNS as Founder Pavel Durov Seems “Caught off Guard”
Telegram’s core shortlink domain, t.me, was placed on “server hold” by the .me registry on July 13, dropping it from the global domain name system (DNS) and dead-ending every t.me link worldwide. Founder Pavel Durov appeared to learn aboutbitcoin.comTrump Tariff Refunds Hit $81 Billion After Supreme Court Ruling: Here’s What It Means
The U.S. government has paid back $81 billion in tariffs so far this fiscal year after the Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump’s sweeping import levies illegal in February. The figure dwarfs the $5 billion refunded over the same strebitcoin.comBreaking Down Why Sports Fans Are the Best Crypto Audience in the World
I have one observation that I did not come to right away, but only after many failed campaigns and many successful ones. For years, crypto tried to explain to the mass user why they needed all of this. We made landing pages about decentralibitcoin.comGibraltar Launches the World’s First Dedicated Prediction-Market Regulatory Regime
Gibraltar has become the first jurisdiction anywhere to enact a purpose-built regulatory framework for prediction markets, carving the fast-growing sector out of its general gambling law. The move sets the British Overseas Territory sharplybitcoin.comUS Government Moves Nearly 4,000 BTC to Coinbase Prime, Onchain Data Shows
The U.S. government transferred nearly 4,000 bitcoin to Coinbase Prime on July 13, raising questions about whether the roughly $250 million movement reflected custody management, administrative consolidation, or preparations for a sale. Keybitcoin.comScottie Pippen Brings Championship History and Bitcoin Culture to Fortnite With DON’T DROP THE BALL
The NBA legend’s Game 5 Ball project turns a defining 1991 championship moment into a competitive Fortnite experience, with Satoshi Nakamoto and Bitcoin culture built into the world. Long before “bull run” became part of crypto culture, Chbitcoin.comKalshi Takes Tribal Sovereignty Fight to Ninth Circuit Over Sports Markets
Three California tribes have asked the Ninth Circuit to revive their bid to block Kalshi’s sports event contracts on tribal lands. The appeal opens a new front in the prediction market’s regulatory fight: whether its federal exchange statusbitcoin.comStrategy Extends Dividend Coverage Beyond 20 Months With Larger Cash Buffer
Strategy’s U.S. dollar reserve now covers 20.4 months of dividends after the company increased the balance to $3 billion, extending the duration of its liquidity supporting preferred securities. Key TakeawaysStrategy raised its USD Reservebitcoin.comFidelity, BNY, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Citi Lead Strategy’s Bitcoin Banking Adoption
Fidelity, BNY, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup topped the newly launched Strategy Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index, which assessed 25 major global institutions across trading, custody, digital-asset products, financing,bitcoin.comTrump Torches Iran Ceasefire as Brent Crude Tops $83 and Bitcoin Sinks Below $62K
U.S. President Donald Trump declared a June ceasefire with Iran “over” this week after U.S. Central Command carried out fresh strikes on Iranian military targets, reigniting a conflict that had appeared to cool weeks earlier. Key TakeawaysCbitcoin.com$558,924 in Esports Bets Reveal the Esports World Cup’s Biggest Week 2 Favorites
The first full week of the 2026 Esports World Cup (EWC) crowned three champions in Paris, while prediction market traders spread more than $558,000 in reported volume across the Polymarket and Kalshi events. Key Takeaways100 Thieves beat NRbitcoin.comMantle’s Chainlink CCIP Migration Puts Bridge Risk Back In The Spotlight
Mantle’s Chainlink CCIP migration is the kind of infrastructure story that matters precisely because it is not flashy. Bridges are where crypto has lost billions over the years, and every major ecosystem has to treat that history seriously.BitcoinistStop Over-Prompting: OpenAI’s New GPT-5.6 Guidelines Change Everything
OpenAI published a new prompting guide for GPT-5.6 Sol, its newly released flagship model, and the main message will feel wrong to anyone who spent the last year writing multi-page system prompts: stop writing so much. The core idea is outcDecryptSolana Active-Wallet Narrative Needs Stronger App Data To Prove It Has Staying Power
Solana’s user-growth story is one of the strongest narratives around the network, but it needs careful handling. Wallet counts can be encouraging, yet they do not tell the whole story. What matters is whether users keep coming back and whetBitcoinistConvenience Store Giant Lawson Tests JPYC Stablecoin Payments in Japan’s First POS Retail Pilot
Lawson plans to pilot JPYC stablecoin payments at a Tokyo convenience store in August, marking what it says is Japan’s first POS-linked stablecoin payment test. The experiment could help move yen stablecoins from financial pilots into everybitcoin.comProtestors March on OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind Demanding AI Development Pause
Protesters again took to the streets of San Francisco, marching between the offices of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, calling for a pause in the development of more powerful AI. Saturday's demonstration, organized by Stop the AI RaDecryptBitcoin’s $64,000 Rebound Faces A Real Test As Sellers Wait Near $65,000
Bitcoin has done enough to calm the immediate panic, but not enough to declare the all-clear. The move back toward $64,000 gives bulls a much better footing, while the next supply band near $65,000 gives sellers a place to test that confideBitcoinist
