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Bitcoin Options Scream Bullish as Traders Pile Into $72K and $80K Calls
Bitcoin traders piled $49.82 billion into open futures contracts this week, betting hard on where the world’s largest cryptocurrency heads next. The action stretched from the regulated pits of CME to the crowded order books of Binancebitcoin.comCoinidol.com: Bitcoin Rises but Battles the $67,000 Barrier
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has continued to move higher as it approaches resistance at $67,000. BTC PrCoinIdolHouse Flip? Senate Hold? Prediction Markets Unleash Wild 2026 Midterm Election Bets
Prediction market traders on Polymarket and Kalshi are pricing in a Democratic takeover of the U.S. House in the 2026 midterms while giving Republicans the edge to hold the Senate, with tens of millions of dollars wagered across hundreds ofbitcoin.comUS Seizes More Than $25M in Crypto Tied to Investment and Romance Scams
U.S. prosecutors have seized more than $25 million in cryptocurrency tied to international scams that defrauded thousands of victims across the United States and Canada, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney's Office for thDecryptCentralized Elements 'Frequently Persist' in DeFi and Should Be Regulated: FATF
Much of decentralized finance is not as decentralized as it looks, and the platforms behind it should be regulated like other financial businesses, the world's main anti-money-laundering body said in a new report. In a report published TuesDecryptA 1,900% Surge May Be Sending a Bigger Warning Than Oil Prices
A hidden cost of moving the world’s oil has exploded nearly 1,900%, Devere Group analysis shows, signaling a level of risk that some analysts say could prove far more important than oil’s latest rally as tensions around the Strait of Hormuzbitcoin.comFlyfi Launches Hotel Booking Platform With Cryptocurrency Payments and No Account Registration
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 22nd, 2026, Chainwire Privacy-first travel platform debuts with dedicated hotel packages for Token2049, Singapore and Devcon 8 in Mumbai, letting attendees book and pay for accommodation straight from theiDecryptJustin Sun's HTX 'Rotating' On-Chain Wallets Amid UK Sanctions: TRM Labs
Crypto exchange HTX has rebuilt its underlying wallet infrastructure in the weeks since the UK sanctioned it, rotating deposit and hot wallets on a rapid cycle, blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs said in a report Tuesday. The exchange haDecryptBIS Warns Stablecoins Are Breaking Capital Controls as Dollarization Accelerates
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins are repeating a pattern central banks have watched for decades, and the regulatory tools that used to work no longer apply. Key TakeawaysBIS researchers Hofmanbitcoin.comMorning Minute: OpenAI Model Escapes Containment, Hacks Hugging Face
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors mostly flat, HYPE falls 6%; BTC even at $66kDecryptThe Digital Chamber Sues the State of Illinois Over First-Ever 0.2% Crypto Tax
The Digital Chamber, a crypto trade association led by CEO Cody Carbone, sued the state of Illinois over its new Digital Asset Tax Act, becoming the first industry group to challenge the nation’s first state-level tax targeting cryptobitcoin.comJack Dorsey's Block Launches Buzz, a Nostr-Based Slack and GitHub Rival for AI Agents
Jack Dorsey's Block has launched Buzz, a free, open source platform where employees and AI agents work side by side in a shared workspace, the company said Tuesday. "we're launching BUZZ," Dorsey tweeted, describing "a new groupchat platforDecryptBitcoin Ownership Overtakes Gold as 49.6 Million Americans Now Hold BTC
Bitcoin has overtaken gold as the preferred hard asset among American investors, according to bitcoin financial services firm River. The firm found that 49.6 million Americans, or 18.6% of the adult population, now own bitcoin, compared tobitcoin.comTreasury Secretary Bessent Says CLARITY Act Is at the ‘1-Yard Line’
Scott Bessent has said that the CLARITY Act is at the “1-yard line” and urged Congress to pass it before recess, even as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand faces backlash from progressive groups over her role brokering the bill’sbitcoin.comSUI Trader Eyes $5 Target as Expert Sees ‘Early Recovery Signs’
Some analysts are calling SUI’s chart the “cleanest” in crypto at the moment, naming $5, $8, and $13 as potential near-term targets. The call that landed the same month, analyst Michael van de Poppe flagged SUI among altcobitcoin.comBitcoin Long-Term Holder Supply Hits a Fresh All-Time High: Here’s What the Data Shows
Bitcoin’s long-term holder supply climbed to a fresh all-time high on July 21, extending a rally that had already pushed the metric to a record 16.64 million BTC, or roughly 83% of circulating supply, a month earlier. Key TakeawaysBitbitcoin.comLynq and Nonco Collaborate to Expand Stablecoin Liquidity for Institutional Holders of Tokenized Fund Shares
Settlement network Lynq has partnered with digital asset firm Nonco to provide institutional clients with 24/7 stablecoin liquidity. The collaboration resolves weekend and off-hours capital bottlenecks to accelerate settlement and boost marbitcoin.comBinance Drops VIP 3 Asset Bar to $1M as 4x OTC Trading Credit Broadens Tier Access
Binance is cutting the VIP 3 wallet asset requirement to $1 million, down from $3 million, while over-the-counter (OTC) spot trading volume will now count toward overall spot volume at four times its actual value. Key TakeawaysBinance lowerbitcoin.comZuckerberg Fears His Teams Are Too Slow for a $145 Billion AI Push
Mark Zuckerberg told staff in a recent internal meeting that Meta’s AI rollout is moving slower than he wants, even as the company targets up to $145 billion in AI spending in 2026. Meta has already cut about 8,000 jobs and reassigned roughbitcoin.comUK Lawmakers Probe 40% Crypto Transfer Blocks as Banking Scrutiny Widens
A cross-party group of U.K. lawmakers has opened an inquiry into banking restrictions affecting crypto companies and their customers. The review will assess whether account closures, payment blocks and transfer limits threaten Britain’s digbitcoin.com
