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Crypto markets rally on Clarity progress report, Asian chip-stock rebound

Speculation that President Donald Trump agreed to a crucial ethics provision for the crypto market structure bill underpinned the gains.

XRP jumps 4% as traders watch 'triangle breakout' toward $1.35

XRP pushed higher over 24 hours and tested short-term resistance, but the larger chart still needs a clean break above the $1.24-$1.28 supply zone to confirm a stronger reversal.

Live markets: Bitcoin ETFs post a fifth straight day of inflows in a first since April

The run has pulled in roughly $727 million, the most sustained stretch of buying since the record outflows of June.

UK Parliament begins inquiry into banking chokepoint for crypto businesses

The U.K.’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) is focused on banks that refused crypto firms accounts or introduced restrictions on crypto transactions.

Bitcoin hits a two-week high near $65,500 as the chip trade turns back into a tailwind

Asian semiconductor shares rebounded hard, a five-day ETF inflow streak passed $600 million, and oil pulled back on Middle East diplomacy.

Inside Cardano's 'Van Rossum' hard fork, and what it means for users

The Van Rossem hard fork moved Cardano to version 11 on Saturday. And for the first time, Cardano's community voted in the upgrade, not the company that built it.

Exodus to cut 25% of global workforce in payments shift

This restructuring is part of a strategy to build a full-stack payments platform following the company's acquisitions of Monavate and Baanx.

AI compute stocks bounce as Hut 8, IREN land billions in new contracts

The deals sparked a rebound in AI compute stocks after investors questioned demand for new data center capacity.

Tom Lee's Bitmine slowed ether purchases as it bought back $86 million in stock

The company added just 7,430 ETH, worth about $14 million, last week as it nears its goal to corner 5% of Ethereum's supply.

Saylor's Strategy raises cash reserves to $3.2 billion, leaving bitcoin holdings unchanged

For the second consecutive week, the firm kept bitcoin holdings steady, choosing to use the raised capital to boost cash for paying dividends on its preferred stock.

Brazil’s securities regulator sets up task force with 60-day deadline for tokenization proposal

The framework will address critical issues like official ownership records, private key custody, transaction reversibility and system liability.

A bitcoin 'volmageddon' may be brewing, key indicator suggests

Your day-ahead look for July 20, 2026

Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September

Major banking heavyweights join a massive blockchain network test that will allow retail consumers to trade tokenized won freely across commercial lines.

Crypto market slips even as equities advance. Pump surges on social-media chatter

With a Fear and Greed index pointing solidly at "fear," crypto prices drifted lower even as stock index futures rose. PUMP's 20% surge was the only real headline in an otherwise quiet session.

Hyperliquid plans to add decentralized prediction markets in upgrade to HIP-4

Permissionless prediction markets will become available first on testnet and later on mainnet, Hyperliquid said.

Cross-chain protocol Allbridge halts after $1.65 million flash loan exploit

The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Kamino to manipulate pool ratios, enabling them to withdraw assets at favorable rates before bridging funds.

U.S. regulatory developments and earnings, ECB rate decision: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 20.

Amazon Japan supplier AZ-Com Maruwa to adopt yen stablecoin JPYC for payments

The Japanese logistics firm plans to pay 2,300 partners, including truck drivers, using JPYC in Japan’s first large-scale corporate stablecoin rollout.

Live updates: Bitcoin rises to one-month high of $65,700 before pulling back with stocks

Equity markets await second-quarter earnings reports from key tech firms, which begin this week.

Moonshot AI IPO push follows Kimi, Alibaba AI releases that shook bitcoin

Days after Kimi K3 rattled chip stocks, Moonshot is moving toward a Hong Kong listing at a $30 billion-plus valuation while Alibaba's Qwen goes open-weight.