No. 1109Independent rewrite deskUpdated August 1, 2026

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$BTC$BTC Hits Three-Week Low as Strategy, Largest Institutional Holder, Plans $5 Billion SaleAug 1EARNINGSArran Strong, GB's highest-ranked male surfer, presumed dead after vanishing off PortugalAug 1EARNINGSEntire Families Are Now Using AI for Mental Health Guidance, AI Insider ReportsAug 1DEALSFRTPRC sets $0.3125 quarterly cash dividend, October 15 payment date in viewAug 1DEALSOXSQ declares $0.035 per share monthly cash dividend, November 16 ex-dateAug 1DEALSNXP in talks for $3bn-plus camera chip acquisition as semiconductor consolidation gathers paceAug 1CRYPTOWall Street cuts Coinbase targets after Q2 miss, debate turns to growth beyond crypto tradingAug 1DEALSAHIEF declares JPY 140.0 semi-annual cash dividend, ex-date fixed for March 2027Aug 1EARNINGSLinde post-earnings slide puts LIN in focus as worst session in over a yearAug 1MACROClose call on rate sufficiency, Barkin says, as the inflation debate stays openJul 31$BTC$BTC Hits Three-Week Low as Strategy, Largest Institutional Holder, Plans $5 Billion SaleAug 1EARNINGSArran Strong, GB's highest-ranked male surfer, presumed dead after vanishing off PortugalAug 1EARNINGSEntire Families Are Now Using AI for Mental Health Guidance, AI Insider ReportsAug 1DEALSFRTPRC sets $0.3125 quarterly cash dividend, October 15 payment date in viewAug 1DEALSOXSQ declares $0.035 per share monthly cash dividend, November 16 ex-dateAug 1DEALSNXP in talks for $3bn-plus camera chip acquisition as semiconductor consolidation gathers paceAug 1CRYPTOWall Street cuts Coinbase targets after Q2 miss, debate turns to growth beyond crypto tradingAug 1DEALSAHIEF declares JPY 140.0 semi-annual cash dividend, ex-date fixed for March 2027Aug 1EARNINGSLinde post-earnings slide puts LIN in focus as worst session in over a yearAug 1MACROClose call on rate sufficiency, Barkin says, as the inflation debate stays openJul 31

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Digital Assets · $BTCDigital Assets DeskAugust 1, 2026

$BTC Hits Three-Week Low as Strategy, Largest Institutional Holder, Plans $5 Billion Sale

$BTC fell to a three-week low after Strategy, the largest institutional bitcoin holder in the market, disclosed plans for a $5 billion sale. The firm has shifted to selling its position in recent months. The size of that planned sale, and…

By Yuki Tanaka · 2 min readRead more→

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Digital AssetsDigital Assets DeskAugust 1, 2026

Wall Street cuts Coinbase targets after Q2 miss, debate turns to growth beyond crypto trading

A second-quarter earnings miss at Coinbase (COIN) prompted Wall Street to lower price targets, even as analysts remain divided on the company's growth outlook. The central question heading into the next quarter: whether the exchange can…

By Sofia Almeida · 2 min readRead more→

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Digital AssetsDigital Assets DeskJuly 31, 2026

Altseason is narrowing: Wintermute puts institutional OTC share at 72% for first-half 2026

Institutional investors took 72% of Wintermute's spot OTC flow in the first half of 2026, the crypto market maker's data shows, as capital pulled toward fewer tokens and altcoin rallies grew mor

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Digital AssetsDigital Assets DeskJuly 31, 2026

Stablecoins as cross-border payment rails: the mechanism behind dollar-pegged token transfers

The cross-border payment case for stablecoins rests on a three-step mechanism that differs from a bank wire at every stage. A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to hold a fixed value against a reference currency, with the U.S. dollar…

Digital Assets

$BTC Hits Three-Week Low as Strategy, Largest Institutional Holder, Plans $5 Billion Sale

Wall Street cuts Coinbase targets after Q2 miss, debate turns to growth beyond crypto trading

Altseason is narrowing: Wintermute puts institutional OTC share at 72% for first-half 2026

Stablecoins as cross-border payment rails: the mechanism behind dollar-pegged token transfers

Senate ethics revision lands at White House as CLARITY Act window narrows

Tokenized gold holds through the sell-off, but DeFi collateral adoption stays under 2%

Situational Awareness hedge fund seeks fresh capital after leveraged AI stock losses hit $1.1B Bitcoin miner book

China Business Journal flags Bitcoin extortion operation using its masthead

Bitcoin ETFs pull $32.1 million on Wednesday as Ether funds flip to outflows

US Treasury sanctions HormuzSafe over Bitcoin payments tied to Iran's IRGC

American Arbitration Association launches Web3 Panel for crypto and blockchain disputes

Guatemala becomes third nation to recognize Jerusalem's City of David as national heritage

Supreme Court curtails TPS judicial review, leaving hundreds of thousands facing deportation

South Dakota's bitcoin investor gubernatorial runoff and Georgia's succession race close on split-screen Tuesday

Massachusetts Muslim commission bill sets up DEI standoff with Washington

Congress renews push to end crypto's wash sale tax break

Trump's Project Homecoming on pace for 200,000 exits as $600 million contract nears a funding cliff

FBI's 127,000-Bitcoin seizure from Prince Holding Group sets U.S. forfeiture record

Binance monthly phishing drills, South Korean crypto volumes down 89%, India moves on BitChat code

Tariffs have not returned manufacturing jobs to the US, Altana CEO says as firm acquires Cervo AI

Base tops 100M AI payments as Coinbase CEO frames agentic finance push

Bitcoin ETF inflows and fading AI momentum put a rotation trade in focus

Sam Altman's World raises $52.5 million in crypto sale

Qualcomm double-digit price hike to hit customers starting September 1st

North Korea arrests former cyber operators over bank hacking and crypto laundering scheme

Coinbase says AI now writes more than 95% of its code as human role narrows to judgment

Pakistan crypto regulator seeks dialogue after Islamic scholar backs ruling against digital-asset payments

Conditional OCC approval puts Connectia Trust on path to issue dollar-backed stablecoin for Sony Bank

EMURGO exits Pentad governance role as wallet exploit drains 16 million ADA

Sen. Wyden presses Senate leaders to preserve blockchain developer shield in crypto bill

European Commission seeks to extend MiCA reach to tokenization and non-EU stablecoin issuers

Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company and Cantor Equity Partners revisit 2025 SPAC merger terms

Bank of England governor rebuffs Farage lobbying claim on CBDC policy

Alden: $BTC needs no savior as Strategy offloads 3,588 BTC for $216M

On-chain analyst puts Bitmine's latest ETH purchase at $70 million as treasury reaches 5.74 million tokens

Crypto Trader Loses $2 Million to Same-Block Backrun Extraction Exploit

Trump Admits Crypto Conversion Was 'a Little Bit for Politics,' Reversing Years of Bitcoin Skepticism

Nigel Farage Accepted Gifts From Crypto-Casino Fraudster George Cottrell, Report Says

Tokenized Equities Push Crypto Venues Toward Unified Cross-Asset Trading Terminals

Panther Hollow Launches Multi-Strategy Merchant Bank Targeting Compliant RWA and Yield Across Four Chains

Phantom Wallet Hosts New Solana-Based Prediction Market App

Binance Net Outflows Triple to $1.23 Billion as ETH Withdrawals Reach Three-Year High

SBI Crypto to Shut Bitcoin Mining Pool July 31, Ceding 2.2% of Global Hashrate

Aave V3 and GHO Stablecoin Go Live on Monad Backed by $15 Million in Network Incentives

Kalshi Posts Record June Volume as Expanded FIFA World Cup Drives Prediction Market Bets

Zcash Ironwood Upgrade May Be Delayed as Shielded Labs Flags Z3 Migration Shortfall

Bitcoin's Profit-and-Loss Ratio Hits 43-Month Low as Bitwise, Swan Call a Bottom

EU's MiCA Enforcement Era Begins, but Consistency Questions Loom

Strategy Greenlights $BTC Sales as Bitcoin Maximalism Meets Capital-Market Reality

Trump Defends $1.4B Crypto Windfall as Congress Moves on Digital Asset Bills

Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Supply Falls 15% in Q2, Ending Three-Year Crypto-Native Run

France Pledges Tougher Crypto Security After Wrench-Attack Count Reaches 77

Bitmine, Sharplink and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin Back New Ethereum Non-Profit Ethereum Institutional

Standard Chartered Sets $60 Morpho Target for 2030, Calling It Ahead of $BTC and $ETH

'47 Ronin' Director Carl Rinsch Sentenced to 30 Months for Diverting Netflix Funds to Dogecoin

Securitize to Debut on NYSE Thursday After Cantor Shareholders Clear Merger

Sharplink Breaks Eight-Month ETH Drought With $62.4M Purchase

Kiwoom Securities Moves to Acquire Stake in Bithumb as Korean Institutions Circle Local Crypto Exchanges

Bitcoin RSI Bullish Divergence Splits Analysts Between Bear Bottom and New Lows

21Shares Cuts 2026 Crypto Price Targets as Infrastructure Outpaces Markets

Bitcoin Bear Flag Breakdown at $58,000 Sets $54,000 Target

Botanix's Stumble Puts Bitcoin L2s on Trial

Polymarket Hit by $2.9M Frontend Theft, Platform Commits to User Refunds

Bitcoin UTXO Data Signals Capitulation Phase, CryptoQuant Analyst Says

Framework Ventures Raises $400M Fourth Fund, Expanding Mandate Into AI, Robotics, and Energy

Bitcoin Posts First Sub-$60,000 Close Since Q3 2024 as Tech Stocks Enter 'Deep Bear Market'

Spain Draws Hard Line on MiCA: No Extensions for Unlicensed Crypto Exchanges

Why Public Companies Are Putting $BTC on the Balance Sheet

XRP Faces Rising Odds of Sub-$1 Close as Whale Buying and Exchange Outflows Complicate the Picture

$BNB in Focus as Binance Hits EU Onboarding Wall Under MiCA

$BTC Miners Bleed Red as One-in-Five Operations Sink Below Break-Even

HYPE Retreats 22% From Record Highs as Futures Activity Contracts

Superstate Co-Founder's Ground Raises $3.6 Million Pre-Seed to Pipe Onchain Yield Into Fintech

Tether-Backed Oobit Plugs USDT Into Brazil's 170-Million-User PIX Network

Bitcoin's $60,000 Floor Cracks Under Pressure as SpaceX Suffers $600 Billion Wipeout

OKX Europe CEO: 80% of Crypto Exchanges Won't Survive MiCA as July 1 ESMA Deadline Looms

Ethereum Foundation Cuts 20% of Staff, Reorganizes Around Five Clusters

Strategy Buys 520 BTC, Raises USD Reserve to $1.4 Billion Through $335.5M in Share Sales

Crypto Lobby Pushes Congress to Pass Staking and Mining Tax Bill Without Changes