NSPK CEO Declares the End of Visa and Mastercard in Russia
Key TakeawaysMir cards captured 85% of Russia’s market as sanctions rendered Visa and Mastercard effectively useless.Remaining foreign cards will soon...
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Ripple Commits $250,000 to 25 Veteran-Owned Businesses Through Hire Heroes USA
Key TakeawaysRipple committed $250,000 to 25 veteran- and military spouse-owned businesses selected by Hire Heroes USA.Each recipient receives training and...
T. Rowe Price Launches Active Spot Crypto ETF With BTC, ETH, XRP Among Top Holdings
Key TakeawaysT. Rowe Price, which manages $1.89 trillion in client assets, combines multiple spot crypto assets in an actively managed...
Underdog Files First 7 Sports Contracts for Its Own Prediction Exchange
Key TakeawaysUDX self-certified seven sports contract templates with the CFTC on July 15.Filings target first contract listings no later than...
Nigerian President Tinubu Signs Executive Order to Regulate Country’s Crypto Sector
Addressing Regulatory Gaps Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order aimed at regulating virtual assets and cracking down...
How Venezuela’s Binance P2P Market Now Rivals Its Oil Exports
Key TakeawaysVenezuelan Binance P2P volumes hit $1.4B in a month, proving crypto is a primary currency exchange channel.This massive USDT...
Bitcoin Traders Pull BTC Below $63K as Middle East Tensions Trigger Fresh Risk-Off Selling
Key TakeawaysBitcoin fell 1.4% below $63,600 on July 17, hitting a session low of $62,732 as post-CPI sentiment faded.Middle East...
Tether’s USDT Is Adding Over 30 Million Wallets Every Quarter, CEO Paolo Ardoino Says
Key TakeawaysPaolo Ardoino says USDT adds over 30 million wallets a quarter, with its user base above 550 million.USDT’s market...
Investors Push $79M Into Bitcoin ETFs as Ether Funds Lose $28M
Key TakeawaysBlackrock led bitcoin ETFs to $79.15M inflows on July 16, while ether funds lost $28.04M.Bitcoin’s 3-day streak and XRP’s...
Bitcoin Drops Back to Its Local Range as Bear-Market History Repeats
Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $62,500 at Friday’s Wall Street open as stocks took a fresh hit from the US-Iran war.Key...
A16z-Linked Whale Dumps $28 Million in HYPE as Token Slides 10% in a Day
Key TakeawaysLookonchain tracked 437,000 HYPE ($28.38M) from an a16z-linked whale to OKX, Bybit and Gate in 2 days.HYPE traded near...
Grant Cardone Stacks Another 10.5 Bitcoin From July Rent Cash Flow, Keeping Holdings Above 2,700 BTC
Key TakeawaysCardone Capital added 10.5 BTC from July real estate cash flow, bringing total to more than 2,700 BTC.Grant Cardone...
Morgan Stanley Completes E*Trade Crypto Rollout With 50 Basis Point Fees: Here’s What Clients Get
Key TakeawaysE*Trade now offers spot BTC, ETH and SOL trading 24/7, with Zerohash handling custody and settlement.Morgan Stanley’s 50-basis-point fee...
Bitcoin Has Already Spent 42 Days Building Its Bottom, This Metric Says
Bitcoin (BTC) has been counting down to its next bottom for nearly two months, a classic onchain metric suggests.Key points:BTC...
CLARITY Act Odds Rebound to 35% After Crashing to a 2026 Low
Key TakeawaysPolymarket’s CLARITY Act contract rebounded to 35% on July 17 from a record-low 24% on July 13.The market sat...
Argentine Judge Orders Urgent Freeze of Crypto Wallets Tied to Controversial Libra Token
Key TakeawaysJudge Martinez froze Libra wallets after police traced the funds, exposing the networks used to hide them.Wallets moved millions...
Bitcoin ETFs add $368M in three-day buying streak
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $79.2 million on Thursday, lifting their three-day inflow total to about $368 million as Bitcoin...
Trump-Backed CLARITY Act Text Set to Drop With No Democrats on Board, and It Needs 7 of Them
Key TakeawaysSen. Bernie Moreno said the CLARITY Act text would drop right after the July 17 meeting with Trump.Sen. Ruben...
How Malicious Liquidity Pools Are Trick-Quoting Ethereum and Polygon Users
Key TakeawaysEnso’s July 16 report exposed “toxic pools” that fake quotes, causing tens of thousands of dollars in losses on...
Ordinals Advocate Proposes New Bitcoin Client: ‘$DOG Mode’
Bitcoin Ordinals advocate Leonidas has proposed developing a new open-source Bitcoin client, aimed at removing restrictions affecting Runes and Ordinals...
He Still Has Two Password Guesses Left Before $840 Million Deletes Itself Forever
Key TakeawaysStefan Thomas has 2 IronKey attempts left to recover 7,002 BTC worth about $777M in 2026.Kingston says no recovery...
UK HMRC Says Crypto Lending Will Trigger No Capital Gains Tax Until Economic Disposal
Key TakeawaysHMRC will defer capital gains tax on some DeFi loans and AMMs from April 6, 2027.About 700,000 UK users...
