Trump Vows Retaliation as 10th Night of US Strikes on Iran Rattles Wall Street
Key TakeawaysThe Dow fell 307 points and the S&P 500 dropped 0.2% as the Iran war reached its 10th night...
Bitcoin
IREN Lands $2.8B in AI Contracts as Demand Pushes Target Above $4B
Key TakeawaysIREN raised its year-end artificial intelligence (AI) Cloud target above $4B, with 85% already secured by contracts.Microsoft and NVIDIA...
Odds of a Bab el-Mandeb Closure Surge Amid New Blockade Threats
Key TakeawaysPolymarket odds of a Bab el-Mandeb Strait closure hit 26% as traders weigh threats to Saudi oil exports.Yemeni Houthis...
The Dramatic Shift in Bitcoin Ownership Splitting the Market
Key TakeawaysLarge Bitcoin whales accumulated 66,700 BTC while mid-tier owners aggressively sold off their holdings.This supply shift to larger wallets...
Blackrock Pulls in $204M as Bitcoin ETFs Finish the Week Positive
Key TakeawaysEther ETFs led July 13–17 with $105.44M, beating bitcoin funds’ $75.67M weekly inflow.Blackrock’s IBIT gained $204.1M as Fidelity’s FBTC...
Bitcoin Holds $65K Amid Tech Sell-Off. Cautious Bulls Eye $70K Rally.
Key takeaways:Bitcoin futures and options show whales still prefer hedging downside risks as socio-economic risks mount.Rising Treasury yields and declines...
Spain–Argentina World Cup Final Drives Nearly $2B Across Prediction Markets
Key TakeawaysKalshi’s Spain–Argentina event closed with $1.893B in trading volume.Polymarket reported $83.75M across its final-specific markets.Combined volume reached $1.977B, led...
Musk’s SpaceX Targets Thursday Starship Flight as Stock Slips Well Below Its $135 IPO Price
Key TakeawaysSpaceX set July 23 for Starship’s 13th test flight after 4 of 33 engines failed to ignite one second...
Bitcoin Roars Back Above $65K as Iran War Fails to Break Whale Buying Frenzy
Key TakeawaysBitcoin whales added 66,700 BTC over 60 days as price rebounded to $65,420 on July 20.Short liquidations and a...
Galaxy Digital Signs 15-Year, $75M Deal to Rename Texas Tech’s Football Stadium
Key TakeawaysGalaxy Digital will pay Texas Tech about $75 million over 15 years to rename its stadium.Galaxy Stadium debuts September...
Removal of CLARITY Act’s Section 604 Could Spark First Amendment Battle, Industry Executives Warn
Key TakeawaysThe House marked 1 year since passing the CLARITY Act, but the digital asset bill remains stalled in the...
Russia Nears Final Crypto Vote With Retail Caps, Licensed Exchanges and Bitcoin Trade
Key TakeawaysRussia’s Duma votes July 21 after 327 deputies backed the crypto bill’s first reading.Bank of Russia may cap retail...
Bitcoin Struggles At $65,000 Amid US-Iran War, Tech-Stock Selling Hurdles
Traders balked on Bitcoin (BTC) at $65,000 on Monday as crypto and risk-assets remained under pressure.Key points:Bitcoin staged several unsuccessful...
Hyperliquid Bets Big on Prediction Markets With Permissionless HIP-4 Push
Key TakeawaysHyperliquid will let HIP-4 deployers launch outcome markets permissionlessly after testnet trials in 2026.Deployers must stake 500,000 HYPE, locked...
Morgan Stanley Edges Past Goldman Sachs as Wall Street’s Top AI Debt Bank: Here’s What It Means
Key TakeawaysMorgan Stanley overtook Goldman Sachs as the top AI debt-deal bank as global AI issuance nears $570B in 2026.Morgan...
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Buys Back 5.5M BMNR Shares as ETH Stack Nears 5.8M Tokens
Key TakeawaysBitmine’s ETH treasury hit 5.78 million tokens and $11.5 billion in total holdings on July 19.Bitmine repurchased 5.5 million...
Polymarket odds for US-Iran ceasefire by Aug 31 rise to 58.5%
Ted Hisokawa Jul 20, 2026 12:19 Overnight, a report said U.S. strikes hit two Iranian provinces,...
CLARITY Act Would Protect Customer Crypto From Exchange Bankruptcies, Senator Says
Key TakeawaysSenator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act would keep customer crypto separate from a failed company’s bankruptcy estate.The proposal...
Peter Brandt Predicts Exact Day Bitcoin’ Bear Market Will Be Over
Veteran trader Peter Brandt says he has pinpointed the exact day in 2026 when he expects Bitcoin to hit the...
Strategy Sells $263.5 Million of MSTR Stock but Adds No Bitcoin
Key TakeawaysStrategy sold 2.73 million MSTR shares, generating $263.5 million while making no bitcoin purchase during the week.Bitcoin holdings remained...
Strategy Boosts US Cash Reserve to $3.2B After MSTR Sale
Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, is raising fresh capital through sales of its Class A common stock...
Grayscale Plans Quarterly ETH, SOL Staking Reward Payouts
Asset manager Grayscale plans to establish regular cash distributions from rewards generated by its Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL) staking...
