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According to The Block reporting, Bitcoin fell below $63,000 on Friday (July 16) as the Coinbase Premium Index remained negative for a record 60 consecutive days, with the latest reading at -0.1025%. The prior negative streak lasted 40 days from January 16 to February 24, and prolonged negative

On Friday (July 17), UK two-year gilt yields rose 0.6bp to 4.346%, with weekly gains of 12.5bp following a sharp rally on Monday and partial pullbacks in subsequent sessions. UK 10-year yields fell 1.5bp to 4.951%, up 7.9bp over the week after Monday's significant rise. Thirty-year and 50-year gilt

According to Judge William C. Griesbach of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, ESSA Pharma Inc. and its former executives were cleared of securities fraud allegations on July 16 when the court dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit. The judge ruled that investors

According to Financial Times, on July 18, Trump Media & Technology Group began offering institutional clients high-speed data access to content posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on Truth Social for $100,000 per month. The service provides lower-latency data streams to help clients quickly

Galaxy Digital signed a 15-year partnership with Texas Tech valued at over $70 million, starting with the 2026 football season, to rename the Red Raiders stadium and serve as the university's official data center and AI infrastructure partner. Under the agreement, Galaxy Stadium will host the univer

According to the University of Michigan, U.S. consumer confidence rose to 54.4 in July (released today, July 17), up from 49.5 in June, exceeding economist expectations of 51.0. The surge was driven primarily by declining gasoline prices, which eased household living cost pressures. The one-year

According to Bitcoin News, the House held a CLARITY Act hearing in New York on July 17 to discuss H.R.8957, the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act, which would authorize the Treasury to acquire Bitcoin through budget-neutral mechanisms without increasing taxpayer costs. The proposal requires regular

According to Odaily and MSX.COM data, the U.S. storage chip sector continued to rise on July 17. SK Hynix jumped over 8%, SanDisk gained more than 4%, and Micron Technology advanced over 3%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which had plunged 5.6% earlier, narrowed losses to

According to Odaily, Input Output will transfer control of key Cardano blockchain components, including the Haskell node, Plutus platform, and Daedalus wallet, to external professional teams starting in August as part of a multi-year decentralization initiative.
Independent companies including Se7e

According to the New York Times, Meta Platforms is negotiating a computing power rental agreement with Anthropic on July 18, with a potential deal size of up to $10 billion over two years. The discussions remain in an early

On July 17, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky reclaimed his X account and disowned an AI-generated thread promoting real-world asset tokenization that a hacker posted on July 14, which garnered over 700,000 views before being identified and removed.
The now-deleted posts argued that tokenization could make b

According to inflation data released in June 2026, US Consumer Price Index fell 0.4% month-over-month—the first monthly decline in six years—with headline inflation easing to 3.5% from 4.2%. Core CPI annual rate declined to 2.6%. Following the disinflationary print, Fed rate hike odds for July fell

Tom Lee and Peter Brandt predict the S&P 500 will reach 8,000 by the end of 2026. Lee forecasts a three-stage path: the index moves toward 7,700, pulls back 10-15%, then rallies above 8,000 into year-end, supported by stronger earnings and improving valuations. Brandt's technical analysis shows an a

According to Bloomberg, Ghana is preparing to significantly shorten mining lease renewal periods to a maximum of 10 years from the current 30 years, with the legislative proposal expected to be submitted to parliament within weeks. The cabinet has already approved the mining law overhaul, marking th

According to BlockBeats, France's financial regulator ANJ announced on July 17 that it will block access to Polymarket's website within France. The agency had previously prohibited financial transactions on the platform in November 2024. ANJ noted that despite the trading ban, access attempts from F

According to BlockBeats, Serenity's investment portfolio experienced a drawdown of -49.4% in July, with major holdings concentrated in memory, photonics, robotics, and upstream semiconductor sectors, which Serenity identifies as AI bottleneck areas. Serenity attributes the decline to liquidity and l

According to Yonhapinfomax, David Sacks, co-chair of the U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, warned on July 17 that excessive regulation is eroding American AI industry competitiveness. Sacks, former White House AI and crypto czar, cited that China's Kimi K3 model reached

From 15:45 to 16:00 (UTC) on July 17, 2026, BTC rose 0.39% within 15 minutes, hitting a price range of 63,142.2–63,450.6 USDT and an amplitude of 0.49%. Despite a modest short-term rebound, over the past 24 hours BTC has fallen from the $64,900.7 high to around $63,372.4, marking a cumulative drop of about 1.91% and suggesting an overall mild pullback. Market attention is high, volatility has increased, but candlestick trading volume is low (178.25 BTC/hour). The order book depth is extremely sh

According to ARK Invest's Q2 2026 Bitcoin report released on July 18, bitcoin declined approximately 14% during the second quarter. Despite price pressure, long-term holders (LTH) continued accumulating, raising their holdings to a record high of approximately 14.85 million BTC, absorbing tokens rel

Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML will grant all global employees a one-time stock award of 20,000 euros (approximately $22,862) on January 1, 2027, provided they remain employed through the full vesting period, which will be completed by early 2030. The move follows surging sales driven by a