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Publicly traded Empery Digital Inc. sold 1,400 Bitcoin since May 7 at an average price of about $62,200 per coin, generating roughly $87.1 million in gross proceeds, according to an SEC filing this week. The company used $10 million to retire outstanding debt on July 7, with the remainder

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor identified five bitcoin risks in a July 5 essay posted on X, focusing on protocol integrity, leverage, custody, regulation, and fees. Saylor argued that bitcoin's most significant risks arise from financial, institutional, and

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma joined the Federal Reserve's Productivity and Jobs task force on Thursday, days after announcing the largest restructuring in Xbox history. The task force will study the economic impact of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on jobs, productivity, and the

Trump posted on Truth Social on July 11 that the United States ceasefire with Iran is over and that 1,000 missiles are aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran. The statement responded to what Trump described as an Iranian threat to assassinate the sitting U.S. president. The post followed a week of

Bitcoin on-chain indicators continue to signal bearish market conditions despite the cryptocurrency trading near $64,200 and approaching the $65,000-$66,000 liquidity zone. Three major metrics—adjusted spent output profit ratio (aSOPR), Puell Multiple, and Reserve Risk—remain below their neutral

Ethereum is testing the upper boundary of its price channel as the TD Sequential indicator flashes a sell signal, according to analyst Ali Charts. The overlap of technical resistance and weakening momentum raises the risk of a short-term pullback, with potential downside targets at $1,770, $1,700, a

Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad on July 11 defended the CLARITY Act after U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren warned on July 8 that the legislation could enable sanctions evasion. Shirzad argued on X that regulatory uncertainty creates vulnerabilities and the bill would strengthen oversight o

Financial commentator Chris Irons and veteran investor Lawrence Lepard debated Michael Saylor's credibility on Thursday at QTR's Fringe Finance, with Irons accusing the Strategy Executive Chairman of shifting his narrative as the company transitioned from net Bitcoin buyer to net seller. Irons

Michael Saylor posted Strategy's (Nasdaq: MSTR) orange-dot bitcoin accumulation chart on July 12, following the company's sale of 3,588 BTC between June 29 and July 5 for $216 million. The chart, which historically preceded bitcoin purchase announcements, now appears after Strategy used sale

Sam Altman accused Elon Musk on Saturday of using unproven claims about space data centers to attract public market investors, escalating a feud between the two tech leaders. The accusation referenced SpaceX's AI1 satellite program, which combines SpaceX and xAI to build orbital compute nodes with u

Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) announced on the 12th (local time) that transit through the Strait of Hormuz is currently impossible. The authority cited recent illegal US military movements in the region as the reason for the closure, according to Iran's semi-official Tasnim News

Hana Securities analyst Lee Jae-man stated in a report on the 12th that it's now time to consider rebound triggers for Korean stocks. Lee, who previously predicted SK Hynix overtaking Samsung Electronics' market cap as a bull market end signal, diagnosed that KOSPI's short-term correction has

Hyundai Motor America completed a $20,000 cross-border treasury transfer to Hyundai Motor Mexico using Tether's USDT stablecoin on the Avalanche blockchain. The transaction reduced settlement time to approximately seven minutes, compared with several hours required by conventional banking systems

The stablecoin market has declined approximately $10 billion since May 2026, with $7.7 billion of that loss occurring in June alone, according to data from RWA.xyz. The contraction was driven primarily by reductions at the two dominant issuers: Tether's USDT dropped from $190 billion in May to

Bitcoin is trading around $62,700, approaching a power law support level near $58,000 that has historically marked every major market bottom since 2015, according to Fidelity's director of global macro Jurrien Timmer. The gap below the power law trendline has reached negative 56%, matching depths

Paradex launched Funding V2 on June 16, introducing a perpetual contract funding rate system that recalculates every second using weighted median data from six trading venues. The upgrade addresses funding rate volatility on long-tail trading pairs, where traditional models recalculating every 8

BitGo introduced quantum protection tools for institutional Bitcoin wallets, enabling organizations to prepare for future quantum computing threats by supporting migration to quantum-resistant security standards when needed. JPMorgan stated that permissioned blockchain networks developed by

A majority of U.S. employees now support holding corporations accountable through an AI sovereign wealth fund, according to a national survey conducted in June by research firm Verasight. The survey of 1,690 adults, published earlier this month, found that 69% of Americans support forcing AI firms t

XRP bearish sentiment reached extreme levels after a 72% correction, but analysts including Crypto Patel believe the pessimism could signal a sharp reversal. Patel noted XRP funding rates on Binance fell deeply into negative territory, indicating traders aggressively betting against the asset,

Samsung Electronics will begin operating its first semiconductor production factory in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province in October 2029, up to two years earlier than the previously discussed 2030-2031 timeline. The acceleration responds to continuing global memory chip shortages and explosive demand. Samsu