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Strategy raised its cash reserves to approximately $3 billion through a $466.7 million share sale between July 6 and July 12, while keeping its Bitcoin holdings unchanged at 843,775 coins. JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou described the move as financially disciplined and issued a

Shiba Inu burned more than 110 million SHIB tokens on July 8, 2026, marking the project's largest single-day burn in six months. The price fell around 5% on the same day despite the record burn activity. Large investors moved more than one trillion SHIB tokens onto trading platforms on July 8, 2026,

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is modernizing capital markets through tokenization pilot programs that integrate blockchain technology gradually, according to market analyst MRCΛULIMΛN. Ripple has secured participation through Ripple Prime's involvement in the National

SpaceX delayed its 13th Starship test flight seconds before launch on the 16th (local time) at Starbase, Texas, after some of the rocket's 33 main engines failed to ignite properly. The test cancellation occurred because several engines did not achieve normal ignition during the countdown

T. Rowe Price launched TKNZ on NYSE Arca, marking the debut of what the firm describes as the first actively managed multi-token crypto ETF. The fund began trading approximately nine months after T. Rowe Price filed for the product in October 2025, starting with roughly $15 million in assets under m

Options Technology has appointed Stephen Dorrian as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Data to oversee the company's expanding data business, including its proprietary AtlasFeed market data feed technology. Dorrian joins from Cboe Global Markets, where he served as Head of Market Data and Access Se

DeFi infrastructure firm Enso published a report on July 16 exposing a class of malicious liquidity pools that systematically fake price quotes to cryptocurrency traders. The pools, which Enso calls 'toxic pools,' return attractive quotes during transaction simulations but alter behavior during

U.S.-listed crypto ETFs recorded net positive flows on July 16, driven by Bitcoin products that offset Ether outflows. According to Farside Investors, spot Bitcoin ETFs brought in $79.1 million while Ether ETFs posted $28 million in outflows and Solana ETFs added $1.7 million, producing a

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published final cryptoasset regulations and guidance on June 30, releasing the framework through five Policy Statements (PS26/9-13) and three Guidance documents. The rules follow the February 4, 2026 parliamentary passage of the Financial Services Market

The British pound gained significantly against most major currencies following political and economic developments on Wednesday 15 July and Thursday 16 July. Current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood emerged as the frontrunner for next Chancellor under Andy Burnham's government-in-waiting, while

The Federal Reserve has permanently barred James Burns, former Chief Lending Officer of Heritage State Bank, from working in the US banking industry under a consent order effective July 9, 2026. The regulator found Burns approved at least four loans using property appraisals altered to show

The USD/JPY exchange rate rose 0.02% to 162.420 yen as of 1:28 PM on July 17 in Tokyo trading, despite verbal intervention remarks from Japanese authorities. The rate climbed after US economic indicators released the previous day showed robust recovery, triggering yen selling and dollar buying.

Michael Burry on Friday posted on X that now is a good time to focus on cheap Hong Kong stocks, as the city's market has lagged in this year's global AI rally. The Scion Asset Management founder stated that Hong Kong stocks should perform well as the shine fades from Korean stocks, Japanese stocks,

Samsung Electronics minority shareholders organized through platform Act are pressuring the National Pension Service over a proposed executive bonus plan that bypasses shareholder approval. The shareholders, numbering 424 and collectively holding 207,724 shares, plan to formally submit a letter to t

Ault Blockchain, developed by Ault Capital Group, a subsidiary of Hyperscale Data, is building a Layer-1 blockchain designed to reduce reliance on traditional financial institutions for transaction settlement while supporting institutional onchain financial applications. The company launched a

Ultra-concentrated exchange-traded funds holding just 2 to 10 stocks are gaining popularity in global and Korean markets, contrasting sharply with traditional diversified ETFs that typically hold 30 to 50 or more stocks. This year, 24 ultra-concentrated theme ETFs launched in Korea, many

Republican senators plan to release the CLARITY Act text immediately after a July 17 meeting with President Trump, according to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), but the bill has zero Democratic support in its current form. The central dispute centers on ethics provisions addressing Trump's crypto

British authorities have sentenced members of a criminal gang that posed as police officers to steal cryptocurrency from victims, marking another high-profile enforcement action as the United Kingdom strengthens oversight of the digital asset industry. Investigators said the group used