Gate Insights and Crypto Market Analysis

Bitcoin's two-year moving average model places a potential cycle peak near $437,000, according to analyst Michaël van de Poppe, who argues a move above $500,000 remains possible. In the short term, BTC may sweep equal highs near $64,700-$65,200 before reversing toward the $59,000-$61,000 zone,

SBI Group is preparing to launch a lending service for its yen-backed stablecoin, JPYSC, offering customers an annual yield of 3% on deposits locked for 12 weeks. The move marks another step in Japan’s growing effort to integrate regulated digital assets into mainstream financial services. The

Robinhood Chain recorded approximately $3.1 billion in cumulative decentralized exchange volume during its first seven days following the July 1 public mainnet launch, placing it among the top five chains by DEX activity according to Bernstein research shared on Monday. About 65,000 users

On July 13, 2026, the U.S. Senate officially reconvened after adjourning for the July 4 recess. This day also marks the most critical legislative window yet for the “Digital Asset Market Clarity Act” (CLARITY Act)—from July 13 until the start of the Senate’s summer recess on August 7, with only about 20 working days remaining at most. The bill, dubbed by the industry as “the most consequential market-structure legislation in the history of the U.S. crypto industry,” was officially introduced on

Strategy sold approximately $466.7 million worth of MSTR shares between July 6 and July 12, according to an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed on Monday. The bitcoin treasury company sold 4,818,781 MSTR shares during the period but did not buy or sell any bitcoin.

Workers aged 55 and over in AI-exposed industries are leaving their jobs more frequently following the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT, according to research from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, a professor of economics and the study's author, found that

Oppenheimer and KeyBanc cut their price targets on Netflix (NFLX) stocks ahead of the company's second-quarter earnings later this week, with Oppenheimer lowering its target to $100 from $120 and KeyBanc reducing its target to $92 from $115. The reductions follow similar cuts from Citi and

Korea Development Bank and Korea Growth Finance Investment Management announced on the 13th the selection of seven fund managers (GPs) for the second round of the National Growth Fund policy funds in the indirect investment sector. The 1.6 trillion won initiative received applications from 65

Goldman Sachs identified Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys as two chip design software manufacturers positioned to benefit from a structural shortage of chip design engineers, according to research released in a Monday note. The investment bank upgraded its target price for CDNS shares to $470 fro

Deutsche Bank paid a A$2 million infringement penalty after Australia's corporate regulator alleged the bank systematically misreported more than 260,000 over-the-counter derivatives transactions between 21 October 2024 and 15 August 2025. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said th

Byreal, a decentralised exchange incubated by Bybit, marked its first anniversary on July 13th, 2026, one year after launching on the Solana testnet on 30 June 2025. The platform announced cumulative trading volume exceeding $3.7 billion across 25.3 million total transactions, with close to half a m

Robinhood Chain processed 7.6 million daily transactions on July 10, just 11 days after its July 1 mainnet launch, narrowing the gap with Coinbase's Base, which recorded 9.2 million transactions over the same period. The surge is driven by Robinhood's 90-day gas subsidy, which eliminates transaction

SBI Holdings and the Solana Foundation have launched SBI Solana Global to build Japan’s first regulated, on-chain financial market. The venture will deploy the Solana blockchain to manage yen stablecoins, tokenized assets, cross-border payments, and AI transaction rails. SBI Holdings, Inc. and th

Major cryptocurrency exchanges experienced divergent trading patterns in June 2026, with spot trading volume declining 5.1% while derivatives volume increased 4.2% compared with May 2026, according to WuBlockchain data. The shift reflected a market rotation from direct asset purchases toward

Binance recorded $1.61 trillion in futures trading volume in June 2026, an 80% increase from May 2026's $893 billion and the highest monthly total since January 2026. The surge occurred as overall centralized exchange futures volume declined 11% in Q2 2026 to $15.7 trillion, marking the third

A whale moved 2,931 BTC valued at $188 million on July 12 after seven years of dormancy, according to onchain monitor Lookonchain. The coins were originally acquired near $6,513 and have gained roughly tenfold as bitcoin traded near $63,000 on Monday. Separately, blockchain analyst EmberCN tracked a

Metaplanet completed its acquisition of Siiibo Securities for JPY 2.1 billion on July 13, 2026, and launched Metaplanet Securities as a regulated digital asset investment banking subsidiary. The acquisition enables Metaplanet to structure and distribute Bitcoin-backed financial products within

Hana Securities analyst Lee Jae-man stated that KOSPI reached a technical bottom after falling 8.95% to 6,806.93 on July 13. SK Hynix declined 15% and Samsung Electronics dropped over 10% on the same day. Lee forecasts the index could rise to 11,450, citing three factors: a maximum drawdown rule