Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Strive purchased 21 bitcoin between July 13 and July 17 at an average price of $63,221 per coin, according to an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The $1.3 million acquisition brought the Dallas-based treasury company's total bitcoin holdings to 19,921 BTC, up

According to Bitcoin Magazine, on Monday (July 21), Hut 8 signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion for its AI data center. The Toronto-based Bitcoin miner's shares rose over 10% on the news, peaking at $106 before closing around $101. The deal expands Hut 8's Beacon Point campus in Texas to

Senator Kevin Cramer said Tuesday the Senate has moved close to a deal on the Clarity Act, the crypto market-structure bill, with new amendments on ethics and enforcement now before Democrats for review. The North Dakota Republican told Fox Business the bill grows 'clearer' as 'each issue gets

Senator Kevin Cramer said Tuesday the Senate has moved close to a deal on the Clarity Act, the crypto market-structure bill, with a fresh set of amendments on ethics and enforcement before Democrats for review. The North Dakota Republican, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, told Fox

According to an announcement Monday, Hut 8's shares rose over 10% after the Toronto and Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion for its Beacon Point AI data center campus in Texas. The deal will double the tenant's capacity to 704 megawatts of IT capacity, with a

Bitcoin custody firm Onramp published a research report in July 2026 arguing that investors should buy spot bitcoin rather than paper claims as the asset trades at about half its late-2025 high. The report, titled 'Back to Basics,' identifies a market divergence: bitcoin sits at roughly 50% of its p

According to an SEC 8-K filing on Monday, Strive purchased 21 bitcoin between July 13 and July 17 at an average price of about $63,221 per coin, worth approximately $1.3 million. The purchase lifted the company's total bitcoin holdings to 19,921 BTC. The Dallas-based firm's cash and cash

T. Rowe Price, the $1.89 trillion asset manager, on Thursday debuted its first actively managed multi-token spot crypto ETF, trading on NYSE Arca under ticker TKNZ. Bitcoin accounts for 40.75% of the fund, followed by Ethereum at 18.42%, with additional holdings in Solana, XRP, Dogecoin,

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told the House Financial Services Committee on July 14 that the central bank will decline to rescue the cryptocurrency industry in a crisis. The statement came during his first semiannual monetary policy testimony

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Fox News on Tuesday that the United States froze a crypto wallet linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps worth $130 million, part of a campaign to track the assets of Iran's supreme leader around the world. Bessent framed the Treasury work as on

According to crypto.news, WEMIX suffered a smart contract breach on July 26, during which attackers obtained owner-level privileges over the WEMIX$ stablecoin contract and minted approximately 5.23 million WEMIX$ worth $6.25 million. The stolen tokens were converted into 30,736 WEMIX and 724,198.27

Jack Mallers, founder of Bitcoin treasury Twenty One Capital (XXI), is stepping down as CEO to focus on his Bitcoin payments company Strike, with Raphael Zagury named as his successor. The leadership change arrives seven months after XXI listed on the New York Stock Exchange in late 2025. Twenty One

Bitcoin underperformed risk-on assets in 2026, with NYDIG reporting the cryptocurrency could drop to $38,000 by October based on historical cycle patterns. The asset traded at $64,809, down nearly 30% year-to-date and approximately 50% below its October all-time high of $126,080. NYDIG attributed th