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BitMart is winding down its global trading platform after announcing a phased shutdown that will halt deposits, trading services, and eventually end exchange operations. BitMart Announces Phased Exchange Shutdown with Trading Deadlines Crypto exchange BitMart announced on July 26, 2026, that it has begun an orderly wind-down of its trading platform operations following an evaluation … Read more
With 100 days until the 2026 midterm elections, crypto voters are watching the CLARITY Act as lawmakers face pressure to advance digital asset rules before the election calendar tightens and Senate action becomes more difficult. Crypto Voters Put CLARITY Act at Center of Election Debate With the 2026 midterm election countdown underway, crypto voters are … Read more
Four high-profile artificial intelligence (AI) labs released frontier language models within a three-week stretch in July 2026, and the gap between what these systems finish without human intervention and what came before has narrowed sharply. Grok 4.5 from xAI, Claude Opus 5 from Anthropic, the GPT-5.6 family from OpenAI, and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI … Read more
For the second time this year, the regulator told prediction markets to stop issuing overly broad, template-style certifications of events contracts. Go to Source
Elon Musk says money will stop mattering by 2036, once robots and artificial intelligence produce more goods and services than people can consume. Musk made the prediction during an extended interview with Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, recorded at the Texas Gigafactory and published in late July 2026 as part of the outlet’s Insider series. … Read more
Russia’s biggest bank plans to create cryptocurrency trading infrastructure by Dec. 1 as the country is set to establish rules for market participants while allowing crypto assets to be used in foreign trade operations. Go to Source
This week’s stories spanned regulation, adoption, market conviction, and industry shakeouts. Seven Senate Democrats rejected the latest CLARITY Act draft, while Cathie Wood doubled down on SpaceX despite its sharp stock decline. River reported that more Americans now own bitcoin than gold, but the treasury-company model took another hit as Satsuma voted to liquidate and … Read more
The Bitcoin blockchain just recorded its 15th difficulty adjustment of the year, trimming mining difficulty by about 0.74% at block height 959616. Amid the year’s wild swings, the balance has clearly tilted toward difficulty cuts, with negative adjustments outnumbering increases by nearly 3 to 2. Difficulty Drops for the 15th Time This Year This weekend, … Read more
Michael Saylor’s latest bitcoin chart comes as Strategy holds 843,775 BTC, maintains a $3.225 billion cash reserve, and still has authorization to sell up to $23.53 billion of additional stock to raise capital, sharpening questions over whether the company will resume bitcoin purchases. Saylor Shares Strategy’s Crowded Bitcoin Chart Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman … Read more
On Sunday, during the morning trading sessions, bitcoin exchanged hands for $64,466 on July 26, giving back most of a rally that had pushed the cryptocurrency above $66,900 earlier in the week. The past seven days followed a familiar pattern. Buyers stepped in after last month’s drop to $57,700, driving bitcoin from $64,700 on July … Read more