Month: July 2026
Bitcoin $60,000 put leads the pack as mood swings bearish for August
Your day-ahead look for July 31, 2026
Citadel buys bulk of Situational Awareness stock portfolio after AI rout: Reports
Situational Awareness retained about $10 billion in assets, including its Anthropic stake, after reportedly selling leveraged public stock positions to Ken Griffin’s Citadel.
Crypto Kiosk Scams Cost Texans $57M as Lawmakers Weigh a Ban
Three states have already outlawed Bitcoin ATMs, and a committee chair says Texas will go further than regulating them.
Bitcoin, ether fall, equities rally with broader crypto market on track for best month in a year
BTC fell as July drew to a close, even as stocks gained in Asia and U.S. index futures advanced. The CoinDesk 20 index is set to post its biggest gain since July 2025.
BIS Project Agorá settles $1 million in tokenized cross-border payment trials
Twenty-eight financial institutions and central banks completed real-value settlements across six currencies using tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits.
Sony pushes forward with ditching discs, despite backlash
Sony has received a lot of backlash from PlayStation fans since announcing that it’s killing physical game disc production, but that hasn’t swayed its decision. During Sony’s latest earnings call, chief financial officer Lin Tao said that while the company “put in a lot of thought and time” when considering the opposition put forward by … Read more
New York AG Seeks $36B From Kalshi Over ‘Illegal Gambling’
The CFTC asked a court to stop New York enforcing against the prediction market the day before the state filed.
New York sues Kalshi over alleged illegal gambling operation
The lawsuit adds to a growing clash between New York and the CFTC over whether federally regulated prediction markets are subject to state gambling laws.
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New York sues Kalshi, alleges it offers a gambling platform ‘plain and simple’
The suit wants to bar the company from operating what it says is an unlicensed gambling business and seeks financial redress.
How AI Powered Developer Tools Are Transforming Software Engineering Productivity
Software development is now at a transformative stage where artificial intelligence is no longer a vision of the future but a practical partner in daily workflows. Development teams are increasingly adopting AI-powered tools to achieve higher productivity, reduce manual effort, and improve the quality of output. The most interesting aspect of this shift is not … Read more
$38M in Bitcoin Drained by Coldcard Key Flaw Its Maker Thinks AI Found
Coinkite said it’s likely that an attacker used AI to review previous versions of its open source firmware to uncover a vulnerability.
Aave weighs closing 6 V3 blockchain markets, offboarding 50 low-use reserves
DeFi risk management service LlamaRisk recommended that Aave wind down every reserve on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, but action against most of those instances was already taken.
Quantum Solutions, Hyperscale Data tap crypto treasuries to fund AI data centers
The firm’s board raised the sale cap to 4,375 ETH through Oct. 30, nearly 66% of June holdings, although 3,050 of its remaining ETH is pledged.
Bitcoin’s calm is back and so is the setup for a volatility explosion
Bitcoin’s daily price swings have tightened to their narrowest since January, making clean trades harder to find. Here’s what could happen next.
RWA perpetual futures volume nears Bitcoin on Hyperliquid, Binance
RWA perpetual futures reached 99.2% of Bitcoin perpetual volume on Hyperliquid and Binance as tokenized equities led trading.
Live updates: Bitcoin steady as Japan holds rates at 1%, keeping the yen carry trade alive
The Bank of Japan left its benchmark at 1% and Governor Ueda’s hawkish signals landed softly, since markets had already priced an October hike. Bitcoin held near $64,000.
Why the Best Acquisition Strategy Is Forgetting About the Acquisition
For many founders, acquisition becomes the finish line long before they have built a business worth buying. From the first fundraising pitch, conversations often revolve around exit multiples, strategic buyers, and potential acquisition timelines. Teams begin making decisions that optimize for appearing attractive to acquirers rather than creating a durable business. Ironically, that mindset often … Read more
Anatomy of a Silent 502: How Four HAProxy Characters Exposed a K8s Upload Failure
A 502 Bad Gateway tells you that one proxy failed to get a valid response from another system. It does not tell you which layer failed, whether the application ever saw the request, or which timeout actually expired. We learned that distinction during a production incident involving failed file uploads through a Kubernetes platform. The … Read more
I Scored a Perfect 996 on Anthropic’s Claude Certified Architect Professional Exam
When the score report loaded, I read it twice. 996 out of 1000, and 100 percent in every one of the seven domains. I have sat a lot of technical exams. A clean sweep across every category is rare, and the reason it happened here is not that I memorized more facts than the next … Read more
Everyone Is Talking About Humanoid Robots. Procurement Data Shows What Comes Next.
Humanoid robots are everywhere in the news right now. From Tesla’s Optimus to Figure AI, Unitree, Agility Robotics, and Boston Dynamics, it seems like every week brings another breakthrough. The latest headlines focus on robots becoming faster, more capable, and increasingly ready to work alongside people in factories, warehouses, and logistics centers. But it’s just … Read more
Bitcoin ETFs post $233M inflows, pushing week back into the green
BlackRock’s IBIT led $233.1 million in daily inflows as US spot Bitcoin ETFs turned positive for the week and July stayed on track to end in the green.
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Bitcoin flat near $64,000 as Kospi’s record 17% surge leaves crypto untouched
Samsung and SK Hynix both jumped more than 23%. Bitcoin moved a fraction of a percent in the past 24 hours, and most majors are still lower on the week.