Michael Saylor’s Strategy added $467 million in cash, made no changes to bitcoin holdings
The company raised the fresh cash via sales of common stock; its USD Reserve now stands at $3 billion.
Morning Minute: BTC and ETH ETFs Flip Green After Lengthy Outflow Stretch
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs closed their first positive week since May, but a big week ahead will likely determine crypto’s near-term fate.
UK tokenization push could add as much as $44B to annual output by 2035: Report
The government-backed roadmap calls for the UK’s first digital gilt by early 2027 and seeks to make tokenized bonds usable for trading and borrowing.
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SBI Holdings’ blockchain initiative pivots to Solana for tokenization, stablecoin issuance
The SBI Solana Global joint venture now includes the Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that oversees the layer-1 network.
BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley join UK government’s tokenization taskforce
The 54 firm-strong group, which is backed by the City of London Corporation, will spend the next year working on live tokenisation use cases across UK financial markets.
Bitcoin whale moves $188M for first time in 7 years
A dormant whale transferred BTC worth $188 million after seven years of holding, adding to the growing ratio of whale transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges.
Resurgent U.S.-Iran hostilities send bitcoin lower even as ETF flows show demand
Your day-ahead look for July 13, 2026
Binance June futures volume at $1.6T defies crypto spot trading slump
Binance futures volume jumped 80% in June, to $1.61 trillion, outpacing rivals while broader crypto trading activity remained weak.
BTC price bull market to begin in September? Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin price analysis called for the end of the bear market within three months as the US-Iran war sent BTC lower from strengthening $64,000 resistance.
Chinese Prosecutors Float Treating Crypto Mixer, Privacy Coin Use as Sign of Money Laundering
An article in the top prosecutors’ paper urges new blockchain evidence rules, presumptions of intent, and a state platform to sell seized coins.
Profit-taking, MidEast hostilities drag crypto lower after bullish week
Crypto’s weekend gains gave way to a Monday selloff as Middle East tensions resurfaced, South Korea’s Kospi lost 9.2% and $253 million in leveraged positions were wiped out.
Japan’s SBI to launch yen stablecoin lending with 3% yield
SBI VC Trade will open JPYSC lending applications on July 16, offering an initial 3% annual rate for a 12-week term without deposit insurance.
This free Mac app reveals the truth about your mystery USB-C cables
WhatCable. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Nearly three years ago, I showed you an awesome $8 cable tester that quickly tells you if your USB-C cable is likely fast, slow, powerful, or weak. Sadly, that gadget got discontinued, and I’ve never found anything as intuitive or inexpensive since. But if you’ve got … Read more
Paradigm shifts vs bubbles: AI chips and bitcoin show powerful trends can still produce severe corrections
Structural change can create lasting opportunities, but explosive rallies in semiconductors, metals and bitcoin show how quickly strong narratives can become speculative excess.
Social media limits are coming for teens across Europe
The European Union is weighing sweeping new restrictions on children’s and teenagers’ access to social media, including age limits, an outright ban, and phased access. Social media platforms could also be forced to prove their services are not harmful before young people are allowed to use them. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said … Read more
Waze is getting a bunch of new AI-powered features
Waze is getting an AI makeover. Google is integrating its flagship AI assistant, Gemini, into the driving app with the goal of letting users personalize their trips a little more. Of the four new updates, only two are being described as involving Gemini. Waze says its updating its conversation reporting feature, first introduced in 2024, … Read more
Japan stablecoin payments advance with Lawson trial, Netstars launch
Lawson will test yen stablecoin payments in Tokyo as Netstars launches a merchant service supporting USDC, USDT and JPYC.
U.S. inflation, second-quarter earnings reports: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting July 13.
Rogue Agent: How a Single Code Block Could Hijack Your AI Conversations in Google’s DialogFlow
AI chatbots widen the attack surface. We took over one to steal data and gain toeholds for launching campaigns. Varonis Threat Labs discovered a critical vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) Dialogflow CX service, Google’s flagship conversational AI platform for building interactive experiences across voice and text chatbots. We’ve named this latest discovery Rogue Agent. … Read more
How Key Data Slashed Debugging Time and Ramped Up Innovation Velocity
Learn how Key Data used PlayerZero’s AI-driven PR agent and session replay to accelerate development, streamline QA, and resolve customer issues in minutes. Highlights experienced by engineers include: Narrowed issue replication from weeks to minutes Increased feature velocity by freeing up developer time Brought down the bug backlog and improved customer experience Before PlayerZero, we … Read more
Live markets: Bitcoin slips below $63,000 in an Asian-session leverage flush
The liquidations were minor, running at about a sixth of what the market saw at its worst over the past 30 days, per CoinGlass.
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AI microbusinesses could drive $262B in stablecoin volume by 2033: Swyftx
The AI-native cohort of the expanding gig economy could increasingly use stablecoins to avoid slow and expensive traditional payment rails, Australian crypto exchange Swyftx said.
Bitcoin holds near $63,800 as war-driven selloff hits everything but crypto
Gold, oil, stocks and bonds all moved sharply on the fourth round of U.S. strikes on Iran, but bitcoin is little-changed.