Moscow turns off the lights on crypto miners, preferring to save its watts over its bitcoins. The party's over for Russia's mining industry — time to pack up and move.
Moscow turns off the lights on crypto miners, preferring to save its watts over its bitcoins. The party's over for Russia's mining industry — time to pack up and move.
After a second quarter marked by historic capital outflows, American crypto ETFs are finally regaining ground. In July, these financial products recorded a positive net balance, sign of renewed interest from institutional investors. Much more than a simple market indicator, these flows offer insight into Wall Street's appetite for cryptos. Their evolution allows measuring the confidence of major asset managers and the crypto market's ability to regain sustainable momentum.
Stablecoins occupy an increasing place in international payments, but their efficiency continues to fuel debates. A study by the Bank of Italy examined their performance against traditional transfer solutions. Researchers compared costs, delays, and obstacles encountered during several cross-border operations. The stablecoin market continues to progress, while regulation progressively shapes its development and uses.
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FTX has not finished making history in crypto. Nearly four years after the bankruptcy that shook the industry, the platform reaches a new milestone in repaying its former clients. Billions of dollars continue to return to the hands of creditors, with consequences far beyond the judicial framework. This massive redistribution of capital could revive market activity and measure, for the first time on a large scale, the real impact of a crypto bankruptcy on the entire ecosystem.
The European Central Bank (ECB) presented on Thursday the accessibility standards of its future digital euro application, promising requirements exceeding those of European law. The Frankfurt institution is betting on inclusion to convince reluctant citizens. Will the digital euro manage to reconcile innovation and trust?
For years, a rule seemed immutable: when bitcoin soared, altcoins followed in its wake. This mechanism, which shaped several bullish cycles, now shows signs of exhaustion. Capital no longer spreads across the entire market but converges towards a handful of favored assets. Thus, the latest Wintermute report reveals this break. The massive influx of institutional investors is reshaping liquidity flows and questions the idea of a generalized altseason.
The tokenized asset markets reach a new milestone with a strong increase in trading volumes. Perpetual contracts backed by stocks and commodities now compete with Bitcoin-related products on Hyperliquid and Binance. This evolution illustrates a gradual diversification of trading on specialized platforms. The latest data also show that this momentum continues, driven by growing demand for continuously accessible trading instruments.
The month of July comes to an end for cryptos. While Wall Street stalls and Asian markets hold up, bitcoin sharply declines under the effect of renewed macroeconomic tensions. This divergence between traditional markets and alternative assets raises doubts about the strength of the summer rally.
Robinhood Chain surpassed Base in daily active users on July 21, just four weeks after its launch. Coinbase's network responds by highlighting its 187.8 million agentic payments and an upcoming launch of tokenized stocks. The battle for onchain distribution has only just begun.
Bitget has integrated TradingView into its commodity CFD platform. The update combines professional charting, market monitoring and order execution within one screen. It also gives practical substance to the exchange’s ambition to connect crypto and traditional markets through a unified trading environment.
Ethereum triggers a worrying sell signal after a 30% rebound. Between risk of correction and regulatory hope with the CLARITY Act, investors hesitate: should they sell or hold?
Bitcoin remains under pressure despite a visible return of institutional investors. American spot ETFs attracted $233.1 million in one session, their best result in over three weeks. This demand, however, did not prevent BTC from falling back below $64,000.
RealStocks' first-month data shows that users are moving beyond trading a single popular asset. Instead, they are trading different products and instruments to build broader exposure around market themes.
Central banks purchased 288.9 tonnes of gold in the second quarter of 2026. This is 62% more than in the same period in 2025, when net purchases capped at 177.9 tonnes. Poland and China lead this movement, and the World Gold Council sees no sign of slowing down.
Pavel Durov rejects the "terrorist" label that Russia just assigned to him. The founder of Telegram states that Moscow is sanctioning him mainly for refusing mass surveillance and censorship on the platform.
Cryptos are no longer a marginal bet in Canada. A new study by the Ontario Securities Commission reveals a marked acceleration in their adoption by investors, signaling a lasting shift in the country’s saving habits. This progression is accompanied by a paradox. Interest in cryptos grows faster than the understanding of their functioning and associated risks. Between the democratization of cryptos, increased regulator vigilance, and tightening of the federal framework, the Canadian market is entering a phase where every decision could reshape its future.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup marked a new step for the blockchain ecosystem. According to data published by Chainalysis, predictive markets recorded unprecedented activity thanks to the worldwide excitement around the competition. Decentralized betting, digital collectibles, and the participation of hundreds of thousands of users illustrated the magnitude of the phenomenon. These results also show that major sports competitions accelerate the use of blockchain-based applications.
Strategy takes a direct hit from the bitcoin plunge. With several billion dollars in unrealized losses in the second quarter, the largest corporate BTC treasury reminds that a massive accumulation strategy also exposes to a considerable accounting cost when the market reverses. While these losses remain theoretical, they revive a central question: how far can a company continue to finance its bitcoin purchases while preserving investor confidence and its ability to meet its financial obligations?
The AI crypto hype has gone cold, leaving speculators holding the bag. Meanwhile, RWA and Bitcoin are where the real money is flowing. The game has changed.
XRP-backed ETFs have just crossed a historic milestone in capital inflows, confirming the growing appetite of institutional investors for Ripple's crypto. This record comes despite a market where retail investors remain cautious, held back by persistent volatility and a lack of price direction. While the market hesitates, institutional players continue to accumulate through regulated financial products, making XRP one of the most striking symbols of this dynamic.
A trading bot is only as good as its inputs. An AI agent is only as good as its tools. Both depend on the API layer underneath. Automated systems need four things in production. Data to read and signals to act on. Rails to move assets and a venue to trade. No single provider covers all four. Cointribune's ultimate developer and AI agent guide ranked general-purpose providers. A separate guide to EVM and Solana infrastructure covers the RPC layer. This list is narrower. It ranks what a bot or agent calls in production.
Robinhood has just recorded the best quarter in its history. The platform reaches $1.31 billion in revenue and $573 million in net profit. However, its crypto activity continues to lose ground.
The digital asset market is evolving rapidly due to the influence of professional investors. A new Wintermute report shows that crypto is entering a new phase, where institutions now occupy a central place in trading. Meanwhile, Wall Street increasingly influences liquidity, prices, and investment strategies. This evolution gradually changes the market structure, reduces volatility, and concentrates capital on a smaller number of assets.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs once again record net inflows. Ethereum ETFs, on the other hand, switch to outflows. Figures and scenarios.
Aave wants to remove several reserves that have become too little used. This operation would involve 98.1 million dollars of deposited assets and 15.6 million dollars of debt. For the crypto protocol, it is not about responding to an immediate emergency. The goal is rather to reduce risks and costs related to markets that have become unprofitable.
Bitget ranked second for Ethereum order-book depth during the first half of 2026, according to CoinGlass. The result strengthens the exchange’s position among major derivatives platforms as traders increasingly prioritize liquidity, pricing stability and execution quality.
For years, the crypto industry has thrived on fundraising and the multiplication of projects. This mechanism now seems to be coming to an end. Capital is now concentrated on a limited number of players, while the most fragile initiatives are gradually disappearing. This redistribution of investments marks a turning point for the Web3 ecosystem. On the social network X, Lorenzo Valente, associate researcher at ARK Invest, believes the sector has entered what he describes as "the largest consolidation phase" in its history.
Binance.US is preparing a bold offensive on prediction markets. With a CFTC license in sight, BNB could explode... or collapse. All the keys to understand this risky strategy that could change everything for crypto.
Researchers in post-quantum cryptography unveiled on July 29 a zero-knowledge proof system capable of protecting Bitcoin wallets without changing existing addresses. Signed by AmericanFortress, this breakthrough comes as the threat of Q-Day becomes clearer. A viable solution for the ecosystem?