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the Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.5% to 3.75% on Wednesday, in line with market expectations. This marks the fifth consecutive meeting where the committee has taken no action since the 25 basis point rate cut in December 2025. Following the Fed's announcement, the price of Bitcoin fell approximately 1% to $63,890, while Ethereum also dropped about 1%, trading above $1,900. This decision did not include a Summary of Economic Projections or a dot plot, with the next dot plot scheduled for release in September. The committee stated that the U.S. economy is expanding at a solid pace, but inflation remains above the 2% target, partly due to rising energy prices driven by tensions in the Middle East. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan dissented against maintaining the rate, supporting an immediate 25 basis point hike instead. The next FOMC decision is scheduled for September 16, 2026, and will include updated economic projections and a new dot plot.
According to Bitcoin.com, digital asset wealth platform Nexo announced the completion of an upgrade to its European Economic Area (EEA) operational structure to comply with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Nexo chose to partner with two entities regulated by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) rather than directly applying for a single MiCAR license: Tangany holds a MiCAR license and is responsible for providing segregated digital asset custody infrastructure; DLT Finance holds both MiCAR and MiFID II authorizations and is responsible for providing brokerage and execution infrastructure. Currently, all of Nexo's services in the EEA are operating seamlessly without any interruption.
据悉，Bybit 已上线最新一期定投机器人挑战赛，用户定投 BTC, ETH和 XAUT 即可有机会瓜分奖池。 活动由即日起至 2026 年 8 月 17 日 23:59（UTC 时间）结束，赛事包括两部分： 第 1 部分：此前未在 Bybit 创建过定投机器人定投新用户，可享高达 20% 返现。活动期间，新用户创建新的 BTC、ETH 或 XAUT 定投机器人，即可根据其 BTC、ETH 和 XAUT 累计定投量获得 20% 的返现（最高 50 USDT）。该奖赏仅限 BTC、ETH 和 XAUT 累计定投量排名前 100 的用户领取，且参与用户累计定投量须超过$100。 第 2 部分：所有符合资格的已报名用户创建 BTC、ETH 或 XAUT 定投机器人，即可瓜分 50,000 USDT 奖池。奖励将根据每位创建定投机器人的用户在累计 BTC、ETH 或 XAUT 日均持仓量中所占的份额，从 50,000 USDT 的奖池中进行分配。参与用户须通过定投持有价值至少 $200 的 BTC、ETH 或 XAUT 才能获得奖励资格。
According to Cryptopolitan, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has released a draft of supporting regulatory rules for the cryptocurrency market, covering registration and operational requirements for crypto exchanges, digital depository institutions, and token issuers. The draft stipulates that the minimum net assets of digital depository institutions must range between 50 million and 250 million rubles (approximately $600,000 to $3 million), depending on the nature of the business. These rules will supplement the "Law on Digital Currency and Digital Rights" passed by the Russian State Duma earlier this month, which is expected to officially take effect on September 1, 2026. Under the new framework, non-qualified investors are limited to purchasing mainstream assets such as BTC, ETH, and USDT annually, with a cap of $4,000; industry participants will have a transition period until March 1, 2027, to complete compliance and approval procedures.
According to Bitcoin.com, Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor stated that since the company established Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset in August 2020, MSTR stock has achieved an annualized return of 42%, surpassing Bitcoin itself, the "Magnificent Seven" tech stocks, and the S&P 500 Index. As of July 29, Strategy holds 843,775 BTC, with a cumulative purchase cost of approximately $63.69 billion, and an average price of approximately $75,476 per coin, currently showing an unrealized loss of approximately 17.9% compared to the cost price (approximately $11.4 billion). To address the increasingly complex capital structure, Strategy launched three new metrics on July 24: Net BTC Per Share, BTC Hurdle ARR (minimum annualized return required to cover financing costs), and BTC Floor ARR (minimum annualized return required to maintain leverage ratio sustainability), to help investors more clearly assess the actual value of their Bitcoin holdings. Additionally, the company plans to provide funding for preferred stock repurchases through the future sale of a portion of its Bitcoin.
: MARA CEO Fred Thiel stated that power used for AI infrastructure can generate higher returns than Bitcoin mining, with the same amount of electricity dedicated to AI yielding more revenue. MARA still plans to continue mining in regions where low-cost or surplus energy is economically attractive. Thiel said that MARA began acquiring sites previously hosting mining rigs between late 2023 and early 2024, and by the end of 2024, it had owned infrastructure supporting approximately 70% of its operations. The company then shifted its focus to energy assets. MARA has partnered with Starwood to establish a platform, with a near-term target of approximately 1 GW of computing capacity, and plans exceeding 2.5 GW. In July, MARA also agreed to acquire a site in Texas that can access approximately 2 GW of power for digital infrastructure.
Odaily News, March 24 – Antpool mined Bitcoin block 941,881 at UTC time 15:49:35. Foundry USA mined another version of the same height 12 seconds later, briefly creating two competing chains on the Bitcoin blockchain. Subsequently, ViaBTC extended block 941,882 on top of the Antpool version, while Foundry USA also continued to extend its own branch. Foundry USA then mined blocks 941,883 to 941,886 consecutively, giving its branch a cumulative workload lead. Nodes subsequently reorganized to the Foundry USA version, causing the blocks mined by Antpool and ViaBTC to become orphaned. The affected miners lost the corresponding block rewards and fees, and transactions not confirmed on the winning chain re-entered the mempool to be confirmed in subsequent blocks.
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list META2 KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs.
Odaily News: BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X platform that Metaplanet's DylanLeclair stated the market did not notice Saylor selling 3,500 Bitcoin until Strategy MSTR released its disclosure document. He also noted that looking back in the future, this will be one of the reasons for STRK’s strong trading performance. Strategy did not issue new shares, and dividends are still being paid.
Bitcoin News posted on platform X, stating that Australian brewery Hawkesbury Brewing Co has integrated 16 Bitcoin miners into its brewing operations. By submerging the miners in non-conductive liquid and capturing the waste heat, the system harnesses this energy for the brewing process pipeline, supporting the production of 100,000 liters of beer per month.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated on X that the Morgan Stanley Ether ETF and Solana ETF went live today, both with a fee rate of 0.14%, making them the lowest-fee ETFs in their respective categories. Although its Bitcoin ETF was launched in the midst of winter, it has reached a scale of $400 million within four months.
: Zcash mining company Fortitude has launched its 12 MW facility in Grand Island, Nebraska, completing its first greenfield data center construction and expanding its self-owned power portfolio to over 60 MW across seven sites. Fortitude stated that the facility has completed construction and electrical testing and is ready for commercial operations. This milestone comes ahead of Fortitude's planned public listing through a business combination with HeartSciences (Nasdaq: HSCS), a listed medical technology company. Fortitude expects that, with successful miner deployment and stable power, network, and market conditions, the facility will reduce the direct cash cost of mining Zcash from approximately $70 per coin to around $40 per coin. The company attributes the cost reduction to lower-cost self-owned power and more efficient next-generation mining hardware. The facility is expected to procure power at approximately $0.045 per kilowatt-hour. It is located between two solar power generation facilities and adjacent to a substation with spare capacity. Fortitude was spun off from the Foundry mining division of Digital Currency Group in January 2025, with operations including mining Bitcoin and other proof-of-work cryptocurrencies.
Hyperliquid co-founder iliensinc responded to the abnormal SK Hynix pricing incident on Trade.xyz this morning, stating that Hyperliquid is a permissionless blockchain, and different teams can deploy and operate markets based on its infrastructure. Among them, the xyz:SKHYNIX perpetual contract was deployed and is operated by the XYZ team. The XYZ team is currently investigating the situation and will release updates once a conclusion is reached.Iliensinc also explained that the HIP-3 market deployer is responsible for providing data such as the mark price, oracle, and external perpetual contract price. Taking the pricing mechanism of a BTC perpetual contract as an example, the protocol provides the median of the latest on-chain transaction price, the best bid price, and the best ask price as one of three price components. The other two prices are provided by the deployer, and together these three influence the final mark price.
In its financial system stability assessment report released this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that Brazil's cryptocurrency-based cross-border fund flows have been growing steadily since 2017, with their scale now exceeding traditional capital movements. The report indicates that these fund flows are largely driven by stablecoins, which are utilized by both corporations and retail investors for efficiency and tax-related reasons. Stablecoin flows are correlated with international and local investment indicators such as the S&P 500, VIX, and Bitcoin prices, and are also influenced by exchange rates, interest rates, policy uncertainty, and changes in tax policies. The IMF noted that the Central Bank of Brazil has taken measures to regulate the virtual asset service provider (VASP) industry, but gaps remain in areas such as customer legal protection and the segregation of custodial assets. Comprehensive implementation of international standards, including the Travel Rule, is still necessary for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The report points out that Brazil's crypto system is interconnected with the traditional financial system, and regulators need to collaborate with domestic and international counterparts to establish a more robust reporting framework. The Brazilian Congress is preparing to deliberate on Bill 4308/2024, aimed at regulating the status of stablecoins.
Odaily Odaily Bybit today added 5 US stock perpetual contracts: AMC Entertainment (AMCUSDT), GameStop Corp (GMESTOCKUSDT), Visa Inc. (VUSDT), VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDXUSDT), and ProShares Bitcoin ETF (BITOUSDT), with leverage up to 25x. To celebrate the launch, a limited-time fee discount is available: 0% for limit orders and 50% off for market orders.
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list RLUSD trading pairs against KRW, BTC, and USDT.
According to BeInCrypto, El Salvador's two major opposition parties have officially nominated candidates for the February 2027 presidential election: the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) nominated former legislator Maytee Iraheta, while the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) nominated doctor and union leader Rafael Aguirre. Both candidates clearly oppose Bukele's Bitcoin strategy, characterizing it as a fiscal failure. However, Bukele's approval rating remains as high as 94%, and his New Ideas party has also completed nominations, holding a clear advantage for re-election. It is worth noting that El Salvador revoked Bitcoin's legal tender status in February 2025 after reaching a $1.4 billion loan agreement with the IMF, restoring the US dollar as the sole official currency, but the government still maintains the plan to purchase approximately 1 Bitcoin per day, with holdings reaching approximately 7,730 BTC as of July 27.
Odaily Odaily News: The Bitcoin BIP-110 forced signaling window will open at block height 961632, expected around August 9, 2026. As of 8:40 AM (EDT) on July 27, the chain height is 959842, approximately 1790 blocks away from this activation block. The current BIP-110 signaling support rate is around 2.64%. BIP-110, officially named "Reduced Data Temporary Softfork," proposes to limit the size of certain data fields within Bitcoin transactions, targeting Ordinals-like inscriptions, large OP_RETURN payloads, and similar high-data-volume use cases. If activated, the restrictions will take effect at block 965664 and automatically expire after 52,416 blocks (approximately one year). Current signaling support primarily comes from Ocean, independent miners, and small-scale operators. Major mining pools such as Foundry, Antpool, ViaBTC, and F2pool have not yet switched to supporting the proposal. Foundry has requested clients to vote based on their average hashrate; only when “support” votes exceed 51% of the participating weighted hashrate will the pool switch all its blocks to signaling support. If the current signaling level persists until block 961632, nodes enforcing BIP-110 will reject blocks that have not signaled version bit 4 and will instead follow the minority of blocks that do signal. Unupgraded nodes will continue to accept both signaling and non-signaling blocks, and will follow the chain with the most cumulative proof of work.
Odaily reports: After perpetual futures entered the regulated US market, Wall Street institutions are still taking a wait-and-see approach. Bank of America estimates that the global annual trading volume of perpetual futures is approximately 90 trillion USD; within a week of Kalshi launching perpetual futures in June, trading volume exceeded 1 billion USD. Perpetual futures are similar to standard futures but have no expiration date, meaning traders do not need to close or roll over positions monthly or quarterly. Instead, periodic funding rates keep the contract price close to the underlying asset. On May 29, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved Kalshi to offer such contracts, and Coinbase also received approval to list regulated perpetual futures in the US. Insiders say that large financial institutions are still studying these products, with proprietary trading firms, market makers, and emerging clearing firms likely to be the first to participate. Large banks face stricter capital rules, client obligations, and reputational risks, and typically wait for years of data, clear regulatory treatment, and stable infrastructure. Perpetual futures may also be used to manage weekend risk, but market depth remains a concern. Industry insiders note that regulatory disagreements are emerging over whether certain contracts should be classified as futures or swaps, and CME has already challenged the CFTC's handling of Kalshi's Bitcoin perpetual contract.
according to official sources, OKX Flash Earn Lite will list SLX (Solstice) from July 31, 2026, 15:00 to August 5, 2026, 15:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who participate by locking BTC, OKSOL, OKB, or SLX can share a total of 2,000,000 SLX airdrop rewards.Additionally, users can participate in the subscription early starting today, with rewards calculated from the official start of the event. Users can view and join the event via the "Flash Earn" entry at the top of the Explore page on the OKX App.