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Interactive Brokers announced on Tuesday an expansion of its digital asset business, adding trading tokens such as Aave, Aptos, Canton, Lido DAO, Monad, NEAR Protocol, Plasma, Pax Gold, and Uniswap, and supporting 24/7 stablecoin wallet transfers via USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD. As of mid-2026, Interactive Brokers manages approximately $930.3 billion in client assets. Crypto trading commissions start at 0.12% to 0.18% of the total transaction amount, with a minimum of $1.75 per order, and no additional spreads, markups, or custody fees are charged. The company stated that two-way stablecoin deposits are not available for UK and Irish accounts, and clients of the Irish affiliate company will not have access to the newly listed crypto assets. (Bitcoin.com News).
BIP-110 aims to temporarily restrict certain types of transaction data on the Bitcoin blockchain. The proposal has sparked discussions on whether Bitcoin should distinguish between "benign" and "malicious" uses. Currently, the proposal has limited support from miners and the broader industry, making it seem unlikely to be activated. (CoinDesk).
according to official sources, OKX Jumpstart will launch SENT (Sentient) from 15:00 on July 17, 2026, to 15:00 on July 27, 2026 (UTC+8). During the event, users can participate by staking BTC, OKSOL, OKB, or SENT to share in the airdrop reward of 32,000,000 SENT.Additionally, users can start subscribing early from today, with rewards accruing from the official start of the event. Users can view and participate in the relevant activities via the "Jumpstart" entry at the top of the Explore page in the OKX App.
: White House Crypto Council Executive Director Patrick Witt will conclude his final working day at the White House on July 18. He will begin attending the Georgia Army National Guard Judge Advocate Officer training on July 27. Witt was previously responsible for negotiations on the CLARITY Act, which is expected to face a full Senate vote around July 20. Deputy Director Harry Jung will take over the relevant negotiations and will also lead efforts on the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and the GENIUS Act. The consolidated draft of the CLARITY Act is expected to be released this week. The bill needs 60 votes to pass the filibuster threshold, requiring at least seven Democratic supporters. Democrats are demanding the inclusion of ethics clauses regarding the president's personal crypto asset exposure. Disclosure information shows that Trump earned over $1.4 billion from crypto-related businesses last year. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to an official announcement, Binance will remove and halt trading for the following spot trading pairs at 03:00 (UTC) on July 17, 2026: GLM/BTC, KNC/BTC, ONT/BTC, and XAI/USDC. Binance will simultaneously terminate the spot trading bot services for these pairs. Users are required to update or cancel related trading bots before this time to avoid potential losses. The delisting of these trading pairs does not affect the trading of the tokens on other trading pairs available on Binance.
据官方公告，Upbit 将上线 DRV 韩元、BTC 及 USDT 交易对。
Sui stated on X platform that institutions continue to express distrust towards cross-chain bridges or wrapped BTC. Hashi keeps BTC native on-chain, making it verifiable, controllable, and usable as collateral. EvanWeb3 explained this, and the Hashi global testnet is about to launch.
New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed HB 639 into law last week. Known as The Blockchain Basic Laws, the bill provides protections for cryptocurrency innovation and usage within the state and allows for the establishment of a special blockchain dispute docket in the superior court. Last year, New Hampshire passed a strategic Bitcoin reserve bill, allowing the state treasurer to invest up to 5% of public funds in Bitcoin, as well as precious metals such as gold and silver. Additionally, the state's Executive Council last week rejected a proposal that would have allowed the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority to promote Bitcoin-backed municipal bonds. (Decrypt)
: Amid the escalating situation between the United States and Iran, Bitcoin continues to face pressure, with its price briefly approaching $62,000 as risk assets experience widespread selling pressure. Data shows BTC/USD is declining, and JDK Analysis notes that Bitcoin's current price trend is "very weak," with a large amount of short capital betting on further declines, potentially making the $60,000 area a market focus again.However, if new spot buying emerges and key support levels hold, a significant number of shorts could face a squeeze. Some traders remain bullish, with trader Roman pointing out that multiple technical indicators, including the current RSI and trading volume, suggest the market may be experiencing downside exhaustion. He believes Bitcoin still has the potential to rebound to the $70,000 to $75,000 range in the future.
BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X platform, stating that following the completion of its acquisition of Siiibo Securities, Metaplanet (3350.T) has launched Metaplanet Securities, offering BTC-backed credit facilities to Japanese investors. BTC-backed credit is on the rise.
According to a report released by CryptoQuant analyst maartunn, Binance's monthly futures trading volume has climbed to $1.6 trillion, the highest level this year. Despite the current Bitcoin price still hovering in the mid-$60,000 range, generally cautious market sentiment, and multiple headwinds such as the European MiCA regulatory adjustment period and the summer trading off-season, momentum in Binance derivatives trading has not subsided, indicating that traders are still actively establishing futures positions.
According to Bitcoin.com, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis launched a nighttime special operation in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Department, seizing multiple luxury vehicles using forged or unregistered license plates, with drivers all claiming to be cryptocurrency and forex "traders". Among them was a Mercedes-AMG GLE valued at over $153,000 (approximately 2.5 million South African rand), which was fraudulently registered as a white BMW. Authorities pointed out that such "financial influencers" are accustomed to flaunting wealth with luxury cars on social media platforms like TikTok, luring victims into investing in fraudulent platforms. A report released in March had previously identified Cape Town and Johannesburg as hubs for organized crypto fraud, where criminal groups employ technologies such as deepfakes and cloned apps to commit fraud, and illicit funds are laundered through crypto wallets and physical assets. To address increasingly complex financial crimes, the mayor has established an independent Metropolitan Police Detective Unit to enforce the law independently, bypassing the under-resourced national police system.
: Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis recently participated in a municipal police night operation targeting individuals claiming to be cryptocurrency and forex traders who were driving luxury vehicles with fake or no license plates. During the operation, police seized a silver Mercedes-AMG GLE, falsely registered as a white BMW and valued at over $153,000, and arrested a driver of an unregistered BMW 3-Series. Local officials stated that fraudulent crypto syndicates use TikTok to display assets and employ luxury cars as status symbols to lure victims into fake investments. A report released in March revealed that corporate fraud centers operated by international crime syndicates have formed clusters in Cape Town and Johannesburg, using deepfakes, cloned apps, and fake investment platforms to commit fraud. The illicit funds are typically laundered through crypto wallets, money mules, and physical assets such as unlicensed high-end vehicles. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Michael Saylor posted Strategy's orange dot Bitcoin accumulation chart on X on July 12. Strategy previously sold 3,588 BTC between June 29 and July 5, generating $216 million to support preferred share obligations and strengthen its U.S. dollar reserves. The chart shows Strategy has made 113 BTC purchase events, holding 843,775 BTC with a total purchase value of approximately $63.69 billion and an average purchase price of about $75,476. Strategy’s latest dashboard reveals that its BTC holdings are valued at approximately $53.991 billion based on a BTC price of $63,988. MSTR has a market cap of $35.17 billion, an enterprise value of $54.838 billion, an mNAV ratio of 1.02, U.S. dollar reserves of $2.55 billion, debt of $6.754 billion, and preferred stock value of $15.464 billion. (Bitcoin.com News)
: Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of bitcoin treasury company Strategy, has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker, captioning it “Orange dots tell only part of the story.”According to previous patterns, Strategy typically discloses its increased Bitcoin holdings the day after such messages are released.
CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler released a weekly analysis report. According to his Bitcoin Short-Term Holder Realized Pressure Model, the current buying and selling pressure from short-term holders is cooling down slightly, but buying power remains dominant.
the TEM AI Infrastructure Growth Index has declined by 16% over the past month. Beowulf E&D Holdings, managed by TeraWulf Chairman and CEO Paul Prager, sold 275,000 shares of TeraWulf stock on June 29 at an average price of $26.596 per share, generating total proceeds of approximately $7.3 million. Since the end of March, Prager and his managed entities have sold a combined total of approximately 1.59 million shares of TeraWulf stock, with total proceeds of around $32.7 million. On July 6, TeraWulf announced a 20-year AI infrastructure leasing agreement with Anthropic, expected to generate approximately $19 billion in contract revenue over the initial term and support around 401 megawatts of critical IT load. Cipher Digital CEO Tyler Page filed documents on July 8 to sell 112,500 shares of CIFR stock, valued at approximately $2.38 million. Riot Platforms CEO Jason Les sold 175,000 shares in May, worth approximately $4.2 million, and sold 250,000 shares on June 22, valued at $7.03 million. Core Scientific Chief Legal and Administrative Officer Todd DuChene filed documents on July 6 to sell 140,000 shares, valued at $3 million. On June 30, the IREN board approved granting 9,099,328 restricted stock units each to co-CEOs William Roberts and Daniel Roberts. (Bitcoin.com News).
Bitfufu mined 125 BTC in June, of which 70 BTC came from self-mining operations and 55 BTC from cloud mining services; average daily production was 4.2 BTC, down from 5.7 BTC in May. The company's total managed power capacity decreased to 273 MW from 346 MW in the previous month. Bitfufu's proprietary hash rate grew 9.4% to 3.5 EH/s, as it purchased and deployed 1,200 S21 XP miners in June and signed an agreement to purchase and deploy an additional 2,000 S21 XP miners in July. As of June 30, 2026, Bitfufu held 1,671 BTC, down from 1,855 BTC at the end of May. The company's average mining machine efficiency was 17.9 J/TH in June, compared to 17.8 J/TH in May; as of the end of the period, third-party suppliers and hosting clients' hash rate accounted for 11.8 EH/s of its total managed hash rate of 15.3 EH/s. (Bitcoin.com News).
the Bitcoin BIP-110 proposal is approaching its early August deadline, with miner support currently below 1%. In the current cycle, support stands at 0%, and no major mining pools have signaled in favor. BIP-110, officially titled "Reduced Data Temporary Soft Fork," aims to restrict OP_RETURN data capacity within one year, prohibit most arbitrary data writes exceeding 256 bytes, and limit certain script formats primarily used for data storage. Strategy founder Michael Saylor and Blockstream co-founder Adam Back have both publicly opposed BIP-110. Data shows that BIP-110 adopts a user-activated soft fork mechanism, setting a 55% miner signal threshold. The proportion of nodes running BIP-110 software remains in the single digits, primarily from Bitcoin Knots users. The current signaling cycle for this proposal is expected to end near block height 959,615, entering a voluntary lock-in period around early August, with activation planned for approximately September. If broad support remains absent by then, it could lead to a small number of nodes forming a split chain.
Odaily Odaily News: Custodia Bank has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking a ruling on whether a regional Federal Reserve Bank president has the authority to deny master account services to an institution. Custodia Bank had repeatedly applied for a Federal Reserve master account but was denied in 2023 by the Fed, citing significant safety and soundness risks associated with its novel business model and its planned primary focus on crypto assets. Custodia Bank subsequently appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which ruled in favor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 2024. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide in October whether to take up the case. (Bitcoin.com News).