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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.
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.
According to Bitcoin.com, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing hard for the CLARITY Act to complete Senate voting before Congress adjourns. Section 303 of the bill grants the Treasury Department the authority to impose targeted digital asset sanctions on foreign jurisdictions, while Section 305 allows exchanges to freeze suspicious transactions for up to 180 days. On-chain data shows that North Korea's Lazarus Group stole approximately $643 million in the first half of 2026, accounting for two-thirds of the total global crypto theft during the same period ($972 million), including a $285 million attack on Drift Protocol in April and a $292 million attack on the KelpDAO cross-chain bridge. The group's cumulative theft amount has reached $6.75 billion since 2019. Currently, Galaxy Research has lowered the probability of the CLARITY Act passing within 2026 to 30%. The bill still requires 60 votes to advance, meaning at least 7 Democratic senators need to vote across party lines in support.
Ripple announced on July 14, 2026, that it has joined the x402 Foundation under the Linux Foundation as a Premier Member, participating in the technical and governance development of the protocol. The x402 Foundation, initiated by 40 member organizations, aims to develop an open payment standard based on HTTP for AI agents, APIs, and applications. Coinbase has contributed x402 to the Linux Foundation, supporting AI agents, APIs, and applications in sending and receiving payments directly during network interactions. Ripple stated that the XRP Ledger already supports agent payments via x402, including transactions using XRP and the Ripple USD stablecoin RLUSD. (Bitcoin.com News).
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).
: 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 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)
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).
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).
on July 9 that Grayscale released research stating that stock tokenization will undergo three stages of development, with Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Avalanche, and Canton Network most likely to benefit as ownership models evolve. Grayscale noted that third-party wrapped tokens account for over 70% of the tokenized stock market capitalization. In this model, traditional stocks are placed in special purpose vehicles, and investors receive tokens representing claims on the vehicle's equity, rather than direct ownership. Such wrapped assets operate on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain, and can be traded and integrated into decentralized finance applications. Grayscale identified the pilot program planned by DTCC as the second stage of tokenized stock development, with Canton Network set to be the first blockchain used for the DTCC tokenization pilot. The third stage is issuer-sponsored tokenization, where companies natively issue securities on-chain. Securitize became the first publicly traded company to tokenize its own common stock when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Grayscale expects that wrapped tokens, the DTCC equity model, and issuer-sponsored issuance will coexist for the next several years. (Bitcoin.com News).
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reported that Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, stated that the market has misinterpreted Michael Saylor's adjustments to Strategy Inc.'s bitcoin strategy, and the recent selling pressure stems from confusion over this strategy rather than a change in bitcoin's long-term outlook. Strategy Inc. is shifting bitcoin from being a reserve accumulation asset to serving as collateral to support its STRC preferred stock. Kendrick maintains the bitcoin price forecast of $100,000 by the end of 2026. As of press time, BTC was trading at $64,322.89, and Strategy's stock MSTR closed at $94.64 on Friday. The outstanding notional value of STRC is approximately $10 billion, which Kendrick believes makes the preferred stock heavily overcollateralized due to its bitcoin backing. (Bitcoin.com News).
on July 10, 2026, Metaplanet announced a joint research initiative with JPYC, Progmat, and Metaplanet Securities to explore Bitcoin-backed digital credit products. The plan involves using Bitcoin as collateral for tokenization tools, including settlements via a yen-pegged stablecoin and digital corporate bonds managed by security tokens. As of the end of the second quarter of 2026, Metaplanet held approximately 43,000 BTC, valued at $2.75 billion based on Saturday's BTC exchange rate. Metaplanet stated that the research has not yet yielded a product, and no issuance date, interest rate, product structure, or sales method has been determined. Its 43,000 BTC holdings have not been staked to any specific product at this stage. (Bitcoin.com News).
Odaily News: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, urging that any version of the "Digital Asset Market Clarity Act" considered by the Senate retain Section 604 to protect non-custodial blockchain developers who do not control user assets. Ron Wyden stated that developers should not be considered money transmitters simply because they create or publish software that allows users to manage their own digital assets. Coin Center Executive Director Peter Van Valkenburgh, the DeFi Education Fund, and Galaxy Digital Head of Research Alex Thorn have expressed support for this stance. Alex Thorn also noted that supporting developer protections does not mean Ron Wyden will endorse the entire CLARITY Act. Ron Wyden further stated that the provision does not protect developers involved in illegal activities and can direct law enforcement resources toward criminals and unlicensed money transmission businesses, rather than neutral software developers. (Bitcoin.com News).
on June 29, Strategy raised the annualized dividend of STRC to 12% and authorized a $1 billion buyback plan covering four preferred securities: STRC, STRF, STRD, and STRK, with STRC as the initial priority repurchase target. Strategy disclosed that the buyback funds will not come from its approximately $2.55 billion cash reserve, but may instead come from the concurrently approved $1.25 billion Bitcoin monetization program. STRC traded in the mid-to-high $80 range this week, dipping below $85 on some trading days, falling short of Strategy's long-term trading target of $99 to $100. Peter Schiff stated that prices below $87 for STRC indicate Wall Street's skepticism regarding the pace of Bitcoin growth. (Bitcoin.com News).
: Eco has announced its integration with the TRON network. TRON will join the Eco unified stablecoin network, allowing users to deposit stablecoins directly into TRON applications within seconds. In Q1 2026, TRON processed over $2 trillion in transfers and supports a circulating supply of $86 billion USDT. This integration will enable businesses and developers to embed cross-chain stablecoin flows within their applications and access USDT liquidity between TRON and other supported networks via the Eco Routes CLI. Sam Elfarra, a community spokesperson for TRON DAO, stated that the Eco infrastructure will allow TRON's 391 million users and developers to access liquidity and applications across multiple chains. As of July 2026, the TRON blockchain recorded over 391 million user accounts, over 14 billion total transactions, and over $26 billion in total value locked (TVL). (Bitcoin.com News).
Pump.fun is hiring a Director of Legal Affairs for its New York office, with an annual salary ranging from $1 million to $5 million. The platform, which launched on the Solana blockchain in 2024, claims to process over $300 million in daily trading volume and reported a $500 million profit in 2025 with approximately 100 employees.Since 2025, Pump.fun has faced a class-action lawsuit in New York, with investors accusing its operating model of resembling a Ponzi scheme. The job posting was shared by Pump.fun founder Alon on X and has garnered over 1 million views. Bitcoin has fallen approximately 50% since October. Pump.fun previously suspended its livestreaming feature after users combined it with disturbing behavior to promote tokens, later resuming it with stricter moderation rules. (Bitcoin.com News).
As of the end of June, 988,905 buyers of the Donald Trump-branded TRUMP Meme coin had collectively incurred losses of $3.81 billion, accounting for about two-thirds of all buyers. Nansen data shows that Donald Trump earned $636 million from the Meme coin; advanced crypto traders using automated tools profited $4 billion before TRUMP dropped 97%.On July 3, TRUMP was priced at $1.76, down 97% from its peak of $75.35. Donald Trump's annual financial disclosure indicates that he earned $2.2 billion from various business ventures in 2025, including proceeds from the token; he also received $799 million from World Liberty Financial. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly denied claims that Donald Trump profited at the expense of his supporters. (Bitcoin.com News).