Ripple executives are backing the CLARITY Act as lawmakers debate the future of U.S. crypto regulation, with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse urging action while financial firms, technology groups, and advocacy organizations rally behind clearer digital asset rules. Ripple Executives Push CLARITY Act as Senate Debate Continues A renewed push from Ripple leadership is adding momentum […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jul
Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina rejected the notion of a divide created by the recently passed Bill No. 1194918-8, which establishes a framework for cryptocurrency regulation. She stressed that withdrawal of crypto abroad had no limitations for both qualified and non-qualified investors. Bank of Russia Ratifies Openness Of Crypto Ecosystem: ‘No Restrictions for Transferring […]
Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko26 Jul
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says stronger bitcoin momentum, ETF demand, and institutional adoption could signal the early stages of a new crypto bull market driven by tokenization, stablecoins, and blockchain-based financial markets. Bitcoin Recovery Sparks New Crypto Bull Market Debate Crypto markets are showing early signs of renewed strength, with bitcoin gaining while technology stocks […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jul
BitMart is winding down its global trading platform after announcing a phased shutdown that will halt deposits, trading services, and eventually end exchange operations. BitMart Announces Phased Exchange Shutdown with Trading Deadlines Crypto exchange BitMart announced on July 26, 2026, that it has begun an orderly wind-down of its trading platform operations following an evaluation […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jul
With 100 days until the 2026 midterm elections, crypto voters are watching the CLARITY Act as lawmakers face pressure to advance digital asset rules before the election calendar tightens and Senate action becomes more difficult. Crypto Voters Put CLARITY Act at Center of Election Debate With the 2026 midterm election countdown underway, crypto voters are […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jul
Four high-profile artificial intelligence (AI) labs released frontier language models within a three-week stretch in July 2026, and the gap between what these systems finish without human intervention and what came before has narrowed sharply. Grok 4.5 from xAI, Claude Opus 5 from Anthropic, the GPT-5.6 family from OpenAI, and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman26 Jul
Elon Musk says money will stop mattering by 2036, once robots and artificial intelligence produce more goods and services than people can consume. Musk made the prediction during an extended interview with Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, recorded at the Texas Gigafactory and published in late July 2026 as part of the outlet’s Insider series. […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman26 Jul
This week’s stories spanned regulation, adoption, market conviction, and industry shakeouts. Seven Senate Democrats rejected the latest CLARITY Act draft, while Cathie Wood doubled down on SpaceX despite its sharp stock decline. River reported that more Americans now own bitcoin than gold, but the treasury-company model took another hit as Satsuma voted to liquidate and […]
Bitcoin.com News•Alex Richardson26 Jul
The Bitcoin blockchain just recorded its 15th difficulty adjustment of the year, trimming mining difficulty by about 0.74% at block height 959616. Amid the year’s wild swings, the balance has clearly tilted toward difficulty cuts, with negative adjustments outnumbering increases by nearly 3 to 2. Difficulty Drops for the 15th Time This Year This weekend, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman26 Jul
Michael Saylor’s latest bitcoin chart comes as Strategy holds 843,775 BTC, maintains a $3.225 billion cash reserve, and still has authorization to sell up to $23.53 billion of additional stock to raise capital, sharpening questions over whether the company will resume bitcoin purchases. Saylor Shares Strategy’s Crowded Bitcoin Chart Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jul
On Sunday, during the morning trading sessions, bitcoin exchanged hands for $64,466 on July 26, giving back most of a rally that had pushed the cryptocurrency above $66,900 earlier in the week. The past seven days followed a familiar pattern. Buyers stepped in after last month’s drop to $57,700, driving bitcoin from $64,700 on July […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman26 Jul
This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each story. Since last Friday, Bitcoin moved from around $64,000 […]
Bitcoin.com News•David Sencil26 Jul
With the move, Argentines can now collect their wages in dollars, a proposal that will be more enticing to companies that already get paid in dollars. Nonetheless, this new option clashes with the historical distrust that Argentines have in banking institutions. Argentina’s Central Bank Authorizes Salary Payments in Dollars Argentina is advancing to a multi-currency-friendly […]
Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko26 Jul
At the inaugural Energy Investors Forum (EIF) in Dallas on July 23, the AI boom looked less like a software story than an enormous energy-infrastructure buildout. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag. The […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author26 Jul
Modern business development runs on messaging apps like Telegram, yet teams still waste time copy‑pasting deal details into external CRM dashboards—a broken workflow that leads to data gaps and privacy exposure. Sean Assaf explains how embedding AI‑powered CRM capabilities directly inside Telegram is eliminating the need for traditional SaaS dashboards while preserving user data privacy. […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara26 Jul
Multi-chain DEX Ring Protocol has integrated Orbs’ Layer 3 infrastructure to bring advanced algorithmic trading tools to traders on Base, Arbitrum, Ethereum, and BNB Chain. Precision Execution for On-Chain Traders Multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) Ring Protocol recently announced an integration with blockchain infrastructure provider Orbs, enabling the deployment of advanced algorithmic trading tools across four […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara26 Jul
The Central Bank of El Salvador reported that cryptocurrency remittances failed to reach up to 1% of all volumes received during the first half of 2026. Only $35.4 million out of the over $5 billion received by Salvadorans was settled using digital currencies between January and June 2026. Crypto Remittances Fail to Gain Traction in […]
Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko26 Jul
Researchers at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center have shown that a stationary tabletop circuit can amplify electromagnetic waves by mimicking the energy-extraction physics associated with rotating black holes. The ring-shaped network of rapidly modulated electronic resonators produced 7.8 dB of gain without any moving parts, and the results were published July 8 in Nature […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author26 Jul
Ten public companies now hold more than 1 million bitcoin between them, and the gap between the winners and losers on Wall Street has never been wider. In 2026, Saylor’s Strategy Still Holds a Significant Lead Strategy, the company Michael Saylor built into the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder, still sits alone at the top […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman26 Jul
Federal investigators allege that eight compromised video games exposed roughly 8,000 devices and enabled attackers to take at least $220,000 from 80 cryptocurrency wallets. The FBI is seeking potential victims as the investigation continues. Malware Campaign Focused on Cryptocurrency Wallets Malware concealed inside downloadable games allegedly harvested credentials that attackers used to enter cryptocurrency accounts […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms26 Jul