Raw News Items
22 itemsJuly 12, 2026
- Cointelegraph
Robinhood L2 sparks ETH optimism, Saylor 'muddies waters.' Hodler's Digest, July 5-12, 2026
Even Ethereum's critics believe Robinhood Chain is bullish for ETH. Nigel Farage and Donald Trump become embroiled in crypto related scandals, and more.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Bitcoin’s $64,000 rebound is outrunning ETF demand despite a $197 million inflow
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their first weekly net inflow in more than two months, attracting $197 million across 13 products. The inflow ended an eight-week run of net redemptions that pulled more than $8 billion from the Bitcoin ETF sector. Following the renewed inflows, ...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Convicted scammer’s “seized” crypto moves to unknown wallets while in prison as DOJ failed to secure funds
The US Justice Department says a prisoner serving a nine-year sentence for money laundering conspired to move about $290,000 in cryptocurrency in January 2024 after a court ordered the assets forfeited to the United States. The case highlights a potential gap between a court’s forfeiture order and t...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin’s BIP 110 fork deadline nears with miner support at zero
The BIP 110 proposal would cap arbitrary data on Bitcoin for a year, but Saylor, Adam Back and others say turning a spam dispute into a consensus fight could create a bigger risk than the spam itself.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin forces 1:15 reverse split to avoid Nasdaq delisting amid 8k BTC holding
There's a contradiction at the heart of American Bitcoin's treasury strategy: its Bitcoin pile is growing while its share price moves in the opposite direction. The Eric Trump-linked company recently announced that its holdings reached 8,000 BTC, up from more than 7,000 BTC at the end of the first q...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
A $407 million Treasury fund reveals how Wall Street is building crypto’s missing collateral layer
Tokenized sovereign debt spent years sounding like a conference phrase in search of a market. But now, the category has enough working components to deserve serious attention: tokenized government money funds, onchain ownership records, programmable transfer rails, and a growing effort to turn gover...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Adam Back’s 30,021 BTC Bitcoin treasury deal just lost the funding structure holding it together
Cantor Equity Partners I and BSTR said they will not close Adam Back's 30,021-BTC treasury deal under the July 2025 agreement. One of the market’s most visible Bitcoin treasury launches is now stuck rebuilding its financing before BSTR can reach public investors. In a July 8 Form 8-K, Cantor Equity ...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
One crypto wallet tied to a 20-year-old fraudster processed over $122M before Interpol closed in
Interpol said a crypto wallet linked to a 20-year-old fraud suspect processed more than $122.5 million over 10 months. Police in Thailand arrested two people in a money-laundering investigation involving romance-scam proceeds moved through crypto and cross-chain token swaps. The swaps were used to o...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Empery Digital shares rise after selling Bitcoin treasury to fund AI data center project
The sales come months after a major Empery shareholder demanded the firm ditch its Bitcoin treasury strategy and force the resignation of its CEO and board.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Ripple once weighed shutting down and handing XRP to shareholders, CEO says
Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse says he and co-founder Chris Larsen considered winding the company down and handing its XRP to shareholders before deciding to fight the 2020 lawsuit.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Cambridge study puts Ethereum near the lower end of PoS energy intensity
Cambridge estimated that Ethereum consumes 7.87 GWh annually and has the second-lowest market-value-adjusted energy intensity among the PoS networks studied.
- The BlockScore: 65
Crypto fatwa sparks debate over Pakistan’s digital asset framework
Pakistan’s crypto regulator held talks with prominent Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani after a fatwa declared crypto purchases impermissible under Islam.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin is nearing a power law support line Fidelity has tracked since 2015
The group's Dir. of Global Macro Jurien Timmer calls it an accumulation zone but notes the lack of a catalyst to bounce yet.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Stablecoin market cap has shrunk by $10 billion since May, but analyst sees no reason to panic
The market shrank by $7.7 billion in June alone, the largest dollar amount since May 2022's Terra-Luna crash, but stablecoins will likely resume their long-term growth, one analyst said.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
XRP loses $700 million in futures bets while XRPL builds a $4 billion institutional pipeline
Demand for XRP is weakening across several key market indicators, testing whether the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) growing institutional pipeline can translate into sustained investor and network activity. US spot XRP exchange-traded funds recorded about $7.2 million in net outflows in the week ended July 10...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Signs of life?: State of Crypto
Several sources told CoinDesk that a new draft of the Clarity Act may drop this week, but challenges remain.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin, ether little changed as U.S. launches fresh Iran strikes
The U.S. hit Iran for the third time this week and Tehran has reportedly closed the Strait of Hormuz again.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Pakistan crypto chief seeks dialogue after scholar rules against crypto payments
Pakistan’s virtual-assets regulator called for continued dialogue on the treatment of digital assets after meeting an Islamic scholar who backed a ruling against purchases made with crypto.
- The BlockScore: 50
Michael Saylor posts cryptic Strategy chart after $216 million bitcoin sale: ‘Orange dots tell only part of the story’
Strategy holds 843,775 BTC at an average cost of $75,476, leaving the position roughly $9.7 billion underwater with bitcoin trading near $64,000.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitcoin bulls Michael Saylor, Adam Back slam BIP-110 Ordinals proposal
The ongoing debate comes despite a broad downturn in Ordinals transaction activity over the last two years.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Strategy's Saylor needs clarity in BTC pivot message to convince investors: StanChart
Standard Chartered sees communication challenges facing the biggest digital asset treasury company as "muddying the waters" for Bitcoin in the near term.
- DecryptScore: 20
How to Make Product Ads With AI for TikTok and YouTube—For (Almost) Free
One product photo, three AI tools, and about 20 minutes: Here's the full workflow for generating a sales video without a camera, a model, or a studio.