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71 itemsJuly 17, 2026
- DecryptScore: 85
ECB Warns Stablecoins May Drain Bank Deposits—Here's What That Means
ECB board member Piero Cipollone laid out the three-layer threat banks face from digital payments, and pitched the digital euro as the only structural answer.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin under $64,000 after new U.S. strike on Iran. Trump's China comment adds to uncertainty
Geopolitical tensions and renewed fears of U.S.-China frictions are weighing on risk assets, including bitcoin.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin ETFs add $368M in three-day buying streak
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $79.2 million on Thursday, lifting their three-day inflow total to about $368 million as Bitcoin attempted a price recovery.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Dutch court declares crypto platform Knaken bankrupt over missing funds
The Rotterdam court said bankruptcy was necessary to ensure an orderly settlement because the company lacked enough assets to fully repay users.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Dutch crypto exchange collapses exposing customer balances’ true value amid multi-million-euro hole
Dutch crypto exchange Knaken's operating company and its affiliated payments foundation entered court-controlled bankruptcy on July 16 after the Rotterdam District Court found that the exchange could not repay customers in full. The court said customers were locked out, payments had stopped, and a s...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Citadel backs two rival crypto exchanges with $600 million as both chase the same Wall Street prize
Citadel Securities, the Wall Street market maker, now has $600 million in announced strategic investments across two rival crypto exchanges, each valued at $20 billion. Crypto.com announced its $400 million deal on July 16, 2026. Previously, on Nov. 18, 2025, Kraken disclosed an executed agreement f...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
FTX to distribute $900M to creditors in fifth payment round
The FTX Recovery Trust and company have distributed about $10 billion since the exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, leaving users cut off from their funds.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
MacOS malware hijacks Telegram sessions, targets crypto wallets: SlowMist
A macOS malware steals credentials to hijack Telegram sessions, decrypt cryptocurrency wallets or trick users into entering their wallet recovery phrases through fake applications.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
US indicts crypto investor over alleged $20M fraud scheme
Federal prosecutors allege the South Dakota investor used false promises to raise money, repaid earlier investors with new funds and laundered proceeds through crypto exchanges.
- DecryptScore: 80
Crypto.com Hits $20B Valuation After $400M Citadel Securities Investment
The market maker's stake marks Crypto.com's first institutional funding round, as Wall Street deepens its push into crypto.
- DecryptScore: 80
Morning Minute: Citadel Securities Invests $400M in Crypto.com
Wall Street and crypto's convergence snapped into focus, while crypto majors gave back most of the week's gains as broader markets sold off.
- CryptoSlateScore: 80
Bitmine nears its Ethereum buying limit – Now it needs demand to make the bet pay off
Bitmine plans to slow its Ethereum purchases as its holdings approach 5% of the cryptocurrency’s supply, ending a year of rapid accumulation that made the company the network’s largest corporate token holder. In his July Chairman message, Thomas Lee said Bitmine has amassed 5.7 million ETH, equal to...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Investors rejected crypto basket ETFs and now this $1.9 trillion manager is putting the reason to the test
T. Rowe Price manages roughly $1.89 trillion, with about 66% of that money tied to retirement accounts, advisers, and institutional relationships that the crypto industry has spent years trying to reach. Its first crypto product, a spot ETP called TKNZ that began trading on NYSE Arca on July 16, wal...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Crypto exchange Bybit launches in Indonesia after NOBI acquisition
The launch gives Bybit a locally operated platform in one of Asia’s largest crypto markets, home to more than 21 million crypto exchange users.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
UK sentences 2 hackers tied to $115M crypto ransom scheme
The pair pleaded guilty after investigators linked them to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, which US prosecutors say extorted dozens of companies.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin price sags under $62.5K as Iran strikes add to US stocks pressure
Bitcoin saw a key rejection at local highs before reversing lower, moving with stocks for a second day as US-Iran war downside took its toll.
- The BlockScore: 75
FTX to distribute roughly $900 million to creditors in fifth wave of payouts
So far the company's bankruptcy estate has distributed nearly $10 billion to creditors and other claimants since repayments began in 2025.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
This $28 million ether market bet aims to profit from pure market chaos
The mega trade aims to profit from a potential surge in ether price turbulence.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Stablecoin growth will erode bank deposits, says ECB’s Cipollone
ECB’s Piero Cipollone said stablecoin adoption could erode bank deposits, but the digital euro will keep banks at the center of payments.
- The BlockScore: 70
Taiwan sentences BitShine crypto exchange ringleader to 22 years in $39 million fraud case: reports
The defendant reportedly led a criminal group that operated under the guise of BitShine, which was once registered with the FSC.
- The BlockScore: 70
SEC vs CFTC: Who Regulates Crypto?
Crypto oversight is split mainly between two agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In broad terms, the SEC handles crypto assets that behave like investments in a company. Meanwhile, the CFTC handles assets that behave like commod...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Risk-off wave drags bitcoin below $63,000 as AI selloff spreads from stocks to crypto
Crypto fell as AI stock fatigue and U.S.-Iran tensions weighed on sentiment, though a technical measure hints at oversold conditions heading into the weekend.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
SBI acquires Singaporean crypto platform Coinhako after MAS approval
SBI Holdings received regulatory approval to acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako as it expands into stablecoins, onchain finance and tokenized assets.
- The BlockScore: 70
SBI Holdings completes majority acquisition of Singapore crypto platform Coinhako following MAS approval
SBI Holdings acquired Singapore's Coinhako after MAS approval, folding the licensed exchange into its expanding digital asset network.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
HSBC wins Bank of England approval to enter Digital Securities Sandbox
The Bank of England approved HSBC Orion to go live in its Digital Securities Sandbox, with the first Digital Gilt Instrument transaction expected in the first quarter of 2027.
- The BlockScore: 70
Bitcoin slides toward $63,000 as Coinbase premium stays negative for a record 60 days
Bitcoin fell near $63,000 as chip stocks sold off, the Coinbase premium stayed negative a record 60 days, and ETF flows remain thin.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Consensys unknowingly outsourced developer work to North Korean
Through an introduction with a “reputable third-party service provider,“ the company took on a developer who, as part of an investigation, was revealed to be tied to North Korea.
- The BlockScore: 70
Bank of America taps new leaders to bridge crypto, AI and traditional finance
Sonali Theisen was named head of BofA's global digital assets platform, while Kevin Milsom was tapped to serve as head of AI transformation
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Ether falls twice as hard as bitcoin and HYPE drops 10% as the chip trade unwinds
Japan's Nikkei had its worst day since March. Ether is still the only major holding a gain on the week, barely.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bitcoin liquidity clusters determine BTC’s price direction as futures flow fuels price
Bitcoin futures traders are propping up the current market move, while liquidation heatmap data provides hints on where BTC price may go next.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Ordinals dev Leonidas proposes new Bitcoin client: ‘$DOG Mode’
“Over time the economic incentives will drive $DOG Mode’s adoption and force Bitcoin Core to stop gatekeeping and allow these completely valid transactions,” said Leonidas.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Bitcoin buyers and bagholders are both selling into the rebound below $70,000
Bitcoin’s recent price rebound faltered as the advance gave long-term holders and recent buyers an opportunity to sell before the cryptocurrency reached its next major resistance zone. Data from CryptoSlate shows that the largest digital asset crossed $65,000 on Wednesday for the first time in about...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
ESMA Adds 14 New CASPs to MiCA Register as Licensing Slows
ESMA adds 14 CASPs to its MiCA register, with banks and Ripple Payments Europe among the new entries as total providers reach 294.
- DecryptScore: 65
Bitcoin Tests $63K as Long-Term Holders Keep Selling at a Loss
Some two-thirds of the coins moving onto exchanges are long-term holders taking losses, as a macro risk-off drags on Bitcoin’s price.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire
The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singapore-based Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that includes a tokenization partnership with Ondo Finance.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin’s anti-spam fight gets a 'DOG Mode' reply
While BIP 110 wants to restrict data through a consensus change and has almost no miner support, a new DOG Mode client wants the opposite and requires no vote at all.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Live markets: Bitcoin slips to $63,000 as the chip rout goes global
A deepening global selloff in chipmakers dragged risk assets lower, pulling bitcoin back from the $65,000 it reached on this week's soft inflation print.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Bitcoin reclaiming its $69,000 holder cost basis could open XRP’s path to $1.26
Glassnode has identified Bitcoin's short-term holder cost basis near $69,000 as the market's next major recovery test, potentially affecting the outcome for altcoins such as XRP. Reclaiming that level would give the current rebound real room to run, and the firm's own July 15 report frames it as the...
- The BlockScore: 60
Crypto-style derivatives reach AI compute ahead of planned CME and ICE futures: Bernstein
Crypto-style perps and prediction markets hit AI compute ahead of CME and ICE, with regulated GPU futures targeted for late 2026.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to onboard 10 million casual users onto decentralized finance
The company says its advantage lies in bringing retail customers onchain, but early activity remains dominated by memecoins, while its original tokenization vision remains small.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
OKX Europe lets users convert USDT to MiCA-compliant USDC
The feature offers European customers a voluntary path away from Tether’s USDT as MiCA rules reshape the region’s stablecoin market.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure
Crypto and blockchain experts say this week's moves show the two established finance companies are increasingly competing for control of the infrastructure behind digital payments.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Polymarket traders cut Clarity Act passage odds to record low as Senate delay drags on
Polymarket bettors have cut the odds of the CLARITY Act passing this year to a record low as Senate negotiations over ethics provisions remain unresolved.
- DecryptScore: 60
Cardano Pumps as Network Moves to Further Decentralize Development
Input Output is handing its core infrastructure to outside teams as ADA gets a lift from an imminent protocol upgrade.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Galaxy lands 15-year Texas Tech stadium naming rights deal
Galaxy Digital will rename Texas Tech’s football stadium under a 15-year agreement, expanding its West Texas presence as the state attracts growing crypto investment.
- The BlockScore: 55
UK gang jailed over $5.4 million crypto scam posing as police
The gang impersonated police officers and used convincing fake police websites to steal more than £4M in cryptocurrency from eight victims.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Trump Media sells Wall Street low-latency access to Trump posts
The paid Truth API is aimed at high-frequency trading firms seeking “the fastest” access to market-moving Truth Social posts, including those from US President Donald Trump.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Bitcoin bottom countdown nears 50 days after BTC supply in loss passed 50%
Bitcoin supply in loss hit 50% nearly 50 days ago, mimicking the countdown to BTC price bear-market bottoms.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin faces fresh headwinds as China’s Kimi beats Claude, GPT in coding benchmark
Moonshot's Kimi K3 took the top spot in frontend coding away from Claude and OpenAI, and it's free. Semiconductor stocks fell, and crypto fell with them.
- DecryptScore: 50
Three Men Jailed for Posing as Police in $5.3M UK Crypto Fraud
The gang built fake police websites to fool victims, then spent the stolen crypto on Rolexes and luxury holidays, the Met said.
- The BlockScore: 50
Galaxy Digital puts its name on Texas Tech football stadium in 15-year partnership
The deal's financial terms were not disclosed, but Yahoo Sports reported the agreement is worth more than $70 million.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push
Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskinson says the network must change and start growing again.
- DecryptScore: 50
Galaxy Puts Its Name on Texas Tech's Stadium in a 15-Year, Crypto-Native Deal
The Nasdaq-listed digital-asset firm will rebrand the Red Raiders' home as "Galaxy Stadium." The bigger bet is on the cheap power and open land of West Texas.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Crypto Biz: When dollars disappear, stablecoins step in
Bolivia moves to recognize USDT amid a dollar shortage, while Bitcoin miners’ AI ambitions face fresh investor scrutiny.
- The BlockScore: 40
CryptoQuant says Strategy still needs disciplined bitcoin buying and selling framework
CryptoQuant said Michael Saylor's Strategy still needs still needs clearer rules for when to buy and sell bitcoin.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Balaji seeks Malaysia deal, threatens exit after Network School probe
“If we are not welcome, there are many other countries that would welcome us,” said Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan in a message to the Malaysian prime minister.
- The BlockScore: 40
USDT vs USDC: Comparing the Two Largest Stablecoins
USDT and USDC are stablecoins pegged one-to-one to the U.S. dollar, each backed by reserves covering every token in circulation. Tether’s USDT is the largest stablecoin, with the deepest liquidity across global exchanges. Circle’s USDC is the second-largest, with Circle staking its reput...
- CoinDeskScore: 40
AI frenzy losing steam leaves bitcoin less volatile than South Korean stocks
Your day-ahead look for July 17, 2026
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
AI agents employ $24M market to act smarter as agentic crypto payments spread online
Lincoln Murr asked his AI agent to send some Twitter articles to his Kindle, copying a trick he'd seen suggested online. The agent scraped the articles with Firecrawl once Twitter started blocking it, then uploaded the result to a service called Stable Upload so it could reach his email. Murr, who l...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
The British Virgin Islands are a top crypto hub no one ever talks about: Here’s why
Kraken, Bitstamp, 1inch and Bitfinex have all set up shop in the British Virgin Islands — but you might find it tricky to book an on-site meeting with one of their executives.
- The BlockScore: 40
Bitcoin ETFs could mirror gold’s history of ‘spectacular gains’ and ‘painful drawdowns,’ analyst says
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas compared IBIT’s short time above $100 billion with GLD’s precipitous rise in 2011.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Senator Warren requests 2026 reporting for Trump’s crypto earnings after $1.4B disclosure
With the Senate likely voting on a crypto bill within days, Elizabeth Warren asked for information on Donald Trump’s earnings between January and July ahead of a 2027 deadline.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Bitcoin treasury company offers 10% income and still can’t sell nearly half its shares
Swedish Bitcoin treasury firm B Treasury Capital AB expects its new BTC PREF preference share to start trading on the Spotlight Stock Market on Monday, July 20. Investors left 47.7% of the rights offer unfilled, so the market will soon reveal what buyers are willing to pay for a new route to funding...
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
JST Hits Record Deflationary Milestone: Over 355M Tokens Burned as JustLend DAO Revenue Fuels Value Appreciation
Summary: The fourth round of JST's buyback and burn has concluded with higher-than-expected results. A total of over 355 million JST tokens—valued at more than $34.59 million—were burned in this round, marking the highest single-round burn by value to date. On July 17, JST—the native token of TRON's...
- CointelegraphScore: 30
The British Virgin Islands are a top crypto hub no one ever talks about: Here’s why
Kraken, Bitstamp, 1inch and Bitfinex have all set up shop in the British Virgin Islands — but you might find it tricky to book an on-site meeting with one of their executives.
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
Trump aide allegedly made $100K betting on 12 speeches before anyone knew – then Kalshi stepped in
The White House placed longtime teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez on unpaid administrative leave on July 16 after ABC News reported allegations that he used advance access to President Donald Trump's prepared remarks to earn more than $100,000 on Kalshi. Sources told the network that the alleged t...
- DecryptScore: 30
Kimi K3 Just Triggered DeepSeek Flashbacks for the Stock Market
Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model sent chip stocks tumbling and gave Wall Street a Friday it would rather forget.
- The BlockScore: 30
Trezor exec pushes back on ZachXBT claim that hardware wallets are ‘complete garbage’
"I do not advise using them for important tasks like signing transactions or storing funds," ZachXBT wrote this week.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Airbnb CEO says X account was hacked, attacker posted AI-slop on tokenization
Brian Chesky regained control of his account and told any new crypto followers he would be a "disappointing follow".
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
SpaceX hype collapses with $600 million still carrying leveraged bets before a massive share unlock
SpaceX's record-setting market debut has completed a sharp reversal just over a month after the rocket and satellite company raised $85.7 billion in the largest initial public offering in history. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that SPCX shares fell to a post-listing low of $132.28 Wednesday, slippin...
- DecryptScore: 20
China’s Kimi K3 Is Out—And Beats Claude Fable and GPT 5.6 Sol on Key Benchmarks
Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter model tops Fable 5 on a creative writing benchmark and leads Arena AI's frontend code leaderboard—at Claude Sonnet pricing.