Monthly archives: July 2026

Michael Saylor has entered Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fight with a 110-point case against a temporary soft fork that would restrict certain arbitrary-data and script uses. His intervention lands while live monitoring shows 0.89% signaling and the current difficulty period is already mathematically unable to reach the proposal’s early-lock threshold. Editor’s Note: BIP-110 proposes a one-year Bitcoin …

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Galaxy Digital has agreed to pay roughly $75 million over 15 years to put its name on Texas Tech University’s football stadium. Texas Tech Athletics announced the deal on July 17, confirming that Jones AT&T Stadium will become Galaxy Stadium starting with the 2026 season. The agreement replaces AT&T’s naming rights, which expired in June …

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One year after the U.S. House passed the CLARITY Act to replace “regulation by enforcement” with clear rules, the bill remains stalled in the Senate due to banking opposition and partisan friction. Industry groups warn that stripping Section 604 will trigger First Amendment legal challenges and drive open-source developers out of the U.S. Political Headwinds …

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Russia’s State Duma is set to vote July 21 on a sweeping crypto bill that would legalize regulated trading and cross-border settlements while preserving the country’s ban on digital-asset payments at home, RBC reported on Monday. Duma Puts Crypto Framework on Final Track Draft law No. 1194918-8, “On Digital Currency and Digital Rights,” is scheduled …

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Hyperliquid told users on July 19 that its outcome markets product, known as HIP-4, will move to permissionless deployment in a coming network upgrade. The announcement came through the exchange’s Telegram channel. Hyperliquid said the rollout will happen in two stages. “HIP-4 (outcome markets) will support permissionless deployment in a future network upgrade, first on …

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Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has become Wall Street’s leading bank for artificial intelligence (AI) debt deals, architecting billions of dollars in financing for data center build-outs and edging past longtime rival Goldman Sachs. A New Leader on Wall Street The shift is worth noting because debt underwriting has quietly become one of the most lucrative …

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According to an announcement published Monday, Bitmine Immersion Technologies now holds 5.78 million ether tokens, pushing its total crypto, cash, and equity stake holdings to $11.5 billion. The Norwalk, Connecticut-based ethereum (ETH) treasury company disclosed the figures in its weekly shareholder update. Bitmine’s ether position now represents 4.8% of the total 120.7 million ETH supply, …

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Senator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act would ensure customer-owned crypto remains customer property if an exchange fails, addressing a legal gap exposed by the bankruptcies of Celsius and Voyager while advancing broader U.S. crypto market rules. CLARITY Act Seeks to Prevent Another Celsius-Style Bankruptcy Dispute Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) said the CLARITY Act would …

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