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Analysis: Strategy holds STRC dividend at 12%
Customarily, Michael Saylor and team have lifted the STRC dividend when it trades sizably below par, but not this month. Strategy is maintaining the dividend o…
Analysis: Bitcoin cold-wallet attack spreads to 4,500 addresses as losses near $89 million
Galaxy Research flagged a third wave of sweeps tied to weak Coldcard-generated keys, with the attacker now targeting smaller balances and changing how funds ar…
Analysis: Tokenized stock trading surged 288% in July, but one QQQ token drove most of it
Without that QQQ token, QQQB, July volume for tokenized equities would be roughly $2.03 billion, about 30% below June’s total. Tokenized stock trading reached…
Analysis: Bank of Italy research suggests stablecoins aren't necessarily cheaper for remi…
A mystery-shopping experiment found that exchange fees, foreign exchange spreads and banking rails mean stablecoin remittances are often no cheaper than tradit…
Analysis: Bitcoin mining difficulty shrinks 14% from this year's high as plunging revenue…
Difficulty falls as weak mining economics reduce capacity, while forward markets signal little relief through year-end. Bitcoin mining difficulty fell below ye…
Analysis: SEC to review Nasdaq bitcoin options approval after CME challenge
CME argues that because bitcoin is a commodity, options tied to its value fall under CFTC jurisdiction, not the SEC's authority. The SEC has frozen Nasdaq…
Analysis: Everyone has the perps convergence backwards
Crypto is said to be growing up to look like Wall Street. The evidence in its biggest market points the other way, argues Bitget CEO Gracy Chen. Perpetual futu…
Analysis: Solana Foundation's new CISO warns AI is making crypto scams more convincing
Michael Coates, the foundation’s new CISO, said that AI vulnerabilities and fake identities will drive the next wave of blockchain security concerns. Solana Fo…
Analysis: Binance founder CZ calls for wallet diversification after $70 million Coldcard…
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says hardware wallets can still have bugs and suggests spreading funds across multiple wallets after the major Coldcard security…
Analysis: XRP Ledger upgrade brings back features once pulled over critical bugs
The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers fo…
Analysis: How bitcoin cold wallets lost $70 million in an attack that never touched the d…
Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continu…
Analysis: Bitcoin holds July gain as 'forced-selling fuel was already spent,' analysts say
The largest crypto shrugged off a barrage of bad news this month, but traders remain cautious as rate hike fears and jobs data loom. Bitcoin is poised to end J…
Analysis: Tether posts $1.5 billion operating profit in Q2 as reserve buffer falls by half
The world’s largest stablecoin issuer added 14 metric tons of gold and about 1,800 bitcoin to its reserves during the second quarter. Tether reported $1.5 bill…
Analysis: The good and the bad of perps, according to crypto traders
Talk about crypto trading with any savvy trader, and the first thing that comes up these days is perpetual futures, or “perps” — derivatives contracts that all…
Analysis: Coldcard's $38 million (so far) exploit shakes faith in self-custody, may push…
A software bug in popular hardware wallet Coldcard that led to the theft to this point of nearly 600 bitcoin worth roughly $38 million is prompting questions a…
Analysis: Quantum computing nears commercial breakthrough, IBM CEO says
Arvind Krishna said quantum computing will begin generating meaningful revenue before the decade ends as investment in the sector accelerates, in an interview…
Analysis: Crypto faces 3 barriers to next bull run, STS Digital CEO says
Institutional options selling, AI and delayed U.S. crypto regulation are weighing on bitcoin, according to STS Digital CEO Maxime Seiler. STS Digital CEO Maxim…
Analysis: Circle secures New York trust charter as crypto regulatory push accelerates
The approval lets the USDC issuer offer fiduciary and custody services under New York banking law. Circle Internet Group, Inc. (CRCL), the issuer of USDC, the…
Analysis: Coinbase's weak quarter leaves Wall Street split on timing of a recovery
Most analysts blamed a weak crypto market for Coinbase's earnings miss, though opinions diverged on when trading activity will recover. Analysts broadly a…
Analysis: RWA perps will outpace tokenization
Tokenization was crypto's first big export to TradFi. Perps are next, says Martin Lee, markets insight lead at DWF labs. Tokenization has gotten nods of a…
Analysis: Dubai-based crypto exchange tied to $4 billion Iran sanctioned-evasion network
Shelbit allegedly sent hundreds of millions of dollars to major crypto exchanges, including Binance, as it linked gambling sites and sanctioned Iranian entitie…
Analysis: World Cup bets smash records as prediction markets hit $20 billion in volume
Markets ranged from the simple question of who would win the tournament to whether Cristiano Ronaldo would cry when Portugal were eliminated (he did). The 2026…
Analysis: U.S. sanctions Iran-linked bitcoin insurance scheme for Strait of Hormuz ships
The Treasury Department said the Hormuz Safe platform accepted bitcoin and other digital assets as part of an alleged sanctions workaround tied to IRGC-backed…
Analysis: Bitcoin $60,000 put leads the pack as mood swings bearish for August
Your day-ahead look for July 31, 2026 This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here , if you haven't already. As July ends…
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