FTX Trading Ltd. and the FTX Recovery Trust will send roughly $900 million to creditors starting July 31, 2026, marking the estate’s fifth major distribution since the exchange’s 2022 collapse. The payout covers eligible holders of allowed claims in the Convenience and Non-Convenience Classes who met requirements by the June 16 Record Date. Bitgo, Kraken […]
FTX Plans to Pay Creditors $900 Million as Fifth Distribution Starts on July 31
Ethereum’s best marketing line was that using it destroyed it, that every transaction burned ETH and shrank the supply. Then the network solved its scaling problem, activity fled to layer 2s, and the burn collapsed. The scaling worked. The scarcity…
Did L2s break Ethereum’s ultrasound money?
Coinbase CEO Brian Armmsgtong stressed that self-custody wallets were essential for reaching cryptocurrency adoption in the billions, praising the simplicity of entering markets that lack clear regulations. Agentic adoption, a future growth avenue, also benefits from self-custody, he pointed out. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Stresses Relevance of Self-Custody Wallets To Get Billion
‘The Only Way’: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Champions Self-Custody to Reach 1 Billion Users
Robinhood Chain launched, filled with memecoins, briefly ranked third among DEXs, and the “Solana killer” talk started immediately. Then you look at the actual numbers. Solana has 27 times the value locked and 2 million more users. This is not…
Will Robinhood Chain flip Solana? The math says not close.
A new report argues Bitcoin could be the first market to react this weekend to Strait of Hormuz shipping risks, with oil and equity markets shut and thin liquidity amplifying swings. (Read More)
Polymarket sees BTC above $52K on July 20 at 99.95% despite risk headlines
Iranian state TV read a statement attributed to the supreme leader warning the US of “unforgettable lessons,” as both sides accused each other of breaching a recent MoU and called it “over.” (Read More)
Polymarket keeps Iran regime-fall odds at 10.5% as escalation headlines swirl
There is $1.6 trillion in Bitcoin sitting idle, earning nothing, doing nothing. Charles Hoskinson has a plan to put it to work on Cardano, and the plan quietly requires every transaction to burn a little ADA. Whether that saves Cardano…
Hoskinson wants Bitcoin’s money on Cardano. Here’s the plan.
The network that moves the world’s money spent 9 months building a blockchain, and the most important decision it made was what not to put on it. No stablecoins. No public tokens. Just bank deposits, wearing a new coat. For…
SWIFT just built its answer to stablecoins. It runs on bank money, not crypto.
Strategy founder Michael Saylor published a lengthy essay Saturday rejecting BIP 110, a proposed Bitcoin softfork that would temporarily restrict several types of transactions carrying non-payment data. Saylor’s essay lists 100 numbered arguments against the proposal, which he says amounts to using Bitcoin’s consensus rules to discourage a disputed but currently valid category of t
Saylor Rejects BIP 110, Warns Softfork Threatens Bitcoin’s Neutral Rules
Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s Metcalfe Ratio near 3.23 suggests its valuation is rising faster than the network activity measured by the model. Corporate and institutional purchases can bring substantial capital into Bitcoin without producing an equal increase in active addresses or transactions. Michael Saylor sees corporate adoption as necessary for Bitcoin to develop into a global mo
Bitcoin’s Valuation Outruns Onchain Growth – What’s Driving It
Over the past two months, the stablecoin economy has been tightening its belt, trimming $12.413 billion since mid-May. In just the last week, the sector said goodbye to another $1.555 billion. Stablecoin Market Sheds More Than $12 Billion Since Mid-May The fiat-pegged crypto coin sector, as tracked by defillama.com on Saturday, Jul. 18, shows that […]
Stablecoin Shakeup: $12 Billion Disappears in 2 Months While Tether Refuses to Flinch
teakhouse Financial co-founder Adrian Cachinero says digital-native generations may rely less on banks, while Binance says younger users are already driving crypto adoption in emerging markets.
Crypto executives say digital native generations may never need a bank account
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Polymarket 2028 odds: Vance leads at 19.75% as SAVE Act debate simmers
The most significant event of the month is the formal conclusion of the transitional period for the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which took full effect on July 1, 2026.