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Bitcoin’s rally to around $79,000 lifted Strategy’s 840,447 BTC holdings roughly $2.8 billion above cost. Michael Saylor’s “We’re Back” post prompted speculation that the company could resume buying, though no purchase was confirmed.
BitGo is paying roughly $42.5 million upfront for institutional trading capabilities while NYDIG prioritizes a claimed power-and-compute footprint of more than 3 gigawatts. CryptoSlate said profitability remains unproven for both strategies.
Crypto stock tokens barely moved over the weekend, while four Aerodrome pools displayed $6.07 million in liquidity. CryptoSlate said Aave V3 records listed no liquidity for the B20 assets examined.
The US Treasury plans to borrow $739 billion from July through September while buying back some older bonds. CryptoSlate says the new debt issuance could absorb liquidity before the impact of buybacks reaches Bitcoin and other risk assets.
Bitcoin ETF inflows posted a $201.9 million reversal after a roughly $3 billion streak, but the week remained positive. Ethereum, XRP and Solana continued to see buying, according to CryptoSlate.
Blockchain payment infrastructure is challenging Swift’s established role, while bankers argue its 11,500-institution network can absorb the technology. Crypto executives instead see blockchain as a potential replacement for Swift.
Crypto executives agree AI agents will need to transact with one another, but they disagree on the solution. CoinDesk reports the eventual machine-payment currency could be a stablecoin—or an asset that has not yet been invented.
BitGo is buying NYDIG’s institutional trading arm in a roughly $42.5 million cash-and-stock deal, adding derivatives, structured products and capital-markets capabilities while NYDIG focuses on power and data centers.
Real Trump Coins promoted GOLD before deleting related X posts, while wallets linked to the team sold 224.5 million tokens. Cointelegraph reported that GOLD’s market value subsequently fell by about 99%.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $201.8 million in net outflows Friday, ending a nine-day inflow streak. ARK 21Shares led withdrawals, while total ETF assets fell below $100 billion as Bitcoin dipped under $78,000.
Six Bitcoin wallets untouched for about a decade moved $40 million this month, with most transfers avoiding exchanges. Galaxy data showed dormant-coin activity at its lowest since 2022, while 2026 was tracking below half of last year’s total.
Six Bitcoin wallets untouched for about a decade moved coins worth roughly $40 million this month. Galaxy data shows dormant-coin activity at its lowest since 2022, with 2026 on pace for less than half of last year’s total.
Ripple is preparing the XRP Ledger for the potential threat posed by quantum computers. The move follows an Anthropic model’s reported 67-million-fold reduction in attack work and migration plans published by Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Capital B plans to raise €21 million to acquire nearly 270 BTC, but full exercise of associated warrants could reduce the displayed ratio by about 24%, creating significant dilution risk.
Bitcoin’s rally slowed Friday after the Federal Reserve chief said inflation was too high. Bitcoin Magazine linked the earlier advance to roughly $3 billion in speculative flows into exchange-traded investment vehicles tied to the cryptocurrency.
CryptoSlate reported that hackers stole nearly $6 million across six chains after a critical Cosmos-related bug was misjudged for four months. The upstream fix reached release branches hours before the incident, while MANTRA said no tokens were recovered.
