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Crypto venture capital funds secured $13.3 billion in committed capital during H1 2026, per CoinGecko data. This matched the full 2024 total in half the time. Investment round counts dropped 78% from the 2022 peak of 1,978 to 435 as capital concentrated in fewer large funds. The shift reflects a fun

Apple Inc. is planning a major overhaul of its MacBook and iMac lineup over the coming months, beginning with a new entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by the M6 chip and the first iMac refresh in two years, according to a Bloomberg report. The refreshes aim to capitalize on soaring demand for h

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce issued a statement on Wednesday warning crypto vault and lending strategy builders against misinterpreting federal securities law. Peirce, a member of the SEC's Crypto Task Force, stated that onchain vaults and lending activities involving investment contracts remain s

Benchmark lowered its second-quarter revenue estimates for crypto exchange Coinbase ahead of next week's earnings report, citing softer crypto trading conditions during the quarter. The firm maintained its Buy rating and $270 price target on Coinbase (COIN) shares. Analyst Mark Palmer pointed to a r

War-risk insurance premiums for oil tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz surged nearly 1,900% as of July 22, according to an analysis by Devere Group, a global financial advisory and asset management firm. The increase followed U.S. Central Command's 11th consecutive night of strikes against

Reddit stocks fell 9% on Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported the company has discussed shutting off Google's access to its content for artificial intelligence use. The decline follows concerns about the $60 million annual deal between the two companies, which is ending soon and under re

London Stock Exchange is launching LSE 24, a new regulated trading venue offering near-continuous trading five days a week, with client testing scheduled to begin by the end of 2026 and commercial launch targeted for the first half of 2027, subject to regulatory approval. The venue addresses

Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the platform will introduce a native, non-custodial Gram wallet directly into every Telegram application this summer. The announcement, made on July 21, triggered a more than 10% price surge for Gram (formerly Toncoin) within a 24-hour period, with the token ra

National Pension Service Chairman Kim Seong-ju posted on social media July 21 stating NPS investments do not aim to prop up Korean stocks or defend index levels, marking his second public defense this month against market pressure. Kim emphasized NPS operates as a long-term institutional investor

Bitget generated nearly $70 billion in TradFi perpetual trading volume in the second quarter of 2026, placing it among the top three venues for traditional-finance derivatives on crypto exchanges. The TokenInsight Q2 2026 Crypto Exchange Report named TradFi perpetuals as a strategically important ar

Bitcoin is trading around $66,100 on July 22, after reaching above $66,500 earlier in the session, as its 30-day realized volatility compressed to 28.3, the lowest level since 2016. CryptoQuant contributor Axel Adler Jr. noted the volatility metric dropped from 41.6 on June 25, placing BTC in the bo

Binance launched a rewards campaign offering up to 388 USDC to users who enable Fully Paid Securities Lending on their US stock or ETF holdings. The FPSL HODL Leaderboard promotion allocates rewards based on user rankings and runs until August 2, 2026. The campaign arrives six weeks after Binance

Ripple is preparing for its next scheduled XRP escrow release, with 1 billion XRP set to become available on Aug. 1 under the company's longstanding token management program established in 2017. The escrow mechanism automatically unlocks up to 1 billion XRP on the first day of each month through

SpaceXAI, a subsidiary of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX), is considering an expansion in Texas with at least one new large-scale data center, according to a report by The Information citing people familiar with the matter. The company has explored several potential data center sites in

The Financial Action Task Force published a report Tuesday stating that many decentralized finance platforms retain centralized control and fall under its anti-money-laundering rules wherever identifiable people control them. The report found that centralized elements "frequently persist in

HSC Conference will take place on August 15, 2026, at Hilton Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, hosted by Mpost Media Group. The event is designed to bridge cryptocurrency and institutional assets through discussions on blockchain infrastructure, digital assets, and on-chain financial markets. The

On July 22, 2026, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) continued its upward trend, rising for the fourth consecutive trading day and briefly trading above the 101 level intraday. Prior to that, over the previous week the DXY had been hovering around 100.76; within just a few days, the dollar completed the shift from consolidation to breakout. This leg of dollar strength was directly triggered by two directions. One was the rapid escalation of geopolitical risk in the Middle East—U.S. forces launched atta

The US Department of Defense signed a four-year rare earth agreement worth $96 million with Australian mining company Lynas in March, triggering protests in Malaysia where the company's main processing facility is located. Over 50 non-governmental organizations sent an open letter to Malaysian

Galaxy Digital launched the Galaxy Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative on July 21, committing up to $5 million in grant funding to developers building post-quantum defenses for Bitcoin's cryptographic infrastructure. The program addresses Bitcoin's reliance on elliptic curve cryptography, which a s