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- A bitcoin ‘volmageddon’ may be brewing, key indicator suggestsby Omkar Godbole on July 20, 2026 at 11:15 am
Your day-ahead look for July 20, 2026
- Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in Septemberby Olivier Acuna on July 20, 2026 at 11:10 am
Major banking heavyweights join a massive blockchain network test that will allow retail consumers to trade tokenized won freely across commercial lines.
- Crypto market slips even as equities advance. Pump surges on social-media chatterby Oliver Knight on July 20, 2026 at 10:33 am
With a Fear and Greed index pointing solidly at “fear,” crypto prices drifted lower even as stock index futures rose. PUMP’s 20% surge was the only real headline in an otherwise quiet session.
- Hyperliquid plans to add decentralized prediction markets in upgrade to HIP-4by Jamie Crawley on July 20, 2026 at 10:04 am
Permissionless prediction markets will become available first on testnet and later on mainnet, Hyperliquid said.
- Cross-chain protocol Allbridge halts after $1.65 million flash loan exploitby Francisco Rodrigues on July 20, 2026 at 9:31 am
The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Kamino to manipulate pool ratios, enabling them to withdraw assets at favorable rates before bridging funds.
- U.S. regulatory developments and earnings, ECB rate decision: Crypto Week Aheadby Francisco Rodrigues on July 20, 2026 at 8:57 am
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting July 20.
- Amazon Japan supplier AZ-Com Maruwa to adopt yen stablecoin JPYC for paymentsby Omkar Godbole on July 20, 2026 at 8:10 am
The Japanese logistics firm plans to pay 2,300 partners, including truck drivers, using JPYC in Japan’s first large-scale corporate stablecoin rollout.
- Live markets: Oil bounce and lingering AI selloff pushes bitcoin under $64,000by Shaurya Malwa on July 20, 2026 at 7:15 am
War drives oil up, the Kimi selloff drags chips down, and bitcoin sits between them.
- Moonshot AI IPO push follows Kimi, Alibaba AI releases that shook bitcoinby Shaurya Malwa on July 20, 2026 at 7:08 am
Days after Kimi K3 rattled chip stocks, Moonshot is moving toward a Hong Kong listing at a $30 billion-plus valuation while Alibaba’s Qwen goes open-weight.
- Bitcoin ETFs see new money again, but inflows remain ‘peanuts’ relative to the recent exodusby Omkar Godbole on July 20, 2026 at 5:46 am
Bitcoin ETFs have attracted $273 million in new inflows in two weeks, but the total is barely enough to cover a single “slow” week of recent selling.
- Bitcoin flat near $64,000 as oil hits a one-month high and Kimi AI selloff lingersby Shaurya Malwa on July 20, 2026 at 5:31 am
Brent jumped almost 4% on escalating U.S.-Iran strikes, while Asian chip stocks stayed under pressure from Friday’s Chinese AI shock.
- The GENIUS Act turns 1: State of Cryptoby Nikhilesh De on July 19, 2026 at 6:30 pm
The stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act became a law a year ago.
- Bitcoin’s biggest advocate, Michael Saylor, says new plan to clean up the blockchain is ‘a bad idea’by Omkar Godbole on July 19, 2026 at 3:19 pm
Michael Saylor argues that a new proposal, BIP-110, to temporarily block “spam” data from the Bitcoin blockchain would undermine the network’s neutrality and create a dangerous precedent for censorship.
- AI is destroying the internet. Math is our only hope.by Brian Trunzo on July 19, 2026 at 2:00 pm
The rise of autonomous AI agents necessitates the utilization of zero-knowledge proofs, argues Brian Trunzo, chief growth officer at Succinct Labs.
- Kraken says simpler options can unlock crypto’s next derivatives marketby Will Canny on July 19, 2026 at 1:00 pm
The Wyoming-based firm launched USD-settled bitcoin and ether options, saying product design, not demand, has held back adoption.
- Tether’s USDT hits 2-year countdown threatening its position on U.S. crypto platformsby Jesse Hamilton on July 19, 2026 at 1:00 pm
The GENIUS Act has hit its first anniversary without U.S. regulators yet meeting deadlines to write regulations, though rules will be in full effect by July 2028.
- Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million coinsby Shaurya Malwa on July 19, 2026 at 10:00 am
Project Eleven says it has funded a proof that lets a wallet’s own key-derivation path stand in as ownership after quantum computers can forge its signatures. It runs in 243 milliseconds on a laptop.
- Inside Zcash’s new node that targets Visa-scale privacy at 50,000 transactions per secondby Shaurya Malwa on July 19, 2026 at 5:37 am
The new Zakura client is the first live piece of a plan to take Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second to payment-network scale.
- France orders country’s internet service providers to block Polymarketby Francisco Rodrigues on July 18, 2026 at 9:52 pm
The regulator cited concerns over addictive mechanics, a lack of self-exclusion tools, and a high volume of French users bypassing previous financial restrictions.
- Crypto executives say digital native generations may never need a bank accountby Olivier Acuna on July 18, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Steakhouse 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.
- DOG Mode explains Bitcoin’s next governance fightby Jamie Crawley on July 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Leonidas’ DOG Mode client challenges Bitcoin’s default relay policies, reopening a philosophical debate over censorship, free markets and who really governs the network.
- Trump targets Brazil’s payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country’s paymentsby Francisco Rodrigues on July 18, 2026 at 4:09 pm
Washington views Brazil’s promotion of non-dollar payment channels, including Pix and the growth of stablecoins, as a potential threat to dollar-based trade, even as dollar-linked stablecoins account for about 90% of Brazil’s crypto transactions.
- Here is why a massive $1.6 billion in crypto liquidity is sitting idle and wasting awayby Francisco Rodrigues on July 18, 2026 at 3:50 pm
About $542 million weekly sat outside active trading ranges, meaning this capital earned zero fees and provided no market depth.
- Massive bitcoin call spreads target $72,000 by month end, right when the Fed meetsby Omkar Godbole on July 18, 2026 at 2:15 pm
Large traders are betting on a BTC price rise to $72,000 by the end of the month, latest options market flow suggests.
- Tokenization has become a strategic priority for 84% of financial firmsby Helene Braun on July 18, 2026 at 2:00 pm
A Broadridge survey found Wall Street is accelerating tokenization efforts while betting on hybrid markets where digital and traditional assets coexist.
- “Money is like a sixth sense – and you can’t make use of the other five without it.”. William Somerset
- Why Are So Many Millionaires Leaving The UK?by Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 9:00 am
Why Are So Many Millionaires Leaving The UK? Authored by Mani Basharzad via the Foundation for Economic Education, Samuel Johnson once wrote that “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” Today, however, there seems to be one group that is tired of London: millionaires. In the last week of June 2026, one of the world’s most famous antique fairs, the Treasure House Fair, took place in London, attracting […]
- Watch: Aerial Drone Airlifts Kamikaze Ground Bot Into Battle As Warfare Automation Acceleratesby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 8:15 am
Watch: Aerial Drone Airlifts Kamikaze Ground Bot Into Battle As Warfare Automation Accelerates The evolution of autonomous warfare will center on teams of FPV drones, unmanned aircraft, and ground robots operating across a single network. Our view is that the battlefield of the 2030s has already been pulled forward by conflicts across Eurasia, from the Russia-Ukraine war to the US-Iran conflict. It was only a matter of time before […]
- Europe’s Heatwave Is Becoming An Energy Crisisby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 7:30 am
Europe’s Heatwave Is Becoming An Energy Crisis Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Europe’s heatwave is disrupting energy and transport, with low river levels restricting barge traffic on the Rhine and driving up shipping costs for fuel, coal, and other goods. High river temperatures have forced France to cut nuclear power generation, reducing electricity output as reactors face cooling constraints. The […]
- China Is Building A System To Track Asteroids That Could Potentially Smash Into Earthby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 6:45 am
China Is Building A System To Track Asteroids That Could Potentially Smash Into Earth China is expanding its planetary defense efforts with a new asteroid detection network aimed at spotting dangerous space rocks long before they become a threat to Earth, according to the South China Morning Post. SCMP writes that the planned system will pair a network of powerful ground-based telescopes with satellites in orbit, giving scientists […]
- How Long Will Burnham Last?by Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 6:00 am
How Long Will Burnham Last? Authored by Mark Littlewood via DailySceptic.org, Over the past decade our political system has chewed through and spat out Prime Ministers at a faster rate than Premier League football teams burn through managers. As Andy Burnham enters 10 Downing Street, why would we think there is any reason he will do much better – in terms of longevity – than his immediate predecessors? I’m keeping my eyes […]
- ‘Convergence’: Secret Labs Already Deployed Lifelike Female Androids While Public Watches Optimus Toy Demosby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 3:20 am
‘Convergence’: Secret Labs Already Deployed Lifelike Female Androids While Public Watches Optimus Toy Demos Authored by Madge Waggy, Technology has an unusual habit of revealing itself twice. The first version appears quietly, almost unnoticed, inside research papers, patent filings, laboratory demonstrations and corporate presentations that attract little attention beyond specialists. The second version arrives years later, […]
- ‘Going Dark’: The High-Tech Tricks Behind Illegal Chinese Fishing In The Pacificby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 2:10 am
‘Going Dark’: The High-Tech Tricks Behind Illegal Chinese Fishing In The Pacific Authored by AAP via The Epoch Times, The interception of a Chinese vessel accused of illegal fishing highlights the technical lengths many use to remain undetected across millions of square kilometres of open ocean. Tuvalu Police operating on a Sea Shepherd patrol boat boarded and arrested a Chinese longliner, the Lu Rong Yuan Yu 138, on July 9 for […]
- India’s Nuclear Push Further Strains The Massive Uranium Supply Gapby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 1:35 am
India’s Nuclear Push Further Strains The Massive Uranium Supply Gap Prime Minister Modi secured another major uranium supply line. During his visit to Australia this month, the two sides finalized the administrative arrangements needed to move Australian uranium to India under the previous 2014 nuclear cooperation agreement. The fuel must stay under IAEA safeguards for exclusively peaceful use. Australia holds roughly 28% of […]
- The Data-Center Revolt Goes National: Tea Party Veteran Leads 142 Rallies Across 42 Statesby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 1:00 am
The Data-Center Revolt Goes National: Tea Party Veteran Leads 142 Rallies Across 42 States The backlash against the AI data-center build-out – which we’ve been tracking since it was a smattering of county fights across 28 states – staged its first coordinated day of action on Saturday: 142 protests across 42 states, from Wasilla, Alaska to Naples, Florida, organized by Humans First, the nonprofit that Tea Party veteran Amy Kremer […]
- 478 Individuals Charged In Border-Related Enforcements In Texas, Arizonaby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 1:00 am
478 Individuals Charged In Border-Related Enforcements In Texas, Arizona Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A total of 478 individuals have been charged across Texas and Arizona over the past week in cases involving border and immigration-related crimes. A United States Border Patrol agent enters through the United States border wall outside of San Diego, on Jan. 20, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times In Texas, […]
- China’s Moonshot Eyes IPO After Sparking Another “DeepSeek Moment” For US AI Stocksby Tyler Durden on July 20, 2026 at 12:25 am
China’s Moonshot Eyes IPO After Sparking Another “DeepSeek Moment” For US AI Stocks Chinese startup Moonshot AI sparked another DeepSeek-like moment for US AI stocks and hyperscalers last week. David Sacks, the former White House AI and cryptocurrency czar, warned that this is “very concerning.” Moonshot AI debuted Kimi K3, which ranks number three on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, trailing only OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol […]
- Taiwan’s President Ratchets Anti-China Rhetoric In Party Speech: Must Resist ‘Red Terror’ Of Beijingby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 11:50 pm
Taiwan’s President Ratchets Anti-China Rhetoric In Party Speech: Must Resist ‘Red Terror’ Of Beijing President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday that Taiwan must renew efforts to protect its democracy and never become part of China. He urged members of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to oppose the “red terror” coming from Beijing. The ruling DPP champions Taiwan’s separate identity from China, and is working to combat […]
- Judge Strikes Down Race-Based Provision In Biden-Era Internet Access Grant Programby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Judge Strikes Down Race-Based Provision In Biden-Era Internet Access Grant Program Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on July 15 that a race-based provision of the Digital Equity Act, signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 to close digital gaps, was unconstitutional. A judge’s gavel rests on top of a desk in a courtroom in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 3, 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Digital Equity Act […]
- NBA Boss Calls Caitlin Clark A “Political Football” Over Racism Controversyby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 9:30 pm
NBA Boss Calls Caitlin Clark A “Political Football” Over Racism Controversy The WNBA has been the butt of jokes for decades. The women’s league is a perpetual money pit, with annual losses of around $40 million per year, all subsidized by the men’s league. The level of play is often tedious, the pace is much slower and the athleticism is lacking compared to the men’s game. It’s the reason why the WNBA has far less viewers, […]
- Trump Endorses Graham’s Sister For Full Term, Shattering Expectations Of Short Stayby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 8:55 pm
Trump Endorses Graham’s Sister For Full Term, Shattering Expectations Of Short Stay Following the sudden July 11 death of Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster triggered eye-rolling across America when he appointed Graham’s sister Darline Nordone to take over the seat. At the time, the appointment of the unqualified sibling was widely understood as a mere interim honor, with Nordone serving as a placeholder […]
- Judge Dismisses DOJ’s New Mexico Voter Data Requestby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 7:10 pm
Judge Dismisses DOJ’s New Mexico Voter Data Request Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on July 14 rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to obtain the private personal data of every registered voter in New Mexico, adding to the overall number of cases the DOJ has lost in which it has sought similar information. The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch […]
- Mamdani’s New York: West Side Homeless Camp Stretching 12 Blocks Now Allegedly Stealing City Powerby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 6:35 pm
Mamdani’s New York: West Side Homeless Camp Stretching 12 Blocks Now Allegedly Stealing City Power You’ve likely seen it if you’ve the nearby Hell’s Kitchen entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel… What began as a growing homeless encampment on Manhattan’s West Side has now escalated to alleged utility theft, according to the NY Post. According to reports, one resident of the sprawling encampment was seen Tuesday tapping into city […]
- Overloaded: From Trinkets To Compute And Market Structureby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Overloaded: From Trinkets To Compute And Market Structure By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Last weekend we published that the market was sitting on Multiple Inflection Points. We were concerned that many of the inflection points would resolve themselves negatively for the market: Iran, which we didn’t even give the full “inflection” point treatment to, has deteriorated. While Brent finished the week at almost $90, up […]
- Tropical Threat Emerges In Gulf Of America With US Refineries In Potential Crosshairsby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 5:25 pm
Tropical Threat Emerges In Gulf Of America With US Refineries In Potential Crosshairs The National Hurricane Center has raised the probability of tropical development for Invest 91L to 80% over the next two to seven days. The broad area of low pressure off Florida’s west coast in the Gulf of America should be tracked into the new week, as early Sunday model guidance suggests it could eventually threaten offshore oil and gas rigs […]
- Taylor Farms Announces Recall Of Lettuce Shipped To 27 States Over Cyclospora Riskby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 4:50 pm
Taylor Farms Announces Recall Of Lettuce Shipped To 27 States Over Cyclospora Risk Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, U.S. lettuce supplier Taylor Farms expanded on July 17 its voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce from central Mexico due to concerns over its link to a cyclospora outbreak affecting Americans across the country. Lettuce products that were possibly contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite were sent […]
- Zelensky Boasts Of Hits On 3 Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tankers After Kiev Military Depot Leveledby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 4:15 pm
Zelensky Boasts Of Hits On 3 Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tankers After Kiev Military Depot Leveled Russia overnight and into early Sunday morning unleashed what Ukrainian officials have described as its largest barrage of ballistic missiles focused on Kiev of the war. Among the key targets was a large complex owned and operated by UKRTAC, a Ukrainian producer of military gear and personal protective equipment. Its manufacturing […]
- The Day Democrats Return To Wall Streetby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 3:40 pm
The Day Democrats Return To Wall Street Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance If there’s one thing the market has become spectacularly good at, it’s extrapolating today’s political environment out to infinity…and “pricing in” things (like the end of the Iran War, Trump Tax cuts, future rate cuts, etc.) over and over again until one day of bad news turns into a year of “market optimism” about things getting better, […]
- Social Media Influencers Andrew And Tristan Tate Arrested In Miamiby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Social Media Influencers Andrew And Tristan Tate Arrested In Miami Via Headline USA, Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. The brothers were taken into custody […]
- Meet The “New Soros” Whose “Street Cred” Could Rise If Spain Blocks Extraditionby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 1:55 pm
Meet The “New Soros” Whose “Street Cred” Could Rise If Spain Blocks Extradition The federal government is well underway with a multiagency and multinational effort to combat the alarming rise of far-left revolutionaries. This was most evident on Thursday, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed delegations from 65 countries. Meanwhile, Jim “Fergie” Chambers, the communist centimillionaire and heir to the Cox media fortune, is […]
- Traders Stunned By Momentum Meltdown As Earnings Quality Problem Simmers Under The Surfaceby Tyler Durden on July 19, 2026 at 1:20 pm
Traders Stunned By Momentum Meltdown As Earnings Quality Problem Simmers Under The Surface Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 📈Technical Backdrop – Coiling Below The Record Here is where the quiet-index story gets interesting for traders. The S&P 500 closed the week at 7,457.69, and that put it right on top of its 50-day moving average near 7,464. Call it dead flat against the line. The index still […]




















































