SkyPilot raises $20M as AI compute orchestration heats up SkyPilot, the AI compute orchestration startup co-founded by Databricks cofounder Ion Stoica, has raised $20 million in seed funding as demand grows…
Bitcoin derivatives skew hits -0.3 as hedging demand builds Bitcoin options markets have turned more defensive, with a derivatives skew reading at -0.3 indicating stronger demand for downside protection than upside…
France blocks Polymarket, traders exit regulated venues France’s gambling regulator ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket on July 16, after saying the prediction market was offering an illegal…
Powerloom bridge users face 24-hour exit window before shutdown Powerloom users had less than 24 hours to move transferable assets back to Ethereum before the network’s planned shutdown at 6:00 AM…
AI Crypto Tokens Flat as Funding Jumps to $600M AI crypto tokens were broadly flat even as sector funding climbed sharply, with CryptoRank data cited by KuCoin showing AI-related crypto projects…
Hyperliquid upgrade shifts liquidity as prediction market volume drops Hyperliquid’s latest upgrade has shifted liquidity toward its core trading venue just as retail prediction market volume has fallen 70%, a move…
Bitmine ETH purchases slow to smallest weekly pace since June 2025 Bitmine Immersion Technologies slowed its weekly ETH purchases to 7,430 ether, its smallest weekly acquisition since it launched its treasury…
Bernstein raises Robinhood price target to $160 Bernstein on Monday raised its price target on Robinhood Markets to $160 from $130, arguing that the brokerage’s next phase of growth is likely…
Institutions Keep Buying Bitcoin ETFs as Price Stalls Institutions continued buying Bitcoin ETFs even as bitcoin’s price moved sideways, with Bitwise saying institutional holdings rose 12% in the second quarter and…
DEX Volume Hits 8-Month Low as New High-Speed L1s Launch Aggregated decentralized exchange (DEX) volume fell to $36.42 billion last week, marking an 8-month low as liquidity weakens despite the launch…
Tokenized ETF Market Cap Hits Record $526.4M as Ethereum Dominates The tokenized ETF market cap reached an all-time high of $526.4 million on July 21, 2026, marking a $100 million surge…
Whales Buy $2.8B BTC Dip as Exchange Stablecoin Reserves Surge 12% Bitcoin whales purchased approximately $2.8 billion in BTC during the cryptocurrency’s recent crash to a 15-month low of $60,000, while…
