BTC Slides 7% on Middle East Escalation as Retail Exit Accelerates Bitcoin slid 7% in a single day, dropping to approximately $65,385 on Coinbase amid escalating military conflict between the US and Iran, triggering a rapid retail exit and wiping out $40 billion…
Chip Leadership Shift Signals Tech Peak: Bitcoin Correlation With Chips Diverges Bitcoin’s 30-day rolling correlation with the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) has dropped to 0.27, a sharp decline from 0.55 at the start of 2026, as momentum traders pivot decisively toward chip stocks…
Derivatives Data Shows Fear Spikes as Spot Bid Remains Institutional Derivatives data shows fear spikes across crypto markets, with the Fear and Greed Index collapsing to 14 and open interest dropping 14.9%, yet spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows continue to signal robust…
Bitcoin Node Specialization Climbs: 11% Run Restriction-Bypass Clients Bitcoin node specialization is accelerating as approximately 11% of the network now operates clients designed to bypass Core-imposed transaction limits, even as the network faces friction from the ongoing technical dispute over OP_RETURN constraints [3][8].…
Bitcoin ETFs Add $368M in Three-Day Buying Streak, Flipping July Positive US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $368 million in net inflows across three consecutive trading sessions ending July 16, reversing a two-month outflow trend and pushing July’s cumulative flows back into…
FTX to Distribute $900M to Creditors in Fifth Payment Round FTX Trading Ltd. and the FTX Recovery Trust will distribute approximately $900 million to eligible creditors starting July 31, 2026, marking the fifth major payout under the exchange’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan [1][2].…
EDX Markets Closes $76M Series C Led by SBI Holdings to Expand Institutional Crypto Infrastructure EDX Markets has officially closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings, marking the firm’s first publicly disclosed funding size…
Alpaca Raises $135M Equity, $300M Debt for Tokenization Scale US broker Alpaca, the primary custodian for tokenized stocks, announced a $135 million venture funding round led by Peak XV while simultaneously securing $300 million in debt financing to accelerate its tokenization infrastructure [1].…
Ocean Mining VP Confirms BIP-110 Miner Signaling Stays Below 1% Ahead of August Deadline BIP-110 miner signaling remains below 1% as of July 2026, with Ocean Mining’s vice president confirming that network support for the proposed data-limit soft fork has failed to reach…
