Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the CLARITY Act is at the “one-yard line” and urged passage before recess. However, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks called DOJ-only enforcement of its ethics provisions an “unserious offer” and said she would not support that approach.
Russia’s State Duma passed a crypto bill covering property status and cross-border trade. Reports differ on whether Federation Council approval remains before it reaches President Putin, but presidential approval is still required for the expected September 1 rollout.
Morpho launched Midnight on Base with customizable fixed-rate, fixed-term lending markets and a new Markets App. Tenor Finance has also launched a product suite built exclusively on the protocol.
Bitcoin reached a five-week high near $67K after moving above resistance around $66.5K. Sentiment has turned more bullish, but traders say sustained closes are needed to confirm a breakout rather than a countertrend rally.
Jack Mallers stepped down as Twenty One Capital CEO after a reported board disagreement and returned to Strike. Strike withdrew from the proposed three-way tie-up with Twenty One and Elektron Energy, with Raphael Zagury taking over as CEO effective July 20.
Tokenized equities are expanding on Solana through new assets and trading infrastructure, including tokenized Intel shares and JTX’s self-custodial venue for equities and other real-world assets.
Pavel Durov says Telegram will roll out a native non-custodial Gram wallet this summer, enabling instant zero-fee crypto transfers for more than one billion users.
Trump said the U.S. has no interest in meeting Iran and threatened strikes against any new Iranian nuclear sites. A separate report says he rejected a mediator-backed 10-day ceasefire proposal, dimming near-term hopes for de-escalation.
Tether reportedly froze four Tron wallets holding about $131 million in USDT after U.S. sanctions targeted addresses allegedly linked to Iran’s central bank. Other discussion characterized the funds as tied to the IRGC.
Micron rallied more than 12%, with traders highlighting a bullish rebound from support. Commentary argues that cheaper AI inference could expand chip demand, while memory pricing continues to signal strength.
Pump.fun made BOOST its standard launch mechanism, using buybacks and burns to reinject otherwise dead liquidity into newly migrated tokens. The company projects the change will deepen liquidity by about 20% per token.
Brian Armstrong said his personal posts, memes and profile pictures should not be interpreted as investment advice or endorsements, adding that he was not involved with $BRIAN. The response drew further criticism from users who say Base’s community lacks support.
Malaysian authorities revoked the business license of Balaji Srinivasan's Network School and ordered its Forest City operations to cease from July 22.
Two tankers carrying Saudi crude reportedly reversed course in the Red Sea after the Houthis warned ships traveling to or from Saudi ports could be targeted. Trump said the U.S. would respond if a blockade occurs, while a full closure of Bab el-Mandeb remains speculative.
Bull-themed Solana memecoins are seeing cross-promotion, purchases and planned giveaways involving ANSEM, GMEBULL and HBULL. One trader warned that HBULL shows signs of distribution and heavy whale concentration.
The U.S. national debt reached a record $39.5 trillion, prompting renewed commentary about its persistent long-term rise and potential implications for crypto.
Strategy has reportedly gone four straight weeks without buying Bitcoin while raising $263.5 million through MSTR share sales and building its dollar reserve to $3.225 billion. Its holdings remain 843,775 BTC, which an executive says could cover roughly 31 years of dividends.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs reportedly recorded a fifth consecutive inflow day, their first such streak since mid-April. BlackRock’s fund took in about $116.5 million on the latest day and roughly $500 million over five days.
The London Stock Exchange plans to launch LSE 24 in the first half of 2027, operating from 5 p.m. to 7:50 a.m. on weekdays alongside its main market. Exchange-traded products are expected first, with equities to follow.
Definitive launched Flash as a multichain execution API for trading apps and autonomous agents, supporting order types including DCA, stop-loss and TWAP. EmblemVault says it has integrated Flash across supported Solana and EVM chains.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joined OKX’s board after previously advising the exchange through a case that ended in a guilty plea and more than $504 million in penalties. He is also promoting round-the-clock tokenized stock trading.
Robinhood Chain’s early growth wave includes rapidly rising stablecoin liquidity and growing activity around PONS, its leading token launchpad. Posts frame both as evidence of increasing capital flows and enthusiasm across the newly launched chain.
Base’s Jesse Pollak says the launch of tokenized equities backed one-to-one by underlying shares is imminent. The Coinbase-linked offering is positioned as an alternative to derivatives-based equity products.
Discussion centers on autonomous AI agents needing crypto payment rails to transact, pay per request, and purchase services without human intervention. CZ’s comments reinforce the same narrative represented by emerging agentic-payment tools such as x402.
Ethereum’s attempts to reclaim long-term price resistance while strengthening against Bitcoin are fueling expectations of further ETH gains and a broader rotation into altcoins.