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1alt HD: ETF Turnaround Proves Insufficient to Trigger True Macro Bullish Turnaround for Bitcoin Traders Bitcoin [BTC] was struggling to scale the $65k local supply zone. Since July 14, the spot Bitcoin ETF inflows have been positive. The injection of capital has not been enough to substantially elevate prices yet. Source: CryptoQuant Crypto analyst ScenarioX noted a steady drop-off in the 30-day Bitcoin spot demand. The metric recovered to -80k BTC in early July, but has since deteriorated to -170k BTC, the analyst explained in a post on CryptoQuant Insights. Despite decreased demand, prices have stayed relatively stable around $65k…

Coinbase Vice Chair Ryan VanGrack said the Clarity Act has gained “tremendous momentum” in the Senate, in a CNBC “Squawk Box” appearance that made the case for a federal crypto framework and touched on bitcoin, blockchain, and the industry’s uneasy truce with Wall Street. VanGrack, a former SEC official, framed the Clarity Act as an overdue set of rules rather than a giveaway. “It’s not about no regulation,” he said. “This is about imposing regulation on the industry for the first time.” He described a “win-win-win” for American investors, innovators, and standards should the measure pass, and said a bipartisan…

Shares of several Bitcoin mining companies surged Monday after Hut 8 and IREN announced major AI infrastructure deals, reinforcing investor optimism around miners expanding into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.IREN, Cipher Digital, CleanSpark, Hut 8 and MARA Holdings each gained at least 11% in early Monday trading. The rally followed Hut 8’s announcement of a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease for its AI data center campus and IREN’s disclosure of $2.8 billion in cloud services contracts with AI developers. Both companies began as Bitcoin (BTC) miners before accelerating a pivot toward AI infrastructure and cloud computing as mining economics weakened.IREN now…

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It adds new capabilities to Plutus, the platform developers use to write Cardano’s smart contracts, unifying the built-in functions available across the platform’s three versions so older applications gain newer features.The upgrade also tightens several of the ledger’s validation rules, including one guaranteeing that no two stake pools can reuse the same cryptographic identity key.”As well as Plutus improvements and Plutus Cost Model enhancements, this upgrade lays the foundation for the next upgrade, the Dijkstra era hard fork, which will introduce Ouroboros Leios to Cardano,” Input Output wrote in a development report on Friday.Ouroboros Leios is a scaling proposal for…

Crypto venture funding has reached $1.2 billion in July even as DeFi investment has fallen to its lowest quarterly level since late 2023. Summary Crypto startups have raised $1.2 billion in July despite a sharp decline in deal activity. Coinbase Ventures led investor activity as exchanges, prediction markets, payments and AI attracted major funding. DeFi funding fell for three straight quarters, with deal numbers reaching their lowest since 2020. CryptoRank data shows that investors completed roughly 25 funding rounds in July as of July 20, keeping capital active despite a sharp decline in the number of announced deals. Monthly fundraising…

BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin ETF has sold almost 100,000 BTC in recent months to meet redemption requests, now holding just over 733,000 BTC, as the BTC price has climbed by almost 10% since plunging to lows of under $57,000 in early July 2026, more than 50% off the October 2025 all-time high above $126,000. Into that drawdown, Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas has published what amounts to a structural diagnosis: the 22-year history of the gold ETF is the most instructive precedent available for anyone holding a Bitcoin ETF today. Bitcoin ETFs Likely to Mirror Gold’s History of Triumph…

Buterin discusses human vs AI capabilities Buterin says AI is expanding Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has continued to discuss the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI), arguing that the technology is steadily outperforming humans even in ways that many people do not think.According to Buterin, people have long compared the capabilities of humans and AI using a single measure, such as intelligence or economic productivity. However, he believes that this single measure of comparison is misleading, suggesting that people are comparing AI to humans in the wrong way. Shiba Inu (SHIB), Solana (SOL), Hyperliquid (HYPE) and XRP Price Analysis for July 20: Fresh…

Key Points Russian parliament schedules final readings for comprehensive digital asset legislation Proposed law establishes tiered transaction caps for retail and qualified investors Legislation creates legal structure for cryptocurrency use in international commerce Framework targets both domestic trading and cross-border digital currency transfers Implementation scheduled for September if parliament approves final version Russian lawmakers are approaching a pivotal vote on cryptocurrency legislation that would introduce comprehensive regulations for digital currency transactions and international settlements. The State Duma has scheduled both second and third readings for July 21, bringing the proposal closer to final approval. The measure establishes transaction caps and…

Reference: Farside Investors Bitcoin ETF Inflows Extend For Second Week, But Recovery Remains Fragile US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a second consecutive week of net inflows, offering a modest sign that institutional demand is stabilizing after a difficult stretch of outflows. Farside data shows the products brought in approximately $75.7 million during the trading week of July 13–17. Friday was the stronger session, with net inflows of $132.3 million. BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for $136.5 million of inflows on the day, while Fidelity’s FBTC saw $4.2 million in outflows. That is a constructive shift, but it is not a blowout. The…