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For months, the frustration among Bitcoin holders wasn’t about outright losses—it was about watching risk assets like equities grind higher while crypto chopped sideways. That tension broke this week. Bitcoin surged past $66,600, a five-week high, as the S&P 500 and gold barely budged. The 13% jump over three weeks snapped a period of underperformance that had weighed on...

A single announcement in late June erased roughly 15% from Circle’s share price. The Open Standard alliance had unveiled Open USD (OUSD), a revenue-sharing stablecoin backed by a list of 140 participants including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and Coinbase. The sell-off reflected immediate market judgment that Circle’s reserve-income moat might not be as durable as previously pr...

Permission to trade perpetual futures on a fully licensed venue changes the calculus for institutional desks that have been sidelined by compliance uncertainty. HashKey MENA confirmed it received approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority on 17 July 2026, expanding its permitted activities to include Virtual Asset Exchange-Traded Derivatives (VA ETD) Services,...

The market for digital dollar access has belonged to stablecoin issuers for years. But a new, well-funded fintech is stepping into the arena—with a $180 million Series B that values Augustus at $1 billion, according to

The mid-2026 market is a mix of coins waiting on a move and coins already making one. The XRP price prediction is stuck on a single breakout level, while the Hyperliquid token rides the momentum of a fresh exchange upgrade. Both reflect where the market currently sits: patient, but watching closely.

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