XRP fell over 3% to hit a year-to-date low of $1 on Tuesday, extending its slide to nearly 60% since its January peak.

The AB Foundation, an Irish nonprofit crypto charity chaired by former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, is being dissolved through a voluntary strike-off after failing to conduct operational meetings beyond its launch.

Arthur Hayes argues Washington and Tokyo are quietly coordinating to push the yen higher, a shift he says would flood markets with fresh dollar liquidity and become a powerful bullish catalyst for bitcoin.

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Blackrock has slashed the in-kind conversion minimum on its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) to $1 million, a 96% cut from the prior $25 million threshold, opening the fund’s redemption mechanism to a far wider pool of investors.

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority is exploring how tokenized gold could fit into wholesale markets, including its use as collateral. The discussions come as London seeks to defend its dominance in bullion trading against growing competition from China.

$100 on two “Millionaire Blowout” scratch-off tickets turned into a $1 million top prize for a Toledo, Ohio player on July 27, with the winner choosing the $500,000 lump-sum option. After a 26.75% federal and state tax hit, the payout came to $366,250, and a subsequent ticket added another $18,312.50.

For over a decade on the frontlines of Web3 Go-To-Market, I have watched the digital asset market cycle through distinct phases of self-delusion. In the early days, 95% of the market was driven by unconstrained R&D. Startups were building decentralized primitives, smart contract rails, and permissionless protocols without traditional legal or compliance boundaries. Access was global, innovation was fast, and the code was the product.

TD Cowen puts the odds of the CLARITY Act failing to become law this fall at 75%, cutting its enactment probability to 25%. Three of its scenarios would end the crypto market structure bill without a final passage vote, with the Senate’s next test set for Sept. 15.

Strategy’s U.S. dollar reserve reached an all-time high of $4.65 billion after expanding more than fivefold in 2.5 months, while a 1,690 BTC sale highlighted bitcoin’s role in the company’s broader capital-management framework.

Sixty votes on Sept. 15 would move the CLARITY Act closer to Senate floor consideration. The 2:15 p.m. EDT cloture vote is the first floor test for H.R. 3633 since the House passed the bill in July 2025.

The Dutch gambling authority (Kansspelautoriteit) has granted new five-year online licenses to five of the eight operators that opened the regulated market in 2021, with the current permits expiring Sept. 30. Betcity, bet365, and GGPoker have not announced renewals, and bet365 holds the broadest license of the eight. The cabinet is separately studying a cap on the number of online licenses.

Bitdeer reports Q2 2026 financial results, highlighting strong revenue growth while cost of revenue outpaced total sales, despite a significant sequential slowdown in expense growth.

NYSE President Lynn Martin says the exchange is building a platform for onchain settlement of tokenized securities, joining Wall Street’s clearinghouse in a push to move stock trading onto blockchain rails.

North Korea-linked hacking group Kimsuky is building and testing an expanding arsenal of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that researchers say could eventually help automate phishing, analyze stolen data and sharpen malware development.