Grayscale urged Senate leaders to schedule a CLARITY Act vote before the August recess, warning that delay threatens U.S. competitiveness. The bill would divide crypto oversight between federal regulators and establish nationwide market rules.

Elon Musk rejected a Wall Street Journal report claiming Tesla explored separating or selling its China business ahead of a potential SpaceX merger. The public dispute centers on one of Tesla’s largest operations and a report linking it to a broader corporate restructuring.

Michael Saylor rejected claims that Strategy had approved a new $5 billion bitcoin sale plan, identifying the authorization as an existing capital-management tool. His clarification separates potential selling capacity from an immediate decision to reduce holdings.

A suspected third wave of Coldcard-related bitcoin sweeps has pushed the observed incident to an estimated 1,367 BTC, while exchange deposits and long-dormant wallet activity have added two more signals for analysts to watch.

Strategy confirmed its Stretch (STRC) preferred stock will keep paying a 12% annualized dividend in August 2026, even after the security closed July at roughly 12% below its $100 par value.

Andrey Poroshin, a financial analyst at Bitbanker, an exchange with a presence in Russia, the UAE, and Kyrgyzstan, stresses that bitcoin will retest $60K lows as excess liquidity is withdrawn to recover $70K later, a price still below the base cost of mining in the U.S.

Japan and the United States are preparing to unveil a joint policy as early as next week to stop speculators from driving the Japanese yen to fresh multi-decade lows.

Coinbase Head of Institutional Strategy John D’Agostino says he remains “relentlessly optimistic” the CLARITY Act passes, even as Wall Street odds-makers put the bill’s chances well below 50%.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs posted $265.4 million in net outflows on July 31, led by Blackrock’s IBIT, while spot ether ETFs pulled in roughly $9 million the same day.

SUI traded near $0.68 on August 1 as roughly 13.72 million tokens, worth about $9.9 million, unlocked on schedule, while a popular trader called the current price range a setup for a run toward $20.

Bitcoin slipped below $63,000 this week as a major hardware wallet security incident rattled confidence just as traders are preparing for two separate August events that could influence sentiment across the network.

A five-year-old Coldcard software flaw may have allowed an attacker to reconstruct private keys and sweep more than 1,100 bitcoin, prompting the wallet’s maker to blame the discovery partly on artificial intelligence (AI).

President Donald Trump is weighing a bipartisan ethics counteroffer for the CLARITY Act as Senate negotiators race to finalize crypto conflict-of-interest rules before the chamber’s August first week recess.

Zurich-based Sygnum Bank has connected its regulated cryptocurrency services directly to Bancastato’s online banking system, giving clients in Switzerland’s Ticino region the ability to buy, hold, and sell four digital assets without opening an account at a separate exchange.

Federal prosecutors are seeking approximately $47,000 in cryptocurrency allegedly taken from five victims through a technology-support and government-impersonation fraud scheme. The case reflects expanding efforts to recover digital assets after scammers convert victims’ cash through cryptocurrency ATMs.