The Sui Foundation and Mysten Labs launched the testnet for Hashi earlier this week, a Bitcoin-collateral protocol that lets BTC back onchain loans without ever leaving the Bitcoin network.

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Charles Schwab, which manages $13 trillion in client assets, is calling the CLARITY Act a “really important fundamental catalyst” that “needs to pass” even as Senate Majority Leader John Thune and White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt publicly disagree over whether a vote happens before the August recess.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy unveiled a new set of bitcoin metrics on July 24, including Net BTC, Net BTC Per Share and BTC Hurdle ARR, designed to give shareholders a clearer read on a treasury now holding 843,775 BTC.

Elon Musk-owned SpaceX pushed back the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket to Friday, July 24, after weather threatened to ruin critical heat shield imaging. This was the latest slip for a company whose shares have traded below their $135 initial public offering (IPO) price since mid-July.

Japan may allow its first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund to list as early as 2028 as regulators change how digital assets are treated under investment laws. The timeline remains tentative and depends on regulatory, product and tax reforms.

Counter-Strike esports orgs say Valve’s first capsule-free Major – the biggest and most prestigious tournaments in the scene – produced a fraction of the sticker income teams had expected, threatening a revenue stream that has financed smaller teams for years. The shift came amid a New York gambling lawsuit, even as prediction markets and crypto sportsbooks deepen their commercial presence around esports.

Wisconsin election officials say residents who trade contracts tied to an election may become ineligible to vote in that same contest. Kalshi accused the commission of voter suppression and warned courts could force a retraction of any such move.

ETH Zurich researchers led by professor Raffaele Mezzenga developed a whey-protein amyloid aerogel that pulls gold ions out of acid-dissolved electronic waste. In lab tests, the team recovered a 450-milligram nugget of 22-carat gold from metal parts taken from 20 old computer motherboards, with the work published in 2024 in Advanced Materials. The timing matters as global e-waste hit about 61.3 million tons in 2023.

The new law project, proposed by Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger, would allow investment funds to invest in digital assets, the issuance of securities using decentralized technologies, and give full validity to smart contracts, modernizing outdated national market rules.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon urged lawmakers to advance the CLARITY Act as senators circulated a revised crypto market structure bill, intensifying disputes over stablecoin rewards, regulatory authority and ethics restrictions ahead of a possible floor vote.

XRPL Commons unveiled a new grants program supporting open-source developers, startups, and established blockchain projects building on the XRP Ledger. RippleX amplified the initiative as the ecosystem expands its developer resources.

The Consumer Prosecutor’s Office of Sao Paolo stressed that World focused on attracting people in situations of economic vulnerability and maintained this practice even after the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) ordered the suspension of offering crypto rewards for biometric data.

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital has moved one of its private market strategies onto public blockchains, and Coinbase is putting its own money behind it.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said crypto vaults and onchain lending products may trigger U.S. securities rules, depending on how they are structured and managed. She urged developers to engage with regulators rather than assume that moving financial activity onchain places it beyond the law.