Tether Data has open-sourced a 460-million-parameter vision-language model built to run directly on smartphones instead of relying on cloud servers.

Underdog’s in-house UDX exchange recorded a reported $1.2 million in July 27 trading volume, reaching its first million-dollar day ten days after initial test trades. The result suggests Underdog avoided the usual cold-start problem for a new exchange, but UDX appears to be handling only a small fraction of the company’s broader prediction-market activity.

Türkiye has blocked 47,493 illegal betting websites and detained 5,629 suspects in 680 operations since the start of 2026. Authorities are increasingly following the payment infrastructure behind the sites, with recent investigations targeting thousands of bank accounts and crypto wallets allegedly used to move betting proceeds.

BNY Mellon is launching a digital transfer agency that will record fund transactions and investor ownership onchain. Baillie Gifford, Blackrock and BNY’s Dreyfus unit are expected to be among its first users.

Bitcoin briefly surged to $64,500 before pulling back to $63,700, ending down 0.6% on the day with its market cap holding at $1.277 trillion.

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The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29, but the decision came over the objections of three officials who wanted to raise borrowing costs instead.

Moonpay launched a payment vault built for artificial intelligence agents on Wednesday, giving Claude and ChatGPT users a way to trade tokens, book travel and move money without handing an AI custody of their funds.

Ether ETFs attracted $14.53 million on Tuesday, building on Monday’s gains as demand spread across three funds. Bitcoin ETFs posted a fourth straight outflow, while solana recorded its second-largest withdrawal since launch.

Doug Casey warned that rising debt costs, prolonged geopolitical conflict and sweeping technological disruption are pushing the global financial system toward an increasingly unstable period.

Sixteen years ago on this day, Bitcoin’s creator ran out of patience with a critic on a forum, and the line he left behind still tells BTC users something about how the network’s founder actually operated.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Wednesday that it has formally charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activities and placed him on an international wanted list.

Sui Network’s native token SUI is releasing an estimated $15.4 million in new supply this week through its ongoing vesting schedule, part of a broader token unlock wave topped by artist-token platform Audiera (BEAT) at roughly $81.66 million.

Bitcoin traded near $64,400 on Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. EDT, up roughly 1.6% over the previous 24 hours as positioning accelerated ahead of the Federal Reserve’s afternoon rate decision.

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