Bitcoin climbed back to $65,644 on July 20, capping a volatile three-day stretch shaped as much by chart levels as by the war between the United States and Iran.

Galaxy Digital has agreed to pay roughly $75 million over 15 years to put its name on Texas Tech University’s football stadium.

One year after the U.S. House passed the CLARITY Act to replace “regulation by enforcement” with clear rules, the bill remains stalled in the Senate due to banking opposition and partisan friction. Industry groups warn that stripping Section 604 will trigger First Amendment legal challenges and drive open-source developers out of the U.S.

Russia’s State Duma is set to vote July 21 on a sweeping crypto bill that would legalize regulated trading and cross-border settlements while preserving the country’s ban on digital-asset payments at home, RBC reported on Monday.

Hyperliquid told users on July 19 that its outcome markets product, known as HIP-4, will move to permissionless deployment in a coming network upgrade.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has become Wall Street’s leading bank for artificial intelligence (AI) debt deals, architecting billions of dollars in financing for data center build-outs and edging past longtime rival Goldman Sachs.

According to an announcement published Monday, Bitmine Immersion Technologies now holds 5.78 million ether tokens, pushing its total crypto, cash, and equity stake holdings to $11.5 billion.

Senator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act would ensure customer-owned crypto remains customer property if an exchange fails, addressing a legal gap exposed by the bankruptcies of Celsius and Voyager while advancing broader U.S. crypto market rules.

Strategy raised $263.5 million through MSTR stock sales while reporting no bitcoin purchases, lifting its U.S. dollar reserve to $3.225 billion as its buying pause stretched into another week.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pushed back on Sunday against fears that miners defecting to artificial intelligence (AI) threaten bitcoin, arguing the network’s built-in difficulty adjustment keeps blocks flowing no matter how much hash power leaves.

While the institution recognized that most jurisdictions are working to apply its recommendations, others are lagging, allowing criminal groups to use digital assets for their illicit purposes. The FATF alerted to the misuse of stablecoins and the risks of offshore VASPs.

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya argued on Sunday that bitcoin bulls face a two-front squeeze, with speculative money migrating to prediction and equity markets while the energy that powers mining is worth more redirected to artificial intelligence (AI).

U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday to keep pushing consumer prices lower, claiming oil, gas, eggs and prescription drugs are all “dropping FAST.” June’s inflation data largely supports the trend, with one notable exception in the egg aisle.

Canadian rapper Drake lost a 1.5 million tether (USDT) wager on Argentina after Spain won the 2026 FIFA World Cup final 1-0 on Sunday, sealing the latest chapter in a betting saga that has cost the artist millions.

Iran’s rial slid to a fresh all-time low of about 1.95 million per U.S. dollar on Sunday, as renewed U.S. pressure and a collapsing ceasefire push an economy already battling 68.9% projected inflation deeper into crisis.