Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz says the SEC effectively treated XRP as a security despite acknowledging the crypto token was not inherently one, challenging a former SEC attorney’s interpretation of the Ripple case.

Bitcoin traded between $63,800 to $64,094 on July 16, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, holding within a $63,880 to $65,501 range after pulling back from recent highs. Technical charts across multiple timeframes show a mixed picture, with short-term momentum weakening even as the broader structure remains constructive.

A small group of traders extracted $8.2 million from Polymarket’s five-minute bitcoin contracts by pushing the spot price on Binance just before settlement, researchers from Stanford University and Singapore Management University found.

Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad said the Clarity Act delivers “a dramatic advance in consumer protection and market integrity,” as the Senate targets floor action on the crypto market structure bill the week of July 20.

Bitcoin could sink to a cycle low of $38,000 to $39,000 by October if the current drawdown matches the depth of 2022’s bear market, NYDIG said in its second-quarter review.

Solana’s real-world asset holder base has climbed to an all-time high above 300,000 wallets, ranking the network first among all blockchains even as Ethereum keeps a commanding lead in tokenized value.

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) now pairs a $3 billion U.S. dollar reserve with 843,775 BTC worth roughly $55 billion, a barbell structure executive chairman Michael Saylor is pitching as the company’s path through the bear market.

Luno has formally challenged South Africa’s proposed capital flow regulations, which aim to place digital assets under a modernized exchange control regime.

Emirates NBD has gone live on the blockchain-based Partior network, becoming the first financial institution in the region to offer blockchain-enabled cross-border U.S. dollar payments.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has stopped Kalshi from liquidating sports event contracts that a Michigan court ordered cancelled and refunded. The intervention leaves Michigan’s restriction on new sports trades intact while opening a direct federal-state confrontation over who controls transactions already executed on a regulated derivatives exchange.

Cleanspark has signed a 20-year triple-net lease at its Sandersville, Georgia, campus, expected to generate $6.6 billion in contracted revenue. The tenant has also secured exclusivity over Cleanspark’s 885 MW Texas portfolio, signaling a broader artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure partnership.

The Bank of Tanzania is reportedly finalizing a new regulatory framework to oversee cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.

Bitcoin whales have not identified quantum computing risks as a reason for selling, according to Galaxy Digital, while institutional investors have flagged quantum concerns as a reason to avoid buying the crypto asset.

Tim Draper says he passed on Coinbase after underestimating how quickly retail crypto adoption would arrive, but his son invested early and helped turn a rejected opportunity into one of the venture capitalist’s biggest wins.

Blackrock CEO Larry Fink said he is bullish on markets, citing early gains from technology-driven margin expansion. He also said the washout of excessive leverage has left bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market more stable.