Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Blackstone is writing a check for a South Korean company most people have never heard of, and that is precisely the point. The firm announced on July 20 a definitive agreement to invest in Futronic, a manufacturer of high-precision actuators and motion-control systems founded in 1993.Industry source

BlockBeats news, July 20: Doctor Profit (@DrProfitCrypto) today posted that the widespread expectation that Bitcoin will bottom in September-October due to its four-year cycle may serve as a contrarian signal, suggesting that the traditional bottom may not materialize, and the likelihood of Bitcoin

TL;DRTSMC's second-quarter results and full-year guidance reinforce demand for AI chips, with the full-year capital budget raised to $60 billion to $64 billion.Market分歧 focuses on U.S. manufacturing costs, 2-nanometer ramp-up, and long-term capital returns; strong demand does not equate to unpressur

Moonshot AI is preparing to go public within six months, moving to tap capital markets days after its Kimi K3 model upended assumptions about how far behind China's AI sector really is.The company has distributed a shareholder resolution seeking its backers' approval for a Hong Kong listing, Bloombe

Odaily Planet Daily reports: Analyst Jukan from Citrini posted on X that the world's three largest memory chip manufacturers have ceased in-house development of Compute Express Link (CXL) controllers and are now adopting chips designed by external fabless companies.Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, and

During WAIC 2026, we conducted a group interview with Richard Sutton, a pioneer in reinforcement learning and the 2024 Turing Award recipient, who visited China, alongside several other media outlets—Machine Intelligence was the only professional media among them.In just a few dozen minutes, he spok

ME News reports that on July 20 (UTC+8), the decentralized privacy protocol hinkal tweeted that it will begin returning funds to users who have completed the recovery process this week, with all reimbursements expected to be finalized by July 22. Users of Hinkal Pay and Hinkal Prime will receive fun

SpaceX has rescheduled the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket to Thursday, July 23. A Raptor 3 engine ignition failure forced an automatic abort of the earlier attempt.The setback triggered a fresh slide in SpaceX (SPCX) stock. The rocket will carry 20 V3 Starlink satellites for the first time.

CoinDesk reports:After concluding a two-day trip to Tokyo, NVIDIA has further clarified its partnership landscape in Japan. The focus of this initiative goes beyond selling chips to include national AI infrastructure, deployment of robotics models, and deeper integration of AI into automotive and ma

CoinMarketCap reports:Consensys has responded to the incident involving access to the MetaMask codebase. The company disclosed that a consultant, introduced via a third-party service, had brief access to the core MetaMask codebase earlier this year; however, internal investigations found no maliciou

The Allbridge Core bridge was hit by a flash loan exploit. The attacker manipulated the rate in the USDC/USDT pool and profited from it. The funds have already been moved to the Ethereum network, with some sent to mixers. PeckShield experts reported that the Allbridge Core bridge was hacked, with da

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that, on July 20, Meritz Securities noted a recent sharp surge in spot prices for server DRAM, with spot prices exceeding $3,100—a 146% premium over the $1,380 contract price at the end of June. Key drivers include demand from sovereign AI projects such as those in Saudi Ar

Circle President Heath Tarbert sold about $30.8 million worth of CRCL shares beginning in June 2025, according to SEC Form 4 insider transaction filings tied to the company’s EDGAR record.What SEC Form 4 Filings Show About Heath Tarbert’s CRCL Share SalesThe share sales are documented in insider tra

According to Bloomberg, the UK AI startup CuspAI has raised nearly $500 million and established the AI Materials Foundry consortium. The consortium brings together more than 48 organizations, including NVIDIA, Meta, and Hyundai Motor Group, aiming to integrate computing power and research capabiliti

A whale shorted 188,400 CXMT contracts with 1x isolated leverage on Hyperliquid, with a position value of approximately $1.2672 million, at an average entry price of $6.8567 and a liquidation price of approximately $12.4847. The position currently holds a paper profit of about $24,400, yielding a re