Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

The US government sold $44 billion of seven-year debt on July 28, and buyers accepted it at a yield of 4.473%. That was 21.3 basis points above the 4.260% yield awarded at June’s Treasury auction.Investors could lend money to Washington for seven years, collect regular interest, and lock in a return

Uber has quietly assembled one of the most ambitious autonomous vehicle coalitions in tech history. Over the past two years, the company has partnered with, and in some cases directly invested in, roughly 30 autonomous vehicle companies, positioning itself not as a car maker or even a self-driving s

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bitcoin News posted on X that MicroStrategy (MSTR) stated it may sell up to $5 billion in Bitcoin under its current capital plan—an amount four times higher than the initial potential sale amount under its new capital management plan. CEO Phong Le said the proceeds f

South Korea’s crypto market saw trading volumes collapse in the first half of 2026, with liquidity concentrating heavily on market leader Upbit and smaller exchanges feeling the squeeze. NexBlock data show South Korea’s five major won-based exchanges—Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Gopax—handle

Shiba Inu’s rise — and reinvention — in one story When Shiba Inu (SHIB) hit the market in August 2020, few could have predicted the meteoric run that followed. Within months the token experienced one of the biggest launches in crypto history, rallying by several million percent to reach an all-time

Huo Xing Finance reports that, according to CoinGecko data as of August 1, Upbit's trading volume decreased by 27.3%环比 over the past 24 hours. The META/KRW trading pair led the Korean won market with a 11.56% share of trading volume, followed by USDT, MMT, BTC, and BABY in the top five.

Manchester United opened their pre-season with a 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid on August 1 at Strawberry Arena in Stockholm, and the headline act was Bryan Mbeumo, who scored both goals. For crypto traders watching the club’s official fan token, it was something worth tracking.United manager Michael

Bitcoin slipped below $63,000 this week as a major hardware wallet security incident rattled confidence just as traders are preparing for two separate August events that could influence sentiment across the network.Key TakeawaysBitcoin traded near $63,000 after a Coldcard hardware wallet hack draine

MicroStrategy endorsed the CLARITY Act on Friday, one day after reporting an $8.22 billion quarterly loss. The bill would rewrite how the United States regulates digital asset trading.The endorsement hands MSTR shareholders a second variable to price. Regulatory momentum now sits beside the loss, a

ChainThink reports that, on August 1, a field study released by OpenAI and its academic partners found that AI programming agents such as Codex and Claude Code can significantly improve the efficiency of aging scientific software, with some cases achieving speedups of over 60 times.The report shows

A vulnerability hiding in Chrome’s code since 2013 just got found by a machine. Google’s AI-driven vulnerability detection system, built on its Gemini model, identified a high-severity flaw designated CVE-2026-3545. The bug lives inside Chrome’s Navigation component and qualifies as a sandbox escape

President Trump announced what he called a “historic” disarmament agreement with Hamas on July 31, framing it as the capstone of a months-long peace process shepherded by the Board of Peace. The deal envisions a phased disarmament of Hamas and other armed factions in Gaza, coupled with an Israeli wi

Bryan Mbeumo gave Manchester United the lead against Atletico Madrid, and somewhere in the background, two fan tokens told completely different stories about crypto’s relationship with the beautiful game.The forward, who joined United from Brentford in July 2025, has been a consistent contributor du

Bitcoin has declined more sharply than the US dollar since May, a divergence that breaks from the playbook investors have relied on for years. BTC, which peaked near $97,860 in January 2026, has slid to approximately $63,000 as of early August, representing a year-to-date drawdown of roughly 25-31%.

Bitcoin now commands roughly 58.5% of the entire cryptocurrency market, according to CoinMarketCap data. That means BTC is worth about 1.4 times the combined value of every other digital asset in existence.The total digital asset market sits near $2.16 trillion, with Bitcoin alone accounting for nor