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Aster Crypto's 99% Fee Buyback Fails to Push ASTER Above $0.60
Aster’s native token, ASTER, continued to trade near $0.61 despite the protocol using 99% of its daily platform fees to repurchase tokens from the market.The buyback program has removed millions of ASTER since late June. However, current trading data suggests the purchases have yet to generate susta
MicroStrategy Posts $8.2B Loss Amid Bitcoin Price Decline, Expands Holdings
MicroStrategy reported an $8.22 billion net loss in the second quarter of 2026, but the headline figure tells only part of the story.The world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder expanded its BTC position, strengthened its balance sheet, and increased its cash reserves despite Bitcoin’s price decline
The White House reviews the latest ethics proposal for the Clarity Act, which may impact the Senate vote.
ME News reports that on July 31 (UTC+8), a Fox Business crypto journalist posted on X that, according to multiple sources outside Capitol Hill, the latest ethics proposal coordinated by Senators Thom Tillis and Ruben Gallego includes a role for state attorneys general; however, the full details of t
Strategy Reports 11% Q2 Bitcoin Holdings Increase to 843,775 BTC
Strategy, the world’s largest institutional Bitcoin investor, announced its results for the second quarter of 2026. The company’s Bitcoin reserves increased by 11 percent during the quarter, reaching 843,775 BTC.According to data shared by Strategy, the company’s Bitcoin holdings have grown by 25% y
Coinbase Shares Drop 6% After Q2 Loss Despite Record Market Share
Coinbase experienced a nearly 6% decline in its share price during after-hours trading following the release of its second-quarter financial results. The report highlighted a loss and lower-than-expected revenue, despite the company achieving a record 10.3% share of the global crypto volume. This de
Bitcoin Surpasses $65K Amid US GDP Miss and Fed Rate Decision
Key PointBitcoin briefly topped $65,000 on Thursday after US economic growth fell short of forecasts. The US economy expanded at a 1.5% annualized rate in the second quarter, below the first quarter's 2.1% pace and analysts' forecast of 2.1%. Household spending accelerated at a 3.2% annualized rate,
MSTR Reports $8.2 Billion Q2 Loss Amid Bitcoin Price Decline
Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate bitcoin BTC$64,697.86 holder, reported Thursday an $8.2 billion second-quarter net loss after the cryptocurrency’s price decline erased billions of dollars from the value of its digital asset holdings.The quarterly loss was driven almost entirely by an
Uniswap Activates Protocol Fees on v4 Pools, Generates $325K Daily Revenue
Uniswap just flipped a switch that DeFi watchers have been anticipating for years. On July 27, 2026, the protocol executed Governance Proposal 100, activating protocol fees across selected v4 liquidity pools on seven networks simultaneously.The early revenue number tells the story quickly: roughly $
Strategy Raises $17.06B, BTC Holdings Increase to 843,800
ChainCatcher reports that Bitcoin News posted on X stating that Strategy raised $17.06 billion through its capital plan for 2026, with $7.53 billion coming from STRC, increasing its BTC holdings to 843,800 BTC. The company established a $3.75 billion USD Reserve, sufficient to cover more than 2.1 ye
Coinbase Posts Q2 Loss Despite Record Trading Share and USDC Growth
Coinbase shares fell about 5% in after hours trading after the exchange reported a second quarter loss and lower revenue despite reaching a record share of crypto trading activity.The company reported revenue of approximately $1.2 billion, down from $1.5 billion a year earlier. Coinbase posted a los
Judge Rules Trump Admin Lacks Evidence to Label Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk
A federal judge has dealt a significant blow to the Trump administration’s effort to blacklist Anthropic from government contracts, ruling that officials failed to present sufficient evidence to justify designating the AI company a supply chain risk.The decision casts serious doubt on the Pentagon’s
U.S. Treasury Secretary Urges Senate to Vote on Bitcoin Clarity Act Before August 2026 Recess
Bitcoin NewsU.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pressed the Senate on July 30, 2026, to immediately consider the Clarity Act, framing the long-delayed bill as the decisive test of whether the United States will keep control of Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider digital-asset industry. In a direct appeal
Amazon Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, AWS Grows 37% YoY
Amazon beat Wall Street on every headline metric in the second quarter, and Amazon Web Services grew 37% year over year, its fastest pace in 18 quarters.
Shares closed the regular session at $235.50, up 3.90%. The stock then climbed to $256.33 in after-hours trading, a further 8.85% gain, once the .
Amazon Q2 Earnings Beat Driven by Cloud and Advertising Growth
Amazon shares surged nearly 9% in after hours trading after the company reported stronger than expected second quarter results, driven by accelerating cloud and artificial intelligence demand.Amazon reported net sales of $200.6 billion, up 20% from $167.7 billion a year earlier. Operating income ros
Coinbase Shares Drop 5% After Missing Q2 Revenue Estimates
Coinbase (COIN) shares fell roughly 5%in after-hours trading Thursday after the crypto platform reported second-quarter results reflecting another weak period for digital asset trading, as lower crypto prices weighed on one of the company’s largest revenue sources.The company had revenue of $1.22 bi
