Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Hackers took over the X account of Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on Thursday. They used it to push a new crypto coin, Vladhood (VLAD), that has already been flagged as a likely scam.The fake post called VLAD the official mascot of Robinhood Chain. It even said the coin would be listed in the Robinhood ap

Bitcoin’s share of total crypto market capitalization has climbed back above 68%, a level that historically signals the market is in a distinctly Bitcoin-first mood.What dominance actually meansThink of the total crypto market like a pie. Bitcoin dominance measures how much of that pie Bitcoin contr

Key InsightsNvidia stock was in a tight range as the recent rally stalled.AMD is set to unveil the second-generation Helios on Thursday.It has become one of the biggest Nvidia competitors in the industry.Nvidia stock has underperformed the market this year despite its revenue and estimates showing s

The U.S. dollar saw gains on Thursday, attributed to increased demand for haven assets amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, while global oil prices surpassed the $100 per barrel mark. According to reports, the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose by 0.3%, with the dollar strengthening against mo

BlockBeats news, on July 24, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was reportedly compromised and posted an unusual message in the early hours, announcing the launch of the "official" Robinhood Chain mascot token, Vladhood (VLAD), along with the token's contract address.The token contract page was su

Michael Herzog spent more than two decades building his career at Davidson Kempner Capital Management. Now he’s spending his time in a UK employment tribunal arguing the firm forced him out and kept $80 million that belongs to him.Herzog, a former senior partner at the $37 billion hedge fund, filed

TL;DRStrategy, BlackRock, Coinbase and 6 other founding members created the Bitcoin Security Consortium, committing $15 million over the next 3 years to fund Bitcoin security research and open-source developers. The initiative focuses first on post-quantum cryptography, helping the network prepare f

Tassat, the fintech firm behind Signature Bank's former Signet blockchain payments network, is building a stablecoin reserve management platform aimed at helping regional and midsize U.S. banks compete for stablecoin reserves as the sector is projected to grow into a multi-trillion-dollar market.The

Ripple Mint Enters the Arena, Bringing Automated RLUSD Management to Institutions Ripple has unveiled Ripple Mint, a new enterprise platform that enables institutions to seamlessly access, mint, redeem, and manage its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD. Built for large-scale financial operations,

A large Ethereum short on Hyperliquid is giving the market another glimpse of how serious capital is starting to use decentralized derivatives venues, not just centralized exchanges and OTC desks.The position, tracked through the Hyperliquid explorer at wallet address `0x7fdafde5cfb5465924316eced2d3

The German AI research lab Black Forest Labs is testing its first robotic model to expand into the field of physical AI. The Flux-3 model can learn from images, videos, and audio to predict the next action. Black Forest Labs has collaborated with Mimic Robotics AG to develop the Flux-mimic action mo

Analyst Jukan cited Liang Wenheng, founder of DeepSeek, noting that AI programming tools are weakening NVIDIA’s CUDA ecosystem barrier from the software side. DeepSeek has reduced its reliance on NVIDIA through its proprietary compiler and TileLang, and is currently collaborating with Huawei, expect

Looking at Solana’s key stats, the undervaluation narrative starts to gain more weight.On the RWA front, Solana’s latest Q2 report showed $5.8 billion in Tokenized Asset Volume, up 114% QoQ and marking its sixth quarterly ATH. The key takeaway? ADTokenized Equities alone accounted for 84% of total v

Ten dairy cows just made financial history. B3, Brazil’s primary stock exchange, has registered the first-ever tokenized livestock financing deal on its platform, using sensor-monitored cattle as blockchain-verified collateral for a farm loan.The transaction involves ten cows valued at R$120,000 bac

Strive committed funding to Brink, supporting Bitcoin Core developers maintaining the network’s security and open-source infrastructure.CEO Matt Cole said Strive’s funding comes without influence over Bitcoin development, governance, or technical decisions.Strive urged Bitcoin firms to support indep