Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has signaled that crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies may fall under federal securities laws, adding one of the industry’s most closely watched voices to the debate over how decentralized finance products should be classified in the United States.TLDR KEYPOINT

ChainCatcher report: In a report released on Tuesday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) stated that its rules already apply to DeFi arrangements if identifiable individuals retain "control or sufficient influence," regardless of how decentralized the project claims to be. FATF noted that many D

A $4 billion Bitcoin-backed PIPE deal sounds like the kind of announcement that would send a stock into orbit. For Zhibao Technology, a NASDAQ-listed insurance technology company, it would also represent a financing figure roughly 135 times the company’s most recently reported half-year revenue. Tha

Coinbase has settled its Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC], with the regulator agreeing to pay $150,000 and strengthen its record-retention policies.The settlement stems from Coinbase’s request for records related to the SEC’s approac

BlockBeats news, on July 22, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) surged by 25%, marking its largest gain since 2024.On the news front, the company previously stated that its backlog reached a record high at the end of fiscal year 2026, with total new orders in the fou

Block co-founder unveiled the Buzz platform.It is a workspace for communication and collaboration with AI agents.The solution is free and decentralized.Twitter (now X) and Block co-founder Jack Dorsey has unveiled a group chat platform designed to replace Slack and GitHub. The project is called Buzz

ME AI message, July 22 (UTC+8): Cisco has announced the launch of the Antares series of small language models, specifically designed for vulnerability detection. The official 350M and 1B parameter versions are now available on Hugging Face (click here to access), with a 3B parameter version to follo

Intel is about to tell us whether the AI trade still has legs, or if Wall Street has been running on vibes.The chipmaker’s upcoming quarterly earnings report has become one of the most closely watched events in tech investing this cycle. Not because Intel is leading the AI revolution, but because it

XRP breaks into new macro trend after seven years of consolidation. Bullish price run lies ahead for the Ripple altcoin. Can XRP hit a new ATH this year?The crypto market nears the final days of the month of July and the sentiment now seems to be tipping towards a bullish recovery phase. At the mome

According to Huoxing Finance, on July 22, The Kobeissi Letter reported that technology stocks now account for a historical high share of earnings growth in the S&P 500. In the first quarter of 2026, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft collectively contributed approximately 34% of the S&P 500’s yea

According to Huoxing Finance, on July 22, Ostium announced that trading will resume on Thursday, July 23, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. All open positions and pending orders will remain unchanged and will be re-marked based on the real-time market price at restoration to determine whether liquidation or

Phoenix Group Q2 results for 2026 show a company prioritizing operational efficiency and infrastructure expansion as it moves away from lower-margin activities and advances its strategy across Bitcoin mining, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.The Abu Dhabi-listed company reporte

ChainThink reports that, according to market rumors, Apple plans to launch updated versions of its entire Mac product line, covering both desktops and laptops, between this fall and next year.The new products include the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, a brand-new iMac, and premium

Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at Franklin Templeton, said that the AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols to facilitate micropayments between machines, as traditional card networks are unsuitable for agent-based payments due to fees and settlement times. S

OpenAI just bumped its compute and cloud infrastructure spending forecast to roughly $750 billion through 2030. That’s up from the $600 billion target it had floated earlier this year, and it signals that the company’s hunger for raw computing power is accelerating faster than even its own projectio