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Federal Reserve at a Crossroads Ahead of Rate Decision The Federal Reserve will announce its policy decision on 29.07.2026 , with market pricing and analysts divided before the meeting. Decision and market odds Futures on the CME show a 33.7% probability of a 0.25% rate increase at the meeting on 29…

Generation Z becomes main driver of TradFi on Binance A Binance study indicates Generation Z now accounts for nearly half of the platform's TradFi product users globally as of early 2026. Young investors demonstrate high financial literacy and conservative trading patterns compared with older cohort…

StripChain builds native liquidity engine for intent protocols StripChain launched a public testnet proposing a vertical architecture to address limitations of current intent protocols in token routing. Background Intent protocols aimed to let users express desired outcomes while networks determined…

Top Polymarket Trader Reportedly Holds $21M Profit An account known as SwissTony reportedly accumulated $21 M in profit trading on Polymarket , according to public activity, and display consistent sports-only positions. Account activity and strategy Blockchain records show the wallet posts many smal…

Russian regulators engage crypto market builders on rules Founders of SkyCapital outlined how regulators are shifting from prohibition to rulemaking for cryptocurrency activity in Russia. Why the regulator changed approach Participants explained that a complete ban proved impractical, and policymake…

Major Firms Form Consortium to Secure Bitcoin Leading industry participants announced the launch of the Bitcoin Security Consortium to coordinate research on network resilience. Participants and scope The new consortium includes BlackRock , Coinbase , Fidelity Digital Assets , Strategy, ARK Invest ,…

Unknown Sender Transfers About $5,000 to Nakamoto Wallets Analysts at Arkham observed a sequence of Bitcoin transfers routed to addresses linked to the creator known as Satoshi Nakamoto. Transfers detected According to Arkham, the funds arrived through the Revolut service, and the sender employed st…

Samsung unveils next-generation foldables focused on AI Samsung introduced a new generation of foldable smartphones that emphasize on-device artificial intelligence and expanded payment functionality. Flagship device and AI capabilities The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is presented as the thinnest Fold in t…

Bullet expands invites as platform readies beta exit Bullet, an early Solana project built largely by the Zeta Markets team, expanded invite capacity to accommodate growing interest. The initial allocation of 25 invites was claimed quickly, prompting an increase to 60 total and leaving 35 remaining.…

Open-source AI skills and tools for creators and marketers A curated list of open-source AI skills and repositories for content creators, marketers and teams looking to automate routine tasks. Content and social These tools monitor accounts and topics, extract timely posts to reply to, and generate …

Major Bitcoin Fork Scheduled for August: eCash Launch On 21 August users holding Bitcoin in non-custodial wallets will be eligible to receive an equal amount of eCash ( ECX ) tokens. Fork mechanics The upcoming network split will create a new chain distributing ECX at a one-to-one ratio to Bitcoin h…

Bitcoin Fork to Airdrop eCash Tokens to BTC Holders On 21 August at approximately block ~964,000 , a planned fork will create a new chain named eCash and distribute $ECX one for one to existing $BTC holders. Origin and initiator The fork was initiated by developer Paul Sztorc after years of attempts…

Viral Raccoon Inspires Memecoin Surge and Trading Case A raccoon named Jimothy from Seattle, diagnosed with a rare spinal deformity, became viral on social media and inspired a memecoin launch. From viral post to token launch Within days the animal’s story attracted widespread attention and prompted…

Market impacts: Trump posts, Fed stance, AI agent, Claude error Major developments this week affected cryptocurrency markets, artificial intelligence projects and broader financial sentiment across multiple regions. Trump Media plans paid early access to posts Trump Media intends to sell early acces…

Trading on Trump posts, Fed stance, AI agent, $16 mln glitch The week brought developments across social media commerce, central bank policy, government AI pilots and a costly cloud billing error by Claude. Key items this week Market participants watched several cross-cutting stories that could infl…

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Coins Likely Irrecoverable Despite New Proof Developer Jim Pozen and Project Eleven unveiled a prototype that uses zero-knowledge proofs to recover bitcoins exposed to quantum risks. Quantum threat and scope A quantum computer applying Shor’s algorithm could in theory derive a pri…

How to Profit from Trump's Speeches A CFTC investigation examined trades on prediction markets tied to specific words or phrases in Donald Trump’s speeches, and reported profit outcomes. Background on the platform Kalshi operates as a regulated prediction market that allows users to trade contracts …

Assessing the Quantum Day Threat to the Cryptocurrency Industry Quantum computers promise to solve classes of problems inaccessible to today’s most powerful supercomputers, potentially affecting cryptographic systems used by blockchains. What is “Day Q” and why it matters “Day Q” refers to the hypot…

Cold Wallet for $0: Turning a Smartphone into Air‑Gapped Storage Recently, on‑chain researcher ZachXBT said he no longer recommends hardware wallets such as Ledger due to recurring update issues, and proposed using a separate smartphone as a cold wallet instead. Why a dedicated phone can work An iso…

AGI May Arrive Within Years, Demis Hassabis Argues Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and described in the original piece as a Nobel laureate, published an essay this week claiming that AGI could emerge within a few years. What Hassabis defines as AGI He distinguishes ordinary AI systems from AG…