Well, friends, if you’ve been watching the crypto markets, you know things are wild, especially here on July 4, 2026. Today, we need to talk about something that’s shaking up the entire European crypto landscape: the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation has officially slammed shut its transitional period, and the fallout is immediate and severe. … Read more
US President Donald Trump has responded to criticism of his 2025 financial disclosures, showing that he earned $1.4 billion in income from crypto-related ventures while in office. In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen, Trump said that there was “nothing illegal” and “nothing wrong” with profiting from his crypto investments as president. He claimed … Read more
Key takeaways: Solana’s tokenized assets and memecoin revival drove SOL to a 30-day high at $83. Bullish leveraged appetite cooled sharply, suggesting traders are hesitant to bet on further gains to $90. Solana’s SOL token jumped to its highest mark in over 30 days on Friday at $83, marking a decoupling from the altcoin market. … Read more
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, one of the US lawmakers behind negotiations for a digital asset market structure bill in Congress, has proposed barring elected officials and the president from issuing or sponsoring their own tokens, citing President Donald Trump’s and First Lady Melania Trump’s memecoins. In a Friday notice, Gillibrand said that Congress should support measures … Read more
Crypto exchange Bitget has launched US stock options, allowing users to trade options on US-listed companies. The company described itself in a note to Bitcoin Magazine as the world’s largest Universal Exchange and states that it is the only major crypto exchange offering US stock options alongside crypto and contract-for-difference markets in gold, forex, commodities … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) saw new July highs on Friday as bulls kept pushing over the US holiday period. Key points: Bitcoin sustains upside momentum as BTC price action nears its 200-week moving average. That trend line now forms the centerpoint of a “strong resistance area.” Global equities hit record levels as Fed rate-hike odds simmer on … Read more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the first update to its register of crypto companies under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) after the transitional period ended Wednesday. Friday’s update to the register added 37 licensed crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), including global banking group Standard Chartered, which secured MiCA authorization … Read more
Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) confirmed the seizure of another 500 Bitcoin, currently worth about 27 million euros ($30.9 million), in collaboration with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre. That brings the total Bitcoin seized by CAB in 2026 to 1,500 BTC, worth about $92.4 million, the law enforcement agency said in a social media post on … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said AI agent development at the firm is progressing more slowly than expected, even as technology and crypto firms continue pouring resources into the nascent technology. In a company meeting on Thursday, Zuckerberg said the “trajectory of the agentic development over at least the last four months hasn’t really accelerated in … Read more
Hey everyone, gather ’round, because what just happened today is going to echo through the crypto world for years to come. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just given the green light to the very first wave of Spot Ethereum Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). This isn’t just big news, it’s monumental. It’s the … Read more