Metaplanet subsidiary Bitcoin Japan enters a financing deal to build a corporate Bitcoin treasury as the Fear & Greed Index hits 25 and the parent targets 210,000 BTC by 2027.
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt has deferred Army National Guard JAG training to stay at the table as the CLARITY Act heads toward a critical Senate floor vote.
Crypto market cap rises 1.12% to $2.32T with Bitcoin at $65,357, but the Fear and Greed Index sits at Extreme Fear 25 — ETH outpaces BTC on weekly gains.
Strategy made no Bitcoin purchases the week of July 20, 2026, instead growing its USD reserve by ~$225M as BTC traded near $65,547 with a Fear & Greed Index of 29.
FTX's fifth creditor distribution of ~$900M launches July 31. Creditors in 45 jurisdictions face a hard six-month deadline to claim via BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer or permanently forfeit.
Hyperliquid's HIP-4 upgrade is live on mainnet, launching native binary prediction markets that rival Polymarket and Kalshi with $80M in daily volume.
A Hyperliquid whale closed a 1,897 BTC, $122M 40x long before the $61,605 liquidation level triggered, erasing the market's most-watched on-chain target.
Bitmine added just 7,430 ETH last week — its slowest pace since June 2025 — while spending $86M to repurchase BMNR stock, with 96% of its 5% supply target reached.
Bitcoin miner IREN jumped 16% after signing $2.8B in AI developer contracts and raising its fiscal year-end AI cloud annualized revenue target above $4 billion.
Zilliqa has asked exchange partners to pause all ZIL deposits and withdrawals after a suspected cold wallet compromise at an unnamed partner. Amount stolen unknown.
