Ethereum's recovery stalled at its 50-day moving average, and derivatives data shows large traders positioning against the bounce even as retail stays bullish.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have entered a multi-year agreement through 2027 to transition blockchain-based digital payments from experimental trials to a permanent, standardized institutional capability.
Strategy's Bitcoin sale drew a notably measured response from major institutions, with Grayscale and Bernstein framing the move as risk-reducing rather than bearish, even as spot ETFs logged fresh inflows.
The Trump administration’s plan to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has hit a bureaucratic roadblock as federal agencies clash over custody, complicating the transition toward a sovereign reserve.
Bitcoin dropped to $61,500 on news of Strategy's recent Bitcoin sale, then reversed the entire move within hours, liquidating the shorts that chased the headline.
Donald Trump used recent appearance to restate his support for cryptocurrency, framing US leadership in the sector as a matter of national competitiveness.
Russia's largest bank Sberbank plans to launch a crypto wallet and digital custody service inside its Sber and SberInvestments apps by early December 2026, following the expected implementation of the country's new crypto law on September 1.
Strategy has sold 3,588 Bitcoin for $216 million to fund dividend payments on its Digital Credit securities, the first sale executed under the capital framework the company adopted last month.
After Vitalik Buterin published his "Lean Ethereum" roadmap on July 4, he has now revealed one concrete piece of it: a technical redesign of how Ethereum tracks and verifies its validators.
Peter Brandt, one of the most followed chartists in the industry, said he is considering selling part of his Bitcoin for gold, reigniting the year's defining store-of-value debate.
Nine of the ten largest privacy-focused cryptocurrencies closed the week green, with gains reaching 27%, extending one of 2026's most persistent sector narratives.
Kraken has taken tokenized stocks a step closer to behaving like the collateral that underpins traditional finance.



