<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-blockchain-vc-funding-surpasses-2021-totl-despite-declining-since-may.jpg" alt="Coinbase Ventures tops crypto VC list for H1 2026" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Coinbase’s venture capital arm leads 2026 crypto investing even as funding withered and unique investors shied away amid the bear market.</p>
Big traders don’t always know best.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-japan-gate3.jpg" alt="Strategy sells $467M in MSTR shares, leaves 843,775 BTC stack untouched" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Strategy boosted its US dollar reserve to $3 billion after selling $466.7 million in MSTR shares, while keeping its 843,775 Bitcoin holdings unchanged.</p>
The Dutch semiconductor-equipment manufacturer is reporting its second-quarter results on Wednesday, with analysts expecting a 15% rise in earnings per share year-over-year.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/peace-and-friendship-uk.jpg" alt="UK tokenization push could add as much as $44B to annual output by 2035: Report " class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The government-backed roadmap calls for the UK’s first digital gilt by early 2027 and seeks to make tokenized bonds usable for trading and borrowing.</p>
The immediate impact of rate-hiking cycles is often negative, but, zooming out, stock markets recover.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/whalestormship.jpg" alt="Bitcoin whale moves $188M for first time in 7 years" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>A dormant whale transferred BTC worth $188 million after seven years of holding, adding to the growing ratio of whale transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-binance-futures-overtaking-bitmex-and-okex.jpg" alt="Binance June futures volume at $1.6T defies crypto spot trading slump" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Binance futures volume jumped 80% in June, to $1.61 trillion, outpacing rivals while broader crypto trading activity remained weak.</p>
Bitcoin price analysis called for the end of the bear market within three months as the US-Iran war sent BTC lower from strengthening $64,000 resistance.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/japan-what-is-the-best-japanese-word-for-crypto-currency.jpg" alt="Japan’s SBI to launch yen stablecoin lending with 3% yield" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>SBI VC Trade will open JPYSC lending applications on July 16, offering an initial 3% annual rate for a 12-week term without deposit insurance.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-international-association-of-trusted-blockchain-applications-japan.jpg" alt="Japan stablecoin payments advance with Lawson trial, Netstars launch" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Lawson will test yen stablecoin payments in Tokyo as Netstars launches a merchant service supporting USDC, USDT and JPYC.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/crypto-card-online-payment-cashless-payments-stablecoin.jpg" alt="AI microbusinesses could drive $262B in stablecoin volume by 2033: Swyftx" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The AI-native cohort of the expanding gig economy could increasingly use stablecoins to avoid slow and expensive traditional payment rails, Australian crypto exchange Swyftx said. </p>
Oil prices rose and U.S. stock-index futures slipped on Sunday, after the U.S. and Iran continued their tit-for-tat attacks around the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-bitcoin-gold-etfs-or-shares-which-investment-makes-more-sense.jpg" alt="Bitcoin ETFs draw $197M, snap 8-week outflow streak" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Analysts are not yet ready to call it a recovery in institutional demand for Bitcoin. </p>
They’re a poor deal for most other people.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/11-july.jpg" alt="Robinhood L2 sparks ETH optimism, Saylor 'muddies waters.' Hodler's Digest, July 5-12, 2026" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Even Ethereum's critics believe Robinhood Chain is bullish for ETH. Nigel Farage and Donald Trump become embroiled in crypto related scandals, and more.</p>
Relying on a high salary or a hot stock is a dangerous trap. Why the most secure people plan for sudden crisis.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/michael-saylors-big-bet-institutional-investments-role-in-bitcoins-price.png" alt="Strategy's Saylor needs clarity in BTC pivot message to convince investors: StanChart" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Standard Chartered sees communication challenges facing the biggest digital asset treasury company as "muddying the waters" for Bitcoin in the near term.</p>
Among the largest U.S. banks, Citigroup is expected to show the greatest improvement by one important measure. But it still has a long way to go to reach its own performance target.
Analysts generally lower their estimates in the months before earnings. But thanks to the energy and tech sectors, expectations have actually climbed heading into second-quarter results.