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Leveraged funds’ combined net bearish position across CME’s standard and micro Bitcoin futures narrowed by 5,566.5 $BTC-equivalent between July 21 and July 28. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s futures-only report, released at 3:30 p.m. ET on Friday, July 31, captured positions as of Tuesday, July 28. It showed asset managers moving the other way: their combined directional net weakened by 2,204.3 $BTC-equivalent over the same week. The split in the numbers The two groups remained on opposite sides of the market after those changes: For leveraged funds, the standard Bitcoin futures net improved by 1,076 contracts, equal to 5,380 $BTC.…

The latest crypto regulation news is forcing investors to distinguish liquid assets from smaller tokens struggling for capital. Enforcement actions, payment-access disputes, prediction-market cases, and delayed US legislation are shaping July activity. $ETH, $XRP, $HYPE, and MemeToro offer different responses: institutional scale, payment utility, decentralized trading revenue, and open-source presale development. Ethereum Benefits From Institutional Products And Accumulation Morgan Stanley’s new Ethereum Trust gives traditional investors regulated $ETH exposure with planned staking rewards. The product arrived while corporate treasuries continued removing Ether from the open market. BitMine reportedly holds about 5.7 million $ETH, equal to roughly 4.7% of circulating supply.…

The Federal Reserve has released the minutes of its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, which was eagerly awaited by the markets. The minutes revealed that a majority of Fed officials supported maintaining the current interest rate level, but that the option of keeping rates high for longer, or even raising them again, remains on the table if inflation fails to continue its downward trend. The Fed kept the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50-3.75 percent at its July 28-29 meeting. The decision was made with a 9-3 vote, with Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari, and Lorie Logan favoring a 25…

Flop Labs has released the initial tokenomics for its native token, FLOP, outlining a distribution model that prioritizes network participants over institutional investors. The company announced that FLOP will be earned through network participation, with no separate venture capital allocation or presale. The cumulative supply is projected to reach 17.2 billion FLOP by year 10, with a detailed breakdown of allocations across various stakeholder groups. Token distribution breakdown According to the draft tokenomics, the largest share, 51.2%, is allocated to miners, reflecting the project’s focus on proof-of-work participation. The airdrop accounts for 20.4%, targeting miners, validators, agents, and early community…

U.S. President Donald Trump urged lawmakers to pass the Clarity Act on Wednesday — and also hinted that the government may accumulate more bitcoin. After gathering with crypto executives at the White House, President Trump said that getting the Clarity Act over the line would keep the U.S. ahead of China. Lawmakers were hoping to get a vote on the crypto market structure bill, or Clarity Act, in August. A vote will now go ahead in September. The bill will establish a framework for distinguishing between digital assets that are securities, commodities or payment stablecoins. BREAKING: President Trump when asked…

Robinhood memecoins are attracting heavy retail activity after the platform expanded its cryptocurrency trading catalog. Robinhood reportedly handled 40% of US-based meme token spot volume during July, showing that retail demand for accessible speculation remains strong. MemeToro aims to capture that demand earlier by using AI to create, launch, track, and trade new memecoins through one ecosystem. Robinhood Makes Meme Trading Easier Robinhood’s appeal comes from accessibility. Retail users can trade cryptocurrencies through the same familiar application they use for stocks and other financial assets. The expanded meme catalog removes several steps associated with decentralized trading. Users do not need…

On-chain activity has become highly specialized in 2026, with most chains showing a single high-liquidity use case. Specialized uses also mean fewer artificial incentives and potentially a growing real user base. Blockchain networks have gone beyond direct competition, and multiple networks have adopted high-value use cases and specialization. New chains no longer aim to compete with Ethereum, but to attract their unique user base and excel in one specialized activity. According to Cryptorank, top chains have already established a signature use case, which has emerged over the past few years. Most of the chains have achieved their niche through their…

Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who has long claimed to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, has renewed his criticism of Bitcoin’s governance model. He has argued that the network’s protocol should remain permanently fixed rather than being modified through developer-led upgrades. Fixed rules, not developer control According to Wright, Bitcoin’s protocol should not be controlled by developers, miners, exchanges, corporations or foundations. Instead, he argued that innovation should occur at the application layer while the base protocol remains unchanged. card “The protocol should be fixed so that no developer, miner, exchange, foundation or corporation can rewrite the rules for…

AsiaStrategy agreed to sell all the shares of a Singapore holding company whose sole asset is a 7.07% stake in Thailand-listed Astra Enterprise, transferring the exposure to two insider-linked buyers for $10 million while leaving $8 million unpaid for up to a year. The Nasdaq-listed company signed two share purchase agreements on Aug. 15, and each provides for the transfer of 50% of AsiaStrategy Topwin SG for $5 million. The subsidiary owns 114,638,700 Astra shares and has no other disclosed assets. AsiaStrategy co-CEO, director and board chairman Jason Kin Hoi Fang ultimately owns Sora Valiant, one of the buyers. The…

$RLUSD has continued to draw attention across the crypto ecosystem after its issuer, Ripple, confirmed that the stablecoin has surpassed a major milestone. Per data provided by CoinMarketCap, $RLUSD has crossed $2 billion in market capitalization, sitting at $2,091,648,295.05 as of August 26, following a modest increase of 0.66% over the last 24 hours. $RLUSD supply on $XRP Ledger nears 1 billion While the stablecoin was only launched in December 2024, $RLUSD has continued to gain traction, hitting major milestones within just months of its emergence. Following this milestone, Ripple further revealed that nearly 1 billion of the total $RLUSD…