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A new Bitcoin transfer has been made from addresses reportedly linked to US President Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, to the cryptocurrency exchange CryptoCom. According to on-chain analysis data, addresses associated with Trump Media transferred approximately 2,628 $BTC, worth about $165 million, to CryptoCom. The company was previously estimated to have purchased a total of 11,542 $BTC at an average cost of $118,500. It is stated that approximately 7,281 $BTC were withdrawn from these addresses in 2026, while approximately 4,261 $BTC are still held in those addresses. Trump Media’s total realized and unrealized losses from its…

FalconX and Ethena have set up a $1 billion secured lending facility that will put assets backing Ethena’s $USDe to work in institutional credit, expanding the synthetic dollar protocol beyond crypto-native trades. The facility will finance overcollateralized loans originated by digital-asset prime broker FalconX for uses including trading strategies, corporate treasury management and payments, according to an emailed announcement on Wednesday. The arrangement offers a potentially steadier source of returns for Ethena than perpetual-futures funding rates, a key component of the basis trades underpinning $USDe. Those rates can compress or turn negative when demand for leveraged crypto exposure fades, reducing…

“CyberLeek,” the pseudonymous X user behind a series of recent GTA VI gameplay leaks, has shared the game’s “first true spoiler” today in the form of footage of one of its key protagonists. That’s according to Forbes games journalist Paul Tassi, who warned his followers to mute specific words on X unless they want to risk seeing GTA VI spoilers. So far the leaks have involved free-roam gameplay footage, but today’s are the first to cover GTA VI’s story elements. GTA VI leaker says game is nowhere near ready In a post to their site, CyberLeek reportedly claimed the GTA…

Interest on cryptocurrencies sounds like the best of both worlds: you keep your holdings and still earn a running return. That is how platforms advertise their lending products, at rates well above an instant-access savings account. The claim is only half true. What you keep, as a rule, is not your coin but a claim to get it back. What that claim is worth depends on who sits on the other side and which law applies when things go wrong. In the European Union the answer to the second question is thinner than most people expect: the regulation that has…

Injective ($INJ), a blockchain platform designed for finance, has officially joined the x402 Foundation as a core member, according to a report from Crypto Briefing. The move positions Injective to play a key role in shaping payment standards tailored for AI-driven commerce, a sector that is rapidly gaining traction as autonomous agents begin to handle transactions without human intervention. What is x402 and why it matters x402 is an emerging standard that enables AI agents and applications to initiate and complete payments directly over HTTP, the foundational protocol of the web. By integrating payment capabilities into standard web requests, x402…

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…