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SodaBot, a smart operating system (OS) and multi-agent Artificial Intelligence (AI) framework, has announced a partnership with SportixAI, an AI-powered sports intelligence platform. The primary purpose of this integration is to enhance data execution and decentralized decision-making for SportsFI and Web3 applications. SodaBot 🤝 @SportixAI 🔹 https://t.co/JTdbHNwXZN : Autonomous Data Routing & Cross-Scenario Decision Engine🔹 https://t.co/JgN70TgvE9 : AI-Driven Sports Data Intelligence & Prediction FrameworkConnecting autonomous operational logic with real-time analytics infrastructure to… pic.twitter.com/8IhrsicbSl — SodaBot (@SodabotAI) July 11, 2026 SportixAI is paying close attention to improving the quality of gaming, using AI to make sports more realistic and authentic. It…
Bitcoin [$BTC] has closed at lower lows for two consecutive days for the first time in ten days. At press time, Bitcoin traded at $62,714, down 1.04% on the daily charts. Amid this price pullback, traders, especially whales, have begun shorting the market. Bitcoin whale opens a $31M short As $BTC faced rejection, falling to $62k, a whale jumped into the market and opened a short position. According to Onchain Lens, a whale opened a 40x short position on 493 $BTC worth $31 million. With $BTC declining, the whale is already sitting on $220k profit after spending $2k in funding…
Donald Trump has made no secret of where he stands on digital assets. Speaking on July 6, 2026, during the launch of new tax-advantaged investment accounts for American children, the president declared himself a “big crypto guy” and called cryptocurrency “powerful” — words that land differently when his family’s firm, World Liberty Financial ($WLFI), is sitting on what financial disclosures describe as hundreds of billions of dollars in bitcoin and ethereum. Key takeaways Trump publicly identifies as a “big crypto guy” and called cryptocurrency “powerful” during a July 6, 2026 event. The Office of Government Ethics released financial disclosures showing…
Ripple’s prime brokerage sits inside the DTCC’s clearing directory, holds a seat in the 50-firm tokenization working group, and clears more than three trillion dollars a year. The $XRP community reads that as quadrillions coming to the ledger. The mechanics say something much narrower. Here is the honest accounting of how much of Ripple Prime’s business reaches the token, and what would have to change for that number to grow. On March 2, 2026, a company called Hidden Road Partners CIV US LLC appeared in the participant directory of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, the subsidiary of the Depository Trust…
India remains behind major markets in the crypto regulation race, but it has not ignored the sector. The country has built tax, anti-money laundering, and monitoring rules while avoiding a full law for virtual digital assets. That cautious model is drawing attention after Coinbase returned to India. The comeback has highlighted the market’s appeal and the limits of India’s unclear policy approach. Coinbase Return Tests India Crypto Rules At India Blockchain Week, Coinbase Asia-Pacific director John O’Loghlen called India a “North Star” for the exchange. The remark came as Coinbase outlined its renewed market push. Coinbase secured registration with India’s…
EU moves to block retail investors from explosive boom of multibillion-dollar prediction markets
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said some prediction-market contracts may be covered by the European Union’s binary options ban, warning firms that yes-or-no event contracts cannot be marketed, distributed or sold to retail clients when they qualify as financial instruments. “This means that the marketing, distribution or sale to retail clients of event contracts that meet the definition of financial instruments is prohibited,” ESMA said in a statement. The regulator targeted contracts whose payout is binary, usually a fixed amount or nothing, and depends on the outcome of a future event. ESMA said the product label is irrelevant,…
China has launched a blockchain warehouse receipt platform in Shanghai, completing its first digital transactions for non-ferrous metals. The system creates receipts on-chain instead of uploading documents produced through separate databases. Known as the Cangdeng Chain, the platform was initiated by the National Commodity Warehouse Receipt Registration Center, or NCWR. CMST Development, Bank of Communications, Shanghai Data Group, and the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center helped develop it. Blockchain Receipts Bring Metals Onto a Shared Ledger Built on China’s Shipping and Trade Chain, the system records the issuance, registration, and cancellation of receipts on a single ledger. CMST issued the…
In a post, Zcash co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson proposes rethinking Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million supply cap. According to Ben-Sasson, capping the supply of Bitcoin at 21 million $BTC does not make sense. This is because, over time, keys will be lost. He believes that this will eventually happen over an infinite time horizon. The maximum number of Bitcoins that can ever exist is 21 million $BTC. This hard cap on the total Bitcoin supply is a fundamental part of Bitcoin’s monetary policy, which is designed to promote scarcity and prevent inflation. Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto encoded this limit into the cryptocurrency’s…
The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market continues to grow as more Wall Street firms move traditional assets onto blockchain. Now, one of the industry’s biggest players, Securitize, has announced a major expansion after raising over $400 million through its public listing. The company’s CEO believes tokenized stocks and ETFs could become a multi-trillion-dollar market, but how big can this opportunity really become? Securitize Raises $400 Million for Expansion Securitize, which recently started trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), plans to use its new funding to expand its institutional tokenization business. CEO Carlos Domingo said the company is now…
UK’s bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trading, but huge compliance hurdles still threaten the rollout
“The benefit of such an approach is allowing access for U.K. customers to established global liquidity in the offshore trading platform, rather than having a ring-fenced U.K. liquidity pool, which should mean better pricing and outcomes for U.K. customers,” Collins said in an emailed comment. However, Collins warned that the framework currently leaves one critical question unanswered. The FCA has said overseas branches will only be authorized where their home jurisdiction provides “comparable levels of regulatory protection.” But it has yet to specify which jurisdictions meet that standard. “That isn’t enough clarity for firms to build a business model,” Collins…