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Hyperliquid challenges Polymarket with $32 million opening for prediction-market builders

Hyperliquid plans to allow external operators to create prediction markets on its blockchain, widening its challenge to Polymarket while requiring…
Jul 20, 2026
Markets

Tom Lee's Bitmine slowed ether purchases as it bought back $86 million in stock

The company added just 7,430 ETH, worth about $14 million, last week as it nears its goal to corner 5%…
Jul 20, 2026
Markets

Saylor's Strategy raises cash reserves to $3.2 billion, leaving bitcoin holdings unchanged

For the second consecutive week, the firm kept bitcoin holdings steady, choosing to use the raised capital to boost cash…
Jul 20, 2026
Markets

FTX to Send Roughly $900 Million to Creditors in Fifth Distribution, Pushing Most Classes Past Full Recovery

The July 31 payout tips most FTX creditor classes past 100% cumulative recovery in dollar terms, though claims remain pegged…
Jul 20, 2026
Markets

France Orders Internet Providers to Block Polymarket, Treating the Prediction Market as Illegal Gambling

The ANJ’s move comes after an earlier transaction bans failed. The post France Orders Internet Providers to Block Polymarket, Treating…
Jul 20, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin ETFs see new money again, but inflows remain ‘peanuts’ relative to the recent exodus

Bitcoin ETFs have attracted $273 million in new inflows in two weeks, but the total is barely enough to cover…
Jul 20, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin ETFs see new money again, but inflows remain ‘peanuts’ relative to the recent exodus

Bitcoin ETFs have attracted $273 million in new inflows in two weeks, but the total is barely enough to cover…
Jul 20, 2026
Markets

South Korea probed 40 cases of crypto manipulation over 2 years

Financial Services Commission Chair Lee Eog-won posted the figures on the second anniversary of the enactment of the Virtual Asset…
Jul 20, 2026
Markets

UK turns delayed wallet identification into a 14-year criminal risk for crypto firms

The offence took effect July 17 without naming crypto, forcing UK-linked firms to reconstruct what they knew and when. The…
Jul 19, 2026
Markets

MetaMask code was open to a North Korea-linked contractor for a month before Consensys halted releases

Consensys found no compromised assets or data, no malicious code deployment and no user impact, but contractor access controls face…
Jul 19, 2026