Bitcoin Trades Through Hormuz Weekend as 20% of World Oil Flow Is Disrupted
Bitcoin traded near $62,900 on Friday afternoon and recovered to around $63,900 by early Saturday. The Strait of Hormuz normally carries 20.9 million barrels of oil per day, but tanker crossings collapsed to near-record lows. Brent crude settled at $85.97 on July 17, according to Trading Economics. Bitcoin remains open while oil futures, Treasury markets, and US equities are closed for the weekend.
DOG Mode, an alternative Bitcoin client introduced by Bitcoin developer Leonidas, targets default relay policies rather than consensus rules. The dispute centers on how valid transactions move through the network before miners include them in blocks. BIP-110 sought to make Ordinals-style transactions more difficult.
The United States will impose a 25% Section 301 tariff on most Brazilian goods starting July 22. U.S. trade officials say Brazil’s state-run Pix payment system gives unfair advantages over American payment firms. Pix is used by more than 90% of Brazilian adults.
Coinbase Man Token Falls 86% After Armstrong Changes X Avatar
The BRIAN token fell roughly 86% over 24 hours to about a $1.5 million market value after Brian Armstrong replaced the Coinbase Man image on his X profile with a CryptoPunk. DexScreener data shows traders exchanged about $13.2 million of the token across roughly 30 Uniswap pools in the same period. Armstrong did not create the memecoin and has claimed no affiliation with it.
Dune Finds $1.6B in DeFi Liquidity Was Underused in H1 2026
Dune research found that $1.6 billion in DeFi liquidity was underutilized in H1 2026. About $542 million sat outside active trading ranges in an average week. Out-of-range positions missed around $150 million in annual fees, while active positions involve transaction costs and execution risks.
PPP reminded readers that France will play England on July 19 at 05:00 (UTC+8). The update also promoted real-time fixture tracking and access to popular matches.
PPP Prediction Market Tool monitoring shows that Allezpapa holds $260,000 on France winning in regular time. The address made a $1.9 million profit in a week.
France Blocks Polymarket Ahead of World Cup Bronze Match
France’s gambling regulator ordered internet providers to block access to Polymarket days before France faces England in the FIFA World Cup 2026 bronze medal match. The National Gambling Authority labeled Polymarket an illegal betting operation. The regulator also flagged manipulation risks as prediction interest around the fixture builds.
Meta is reportedly in talks to lease computing power to Anthropic in a deal worth up to $10 billion over two years. The talks remain early and may still collapse before closing.
GPT-5.6 comes as Sol, Terra, and Luna, while Sol is compared against Claude Fable 5. Sol costs $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens, versus Fable 5 at $10 and $50.
China’s $125.6B Trade Surplus Masks Slower GDP Growth
China posted a reported $125.6 billion monthly trade surplus while GDP grew 4.3% year over year in the second quarter. National Bureau of Statistics data showed growth fell from 5.0% in the first quarter and missed the 4.5% economists had expected. The official data also showed weak domestic demand, including a 18% drop in real-estate development investment in the first half. Investors are focused on the late-July Politburo meeting for China’s next policy direction.
AAPL is pushing toward the upper end of a projected $292.87–$323.35 range over the next few sessions. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives has set a $400 target, largely on Apple’s AI push and an expected Google Gemini tie-up.
BONK-Trader verkauft nach Treasury-Entnahme erneut 800B Tokens
Lookonchain Monitoring zeigt, dass ein Trader heute weitere 800 Milliarden BONK im Wert von 2,48 Millionen US-Dollar verkauft hat. Der Trader hatte 4,426 Billionen BONK im Wert von 21,2 Millionen US-Dollar rechtmäßig aus dem BONK-Treasury entnommen und hält immer noch 2,4 Billionen BONK im Wert von 6,94 Millionen US-Dollar. BONK ist seit dem Vorfall am 6. Juli um 40 % gefallen.
Jason Knobloch was charged with bank fraud after prosecutors alleged that his companies defrauded 32 victims out of more than $1 million. Prosecutors said affected financial institutions included Bank of America, Citizens Bank and Good Neighbors Federal Credit Union.
TMTG Explores Truth Social Data Feed at Up to $100,000 a Month
Trump Media & Technology Group is exploring real-time Truth Social data feeds for institutional clients at prices up to $100,000 per month. Financial Times reported that the service would give subscribers faster access to Trump's posts. The article frames the product as a way for institutions to track policy signals and market sentiment.
Uniswap governance is set to vote on activating protocol fees for selected v4 pools and extending fee collection to Robinhood Chain, where deployments passed $6 billion in cumulative swap volume as of July 10. The final onchain votes open Sunday and run through July 26.
A whale address known as geministar.eth deposited 19,235 ETH worth $35.34 million to Binance, EmberCN reported. The tokens were withdrawn from Binance a month earlier when ETH was priced at $1,766.
Händler kauften 2,5 Milliarden US-Dollar an notionalen Bitcoin-Call-Spreads auf Deribit und zielen bis zum 31. Juli auf 72.000 US-Dollar. Der Zeitpunkt passt zur Zinsentscheidung der Fed am 29. Juli; die Märkte rechnen derzeit eher mit einer Beibehaltung.
Trump Media Plans Truth API Feed for Traders, Raising Timing Risk
Trump Media announced Truth API, a licensed feed scheduled for an Aug. 1 launch with posts from 10 influential accounts. The product will deliver posts faster than Truth Social push notifications. Financial Times reported that Trump Media discussed charging traders up to $100,000 per month, though other reports said the figure lacked independent verification.
Der On-Chain-Analyst Ember sagte, dass der Whale GeminiSat.eth 19.235 ETH, im Wert von ungefähr 35,34 Millionen US-Dollar, vor 15 Minuten an Binance übertragen habe. Ember sagte, der Whale habe die ETH vor 1 Monat von Binance abgezogen, als der ETH-Preis bei 1.766 US-Dollar lag, was zu einem Gewinn von 1,4 Millionen US-Dollar führte.