📉 Tokenized precious metals $XAUT and $PAXG now make up 68% of public tokenized assets, down from nearly 100% a year ago. The other 32% are mostly stocks and ETFs. Centralized exchanges have launched equity products, making tokenized stocks accessible to retail.
📉 $ETH approaching cycle bottom vs $BTC—reversal not confirmed, per CryptoQuant. $ETH trades 17% below its realized price. Two of five key metrics hit prior lows; selling pressure eases and staking share hits 34%. MVRV remains above past bottom levels, and final capitulation not yet observed.
📉 Saylor signals disciplined buying for $STRC under $100 Saylor states intention to remain a regular, disciplined buyer of $STRC below $100, with larger purchases at deeper discounts and smaller ones as it nears $100. Another $975M remains available for the company's preferreds.
🚨 MicroStrategy Boosts Cash Reserves to $3.75B The firm’s cash position grew by $525 million week-over-week, now totaling $3.75 billion—enough to cover 2.1 years of interest and dividends, according to BitcoinArchive. Its Bitcoin holdings remained unchanged at 843,775 $BTC.
🔴 BitMart Exchange Shutting Down Registration, deposits, and new orders suspended since July 26. Trading ends Aug 26; full closure by Jan 31—withdrawals remain available. BitMart is the second major exchange to close after BitMEX.
🇺🇸 Public company Strive buys 79 Bitcoin for $5.2M Strive, a publicly traded firm, has acquired 79 $BTC at an average price of ~$65,823 per coin, per data from Bitcoin Magazine.
🚀 SpaceX stock performance one month post-IPO marked by launch setbacks SpaceX faced at least two failures: a rocket launch delay followed by an off-nominal flight. Pressure may increase in August when early investors and employees are allowed to sell shares. Musk's shares and a majority of other stakes remain locked until June 2027, according to reports.
🔥 Strategy expands $BTC position and cash reserves The firm now holds 843,775 $BTC and $3.75B cash. It raised USD reserve by $525M and bought back $25M of $STRC.
📊 July posts strongest market breadth of 2026, per CryptoRank. Average return across the Top 100 reached +8.8%, median +4.4%. Top performers: $M +68%, $LDO +67%, $UB +48%.
🤖 Microsoft replaces OpenAI with in-house models Microsoft launched MAI-Image-2.5-Pro (image/text editing) and MAI-Voice-2-Flash (voice agents). They now run in Bing Image Creator, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and Dynamics 365. PowerPoint saw 84% GPU cost reduction vs GPT-Image-2; Dynamics 365 voice contact center achieved 89% savings (comparison unspecified). Both models are in public preview on Microsoft Foundry, per Microsoft AI.
📊 US Q2 earnings season: 80% of companies beat revenue forecasts, 86% beat EPS estimates According to FactSet, both figures surpass the five- and ten-year averages (70%/68% for revenue, 78%/76% for EPS).
🇪🇺 15 new CASPs added to ESMA’s MiCA register BNY Mellon’s Belgian unit and BitPay are among the latest additions, bringing the total count of licensed providers to 309.
🔓 This Week's Largest Token Unlocks Identified BEAT leads with $81.66M in scheduled unlocks, followed by SUI ($15.93M), BTW ($9.76M), and ENA ($8.41M), according to CryptoRank data. Additional unlocks include EIGEN ($7.95M), ZAMA ($6.46M), and KITE ($6.31M).
📉 Crypto liquidations spike to $113M in 24 hours Almost $113 million in leveraged positions were wiped out over the past day, according to Cointelegraph data.
🇰🇷 South Korea’s Top Bank Adopts JPMorgan’s Kinexys for Dollar Payments South Korea’s largest financial institution is integrating JPMorgan’s Kinexys blockchain to process near-instant cross-border payments in US dollars, per a Telegram update.