🇺🇸 CCI Backs Clarity Act for National Security The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) — representing Coinbase, Fidelity, Block Inc., and others — states the Clarity Act strengthens national security. The proposed legislation expands AML requirements, allocates an additional $150 million to FinCEN, and grants the U.S. Treasury broader authority, per the non-profit group.
⏳ Senator McCormick pushes Clarity Act deadline. Republican Senator Dave McCormick stated there are “two weeks left to pass the Clarity Act” and that if Democrats oppose it, “we need this on the record,” per a tweet from BitcoinArchive.
🔥 Tether’s gold token $XAUt receives Shariah certification Tether’s XAUt gold token has been granted Shariah certification, aiming to expand access for Islamic finance users. The certification allows the token to comply with Shariah law principles.
📊 Tokenized Stocks Surge, Precious Metals Lose Dominance A year ago, precious metals like $XAUT and $PAXG accounted for nearly 100% of all tokenized real-world assets. By June 2026, their share fell to 68%, with stocks and ETFs now making up the remaining 32%, per CryptoRank data. Centralized exchanges have launched their own equity products in recent months, broadening retail access to tokenized stocks.
🟠 Strive adds 79 BTC, treasury hits 20,000 Strive purchased 79 Bitcoin for $5.2 million, bringing its total holdings to 20,000 BTC, according to BTCTimes. The firm’s cash balance fell to $154 million while combined common shares outstanding increased by 430,000.
📉 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).