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BitcoinBIP 110 Fork Deadline Arrives With Zero Miner Support

Bitcoin's most contentious protocol proposal in years is about to miss its own activation window. BIP 110, a soft fork that would temporarily cap non-financial data stored in Bitcoin blocks, approaches its July 2026 sign

BitcoinCircle Wins OCC Approval to Operate a National Trust Bank

On July 10, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted Circle Internet Group its final approval to establish a national trust bank. The decision marks the first time a major stablecoin issuer has secured

BitcoinSchwab Strategist Endorses Strategy STRC Playbook as Bitcoin Pulls Back

On July 8, 2026, Charles Schwab strategist Jim Ferraioli publicly backed Strategy's preferred stock framework, calling the company's STRC issuance a sound approach to managing near-term liquidity while maintaining long-t

BitcoinVanguard Hunts for Digital Assets Chief in Crypto Strategy Pivot

The largest mutual fund company in the world is looking for someone to run its crypto future. Vanguard, managing roughly $10 trillion in global assets as of mid-2026, posted a job listing for its first-ever head of digit

BitcoinTrump Signals Bitcoin Could Join New Government Savings Accounts

On July 6, 2026, President Donald Trump told reporters he was open to including Bitcoin in the newly proposed Trump Accounts, a government-backed savings program designed to give every American child a federally funded i

BitcoinStrive Adds Symbolic 17.76 Bitcoin as Treasury Strategy Accelerates

On July 3, 2026, Strive Asset Management (NASDAQ: ASST) purchased exactly 17.76 bitcoin, a number chosen to echo the year of American independence. The buy pushed the firm's total bitcoin treasury to 19,882 BTC, worth ro

BitcoinCode Has No Borders: DeFi Regulation Shifts from Blocking to Integration

The debate over decentralized finance regulation has crossed a threshold. The question is no longer whether DeFi needs rules. It is whether rules can even apply. A July 2025 editorial in BlockMedia by editor Park Hyun-ja

BitcoinKOSPI Surges 5.76% in Sharp Rebound After Tariff-Driven Crash

On July 3, 2026, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index staged one of its most dramatic single-day recoveries in years. KOSPI closed at 8,088.34 points, up 440.25 points or 5.76% from the previous session. The index had p

BitcoinOpen Source AI Mirrors Bitcoins 2014 Fight Against Gatekeepers

On July 1, 2025, Brownstone Research analyst Ben Lilly published a new installment of his Chain of Thought newsletter with a thesis that should sound familiar to anyone who watched Bitcoin grow from a curiosity into a tr

BitcoinAnchorage Digital and Binance Build Off-Exchange Settlement for Institutions

On June 30, 2026, Anchorage Digital and Binance announced a joint off-exchange settlement service that lets institutional traders execute on Binance while keeping assets in segregated custody at Anchorage Digital Bank. T

BitcoinStrategy Stock Plunges as Bitcoin Crashes Below 60K

On June 24, 2026, Strategy (MSTR) shares fell more than 10% to roughly $92, a price not seen since mid-2024. The drop came as Bitcoin broke below $60,000 for the first time in over a year, dragging the company's massive

BitcoinSouth Korea's Regulator Warns Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs Only Fatten Brokerages

Lee Chan-jin, head of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), told reporters on June 22, 2026 that leveraged exchange-traded funds tied to individual semiconductor stocks are enriching brokerages at the expens