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Four high-profile artificial intelligence (AI) labs released frontier language models within a three-week stretch in July 2026, and the gap between what these systems finish without human intervention and what came before has narrowed sharply. Grok 4.5 from xAI, Claude Opus 5 from Anthropic, the GPT-5.6 family from OpenAI, and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI […]

Elon Musk says money will stop mattering by 2036, once robots and artificial intelligence produce more goods and services than people can consume. Musk made the prediction during an extended interview with Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, recorded at the Texas Gigafactory and published in late July 2026 as part of the outlet’s Insider series. […]

This week’s stories spanned regulation, adoption, market conviction, and industry shakeouts. Seven Senate Democrats rejected the latest CLARITY Act draft, while Cathie Wood doubled down on SpaceX despite its sharp stock decline. River reported that more Americans now own bitcoin than gold, but the treasury-company model took another hit as Satsuma voted to liquidate and […]

The Bitcoin blockchain just recorded its 15th difficulty adjustment of the year, trimming mining difficulty by about 0.74% at block height 959616. Amid the year’s wild swings, the balance has clearly tilted toward difficulty cuts, with negative adjustments outnumbering increases by nearly 3 to 2. Difficulty Drops for the 15th Time This Year This weekend, […]

Michael Saylor’s latest bitcoin chart comes as Strategy holds 843,775 BTC, maintains a $3.225 billion cash reserve, and still has authorization to sell up to $23.53 billion of additional stock to raise capital, sharpening questions over whether the company will resume bitcoin purchases. Saylor Shares Strategy’s Crowded Bitcoin Chart Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman […]

On Sunday, during the morning trading sessions, bitcoin exchanged hands for $64,466 on July 26, giving back most of a rally that had pushed the cryptocurrency above $66,900 earlier in the week. The past seven days followed a familiar pattern. Buyers stepped in after last month’s drop to $57,700, driving bitcoin from $64,700 on July […]

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each story. Since last Friday, Bitcoin moved from around $64,000 […]

With the move, Argentines can now collect their wages in dollars, a proposal that will be more enticing to companies that already get paid in dollars. Nonetheless, this new option clashes with the historical distrust that Argentines have in banking institutions. Argentina’s Central Bank Authorizes Salary Payments in Dollars Argentina is advancing to a multi-currency-friendly […]

At the inaugural Energy Investors Forum (EIF) in Dallas on July 23, the AI boom looked less like a software story than an enormous energy-infrastructure buildout. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag. The […]

Modern business development runs on messaging apps like Telegram, yet teams still waste time copy‑pasting deal details into external CRM dashboards—a broken workflow that leads to data gaps and privacy exposure. Sean Assaf explains how embedding AI‑powered CRM capabilities directly inside Telegram is eliminating the need for traditional SaaS dashboards while preserving user data privacy. […]

Theo has allocated $20 million from its thBILL product into Fidelity International’s tokenized USD Digital Liquidity Fund. The move makes thBILL one of the few onchain Treasury products backed by instruments from both Fidelity International and Wellington Management. Sygnum Supports Theo’s $20 Million Move Into Fidelity’s Tokenized Treasury Fund Theo has allocated $20 million into […]

A Thailand-based crypto billionaire’s attempt to influence Nigel Farage and Reform UK is set to be blocked by an upcoming UK legislative crackdown on political donations, despite his efforts to bypass the rules. The Kingmaker and His Deep Pockets A bid by Thailand-based crypto investor and British billionaire Christopher Harborne to maintain his multi-million-dollar funding […]

BNB Chain has launched BNB Agent Studio, a developer platform for creating AI agents with wallets, onchain identities, payments and cloud hosting from a single prompt. The tool is built with AWS infrastructure and is designed to make autonomous agents easier to deploy, own, and operate. AWS and BNB Chain Launch AI Agent Studio With […]

Robert Kiyosaki said an Indian guru’s advice led him to rethink his life’s mission, eventually prompting him to leave manufacturing and teach the financial lessons he learned from his “rich dad,” a pursuit he says grew into a global business. The Question That Changed Robert Kiyosaki’s Path Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling personal finance […]

Bitcoin retreated toward $58K despite improving financial conditions, highlighting an unusual market divergence. Analysts said persistent crypto-specific selling, rather than broader macroeconomic pressure, has kept the asset disconnected from equities, Treasury yields, and gold. Why Did Bitcoin Fall While Traditional Markets Improved? According to the Bitfinex Alpha report published July 1, bitcoin began the third […]

Robinhood launched Robinhood Chain as part of what it called “our most ambitious global expansion and product vision to date,” positioning the new blockchain as a bridge between traditional finance and decentralized finance. Why Robinhood Chain Became the Center of a Bigger Ownership Push Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD) made its new blockchain platform, Robinhood Chain, […]

RLUSD is gaining broader institutional traction as Ripple highlights eight developments across payments, infrastructure, and global access. Mastercard support, Japanese approval, and new regional integrations show the stablecoin’s expanding role. 8 Developments Reflect RLUSD’s Expanding Role Across Markets and Infrastructure Interest in Ripple USD (RLUSD) continues to build as the stablecoin adds new connections across […]

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong linked crypto to mounting U.S. debt concerns, arguing the Constitution lacks safeguards like spending caps and hard-backed currency as national debt approaches $39 trillion. Coinbase CEO Says Hard-Backed Currency Is Missing From US System Crypto gained a sharper role in the fiscal debate on Wednesday after Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) CEO Brian […]

As Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) rules took effect in the European Union, Binance said it is working to support affected users while implementing the required adjustments. The exchange emphasized that customer assets remain secure and outlined the options available to users as the transition continues. Binance Says User Assets Remain Safe as EU Crypto Rules […]

Ethereum is confronting a narrative problem, with a leading researcher conceding the network still lacks a clear value story after years below $5,000. A Candid Admission on ETH’s Purpose The concession surfaced on journalist Laura Shin’s Unchained podcast, where Ansgar Dietrichs, a former Ethereum Foundation researcher now with the newly launched research lab Ethlabs, discussed […]