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BitMEX will have removed 65 derivative contracts and trading pairs in July, compared with just 19 across the first six months of the year. Crypto exchange BitMEX accelerated its delisting of derivative contracts and trading pairs in July due to “insufficient trading interest,” offering a glimpse at declining activity on the platform surrounding its decision to wind down the exchange. BitMEX’s website shows that in early July, it delisted 21 derivative contracts; two weeks later, BitMEX delisted nine spot pairs for lack of trading interest. On Thursday, BitMEX added another 35 derivative contracts to the queue for delisting, totaling 65 delistings in July. Related: BitMEX to shut down after 11 years in crypto derivatives Read more

Nasdaq, Cboe and the London Stock Exchange are among major exchanges moving toward longer trading hours. The US Securities and Exchange Commission is set to host a public roundtable in September to discuss moving toward 24-hour trading in US equity markets. “We are moving towards a new day – and night – in the US equity markets,” SEC Chair Paul Atkins said on Thursday. “With the expansion to overnight trading, I’m excited at the prospect of US equity markets aligning with those markets that already trade continuously.” Read more

FLUX 3 is the German AI lab’s first video model, and the same system is already teaching robots to work an Audi assembly line.

Bitcoin may have already reached its low as analysts increasingly question whether the four-year cycle still applies today.

The Bitcoin donation can be used to support Donald Trump as a New York court considers whether to reverse a $5 million settlement between the CFTC and Gemini. With a court set to consider a reversal of a $5 million settlement from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) case with cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, the company has sent $10 million in Bitcoin (BTC) to a super political action committee (PAC) supporting President Donald Trump. According to the MAGA Inc. Super PAC’s July report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) filed on Monday, the Gemini Trust Company run by co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss sent two separate contributions of more than $5 million in Bitcoin on June 19.  The donation, which the PAC may use for independent expenditures to support Trump, was recorded about three weeks after the CFTC filed a joint motion with Gemini in federal court in an attempt to reverse a January 2025 settlement over the company allegedly making false or misleading statements. CFTC Chai...

The exchange also introduced AI trading tools and a developer kit as part of a broader push to build financial infrastructure for autonomous AI agents. Coinbase is expanding its push into AI-powered finance, enabling businesses to accept USDC payments from autonomous AI agents as part of a broader expansion of its payment, trading and developer tools. According to a Thursday X post, Coinbase Business users will be able to accept USDC (USDC) payments from AI agents through the x402 payment standard, which Coinbase first introduced in May 2025 to enable stablecoin payments over HTTP for AI agents, applications and APIs. The post also announced AI trading tools that let users monitor orders, access live market data, and execute actions based on predefined conditions, as well as a software development kit for developers building agent-powered applications. Read more

Solomon's endorsement splits with JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon and banking trade groups, who warn the bill's stablecoin-yield provisions could pull deposits away from traditional lenders.

Bitcoin price forecasts diverge as US-Iran war tensions fueled an ongoing oil and bond-market surge, while July Fed rate-hike odds neared 40%. Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $65,000 on Thursday as US stocks slid amid another round of escalation in Iran. Key points: Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting three-day lows of $64,799 on Bitstamp. Read more

The deadline to get the crypto market structure bill done before senators scatter will likely be missed, says Majority Leader Thune, though it may get a start before then.

A Shanghai-based insurance-tech company trading below $1 wants to build a bitcoin treasury by taking BTC directly as payment for new shares.

Wallets with tiny balances make up the clear majority of the holder base.

The $11.7 million convert vanished, leaving a simpler capital stack and a tougher test for replacement funding. The post Bitcoin treasury company erases 7.7M shares after selling 177 BTC – yet Bitcoin per share fell appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The research released by the organization said that crypto companies will directly or indirectly lead to 232,000 jobs across the entire US economy in 2026. Research from the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA), an organization backed by Ripple Labs, broke down the economic impact of the entire crypto industry on the United States, estimating that salaries, worker spending and output will have contributed $55 billion this year. According to a report released Wednesday by the Pragmatic Policy Group on behalf of the NCA, the total economic contribution was based on direct, indirect and induced employment. Of the sectors to benefit from crypto’s economic contributions, the NCA said that investments in securities and commodity contracts were among the highest at $9.7 billion, while housing and real estate were a combined $4.8 billion.  The research found that about 34,000 people in the US were directly employed by crypto companies, accounting for just a fraction of the 232,000 jobs supported by the industry ...

BitMEX’s shutdown marks the end of one of crypto’s earliest derivatives exchanges as analysts point to rising regulatory costs, market concentration and the shift toward licensed trading venues. The closure of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX is prompting fresh questions about whether the industry is entering a new phase of consolidation, as analysts point to market-share concentration and rising regulatory costs squeezing smaller platforms. While BitMEX helped pioneer perpetual swaps that became a cornerstone of digital asset derivatives trading, its daily Bitcoin futures volume began declining around May 2021 and never recovered to its 2020 daily peak of between $1 billion and $5 billion, according to data from CryptoQuant. Restructuring adviser Roshan Dharia told Cointelegraph the exchange’s demise reflects structural pressures facing mid-sized centralized exchanges, where liquidity has increasingly concentrated among the industry’s largest players and regulatory compliance costs continue to rise. He sai...

The deleted post touted a bogus "Vladhood" token as the mascot of Robinhood Chain—the latest fraud to exploit a network currently dominated by memes.

Reported terms include releasing two withheld documents and reviewing records and text-message controls after the Gensler-era losses. The post SEC pays $150,000 as Coinbase-backed Freedom Of Information Act settlement releases two withheld documents appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The crypto asset manager thinks the four-year cycle is dead, suggesting Bitcoin's price will follow macro forces and the Fed's next move.

Higher Treasury yields and a stronger dollar continue to weigh on BTC as investors favor income-producing assets.

The post, now deleted, touted a token called $VLAD and falsely claimed it would be listed on Robinhood.

The Q2 mark cut GAAP earnings by $87 million after tax, while Tesla added the full pretax loss back to adjusted EBITDA. The post Tesla books $112 million crypto paper loss as digital assets fall to $674 million appeared first on CryptoSlate.